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serpent, and the raven are held sacred by those who follow Him. | serpent, and the raven are held sacred by those who follow Him. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Haern was created by [[Varian]], the Celestine, shortly after the birth of [[Severn]] and [[Lanos]] in the [[First Immortal Epoch|Age of Creation]]. He was formed as part of a Triad that represented the Cycle of life and death - [[Lleis]] was His sister, and [[Dhar]] was His brother. | Haern was created by [[Varian]], the Celestine, shortly after the birth of [[Severn]] and [[Lanos]] in the [[First Immortal Epoch|Age of Creation]]. He was formed as part of a Triad that represented the Cycle of life and death - [[Lleis]] was His sister, and [[Dhar]] was His brother. In the [[First Mortal Epoch]], Lleis challenged the Pantheon to build homes for mortals to gather and flourish within, and Haern was crowned as the winner of the competition for painstakingly dotting the landscape of Sapience with trees and forests and hills and valleys - truly a home for a majority of life. | ||
In the year 63 MA, while Lanos was lost in the realm of shadows, Haern was preoccupied by an invasion of creatures of darkness. When He finished hunting them, he turned his attention to [[Eleusis]] and the [[Great Oak]], declaring that it was time to awaken the only tree of power still dormant and use its power to build the [[Duiran|Duiran Council]]. It was not a simple feat, however, and He quarreled with [[Slyphe]] over who would act as patron over the Council. This caused the Maelstrom to sabotage the ritual that the Hunter would need to use in order to awaken the Great Oak. After a short conflict, both Gods agreed to share patronage of the Council and the ritual was attempted once again, this time with success. | |||
In the year 168 MA, after having disappeared from mortal perception for many years, Haern once again returned to the [[Prime Material Plane]]. | |||
In the year 324 MA, Haern endeavoured to rid the [[Aalen Forest]] of the plague that the [[Dreikathi]] had brought to it many years before. Following a communion with the spirits of [[Dendara]], He suffered an injury that would gradually weaken Him over the course of the following years. [[Auresae]] was beseeched to diagnose the Hunter's curious affliction in the year 338 MA, and discovered that it was the work of [[Severn]], who used this as an opportunity to ambush the Lady of Fire and the Hunter. Just as it seemed like They would be cut down by Their sibling, a human refugee of the slave quarries of [[Delve]] by the name of [[Danerran]] bravely placed himself between the Gods. This distraction proved fatal for Danerran but allowed Haern and Auresae to counterattack, shattering the [[Axiom]] of Severn in the process. The Divine essence released by the breaking of the Axiom infused the corpse of Danerran with power and raised him up as a new God - [[Damariel]], the Unbound. It was then revealed that He was the reborn essence of Lanos and that [[Arion]] had sacrificed His own essence to fuel Damariel's creation. | |||
In the year 431 MA, Haern, Damariel, and Slyphe clashed with [[Maghak]]. During the battle, Haern was overcome by a bestial presence, forcing him to brutally beat the near-dead Maghak despite the pleas of His siblings to withdraw. In an act seen as savage, even by the Hunter's standards, He ripped the heart of the God out and allowed Slyphe to consume it, transferring the domain of Air from the Sovereign to the Tempest. | |||
In the year 473 MA, mortals in Duiran began to despair at the absence of the Hunter. It was soon revealed that He had been captured by the [[Cult of Kaarn]] and was in danger of having His essence stripped away by His captors. Warriors from both Duiran and [[Enorian]] entered the site of His prison, [[Prophet's Hollow]], in a rescue attempt that resulted in many deaths. When it seemed as if the Cult was going to succeed, Slyphe miraculously arrived to save Its brother. In the aftermath, it was discovered that Kaarn's prison had been weakened during the melee. | |||
In the year 476 MA, during the chaos and conflict caused by the [[Leviathan]], Haern led His followers on a hunt for a monstrous boar that had been twisted by the blood of [[Golgotha]]. When the beast was slain, Haern used a bone from its corpse to forge a new spearhead, which was then combined with wood from the Great Oak to form a powerful weapon that He hoped might assist in the destruction of the Leviathan. | |||
==Relics== | |||
===Talon, Sword of the Hunt=== | |||
==The Temple of Thorns== | ==The Temple of Thorns== | ||
The Temple of Thorns is Haern's central point of worship in [[Sapience]]. Located in the [[Dun Valley]] in the deepest reaches of the swampland, it contains an expansive courtyard and the Altars of Instinct, Defiance, Destruction, and Severity can be found here, each representing one of the tenets of His religion. The courtyard is home to three massive trees - the Tree of Whispers, the Blood Tree, and the Ivory Tree. The horn of [[Huwald]] is located here in the Temple. | The Temple of Thorns is Haern's central point of worship in [[Sapience]]. Located in the [[Dun Valley]] in the deepest reaches of the swampland, it contains an expansive courtyard and the Altars of Instinct, Defiance, Destruction, and Severity can be found here, each representing one of the tenets of His religion. The courtyard is home to three massive trees - the Tree of Whispers, the Blood Tree, and the Ivory Tree. The horn of [[Huwald]] is located here in the Temple. | ||
[[Category:Divine Pantheon]] | [[Category:Mythology]][[Category:Divine Pantheon]] | ||