Alcina

Alcina

Goddess of Drought

Descriptive Info

Gender: Female

Avatar: Al'Kina; Ellesar of the Many Wonders

Consort(s): None (though she did lie with Evander to produce Ophion)

Allies: Dagon, God of Fire (father); Ophion, God of the Sun (son); Epimetheus, God of Floods; Nelestrix, Goddess of Insects; Podarge, God of Destruction and Drowning

Foes: Adrasteia, Goddess of Rivers and Steams; Betshaba, Goddess of Water; Hypnos, God of Dreams; Orestea, Goddess of Rain; Podalirius, God of Vegetation.

Spiritual Info

Rank: Major

Nature: Anarchistic

Ethos: Baneful

Major Influence: Drought

Minor Influence(s): Despair, Illusion

Alcina, as goddess of drought, is often appeased in dry regions to avoid her wrath or ritualistically defeated by followers of Orestea. As the goddess of despair, she is given the souls of those who die by suicide by Cthos and the living will sometimes pray to her to release these souls to a more friendly resting place. Her extremely small clergy follows Alcina as Ellesar of Many Wonders, concentrating on pain-induced visions and deceptive illusions that lead their enemies to despair and, hopefully, suicide.