Hyrnedhna

Hynedhna’s motto is impossible to speak in the Mortal tongue and is known only to true beasts.

Colors: Green, brown, red

Symbols: Thorns, a horned creature, claw marks, a crown of brambles

More beast than human, before the Blood War, Hyrnedhna was the goddess of all things natural and untamed. Histories liken her to a natural weather pattern more than to anything The Devout would recognize as Human.

In recent memory, Hyrnedhna is best associated with her role in the Blood War–while there were many participants, Hyrnedhna and her murder of Mynair and many of the Mynaira are the indelible antecedents. Although Beodhen has replaced Hyrnedhna, she remains active, sometimes raging not only at her loss of power, but also what she considers Beodhen’s theft of her seat. Many of her followers stay ardent.

Followers of Hyrnedhna

The followers of Hyrnedhna are generally united by their adherence to the natural order and the ruthlessness of the wilds. Of all the followers of the Fallen Gods, however, Hyrnedhna’s remaining followers are the most polarized in their perspectives.

Many of Hyrnedhna’s followers view the current Pantheon as thieves who gained their power by usurping Hynedhna’s own. These followers tend to live in rural isolation and rarely make contact with normal society.

There are some Devout, however, who are trying to return to a more balanced worship of Hyrnedhna. These folk follow both Hyrnedhna and the Gods of the Pantheon: their goal is to continue worship of the Wild Queen while also reconciling the bloodshed of the War.

Like Mynair, Hyrnedhna has a unique group of followers who are neither fully human nor beast. These creatures, the Hyrnedhnai, are ancient and largely removed from Mortal life. While a good number of them now follow Beodhen, some remaining Hyrnedhnai aggressively remain loyal to the Fallen God.

Hyrnedhna and the Layfolk

Hyrnedhna terrifies the vast majority of the Layfolk. While there are some remote Layfolk who follow her worship, there are many more who remember the wreckage she caused during the Blood War.

Costuming and Appearance

Followers of Hyrnedhna have no unifying appearance, as their worship of her is generally connected to their understanding of the natural world. Individual followers generally garb themselves in trappings of the wild that are most characteristic of their unique practice–for instance, a hunter of great beasts might dress herself in furs while a tender of wild plants might prefer to accessorize his clothing in vines and flowers.

The Blessed

The Blessed of Hyrnedhna generally sport beast-like attributes: they grow things like fur, fangs, wings, claws, antlers, and other animalistic attributes. In some cases, they sprout vines, leaves, and tendrils from their bodies.