Phlegyas (The Consoler of Atheists)Source Divine Mysteries pg. 316Before she was a
psychopomp usher, Phlegyas was mortal. The most brilliant artist of her age, she was also vain and prideful, and when her arrogance led to blasphemy she was cast out from
Shelyn’s church. In her excommunication, the clergy sought to strike her name from history, but they failed. Phlegyas’s legacy did more than merely survive; the artist’s name and achievements went on to last forever.
When Phlegyas came before
Pharasma for judgment, the Lady of Graves saw a mortal who would defy death, the gods, or even
the multiverse itself should it dare stand in her way; who challenged and redefined her gender in life and then her fate in death; who would not compromise on showing the world the truest version of herself, forever. Pharasma saw in Phlegyas a yearning to be known fundamentally to all mortals, and so elevated her into an usher of her court.
Phlegyas became the patron of art that outlasts its creator, of the defiance of mortality, and of new parents, especially those who die in childbirth. She is the Consoler of Atheists, caring for the souls of mortal atheists and preserving long-forgotten artworks in the Anonymous Loggia, her realm within the
Boneyard. While Shelyn holds domain over beauty, Phlegyas represents all that transpires between the art and the viewer, and the works she inspires mortals to create are often painful and horrifying.
Category Monitor Demigods
Edicts Allow atheists to hold their beliefs, challenge what is presupposed, forge a lasting legacy, live authentically, take pride in your work
Anathema Allow your accomplishments to go unattributed, destroy another artist’s legacy, misattribute or obscure the authorship of a work of art
Areas of Concern Atheists, legacies, reincarnation
Religious Symbol Two circles overlapping vertically
Sacred Animal Coral
Sacred Color(s) Red
Devotee Benefits
Divine Attribute Intelligence or Charisma
Divine Font healDivine Sanctification none
Divine Skill CraftingFavored Weapon longbowDomains creation,
duty,
knowledge,
reposeAlternate Domains family,
fate