Nehloshie

Nehloshie is the Goddess of the Earth, the Bosom of the World, Bringer of the Harvest. Nehloshie is a bountiful goddess who is heavily revered in the countryside, where the Harvest means life or death. She is depicted as loving, but capable of deep bouts of melancholy when saddened.

The leader of the Vicarite of Nehloshie is known simply as either the Mother or Father, depending their gender. Priests are known as Vicars, and priests who lead their own temples are known as First Vicar. The Mother or Father is chosen by a Congress (voting in absencia is not allowed) of all Vicars who have been in the Vicarite for at least 25 years.

The Vicars of Nehloshie generally wear earth tones, and often choose to go barefoot while in the countryside or walking over natural ground.

The Vicarite of Nehloshie is not as beholden to temples and cities as most of the other priesthoods. Many shrines exist in the countryside, and many Vicars choose to conduct wandering ministries.

Grand Temples to Nehloshie can be found in Aeristan and another can be found in The Riverlands at the point where the nations of Wolster, Ribault , and Karth meet. This is known as the Bosom of the Pilgrim, and is the most important Temple to Nehloshie. It has stood for hundreds of years, and the lines of the Kingdoms surrounding it were drawn so that none of them could claim the Temple as their own. In this way, Nehloshie's Vicarite is different from the others Gods' Orders, in that their home temple is not in the City of Aeristan.

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