Īuril used frost giants and winter wolves to deliver commands to her cults, while frostwind viragos and winter hags were the handmaidens of the Frostmaiden. Īuril was one of the deities worshiped by members of the Arcane Brotherhood. They enjoyed inflicting pain on other creatures using cold air. Air gensasi tended to be zealous in their worship, with a fanatical devotion to Auril. Īuril was one of the deities worshiped by air and water genasi, especially those who lived in cold regions. Īuril was a key part of the religion of taers and most taer clerics venerated the Frostmaiden. Illuskan invaders brought the worship of Auril to Tethyr. Worship and sacrifices to Auril were sparse in the Sea of Fallen Stars region, isolated to the northern shores. They were offered salvation, instead of the risk of freezing to death in an alley, if they joined the faith. During the winter in Zhentil Keep, followers of Auril openly recruited from the destitute, homeless and refugees. In the Moonsea region, followers of the Frostmaiden were shunned by society and was most commonly encountered in Mulmaster and Zhentil Keep. Human sacrifice was a rare occurrence and was only seen during dire times. Human sacrifices, usually prisoners of war or slaves, were placed on these rafts. Sacrifices of food were place upon rafts which were then set adrift in the ocean. In the late autumn and over the winter, regular sacrifices were made to her. She was feared and seen as the harbinger of winter upon the whole world. Northlanders considered Auril one of their primary deities and was a key part of their culture. Worship of the Frostmaiden was common in lands such as the Great Glacier, the Icerim Mountains, Sossal and Vaasa. In the North, Auril was a commonly worshiped, and feared, goddess and an integral part of northern cultures.
During that time she became the mother to the empyrean daughter Nalkara. Īt one stage, Auril was in a relationship with Thrym, god of the frost giants. Rellavar Danuvien, a minor elven god of cold, sought to interfere in the plans of Auril whenever he could. Uthgar hated Auril as she turned the Elk Tribe away from his worship. Sune opposed Auril, as she blamed her for the destruction of much that was beautiful. Kossuth and Auril were also mortal enemies, but their followers seldom came across each other. Īuril and Chauntea were mortal enemies, constantly battling each other. Umberlee and Auril cooperated with some degree of confidence, while Malar and Auril despised each other. In earlier centuries, Auril was a member of the Deities of Fury, along with Malar, Umberlee, and Talos.
In addition to her classic portfolio of cold and winter, the Frostmaiden claimed dominion over wind and storms, bringing her into direct conflict with the ancient primordial power Akadi.
Relationships įollowing the Spellplague, Auril gained significant power by siphoning the faiths of Ulutiu, Aerdrie Faenya, and Gruumsh/ Talos into her own. ĭuring the Spellplague, Auril's realm was located within the Astral Dominion of the Deep Wilds and was known as the Land Under Eternal Ice. Norse god Loki also made Winter's Hall his abode, a place to hide away whenever he fell out of grace with the other Aesir. Divine Realm Īuril had a divine realm called Winter's Hall in Pandesmos, the topmost layer of Pandemonium in the Great Wheel cosmology. An evil goddess, her main goal is to cover the Realms under ice and snow. Sacrifices and worship to her was often done out of fear. She took great pleasure in torturing her enemies and harassing her foes. She was arrogant, capricious and unpredictable. confirmĪuril was the embodiment of winter's wrath. In her first form, called the Cold Crone, she appeared as a hunched bipedal creature standing 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall and with snowy owl's head with a pair of curled ram's horns, cloven hooves, and arms that end in sharp talons. In the late 15 th century, Auril had three distinct avatars. Auril typically appeared as an attractive human woman with blue skin.
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