Those at death’s door may appeal for a painless end.
Cursed or plague-stricken call to her not for healing, but for surrender.
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Gruumsh says: "You are alone, and you must become powerful."
Ilmater says: "You are not alone, and we will carry each other."
Main Portfolio: Endurance, Martyrdom, Compassion, Protection of the Oppressed
Typical Domains: Life, Protection, Grave
Suffering; Endurance; Martyrdom; Compassion; Mercy; Protection of the Weak; Patience; Self-Sacrifice; Perseverance; Moral Strength; Resistance Through Pain; Quiet Defiance
(A god of those who endure without striking back, who bear burdens so others do not have to. He represents moral resilience, and the belief that suffering has meaning if it shields others. Worshipped by the downtrodden, the healers, and those who resist cruelty not with strength, but with unwavering compassion.)
+Gruumsh says: "You are alone, and you must become powerful."
Ilmater says: "You are not alone, and we will carry each other."
Orcs are raised not merely on violence, but on stories:
“The world will take from you unless you take first.”
“Mercy is a trick of the weak.”
“Your pain is power. Your scars are sacred.”