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Talona
Symbol: Three Amber teardrops on a purple triangle background
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Portfolio: Disease, Poison
Cleric Alignments (this is from the book and may not reflect the attitudes and rules of the FK staff) CE, CN, NE
Talon is often depicted as a withered old crone with a scarred, tattooed face in religious texts. Where she walks, misfortune and death follow. She has the personality of a petulant, greedy child trapped in the body of a once-beautiful woman now scarred by horrific disease and ravaged by age. She alternately desires attention at any cost like a child and becomes aloof like a wounded paramour who has been discarded by her love.
The church of Talona is organized in a strict hierarchy, but riven by factions and sects. Aside from selling poisons, antidotes, and medicines, the Talonites travel Faerun as quietly as possible, constatnly seeking out new diseases, and afflictions and spreading rumors so as to augment the reputation of Talona. What seems to motivate Talonites in their day-to-day behavior is a quest for respect: respect that is due to Talona for her potentially devastating abilities and due them as her representatives in Faerun. Throughout their careers, Talona's clerics work with magic and study to build their personal immunities to various poisons and diseases. Thus protected they treat the diseased, take employment as food tasters for paranoid rulers, wealthy merchants, and nobles, and bury those who have died from diseases. Whenever a realm or city-state casts out or punishes any Talonites, for any reason, clerics of Talona work to cause a plague in that place to exact "Talona's price" for such insults.
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Clerics and druids of Talona pray for their spells in the evening, although they observe thrice-daily prayers to the goddess. Festivals are held every 12 days and are open to non-devotee's, where such visitors are encouraged to pray and give offerings to Talona, to spare themselves or loved ones from death, disease, wasting illnesses, and the like.
Relationships:
Talons is one of the Dark Dieties, having served Bhaal alongside Loviatar, whom she hates for her cruel teasing. Since the death of the Bhaal during the Time of Troubles, both Loviatar and Talona have slowly fallen under the sway of Shar. However, the return of Bane, who was Bhaal's superior presages a conflict for both lesser goddesses' loyalty. With more than a hint of jealousy and bitterness, Talona loathes such benevolent deities as, Chauntea, Mielikki, Silvanus, Sune, Liira, Kelemvor, Tyr, and Shiallia.
Dogma: Let pain be as pleaure, for life and death are in balance, but death is the more powerful and should be paid proper homage and respect. Death is the true power, the great equalizer, and the lesson that waits for all. If it falls to you to drive home the point with the tip of a dagger, so be it. The Mother of All Plagues, works upon you from within and weakness and wasting is her strength. Talona's breath is forever and always with you, whomever you or the rest of the world believes in or serves. Let all iv ing things learn respect from Talona, and pay homage to her in goods and infervent worship. If they do so, intercede for them so that Talona will not claim them-this time. GO and work in Talona's name and let your doings be subtle or spectacular, but make them known as the will of the Mistress of Disease.
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