Cassiopeia

CASSIOPEIA, LADY OF THE NIGHT SKY

There are the few among us who are blessed with the Sight, visions of the future, of the choices that lay before all. These blessed few watch the stars for guidance and light, and seek the inner wisdom which gives clarity. They offer their service to Her creed, by marking the signs and portents in the stars, and reading Her warnings written on the black parchment of the sky. They track the motions of the stars, and learn navigation by them. They know the byways of the night, and they stand like lamplighters through the wilderness, marking the way for those less at home under Her wing.

The Night shelters others, those who hunt by Her light, and use the darkness to hide their tread. The Huntress of the Night watches Her children with care and concern, aiding them in the hunt, cloaking them from the unwary eyes of their prey. She watches the watchers as well, concealing them from those who seek with malicious intent, aiding Her own not only by giving the Sight, but by clouding it with Her dark touch when it is needed. And all those of the dark hours are Her children, in spirit. While some pray to the stars for light, others sacrifice to the darkness between them.

Those who worship seek their guidance in the Night, and the daylit sky is a barrier between them and their Goddess. When the Suns rescind their jealous light from the sky, then the barrier opens, and the face of their Mistress is revealed. The stars know the paths that lie ahead, and tell what they know in riddles and rhymes, in patterns and designs. She holds sacred the creatures of the night. The cat, the wolf, the bat, the owl. The high places of Aetherius are Her holy ground, where the mortals in Her service can see clearly the blazing children of the Night Sky as they roam through the Black Arch's intricate paths. To wear gold or brass is profane to Her, for these are the metals of the Suns. Her people wear silver, platinum, iron, the cold metals, and the dark. Her sacred stone is the star sapphire, which holds the night sky in its cold embrace, and night-blooming star jasmine marks Her steps in the darkness as She walks among mortal men.