Asha, the Merciful

Name: Asha /ush-ah/ God of Water, Ice and Winter. Asha represents mercy, healing, dreams, foreknowledge, wisdom and resting.

Appearance & Depiction
Asha is often depicted as a cowled and robed androgynous figure with a fortune-telling instrument (dependant on culture) in outstretched hands. Most people pray to Asha at night, as she is often more present after sunfall. The most common requests are

Asha is seen by some in particular, as the god of death. This is partially due to the interpretation of ‘rest’. The Church of the Undying are a cult which reside in the Ouroboros, and worship Asha as a sole member of The Court of Four. They see her ability to grant rest and tranquility as an ability to give eternal sleep.

Asha is also seen as merciful, kind-hearted and charitable. She is the nurturing figure in the Court. When people are having a child, they often pray to Asha for protection, guidance and mercy on their unborn life.

Regardless of how she is worshipped, Asha is seen as a soft hand in an otherwise harsh world.

Interaction
The Gods are never seen, but they are ever-present. They watch the people of Markoth and hear their calls when they are summoned by ritual. Each of the court has its own ritual, in which a sacrifice must be made.

Asha demands a water ritual for her blessing and respect, during which a person is drowned and is revived. This ritual requires those performing it to be in water, just prior to dawn.

There is also a common practice of sacrificing a creature by drowning as a way to get Asha's blessing.