Happy WBW! Does your world have any saints or something like that? What are their stories?
Thank you! And happy thursday for you since I am late to answer ahaha.
Uhm... I, unfortunately, do not have much to give you for this one for my current WIP. I know they exist, because the human religion would recognise martyrs and paragons of the virtues they recognise and other such figures. But I haven't developed them yet -.-'
However! So as not to leave you hanging, here are some saints I came up with for a Dusk City RPG. They are a bit Christian flavoured, fair warning, with some rough edges to them as the Vladich people are just like that tm - think Orthodox Russian Religion and the kind of people who can survive siberian winters, with a very strong militaristic culture. This is the sort of religion that such a culture gives birth too, and also helps to sustain such culture. They are big on family, honour and duty. They are also against magic.
(CW: all these people died in some mean ways because orthodox saints be like that; child death, famine, war, exploitation of the poor)
Ivan, the child who died instead of doing sorcery, patron Saint of... doing what's right in the face of adversity (?)
Mikhail, patron Saint of those killed in conflict
Alexandra, patron Saint of childbearing and child-rearing, enemy group came to get the children and the caretakers and she died defending them
Irena, patron Saint of mother's and childbirth, represents paternal sacrifices and death in childbirth
Juliana, patron Saint of the poor, died destitute despite coming from a rich family as she gave all her money and possessions away
Katya, patron Saint of Soldiers, often taken now by many in the Circle as their symbol. Originally she was a soldier in the Vladich Empire ranks who lead her battalion against her superior officers and their larger force because they were doing something bad (sorcery/exploiting the poor/ dishonourable combat). Though they were a smaller force they beat the traitors, but Katya, who fought bravely and wonderfully and was an amazing leader, died in the fight.
Bohdan, patron Saint of Farmers. A farmer who, upon collecting what he had sowed, realises they are short - either there is enough for the family to eat through winter or enough to replant next year but not both. He keeps this from his family, saves enough to be replanted next year and makes sure his family eats while he secretly goes without.
Tanya, Patron Saint of Family, Honour, Duty. Was a farmer who, upon collecting what her family had sowed that year and splitting it into enough food for the winter and enough to replant next spring, she is faced with raising taxes by the ruling lords of her territory. This is where the story diverges:
A) she pays the taxes dutifully, ends up starving. Two lessons are drawn from this, depending on who you ask: I) you shouldn't always follow orders, tsars care for themselves first not everyone; or, II) you should always follow orders even in the face of adversity.
B) she doesn't give the food to The tsars so that her family will survive the winter, as is killed. The lesson here is often Family above all in the code of honour, even duty and one owns life.
