Sera, the Lady of Fortune, is the goddess of wealth and luck from the Cerilian pantheon.[1][3][2]
Overview[]
Sera is the goddess of commerce, wealth and both good and ill luck. Sera believes that a person makes their own luck and rewards diligence and hard work, but she does occasionally smile indulgently on some impulsive fool. Sera is the patroness of the Brecht people and is married to Ruornil, the god of magic. As a mortal, Sera served in the entourage of the goddess Brenna, and inherited her power at the battle of Mount Deismaar over 1,500 years ago.[1][3]
Sera has one daughter with the moon god Ruornil, named Eloéle, the Sister of Thieves.[4]
Description[]
Sera appears as a graceful, ageless woman with dark hair and a slight, knowing smile, carrying a set of scales.[1]
Holy Symbol[]
Sera's symbol is a set of scales.[1][2]
Favored Weapon[]
None. Sera prefers to avoid confrontation, leaving would-be attackers with a curse of extraordinarily bad luck as a parting gift.[1]
Realm[]
Sera has joined forces with similarly-minded deities from other pantheons, and together they have established a common realm known as the Marketplace Eternal on the Concordant Domain of the Outlands.[5][6] Sera currently shares her realm with Waukeen of Toril, Shinare of Krynn, and Zilchus of Oerth. Due to the central location of the Outlands, many planar merchants and planeswalkers find the Marketplace Eternal to be a convenient stop on their trade routes across the planes, and the Marketplace has even begun to compete with Tradegate as the premier commercial hub on the Outlands.
The Marketplace Eternal is nothing more than a huge bazaar that stretches for miles in every direction. Impromptu tents and market stalls are set up wherever the merchants please, and are only loosely organised by speciality, if that. The market stalls compete for space with gambling halls, drinking establishments and hucksters of all sorts which are set up indiscriminately. The Marketplace is a place of splendour, but is also very, very confusing.
The Marketplace is divided into four separate quarters: one for each of the various deities involved. Waukeens quarter is known as the House of Barter, Shinare's quarter is known as the Scales of Wealth, Zilchus's quarter is known as the Seat of Luxury, and Sera's quarter is known as the House of Resolve. At the center of the House of Resolve is a stone keep where Sera's proxies hear complaints about vendors.[2]
Worship[]
Sera is believed to be present wherever men gamble at long odds or for great stakes. Sera is revered by merchants, thieves and gamblers of all sorts. Sera is the patron of the Brechts, and her priesthood is very important in Brechtür, where her priests serve as officials of commerce and trade.[1]
Appendix[]
External Links[]
- Sera article at the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
- Sera article at Birthright.net
- Brenna article at Birthright.net
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 L. Richard Baker III, Colin McComb, "Rulebook", Birthright Campaign Setting, 1995, (TSR Inc.), ISBN 0-7869-0143-8, Sera, page 76
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Colin McComb, On Hallowed Ground, 1996, (TSR Inc.), ISBN 0-7869-0430-5, The Cerilian Powers section, Single-Sphere Pantheons chapter, pages 163-164
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 L. Richard Baker III, Colin McComb, "Atlas of Cerilia", Birthright Campaign Setting, 1995, (TSR Inc.), ISBN 0-7869-0143-8, The Birth of the New Gods and the Abominations, pages 8-9
- ↑ L. Richard Baker III, Colin McComb, "Rulebook", Birthright Campaign Setting, 1995, (TSR Inc.), ISBN 0-7869-0143-8, Eloéle, page 78
- ↑ Colin McComb, On Hallowed Ground, 1996, (TSR Inc.), ISBN 0-7869-0430-5, Single-sphere Powers section, Appendix 1: The Powers by Pantheon, page 179
- ↑ Rich Redman, Skip Williams, James Wyatt, Deities and Demigods 3rd edition, 2002, (Wizards of the Coast), ISBN 0-7869-2654-6, The D&D Cosmology section, chapter 3: The D&D Pantheon, page 57