Maestra the Lady of the Weave

Lady of the Weave

Maestra is the High God with the utmost power over the Weave, the interplanar stream of raw arcane magic that suffuses the cosmos. Maestra embodies this magical energy, governing it to ensure its protection and dispersing it into the cosmos to be harnessed by those who learn to wield it.

Maestra is one of the two Twin Gods of Magic. She controls the Weave, the arcane threads that suffuse reality and allow for the study and creation of arcane magic. Her twin Da'ir meanwhile is the Goddess of the Source, the wild magic that ebbs and flows through the worlds, infusing beings and objects with innate magic. The Twins of Magic are intrinsically linked and opposed.

As the Lady of the Weave, Maestra and her followers work to contain and govern magic so that its power is harnessed and not used to unshift the balance of the world. In this work, Maestra is also the Goddess of knowledge, both its learning, protection, and creation. Maestra is the spirit of progress and enlightenment. Many wizards worship Maestra as the source of their arcane magic, and even the most secular of archmages know better than to not respect the Lady of the Weave.

The Mother of Civilisation

It is said that it was in the hunt for knowledge and the ordering of the world that Maestra became the patron of civilisation. Maestra is the spirit of civilisation itself, in its order, progress, and the taming of the world. For the common folk of towns and cities across the world, it is normal to pray to Maestra in thanks for their daily life and for the protection home.

Holy orders devoted to the Mother of Civilisation is made up of people devoted to making societies function. It is common for such clerics to also function as clerks and judges, holding positions in major towns or travelling to bring law to the land.

Knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge and arcane perfection is the highest calling. The Weave is powerful and sacred, and must be wielded with respect and restraint.

Order. The sanctity of magic and civilisation is dependent on order. Act in accordance to the law set upon you and uphold it in defiance to chaos.

Maestra is the chief deity of the faith of the Concordance.

The Tale of the Twins

Maestra and Da'ir are the Twin Gods of Magic, the children of Sôlus and Manirse, separated in the Age of Creation. Many stories are told of how the Twins were lost to one another, but what all agree is that the ordered Maestra forever follows the unruly Da'ir.

One story tells that in the Age of Creation, the Twins worked together, Da'ir discovering and Maestra perfecting. However, when the magic of the The First Dragon was released into the world in the The Splintering, the Source was infused in Da'ir while Maestra harnessed and ordered the Weave. Da'ir was blinded by the immense power but gained immense power from the Source. Though powerful, Da'ir lost her direction and was scattered to edges of the world. After learning to control the Weave, Maestra began to search for his sister, doomed to never find her. For where order goes, chaos shifts.

Another story claims that when magic was released into the world during the The Splintering, Maestra and Da'ir both flourished, the magic granting them power and purpose. The Twins worked with one another, each learning to use the magic in their own way. However, when Maestra the world's magic and ordered it into the Weave, its constraints caused Da'ir to wither and weaken, even to the point of losing her sight. The Twins fought and in their battle part of the Weave was severed and released into the Source. Taking the Source for herself, Da'ir moved into the farthest edges of the world to be forever chased by her brother.

Another story still claims that following the The Splintering Da'ir, being the force of innovation, did many great works with the Source. Maestra, growing jealous of his sister, stole her eyes and used them to see the Weave within the Source.

Da'ir

Maestra and Da'ir are the Twin Gods of Magic. The two are linked but represent the opposite sides of magic, order versus chaos, and are opposed as the gods of civilisation and nature. Where one is, the other cannot be. Scholars differ on the exact nature of their relationship, some saying they are long lost but loving siblings, others that they are nemeses.

Azuth. Lord of Spells and the Patron of Wizards.

Scribes of the Arcanum. A holy order of arcane scribes tasked with the collection and categorisation of arcane lore.