Aakriti

Aakriti

(Deity)

Titles

The Evershifting

Alignment

Neutral

Areas of Concern

Discovery, life, ooze, potential

Edicts

Create without reservation, help others unlock their true potential, observe life's mysteries

Anathema

Fail to study a new creature if safely able, force a creature to live in the wrong body, reject creatures or information do to bigoted or rigid beliefs

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (2E)

Change, creation, fate, time
Alternate: Freedom, knowledge

Favored Weapon

Whip

Symbol

Winged insect shedding its prior form

Source: Impossible Lands, pg(s). 309

Aakriti the Evershifting is a deity of oozekind, creation, change, and unknown potential, and is primarily worshiped in the nation of Nex. They are suspected to be a primordial pupal deity whose development was arrested at an early stage.

History

Aakriti's origins are unknown, though several scholarly theories suggest they were a primordial deity, perhaps one who was damaged while forming and made incapable of fully maturing into its final manifestation.

Appearance and emissaries

Aakriti, who rarely appears to mortals, resembles an oobleck of perpetually changing state, form, and color who takes numerous forms similar to insectoid larvae, pupa, or butterflies. New forms of life spawn from Aakriti's being, often explosively, unpredictably, and colorfully.

Church

The Evershifting recognizes life as a constant transition between different states of being and celebrates the inflection points of such transitions. Even when such transitions destroy one's identity, Aakriti sees infinite potential within nothingness.

Conversely, rigidity, inflexibility, and aversion to change all are counter to Aakriti's dogma, and the Evershifting sometimes intervenes against those who entrap others into different forms without their consent.

Worshipers and clergy

Aakriti has few followers in the Inner Sea region, most of whom are either Desnans or Oenopionian alchemists, but they also have a following in Ecanus. Aakriti's faith has spread mainly through bardic worshipers who travel on adventures.

Temples and shrines

The Evershifting's nature resists permanent temples or shrines. Most physical places of worship are small, portable, and made of inherently malleable or ephemeral materials such as decomposable clay and paper.