Alseta

Alseta

(Deity)

Titles

The Welcomer

Adjective

Alsetan

Realm

Argent Gate, Astral Plane

Alignment

Lawful neutral

Areas of Concern

Doors
Portals
Thresholds
Traditions

Worshipers

Diplomats, negotiators, and other members of local governing bodies

Edicts

Offer to protect passageways and guide others through transitions, treat all other beings with courtesy and respect

Anathema

Destroy a door or block a path for personal gain, stop a transition without good reason

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Community, Law, Magic, Protection

Subdomains (1E)

Arcane, Defense, Home, Inevitable, Portal

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Sanctification (2E)

Can choose holy

Domains (2E)

Change, magic, protection, time
Alternate: Vigil

Favored Weapon

Dagger

Symbol

Two faces in profile

Sacred Animal

Tortoise

Sacred Colors

Brown, gray

Images of Alseta

Source: Inner Sea Faiths, pg(s). 10–15 (1E)
Divine Mysteries, pg(s). 127 (2E)

Alignment details sourced from Inner Sea Faiths and Lost Omens Gods & Magic 53. In Gods & Magic, Alseta lacks the vigil domain. In Inner Sea Gods 17, Alseta's portfolio included transitions and years.

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Alseta is the Taldan goddess of doorways, portals, thresholds, and the transition from year to year. Also known as the Welcomer, she maintains favorable relations with most civilized deities, watching over their domains in times of their absence or playing hostess for gatherings of gods. She is informally the goddess of teleportation, which comes with her dominion over doorways, though this additional aspect of her portfolio is unofficial. Elves also consider her the patron deity of elf gates, though again, this is not part of her official portfolio.

Appearance

Alseta is generally depicted in artwork in the form of a pleasant-faced woman adorned in plain gray attire. The most distinctive element of her appearance is the smiling mask she commonly wears on the back of her head.

Church of Alseta

Alseta's worshipers can most commonly be found in Absalom, Brevoy, Lastwall, and Taldor. She counts oracles among her faithful, particularly those devoted to the mystery of time.

Temples and shrines

Widespread formal worship of Alseta is uncommon even among the elves, although small shrines to her can be found near almost all elf gates, and her religious symbol is frequently found carved into the lintels of elven doorways.

References

Paizo published a major article on Alseta in Inner Sea Faiths and articles in Lost Omens Gods & Magic and Divine Mysteries.

For additional as-yet unincorporated sources about this subject, see the Meta page.