Lady Jingxi

Lady Jingxi

(Deity)

Titles

The Poet of Dawn and Dusk
Lady of Lightning (formerly)

Alignment

Neutral good

Areas of Concern

Daybreak
Liminal spaces
Twilight
Solitude

Edicts

Create art with words, master written language, display the soft beauty of natural colours

Anathema

Destroy a natural plum tree, drink excessive amounts of alcohol, act rudely or boorishly, commit torture or murder, knowingly harm an innocent

Cleric Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (2E)

Creation, glyph, knowledge, repose
Alternate: Moon, nature, sun

Favored Weapon

Fighting fan

Symbol

Mirror surrounded by plum blooms

Source: Tian Xia World Guide, pg(s). 32

Lady Jingxi is a Tian Xia goddess who instructs her followers to create master works of poetry.

Appearance

Lady Jingxi is depicted as a gentle, lovely, white-clad tengu woman wearing a white lotus or plum tree bloom.

Relationships

Lady Jingxi, who was once known as the Lady of Lightning, is married to the Duke of Thunder Hei Feng, but she left her irresponsible husband centuries ago after he destroyed her beloved plum tree garden with lightning bolts in a drunken stupor. He misses her greatly, but neither wishes to reconcile. Nevertheless, Hei Feng's followers are expected to show even more respect to his estranged wife's temples and devotees than to his own, it is anathema to disrespect Lady Jingxi within Hei Feng's faith. and the Duke of Thunder visits his tempestuous wrath on anyone who disrespects her.

After leaving Hei Feng, she traveled the cosmos with one of the mirrors she once used to reflect the light of her lightning onto the world, and found contentment and purpose when she reflected the pink and purple colors of sunrise and sunset into the skies, something she continues to do every day. She authors poetry during these liminal moments, often about places and transitions between states of being, that are renowned for their grace.

Temples

Temples to Lady Jingxi exist in Goka, Jinin, Kwanlai, Linvarre, and Minkai, but smaller shrines have been erected across Tian Xia, particularly locations off its main roads.