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Mahja Firehair
(Deity)

Worshipers
Edicts
Bring honor and glory to orcs, build up your community, seek personal perfection
Anathema
Undermine your community, seek personal glory, grant redemption to the unworthy
Sanctification (2ER)
Can choose holy
Domains (2E)
Family, Fire, Protection, Toil
Favored Weapon
Mahja Firehair
Mahja Firehair
(Person)

Titles
Chief of the Burning Sun tribe
Alignment
Ancestry/Species
Class
Gender
Female
Homeland
Deity
Organization
Died
Source: Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes, pg(s). 33 (1E)
In Glorious Battle, pg(s). 4, 20–21 (2E)

Mahja Firehair was the orc chief of the Burning Sun tribe, a Sarenite tribe formed mostly of outcasts from other tribes. She was a ragepriest of Sarenrae1 and strived to turn the orcs under her command away from evil, a pursuit that had earned her many enemies in the Hold of Belkzen.2

After her death, Firehair entered and completed the Crucible, a posthumous challenge of a deity, to ascend to divinity herself.3

As a mortal

In 4723 AR, whilst on a mission with the Pathfinder Society on behalf of Ardax the White-Hair, Firehair stopped a weapon similar to the Radiant Fire from destroying much of Belkzen, absorbing it into herself and dying in the process. After her death, her Vow Mark illuminated, indicating that she had entered the Crucible in order to challenge a deity.4

As a deity

While it is not known who Firehair slew, she left the Crucible triumphant and joined the orc pantheon. As a deity, she espouses similar ideals to Sarenrae but believes that redemption is an active choice for all, rather than something given.5

References

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  1. Luis Loza. In Glorious Battle, 4. Paizo Inc., 2023
  2. Tyler Beck, et al. “Adventuring in Belkzen” in Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes, 33. Paizo Inc., 2015
  3. John Compton & Michelle Y. Kim. “Character Suggestions” in Triumph of the Tusk Player's Guide, 6. Paizo Inc., 2024
  4. Luis Loza. In Glorious Battle, 20–21. Paizo Inc., 2023
  5. John Compton & Michelle Y. Kim. “Character Suggestions” in Triumph of the Tusk Player's Guide, 7. Paizo Inc., 2024