Zirios

Zirios is the God of dreams and the stars. He is said to visit the world at night and bring dreams to those who sleep, in the form of a dragon. He leaves the stars behind in his wake. His mother, Ceruna, created him as company during the lonely nights when all have gone to bed. Zirios' symbol is a dragon.

Description
Zirios is said to visit Aavalin as a mighty dragon of deep purple, though none have ever seen him. To the few who claim to have met with Zirios in dreams, he has appeared as a handsome sky elf with very dark purple skin and hair. He has horns which fade to a lighter purple, and very pale purple eyes. He has intricate markings of the same colour on his face. His feathered wings look like the night sky, dotted with glittering stars.

Zirios is a mysterious figure. At times he seems playful, and at times he becomes incredibly grave. He is often quite cryptic, as are many of his followers. He communicates regularly with his most devout using dreams and messengers. Zirios is one of the very few deities to have had romantic dalliances with mortals - Varienna being one other. Such dalliances are usually quite casual, and are often remembered as very wonderful dreams.

Champion
Zirios' Champion is a mysterious Sky Elf who keeps her name a secret. Few know of her existence, but those who do are incredibly loyal to her. She has the ability to enter into the dreams of others at will, and interfere if she sees fit.

Evest
Lord Evest is the current High Priest of Zirios. Born in 2171 to a halfling couple originally from Caswar, Evest spent his childhood running around the school of magic known as Nelonia, where both of his parents studied in the Indefinite Magical Study Program. Evest desperately wanted to attend Nelonia. When the priests of Zirios found his parents and explained that Evest, then ten, was destined to become High Priest, he was distraught. He was meant to start attending Nelonia Children’s Academy of Magic only a few weeks later. Evest bitterly bid farewell to his parents and elder sister, all of whom were remaining in Nelonia, and accompanied the priests to Bethana to begin his training there. He proved to be an excellent cleric, and quite a prodigy, learning advanced spells as a young teenager. As he grew, he became resigned to his fate as High Priest, though still greatly envied his elder sister as she wrote letters to him about all the wonderful things she was learning as a wizard student of Nelonia. Still, he knew he would have to overcome his shattered childhood dream eventually - and so he did. He became a competent High Priest of Zirios in time, his abilities far stronger than his people skills.

Evest is highly aware of the Dreamer Sect growing in popularity, and has often wondered whether or not to officially label them as heathens. His own connection with Zirios has dwindled slightly, the God not entering his dreams nearly as often as he once did. He despises the leader of the Dreamer Sect, suspecting that Zirios' favour - which he never sought in the first place - has now been transferred to him.