Title: Ashkar
Appearance: Ashkar rarely appears in full form as he is often at task around the world. When he does appear, he is often accompanied by tornadoes or in the calm of a hurricane eye. He appears as a translucent towering giant, robed only in clouds. He has twelve mouths, each a direction of the wind that speak in chorus, shining white eyes and a strong equine nose.
Domain: Winds, Storms, Rain, Mountains, Valleys
Alignment: Neutral
Personality:As fickle as his dominion he can also be very stubborn. He has many secrets and a raging temper.
Symbol: Three horizontal lines with a circle on the top and bottom.
Method of Worship: To honor Ashkar, followers walk traditional and sacred paths along steep cliff walls, into valleys and across plains. Some of these journeys take weeks, with some followers perishing along the way. There are thousands of
songs, chants and prayers that are recited/played at different altars along these sacred paths. Offerings at these altars include burning incense and herbs. Some tribes commit there dead at the altar and leave the bodies for carrion birds in a ritual called a
Sky Burial.
Prayers to Ashkar mostly ask for favorable winds (metaphorically and literally) in certain ventures, business and otherwise. Ashkar is not feared per say, but rather understood as having great power and capable of destroying crops and cities in the form of storms, hurricanes etc.
Race: The Garuda