NameAsala, Grand Deity of Harmony, Great Teacher of Culture and Rationality, Seamstress of Reality
DomainHarmony, Balance, Connection, ReasonAsala governs over the mortals’ ability to curb instinct and act rationally and the world’s harmony and balance of forces. She promotes connections of all things within the world and preaches reason over instinct to her followers. At her best, she helps provide an answer for questions and a reason for events. At her worst, she replaces feelings with rationality and forces a calculable value on lives. It is thanks to her that things such as culture and civilizations exist, that people believe in "karma." It is thanks to her that rulers barely bat an eyelid over the loss of an army, that prosperity is balanced by decay. Basically, it's her job to make sure everything "fits," "makes sense," and "has a reason." As one can assume, to do this she will blatantly step on the toes of many gods.
PersonalityA spoilsport among gods and a mysterious savior among mortals, Asala generally tries being the “straight man” in a chaotic world filled with pain, pleasure, and instinct. At the same time, everything has a certain value and if the value is too low it is not worth her time. While she will give her full support to any promising beings regardless of which deity created them, the moment they lose their value is the moment when they are abandoned by Asala. The one thing she detests more than being wrong is being disappointed. Fortunately for mortals, the other gods do a very good job at making her step in constantly. She may hate wasting time on worthless beings, but she does not like other gods just haphazardly devaluing anything they touch. Call it sentimentality or childishness, but she does not like others breaking her toys even if they are abandoned.
On that note, she makes a point only to remember useful information. Even if the exact same mortal made small talk with her every single day, Asala will not form any kind of attachment towards the mortal if the value of their existence was not worthy of attention. Asala would – without fail – be unable to recognize or remember such a worthless being. To be asked for one’s name is the greatest honor Asala bestows upon mortals. To be unrecognized as existing is the greatest shame.
An unfeeling god who fully supports all creations until the moment they do not meet her expectations. An emotionless deity that would abandon all mortals and forget any gods who are not deemed valuable enough to warrant her attention. An aloof being who believes the one’s worth outweighs all thoughts, actions, or life.
That is the god of Harmony.
That is Asala.
Even so, even Asala cannot help but be intrigued by beliefs such as “hope” and “winning against all odds.” Though she may preach that there is value in lives that can be calculated and that one’s worth decides whether they succeed or fail, she cannot help but quietly cheer for the underdog. She also is nigh-unprovokable in the mortal realm; baseless claims and hollow slander have, obviously, little value. On the other hand it is incredibly easy, almost shamefully so, for gods to provoke Asala. It may be a bunch of hot air for the most part, but luckily it’s also quite easy to pacify her.
AppearanceAsala’s “standard” for appearing before mortals is to be blinding ray of light and disembodied choir of voices. There are times when she appears as something else, but those are usually when her confidence in this world is brimming or waning.
When she is happy with the current state of affairs, she may appear as a woman or man with a face (or at least the eyes) hidden by a mask, helmet, veil, cloth, or other similar garment. A curious factor is that her form does not have such divine beauty or otherworldly attraction as most other gods seem to have, but instead a quiet strength and humble purity. She is more likely to be a confident farm boy with a large, warm smile than a beautiful and seductive stranger in a hidden cabin off the road.
However, should her confidence in the world start to falter, she will appear as young child of snow white and wander the world in search for a champion to rekindle her confidence. She will leave the mortal realm soon after appearing regardless of if she found a champion or not, but whether she stays to watch over the mortals or abandons them depends on her findings.
For the other gods, she either takes the form of a small, white, unassuming creature or as a faceless imitation of her current champion.
SymbolsSymmetry is Asala’s main symbol, mostly due to the fact that she has few actual appearances yet is constantly watching over all. As such, any form of symmetry is considered to be Asala’s divine influence in keeping balance and harmony in the world, such as it does for the symbol. She also is connected with the color white which (depending on who you ask) can be viewed as either the fusion or absence of all colors, but regardless is seen as order, cleanliness, and purity – much like her gift of rationality and culture in this base and instinctual world.
TriviaFemales give birth, males (usually) do not. As such, females are more valuable in Asala’s eyes and thus she uses a female form.
Asala admires the Supreme Cosmic Entity. Actually, she worships it. No, not just that – she is obsessed with it. If they were mortals, it might be some form of obsessive love or possessive lust but as gods, Asala considers the Supreme Cosmic Entity to be an unmatched avatar of absolute value, a being whose worth shall never wane and only ever increase. It is the perfect entity for someone so obsessed with the worth of one’s being, someone such as Asala.
