Akadi - Revision history

Almarea90 at 18:22, 4 April 2023

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162.158.34.68 at 20:05, 16 December 2022

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	'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is the whispering wind and the blinding gale storm, her form changing from season to season. Her kiss might be moist and sweet or bitter and cold. Uncaring, she carries sounds and scents along on her journey, but she never pauses to impress upon a traveler the importance of her travels. In religious art she is often portrayed as a huge, translucent blue woman with gigantic feathery wings that trail away into clouds. Her wings are said to toss the winds about the surface of Faerûn. Like all the elemental lords, Akadi is relatively uncaring of her followers on ~~Abeir-~~Toril. Her reactions are difficult to gauge, and she seems almost an alien being in her responses to most mortals not native to the Elemental Plane of Air. The relative inaction of Akadi and the other elemental lords has led to their being viewed as only lesser powers in the Realms and their followers being classed as cultists. Akadi is known as Teylas in the Hordelands, a god of the Elemental Plane of Air. The distinction between a female and male form of the Lady of the Winds makes no difference to the faith. Akadi does seem to have some small affection for her followers, but most often displays that affection when they make large offerings to her by burning precious incenses that waft to her on the winds — so it could be argued that she only cares when she is bribed to do so. While appeals to Akadi to change or still the winds, provide good flying currents, or bring gentle rains meet with her approval, she grants no prayers to raise or quell harsh storms, as storms lie within the purview of Talos and Umberlee (though she occasionally manages a whirlwind of brief duration but stunning force).		'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is the whispering wind and the blinding gale storm, her form changing from season to season. Her kiss might be moist and sweet or bitter and cold. Uncaring, she carries sounds and scents along on her journey, but she never pauses to impress upon a traveler the importance of her travels.

			Akadi has only been seen twice in written record in avatar form on Toril. The Queen of Air normally appears as a huge column of swirling winds resembling an immense tornado that towers from the earth into the clouds above. Her voice can range from the whisper of the slightest breeze through the trees to an insistent roar that can be heard for miles in every direction.
			In religious art she is often portrayed as a huge, translucent blue woman with gigantic feathery wings that trail away into clouds. Her wings are said to toss the winds about the surface of Faerûn. Like all the elemental lords, Akadi is relatively uncaring of her followers on Toril. Her reactions are difficult to gauge, and she seems almost an alien being in her responses to most mortals not native to the Elemental Plane of Air. The relative inaction of Akadi and the other elemental lords has led to their being viewed as only lesser powers in the Realms and their followers being classed as cultists. Akadi is known as Teylas in the Hordelands, a god of the Elemental Plane of Air. The distinction between a female and male form of the Lady of the Winds makes no difference to the faith. Akadi does seem to have some small affection for her followers, but most often displays that affection when they make large offerings to her by burning precious incenses that waft to her on the winds — so it could be argued that she only cares when she is bribed to do so. While appeals to Akadi to change or still the winds, provide good flying currents, or bring gentle rains meet with her approval, she grants no prayers to raise or quell harsh storms, as storms lie within the purview of Talos and Umberlee (though she occasionally manages a whirlwind of brief duration but stunning force).

162.158.159.9 at 17:43, 19 November 2022

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 Akadian priests are strongly encouraged to learn weather sense and to acquire  skill in playing a musical instrument that involves blowing air through it to   produce sound (such as woodwind instruments, brass instruments, organs, and bagpipes) in addition to their required proficiencies.
+Before the Time of Troubles, all of the elemental cults had clerics in their ranks. Now, only specialty priests remain. Why Akadi decided to gradually convert her clerics to specialty priests is unknown. Since the Godswar, the Akadian church has added a small order of mystics and an order of crusaders to the church to round out the capabilities of the priesthood. In primitive or nomadic societies (such as those of the Tuigan), Akadi is served by shamans.
 Few priests of Akadi ever settle down in one place, so few communities feel  threatened or benefited by the appearance of an Akadian priest. Akadian priests  blow into a town or village upon the morning breeze and are typically gone by the time the sun sets. A philosophy of incessant movement and wanderlust has ingrained itself into the church of Akadi, and few temples exist to the Lady of   the Winds. Those that do are  most often open-air circles of wooden poles adorned with feathers and streamers that flutter in the slightest breeze. Priests of the faith travel across Faerûn, spreading the word of Akadi at each  opportunity. They often lecture on the joys that the freedom of Akadi brings,  but seldom stop to argue semantics or principles with those who would them, choosing instead to sew the seeds of the Queen of Air and then continue along  to “wherever the winds take them.” This tendency to spout high-sounding verbiage has led to more than one Akadian priest being called a “windbag” in  several senses of the word. The priests of Akadi are divided up between the  Whisper and the Roar. These are not rankings within the church or even a  division between those clergy members with parish territories and those of an   adventuring bent. Rather, these are distinctions in philosophy of action. Those  who follow the Whisper typically work behind the scenes, seldom showing  themselves to be a member of the church of Akadi. Members of the Roar are much  more direct about their involvement in the affairs of Faerûn. The disparate  and unfocused nature of the activities of the church of Akadi as a whole has  left few in Faerûn viewing it as any sort of threat, although personally ambitious members of the church can sometimes wreak havoc in a particular region. Akadi’s priests are organized mostly into “churches” formed of small cliques who follow a particularly charismatic Akadian. These cliques shift and flow over tune as the group politics lead to some members rising in status, others falling, and others leaving in disgust or empowered by the inspiring message of their leader to begin a new church in a far-off land. This sort of  organization is very fluid and often very confusing to those outside the faith, as such folk are never sure who will be in charge in a tenday and therefore who   to hold responsible for living up to agreements and contracts. Most Akadians have a reputation for being untrustworthy because of this very problem in their  faith’s organization. When tune comes due for an Akadian to live up to a promise, frequently the answer received is: “I’m so sorry, that’snot my job anymore”—if one can find the Akadian the deal was struck with in the first  place! Novice Akadians are referred to as Fledglings. Upon undergoing a personally designed rite of empowerment supervised by at least two senior  clergy (and usually involving flying), they become full priests. In ascending order of rank, the titles in general use by the priesthood are: Winged One (full priest), Air of the Goddess, Breeze of Light, Zephyr (senior priest), Mistral, Sirocco(leader of a large “church”), and Whirlwind (leader of a very   large church or priest of great experience). A priest who has slain or soundly defeated an enemy of the church (usually a high-ranking priest of [[Grumbar]] or an earth-based creature of power) may add the honorific “High” to the beginning of his or her title.
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 Adventuring priests and Akadian clergy members on the road dress practically, though they favor clothes or accessories of white, light gray, and light blue. They recognize that traveling through the countryside on the enemy element of earth requires heavier clothing to shield oneself from that harsh element. They typically confine their use of silk to a scarf or decorative vest and pack their ceremonial vestments carefully to protect them.

172.70.162.81 at 18:13, 27 October 2022

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 {{Deity|name=Akadi
 |icon=Ig_hu_akadi.png
-|alias=Queen of Air, the Lady of Air, Lady of the Winds
+|alias=Queen of Air, the Lady of Air, Lady of the Winds, Queen of Air Elementals
 |power=G
 |pantheon=F
 |symbol=A billowing white cloud on a dark blue sky
 |alignment=N
 |cleric=LN, N, CN, NE
-|portfolio=Elemental air, movement, speed, flying creatures
+|portfolio=Elemental air, air elementalists, movement, speed, flying creatures
 |worshippers=Animal breeders, elemental archons (air), rangers, rogues, sailors
 |domain_air=1
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 |weapon=[[Flail]]
 |weapon_canon=A whirlwind (heavy flail)
 |enemies=[[Grumbar]]}}
-'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities.
+'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is the whispering wind and the  blinding gale storm, her form changing from season to season. Her kiss might   be moist and sweet or bitter and cold. Uncaring, she carries sounds and scents  along on her journey, but she never pauses to impress upon a traveler the  importance of her travels. In religious art she is often portrayed as a huge, translucent blue woman with gigantic feathery wings that trail away into clouds. Her wings are said to toss the winds about the surface of Faerûn. Like  all the elemental lords, Akadi is relatively uncaring of her followers on  Abeir-Toril. Her reactions are difficult to gauge, and she seems almost an  alien being in her responses to most mortals not native to the Elemental Plane  of Air. The relative inaction of Akadi and the other elemental lords has led  to their being viewed as only lesser powers in the Realms and their followers  being classed as cultists. Akadi is known as Teylas in the Hordelands, a god  of the Elemental Plane of Air. The distinction between a female and male form of the Lady of the Winds makes no difference to the faith. Akadi does seem to  have some small affection for her followers, but most often displays that affection when they make large offerings to her by burning precious incenses  that waft to her on the winds — so it could be argued that she only cares when  she is bribed to do so. While appeals to Akadi to change or still the winds,  provide good flying currents, or bring gentle rains meet with her approval,   she grants no prayers to raise or quell harsh storms, as storms lie within the  purview of Talos and Umberlee (though she occasionally manages a whirlwind of  brief duration but stunning force).
-As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.

86.185.149.188 at 07:08, 18 June 2019

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	\|weapon_canon=A whirlwind (heavy flail)}}		\|weapon_canon=A whirlwind (heavy flail)
			\|enemies=[[Grumbar]]}}
	'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities.		'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities.

	As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.		As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.

86.185.149.188 at 07:07, 18 June 2019

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	'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.		'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities.

			As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.

86.185.149.188 at 07:07, 18 June 2019

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	'''Akadi''' (pronounced: ah-''kah''-dee) is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.		'''Akadi''' ''(pronounced: ah-kah-dee)'' is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.

86.185.149.188 at 07:06, 18 June 2019

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	'''Akadi''' (ah-''kah''-dee) is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.		'''Akadi''' (pronounced: ah-''kah''-dee) is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.

Valleriani at 08:11, 20 September 2017

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	\|~~domain_canon~~=~~Illusion~~		\|domain_illusion=1
	\|weapon=[[Flail]]		\|weapon=[[Flail]]
	\|weapon_canon=A whirlwind (heavy flail)}}		\|weapon_canon=A whirlwind (heavy flail)}}
	'''Akadi''' (ah-''kah''-dee) is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.		'''Akadi''' (ah-''kah''-dee) is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.

Valleriani at 08:06, 20 September 2017

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	\|domain_canon=Illusion		\|domain_canon=Illusion
	\|weapon=[[Flail]]		\|weapon=[[Flail]]
	\|weapon_canon=A whirlwind (heavy flail)}} ~~[[File:Akadi_symbol.jpg\|thumb\|Symbol of Akadi]]~~		\|weapon_canon=A whirlwind (heavy flail)}}
	'''Akadi''' (ah-''kah''-dee) is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.		'''Akadi''' (ah-''kah''-dee) is an alien and aloof deity, as are her fellow elemental deities. As a deity of freedom and travel, she teaches that her followers should move as much as possible from place to place and from activity to activity. She and her worshipers are diametrically opposed to [[Grumbar]] and his followers.