Hijau
Basics
Name: Hijau (hee-jaw)
Other Names: N/A
Sex: Female
Size: Like the other gods, Hijau can alter her size at will. She spends most of her time in a large feline form similar to that of her mother, with flowers braided into her mane, around 20 feet at the shoulder.
Home: Darsha
Pantheon Rank: Arch deity
Occupation: Deity of temples, holy sites, and homes
Symbol:
Attitude Toward Ketucari: Indifferent. They cannot incur her wrath unless they defile a temple.
Appearances: None currently
Other Forms: Hijau may also appear as a young mixed-race woman.
Other Names: N/A
Sex: Female
Size: Like the other gods, Hijau can alter her size at will. She spends most of her time in a large feline form similar to that of her mother, with flowers braided into her mane, around 20 feet at the shoulder.
Home: Darsha
Pantheon Rank: Arch deity
Occupation: Deity of temples, holy sites, and homes
Symbol:
Attitude Toward Ketucari: Indifferent. They cannot incur her wrath unless they defile a temple.
Appearances: None currently
Other Forms: Hijau may also appear as a young mixed-race woman.
Relationships
Relatives: Zarakali (mother), Aizak (father, deceased), Ghatri & Grute (full siblings), Karma & Nyssa (half-siblings)
Siblings: Hijau is close to all of her siblings, particularly Ghatri. She sometimes fusses over his unhealthy lifestyle even though she knows it's useless.
Notable Relationships
Zarakali: Hijau has a good relationship with her mother. Like Ghatri, she is quite protective over her.Siblings: Hijau is close to all of her siblings, particularly Ghatri. She sometimes fusses over his unhealthy lifestyle even though she knows it's useless.
Personality
Alignment: True neutral (Neutral)
Personality: Hijau always comes off as passive and measured, and definitely mysterious. Always polite, it is difficult to tell what her true feelings are. Everything she does is handled with an otherworldly grace.
Personality: Hijau always comes off as passive and measured, and definitely mysterious. Always polite, it is difficult to tell what her true feelings are. Everything she does is handled with an otherworldly grace.
History
Hijau and her littermates Ghatri and Grute were born some time after the Machine War to the goddess Zarakali and her mate Aizak,who hailed from another planet. Growing up in Zara's expansive temple, Hijau had everything she wanted at her disposal. Her parents, though not neglectful, allowed she and her siblings a long leash with which to make their own mistakes and learn from them. Where her brother chose to pursue pleasure and people, Hijau chose a more spiritual path. From a young age, she was interested in the running of her mother's temple and helped see to it that Zara's domain was treated with the reverence and care she thought her mother deserved. Learning much from the staff, she developed a take-charge attitude and a sense of responsibility her siblings did not. Her association as the guardian goddess of temples was born from her efficient management of her home and eventually spread to include not only buildings, but sacred land and family shrines as well.
In recent times, Hijau's associations have even begun to include private homes, which are considered a family's very own "temple" in which to worship their deities. In many homes, it has become a tradition to first make offerings to Hijau before petitioning another god in the hopes that she will ensure the offerings are well-received. Her name is also invoked as spiritual protection for various sites during house blessings and, sometimes, exorcisms.
In recent times, Hijau's associations have even begun to include private homes, which are considered a family's very own "temple" in which to worship their deities. In many homes, it has become a tradition to first make offerings to Hijau before petitioning another god in the hopes that she will ensure the offerings are well-received. Her name is also invoked as spiritual protection for various sites during house blessings and, sometimes, exorcisms.