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VAAG
Master of
Illusion, Mist-Traveler, Lord of the Unseen
Chaotic Neutral
The Gaseous Tower
The faith of Vaag (pronounced vague) is limited in the
human lands, since the god is the patron of the Vaaga and Daaga, gypsy
folk seen almost exclusively in the dwarven lands and subterranean
realms. But he is also the patron of illusionists and is celebrated
among the humans. His priests are known as Phantasts and travel the
kingdom speading the word of Vaag, performing illusions and small
sleight of hand magic, much like Serokal's Mystics, for whom they are
mistaken quite often. Vaag's only predominance in the human lands is
during the Festival of Mists, which coincides with Lashall and Corell's
harvest festival. In the rural areas where the faiths of Lashall and
Corell are predominant the Festival of Mists is ridiculed as toying
with the other world when it is closest, but in the cities the Festival
is celebrated with passion, as illusionists and Phantasts perform in
every square and all kinds of performers grace the streets, while the
priests of Lashall and Corell, in regions where they are followed, lead
the rituals of the harvest.
During the Festival of Mists, the Gaseous Tower in Saint
Karn is doubly active, the entire City of Faiths abounds with revelers
and celebrations, but none greater than the Vaguemyst Pilgrim's Show of
Lights and the Phantastic Contest. As High Priest of Vaag, a rather
unpopular god in Saint Karn since his alignment isn't good, the
Vaguemyst Pilgrim holds a performance by the best illusionists the
Gaseous Tower can afford called the Show of Lights. After the well
attended performance is the Phantastic Contest, in which illusionists,
phantasts and mages skilled in illusion cast their spells into the
mist-form tower where the illusion takes form. When the contest is
complete and all competitors have finished, the Vaguemyst Pilgrim calls
to Vaag to choose a victor. The Tower recreates the best illusion,
ussually agreed to by those attending. The victor is granted a rare and
expensive prize, generally an immense gem or powerful magical item, and
the ability to utilize mist to travel to any other location also in
mist for the year, until the next contest.
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