Bel, Lady of Hope
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Bel, Lady of Hope

The Breaker of Chains, The Spring of Hope Eternal, The Guiding Light, The Strength Within, The Spirit of Revolution, The Angel of Slums, Mother of Slaves, Sweet Freedom
Deity
Current Location
Bel currently resides in The Great Stone Tower with The Nameless One
 
General Description
Bel is the newest goddess of The Lesser Pantheon, and is the goddess of hope, inner strength, endurance, community, perseverance, the concept of freedom, rebellion and revolution for righteous causes, free will, mental healing and self-sacrifice. She is the patron goddess of Kobolds having been one in her mortal life, and the protector of servants, slaves, the homeless and downtrodden, those suffering from mental illness, survivors of trauma and violence, and freedom fighters.
 
Forms
Bel's true divine form is a massive serpentine female dragon, almost birdlike in appearance with white feathers covering her entire body, golden horns and three glowing blue eyes. She has also been known to appear as a glowing ball of white light which produces a calm soothing voice or an identical voice echoing from ripples in the surface of water. Her most common form, however, was originally her real appearance when she was mortal: an unassuming and visually utterly ordinary orange-downed Kobold, sometimes symbolically holding a loom.
 
Origins
Along with Marduk, Bel is one of only two gods known to have originally been mortals. Bel was originally Bel Kuko, an extremely powerful wizard who was a Crusader of the Nameless One. Her mortal self died trying to close a portal being used to summon Thgirb Amall when a Counterspell was overpowered by the circle's contingencies and vaporised her, but her soul through unknown mechanisms was forcibly elevated into divinity. She retains her memory of her mortal self, and it is known that within mortality Bel interacted with other lesser divine figures such as The Hooded Man (her interactions with whom fuelled her intense dislike of both the Hooded Man and his master Dezrael.) She also interacted with the Nameless One frequently as one of his Chosen, who took a distinct liking to her during their interactions and following her ascension the two of them became consorts after their interactions blossomed into romance.

Title
The Breaker of Chains, The Spring of Hope Eternal, The Guiding Light, The Strength Within, The Spirit of Revolution, The Angel of Slums, Mother of Slaves, Sweet Freedom

Type
Deity

Race
God

Gender
Female

Pronouns
She/Her

Personality
Bel retains the determined, hopeful nature of her mortal self, as well as her tendency towards self-sacrifice, her sardonic sense of humour and her extreme levels of empathy. However, her extant intelligence and magical ability are now extended to divine levels.
However, there is also a distinct jadedness to her, as she considers both the endless bureaucracy of the Empire as well as the inane squabbles of her pantheon-mates extremely boring. She has particular ire for Dezrael due to his constant tormenting of her during her ordeals in her mortal life, and has been known to actively sabotage him if she can get away with it.
Of the gods, Bel is one of the most proactive, being among the most likely to give divine intervention to a mortal (much to the irritation of the other gods) and especially if that happens to be of a lower social or economic class.

Sexuality
Bisexual with major preference for males