Aluvima - The Peace Maker

Aluvima

Major Aspect of Death

Aluvima guides mortals through the end of life and reconciles the departed and those left behind.

Aluvima is a slender, androgynous being, cloaked in fading colors of black and gray. Their eyes are gentle, dove-gray and hold ancient wisdom - hands, delicate yet strong, offer comfort. A soft, ethereal glow surrounds them, like a setting black sun. Aluvima embodies the peaceful acceptance of mortality. A being of profound tranquility and quiet empathy. patient and understanding and offers solace without judgment. Their presence is calming, a gentle guide through the fear of mortality.

Rites

The Passing of the Veil: A funerary rite performed to guide the soul of the deceased to the afterlife. Followers create a peaceful atmosphere, with soft music and gentle words, and they offer prayers for the soul's safe passage. A Remembrance Garden dedicated to the memory of loved ones is often created, a place where loved ones can connect with the spirits of the departed and find solace in their memories.

The Calming: This ceremony is for those that have been traumatized by death, or violence. The followers of Aluvima will use soft words, and gentle touch to help calm the person. They will then guide the person through a meditation, to help them accept what has happened. 

The Black Vigil: A ceremony held at the witching hour, where followers gather to meditate on the nature of mortality and the peaceful transition to the afterlife, and harmonizing with the void. Quiet hymns and chants are sung and then stop, and all light is snuffed out, to symbolize the fading of life.

Celebrations

The Quiet Passing: Held during the autumnal equinox, when the days grow shorter and the veil between worlds is believed to be thin, this festival is held to honor those who have passed, to celebrate the peaceful transition of souls, and to find solace in the acceptance of mortality. 

A slow, silent nightly procession through places of burial, carrying lanterns and symbols of remembrance, while reading names of those who have passed, and singing soft, mournful, and then uplifting hymns.

 

Effigy: A small, smooth, grey stone: It might be slightly carved with a symbol of a dove, or a setting sun, or a simple figure depicting a reclining, androgynous form, representing the peaceful rest of death. The clay would be left unglazed, giving it a natural, earthy appearance, or a small silver disk that may be engraved with the image of a still pond.

Domains: Sanctity of Death, Cycles, Balance, Acceptance.

Legends: It is told that after Edge Captial became a prominent city, the dead became forgotten, unable to pass peacefully, gardens were not erected in their name, and places of burial were few and far between. Aluvima walked among mortals, taking the form of a human female, and guided the people to construct The Undercoft below the Industrial Ward, though it has since been repurposed and forsaken as a place for burial and worship.

Goals: A dignified transition from life to death, alleviate the fear of death. encourage reconciliation and acceptance in life and death, uphold the natural cycle of life and death, replace fear and grief with peaceful acceptance and remembrance, and provide solace, guiding lost souls.

Draws Strength From: Honoring the tenants of the faith (honoring death, finding strength in life, etc.) 

Rivels: None - Aluvima sees no one as a personal rival - but takes issue with disrupting the natural cycles of life and death and the causing of needless suffering/

Originating Culture: Many