Khemra

Khemra’s Portfolio includes but is not limited to: The sun, literacy, history, law, oaths of fealty, hierarchies, translators, traditions, travel, regulation of the Nine as a whole, grandeur, royalty, and being a foe to the undead   Her primary Dominion is the sun. Her primary Gift to mortals is literacy.   Khemra's theurgists' favored spheres are Divination, Purification and Wrath.

Khemra's primary symbol of power and her Divine Trophy is a shield that she crafted out of Turoch's eyes.   While many of her followers are not warriors and not all of her warriors carry shields, those that do favor shields with bright and intricate sun designs in Khemra's honor.

-Follow the roles you were destined for and make sure others do likewise and don’t overstep their bounds.   -Seek and share knowledge and make sure it is preserved for future generations.   -Help create and maintain ordered societies for this is the way to ultimately benefit all.

  Khemra still hopes to reinstate the original Compact or get together with all the Nine and create a revised Compact (one that all nine of the Nine can actually stick to). Khemra’s mortal and spirit minions have a well-deserved reputation for meddling in the affairs of other deities’ domains and worship and this has won the Keepers many enemies.   Khemra is easily the most hidebound and dogmatic of all the Nine. This means she is somewhat predictable, and she is not often proactive. In most cases she reacts to the machinations of her siblings rather than creating her own machinations.     Hallisan and Phidas are both romantic rivals for Khemra’s affections. Khemra tries to split her time evenly with both though she probably secretly likes Hallisan slightly better. Like most of the goddesses, Khemra secretly pines for Korus, but Korus doesn’t seem to like her that way. Khemra is happy to work with both Hallisan and Phidas to advance and strengthen civilization but is annoyed that both Hallisan and Phidas' priests are trying to muscle her priesthood out of the royal halls in the mortal realm. That said, the Keepers generally get along well with Guardians and Masks. At the very least, their respective priesthood always try to appear civil. It’s customary when Guardians and Masks have a beef with the Keepers to keep their dispute behind closed doors and out of public view.   Korus and Khemra usually get along. The biggest point of contention is that Khemra is the patroness of civilization and Korus is the god of the wilderness. Sometimes they butt heads when Korus feels civilization is spreading too rapidly. Khemra yields to Korus more often than not when this happens. The Stewards and Keepers usually get along well in the mortal plane.   Mera is usually pretty easy to get along with. Mera thought the Compact gave the evil gods too much leeway. That’s the main point of contention between them. If evil succeeds when good people do nothing, Mera views Khemra as a divine embodiment of a good person doing nothing. For her part, Khemra is a little miffed that Mera set herself up as the goddess of hearth fires. She views this as a partial usurping of Khemra’s position as the sun goddess. Khemra would never admit it, but she is secretly jealous of Mera's popularity with the masses of peasants.   Greymoria was technically the last deity to violate the terms of the Compact.Greymoria technically held to the letter of the Compact longer than Khemra did! Greymoria never bribed mortals with a Gift until after the Second Age dawned. The Dark Mother doesn’t break the letter of the Compact much, but she violates the spirit of the Compact each and every time she creates a new monstrous race. The sheer volume of creatures that Greymoria has created annoys Khemra greatly. Khemra also dislikes the fact that most of Greymoria's children are often at least nominally hostile to civilization.   Maylar is a jerk. Maylar believes in survival of the fittest and constantly tests everyone, gods, mortals, spirits, and beasts alike. Maylar says he is making Creation as a whole stronger, but Khemra believes he is a liar. Maylar is merely tearing down otherwise solid structures. As far as Khemra is concerned, Maylar just likes to watch things burn and his “survival of the fittest” creed is a lie to justify his childish actions. Khemra is not very proactive but she will proactively go against Maylar's schemes and minions without hesitation.   Khemra finds Zarthus more vexing than Maylar because a tiny secret part of Khemra believes Zarthus is occasionally right and she is loathe to admit it. At the very least, Zarthus, clearly has good intentions. When Khemra’s minions slaughter Maylar's minions the people cheer. When Khemra’s minions slaughter Zarthus' minions Khemra’s minions look like the bad guys. Khemra is less offended by Maylar killing Khemra’s followers than she is by Zarthus defaming Khemra’s followers and they do this a lot.   Nami is a free spirit and Khemra is not. Khemra believes that Lady of Winds flouts the Compact specifically to annoy Khemra. Nami is hard for Khemra to oppose because Nami is not very predictable. If anything, Nami violates the Compact less often than Maylar and Zarthus but when she does cheese off Khemra, it’s in a very inventive and novel way.