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--- gods:atena [2025/07/01 12:11] – David Erb Reorganization (Contact for PDF of old document) trazyntheinfidrip
+++ gods:atena [2025/08/04 12:31] (current) – [The Starweaver, Seherine Stella] freyaguntrip
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 In reality, At’ena lives omni-temporally, at all times at once, and regards time as a fluid concept. This means that At’ena knows what will happen as soon as anything ever happens at any point along the time stream. She can act at any point in time before or after she decides to do so. This can give off the impression that At’ena does not answer calls or is not “paying attention.” The opposite is true, she is always answering calls that will have happened years, decades, centuries in advance, and always paying attention to all points in time “simultaneously”.
-The complexities of time are often simplified to a linear cause-and-effect or past-present-future depiction for mortals, which falls short of the reality of **Reto’tempo**. Similarly, the ideas of  **Fate**((Fate (or Destiny, or Narrative, etc.) is considered to be the force that drives time, stories, and life in the game forward towards its ultimate end and necessary conclusion, whatever it may be.)) and **Free Will**(Free Will is considered to be the ability for independent actors to steer Fate in the direction(s) they choose, and be able to choose the path that is taken towards that end.)) are poorly understood by even the most devout of At'ena's priests. Many have their own beliefs about what Fate and Free Will mean, but nothing is known for certain.
+The complexities of time are often simplified to a linear cause-and-effect or past-present-future depiction for mortals, which falls short of the reality of **Reto’tempo**. Similarly, the ideas of  **Fate**((Fate (or Destiny, or Narrative, etc.) is considered to be the force that drives time, stories, and life in the game forward towards its ultimate end and necessary conclusion, whatever it may be.)) and **Free Will**((Free Will is considered to be the ability for independent actors to steer Fate in the direction(s) they choose, and be able to choose the path that is taken towards that end.)) are poorly understood by even the most devout of At'ena's priests. Many have their own beliefs about what Fate and Free Will mean, but nothing is known for certain.
 ==== Reto’tempo / the Web of Time / the Ancient Glade ====
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 Many famous works of fictitious literature on [[settings:cahyali|Cahyali]] include a reference to Seherine in this way, acting as an enigmatic guide to the protagonist that they meet seemingly randomly on the road, pushing them towards their fate and the climax of the story. Some believe that use of this trope and the inclusion of the Starweaver as an unnamed character is lazy writing.
-==== The Starweaver, Seherine Stella ====
+==== The Star Bearing Jade River, Shuibian Seheyun, Seherine Shuibian ====
 Shuibian Seheyun, or the last Dianxia (Crown Princess) of Shuibian, is an aspect of Seherine found in the Abundant Expanse of [[settings:cahyali|Cahyali.]]. She appears as a beautiful and elegant [[settings:cahyali:ruefang|Ruefang]] elf with pale skin said to be the color of pure white jade, wearing the imperial Ruefu (ancient Ruefang dress) of the Shuibian Dynasty. Often, she is seen with her long dark black hair down, flowing with stars in the inky darkness. Other times, she is seen in a general's ceremonial armor, with a jian (traditional sword) drawn.
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 WIP ([[settings:jaern:alwadiha|Alwadiha]] Aspect of At’ena worshiped in tandem with Rudri within the Order of the Oneirophant.)
+===== Servitors =====
+==== Ornias ====
+It is said that one of At'ena Obscura's Servitors, Ornias, was granted with the gift of prophecy in order to assist At'ena in creating signs. However, a Belief says that Ornias saw a future that caused him to go mad, and decide to act against At'ena, believing her future and destinies were a path to disaster. Ornias was one of the first Fallen Servitors, and due to his gift of prophecy, was able to escape being bound within the [[settings:planes:beneath|Beneath.]]. Some claim that the reason At'ena speaks in enigmatic riddles is to avoid revealing too much of the future to mortals, and avoid causing one to descend into madness like Ornias.