Crethia

Crethia, the Great Goddess of the Riversea, was born from the brain of the slain Celeda, after Celeda had her throat cut by the jealous Pryma on the surface of Pryiam. The white-blue blood of Celeda became the Riversea surrounding Pryiam and filling the great fissures in the Stonestar left behind when Prysius' head fell from the top of the Spire; while Cozbi, Celeda's soul, was loosened from Celeda's corpse, Celeda's physical remains all became the Gods of the Riversea. Crethia was the greatest of these gods, ruling over the ten leser Riversea deities.

Unlike the other Riversea Gods, Crethia has a humanoid form. She appears as a white skinned mermaid with long, light green hair and beautiful light green eyes. Her tail is covered in shimmering green, light blue and silver scales. Crethia has a palace of coral and shells at the base of the Spire in the Spireward Sea, where the Deathwatch River flows out to the Oblating Sea, between the Clockspine and the Deathspine. Crethia's palace, Crethoraline, dominates the undersea city of Chyrisis, and is home to the Undersea Court comprised of the lesser Riversea Gods. Crethia's command over all of the inhabitants of the Riversea is rarely disputed, and Chyrisis tends to remain above the squabbles of the other Riversea City-States.

Crethia is worshipped in some manner by almost anyone inhabiting the coastlines of Pryiam of inhabiting the Riversea itself. Crethia is powerful, but mostly merciful, and rarely uses the Riversea for ill. But Crethia is also fairly indifferent to mortal concerns, and rarely keeps her more vicious subjects from their works.

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