Danu

Danu is a Lesser Deity who claims dominion over the Elemental Plane of Earth. She serves in allegiance to the Father, Dagda, in the Pagan pantheon, acting as a conduit of power between the Plane of Earth and Dagda's divinity and strength.

Description
The Earth Mother, believed to have once been a great healer and sorceress in the age of the fomorians. Said to be the great protector of the lands, forests and earth.

A kind and benevolent goddess of wisdom, fertility and growth, she is depicted in three forms which leads to her symbol of the three goddesses.


 * The Maiden
 * The Mother
 * The Crone

A goddess who watches over the youth, purity and innocence of girls. A goddess who influences the fertility, love and creativity of mothers. A goddess who gives wisdom, time and knowledge to the old.

The Awakened
It is believed that through the powers of life that Danu possesses, Dagda granted an awakening to the beast of Elysia, to awaken, speak and live as civilised and sentient creatures of the land. From the earth and fruits of the land, the beast of Elysia would feed upon the Mother's sustenance and be reborn. With the influence of Dagda and Danu the following beasts, but limited to, would awaken and take the form of new species.


 * Otterfolk
 * Ratfolk
 * Mousefolk
 * Rabbitfolk
 * Badgerfolk
 * Squirrelfolk
 * Foxfolk
 * Shrewfolk
 * Weaselfolk
 * Harefolk (Harengon)
 * Owlfolk
 * Raccoonfolk (Rakin)

Earning & Losing Piety
You increase your piety score to Danu when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:


 * Protecting the forests and its denizens.
 * Hallowing sacred grounds and burial mounds.
 * Keeping pagan relics from evil.
 * Performing ceremony of Atonement to those who pass on the shadows and turn to the mother.
 * Performing ceremony of Dedication to those submitting to the will of Danu.
 * Performing ceremony of the Funeral Rite to fallen beasts and awakened of the world.

Your piety score to Danu decreases if you diminish his influence in the world, contradict his ideals, or threaten the integrity of destiny through acts such as these:


 * Breaking the earth and forests.
 * Disturbing natural habitats.
 * Harming innocents or noncombatants.
 * Disturbing druidic or pagan sites.

Danu's Devotee
Piety 3+ Danu trait

Your strikes are imbued with nature's wrath the magics of the earth. You can cast ensnaring strike with this trait a number of times equal to your wisdom modifier (minimum of 1). Uses of this trait are regained after a long rest.