[Isle] The Isle of Mōlia

[Fax Celestis]

Secrets of Mōlia

Kānāwai
False God of Law and Justice
Lesser Deity
Alignment: LE
Portfolio: Order, Curses, Seclusion, Ocean
Domains: Law, Hex, Magic, Water

Kānāwai, despite being Lawful Evil and carrying many traits of being a deity of law, is actually a deity of subversion, exploitation, and bad luck. This is unknown even to his most devout followers.

Since Kānāwai makes his home in the ocean, those slain and cast into the ocean become part of his retinue, including those punished by Konani's magics and cast into the ocean. It is through this subtle means that Kānāwai is amassing himself an army of slain creatures. He plots to use these servants as a means towards disrupting trading routes from nearby islands and bring their business to Mōlia.

The Plague
Before Kānāwai's arrival to Mōlia, there wsa a widespread epidemic of mindfire. The survivors of the plague became immune, but they also became carriers. Now virtually everything on the island that lives is a carrier for mindfire, and Kānāwai's plan to disrupt trade routes and bring stolen prosperity to Mōlia to the detriment of others has a secondary, sinister aspect: Mōlians journeying outwards will carry the plague with them, spreading the disease to the rest of the islands and potentially causing an epidemic. Kānāwai is aware of the plague and that the Mōlians carry it: he finds it to be a circumstancial boon to his already-dastardly plans.

The Storms and The Tigers
By all rights, the tigers should not be present in this tropical paradise--and in truth they never really were. The tigers of the island are not tigers in any but the most loose sense; rather, they are creations by the old gods of the island, used to keep faith in Kānāwai in check.

The storms are a similar influence: they are influenced by the gods of other islands to prevent the people of Mōlia from considering venturing asea. Despite this being Kānāwai's domain, external deities are capable of evincing their influence on the island through a small orb known as the Akualima (see the Treasure section), buried in the heart of the volcano.