- Spheres: The Night, the Hunt, Mysteries, Fertility
- Gender: Female
- Alignment: True Neutral
- Power: Greater Deity
- Symbol: Obsidian Stone
- Favored Weapon: Longbow/Composite Longbow
- Influence: Patron of amazons, hunters, some rangers, midwives.
- Domains: Darkness, Dream, Fate, Lust, Moon, Mysticism, Oracle, Portal, Summoner, Knowledge, Animal, Fey, Pleasure
Description: Nox is shrouded in secrecy and erotic allure. Her description is alluded to only in innuendo and the obscure idea of the sensual. Those few who have been graced with her presence can only describe a beautiful feminine form cloaked in darkness, and exuding mystery, fertility, and desire.
Lore and Knowledge: The Night Mistress or Nightmother, the Dark Lady, the Childmaker and Keeper of the Secrets, Nox is one of the oldest deities. Some claim she is older even than Corbrin, from some other realm, kept in the deepest, darkest of secrets.
Followers: Most humanoids give offering to Nox when they are seeking to start a family. Worship of Nox is older than even that of Solos or Sunia, and as such is practically an engrained part of society.
Besides those seeking a family, most hunters or gamesmen give tribute to Nox, often a small offering from the first kill of a season. Also, anyone seeking to keep a secret burns a small parchment with the secret written, while offering a prayer to Nox, to ensure it is never discovered.
The followers of Nox can be of any alignment. Worship of Nox is especially prevalent amongst the elves and other woodland races, while being less so of underground or subterranean races, such as the dwarves.
Temples devoted to Nox are never located in urban centers, though sometimes altars of worship are. Nox’s temples are almost always in the wilderness, hidden from casual travelers.
- Affiliated Organizations:
- Church of the Moon: Official church of Nox, the Night Mistress.
- Midwive’s Association: Organization of midwives throughout the continent.
- Moonglade Rangers: Association of rangers and wardens devoted to Nox.
Class Information:
Clerics: Clerics of Nox must be celibate, but not chaste. While Nox is the deity of Fertility, her clerics may not raise families while in her service (and in fact, cannot, though many leave service to start families for a time, a practice that is common and often encouraged).
Clerics of Nox must be partially Neutral. Vestments are obsidian silk robes, with a grey phylactery. They are required during rituals, such as the Rite of the Full Moon. There is a canon of Nox, with texts as old as language itself. They are carefully guarded, and only given to prestigious members of the church.
Clerics of Nox cannot Turn/Rebuke Undead. Instead they can Turn/Rebuke any Animal, Magical Beast, or Lycanthrope.
Class Skills: Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Heal, Knowledge (Arcana, History, Religion, Nature, The Planes), Profession, Spellcraft, Hide, Bluff
Favored Soul: Favored souls of Nox hear the call of the hunt in the very fibre of their being, and the pull of the moon is as a tidal force on their very soul. They tend to be obsessive, and secretive.
During a full moon, Favored Souls gain +1 Caster Level.
