Aethzora does not fear death. She embraces it, for death is not an end but a necessary transition. She stands as the last guardian, watching over the boundaries between life and death, ensuring that souls find their rightful place beyond the gate.

When the gods awoke, chaos threatened to unbalance the natural order. Necromancers called forth armies of the dead, and twisted magics sought to bind souls where they did not belong. Aethzora’s rage was like a frozen storm, sweeping through the world with merciless precision. She has no patience for those who disrupt the cycle, whether by raising the dead, imprisoning souls, or corrupting life through unchecked arcana.

Aethzora does not bargain. She does not plead. She enforces. Those who see her as cold and unfeeling fail to understand that her purpose is not cruelty but preservation. Without the gate, the living and the dead would blend into chaos, and magic itself would fracture under the strain.

Aethzora finds Gaevash’s chaotic creativity contemptible. Where Gaevash unleashes life without restraint, Aethzora sees reckless creation that threatens the balance. To Aethzora, life without purpose or control is a plague upon the cycle.

Steve, The Watcher in the Gaps, is equally troubling to Aethzora. His uncertain possibilities disrupt the certainty of death, and his refusal to define reality leaves gaps where undeath and soul corruption can fester. She tolerates his existence, but not without deep wariness.

Tarvash, The Unyielding, holds a measure of respect from Aethzora. Both gods value control and discipline, though Aethzora sees Tarvash’s method of enforcing peace through brute force as excessive and reckless. They share a mutual understanding of structure, but their methods often clash.

Kagzun’s presence feels like a thorn in Aethzora’s mind. The Shattered Mask’s constant contradictions and uncertainty undermine the rules of existence that Aethzora works so diligently to preserve. Kagzun’s followers have been known to create paradoxes that trap souls, forcing Aethzora’s priests to intervene and set the cycle right.

Aethzora’s followers are guardians, gravekeepers, and arcane enforcers. They do not fear death but view it as a sacred duty. To them, the natural cycle must never be broken, and life should never be twisted into undeath. Their rituals involve sanctifying graves, breaking soul binds, and cleansing corrupted magic.

In Orvith and Orvayn, where arcane study often bleeds into dangerous experimentation, Aethzora’s influence is seen as a necessary restraint. While not widely worshiped, her priests are respected and feared, as they are often called to destroy failed magical experiments or rogue undead.