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About Arshea

Arshea inspires passion and comforts the repressed, and perhaps no empyreal lord is rendered in art as often as the Spirit of Abandon. Arshea’s form suggests the best traits of both the masculine and the feminine. The empyreal lord’s lithe body is physically ideal with a flawless combination of lean muscles and soft curves. The Spirit of Abandon’s face is a study in perfection, and some claim that those who look directly on the being’s countenance can never be satisfied with mortal beauty again. Gossamer clothes constantly swirl around Arshea’s form, alternately hiding and revealing the empyreal lord’s androgynous form, and Arshea’s gray and blue wings flutter gracefully as though part of an eternal dance.
Freedom matters most to the Spirit of Abandon, but not simply freedom of the body. Arshea espouses utter liberation of the soul and encourages mortals to abandon needlessly constraining beliefs. Arshea’s influence guides mortals to experience love and sexuality in whatever manner they desire, provided the experience is harmless or mutually agreed upon. Individuals experiencing deep misery as a result of repression or yearning will sometimes find a soft gray feather, jeweled bangle, or scrap of gossamer fabric on their beds as a sign of hope from the Host of Delectation.
Worshipers of Arshea believe that one’s gender and role in society are not tied to one’s physical form. Arshea’s faithful often dress and behave as members of the opposite sex (or another defined gender role in societies with multiple roles) for months, years, or even decades, believing that such experimentation is the best way to overcome repression and understand true freedom. After their self-stylized pilgrimage of the self is complete, these devotees choose the gender identities they decide best suits them. Arshea has no permanent home. The Spirit of Abandon’s independent nature takes the empyreal lord across the celestial planes and through the mortal world in an endless, unpredictable cycle.