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Okay, this may or may not be true, but I seem to remember that in one of the early books about the Dominion of the Black, there was mention that someone who chose to worship them/it could actually choose from a set of domains to gain clerical abilities. Does anyone know what those domains are? Or what book that was located in?

For some reason I keep thinking it would be Chaos, Evil, Madness, and Void (all of which would be appropriate) but I am not sure.

I am looking for information on, or even ideas about, the faith and temples of Arazni. Her backstory is pretty well known, but page 316-317 of Inner Sea Gods details one line of information about domains she can grant and minor details about her church/temple/whatever. (Even undead former deities still have some juice, I suppose.) Has anything been written about those who would become her priests? More than a few would be undead themselves, for obvious reasons. Somehow I picture the living clerics acting like Dark Sun Templars, running the bureaucracy of Geb and keeping the mindless undead in line and at their jobs. Anybody got anything else?

Okay, for those who have played through the Iron Gods storyline (and those who chose to ignore the warning in the title), you know that at the end of the storyline, there is a change to create a new goddess over Golarian - Cassandalee, the former android oracle, current AI module. What she becomes is up to the characters and the little facets (program update/modules that can be plugged into the main AI crystal) that they give to her at the end. They can choose to leave out these crystals, but according to the adventure, this results in her being overwhelmed by Unity's evil (and probably calling the PC's "insect" and ranting about the glory of a perfect, immortal machine), but this is just one possibility out of many. What I wanted to ask was, what have you created Cassandalee to be? What kind of goddess does she become? As an example, I am posting the following writeup that occurred in my area:

Casandalee
She Who Tells the Story; Our Lady in Crystal
Demigoddess of Lost Technology and Ancient Wonders
Alignment: LG
Symbol: a smiling feminine face encased in crystal or glass
Domains: Law, Good, Artifice, Knowledge
Subdomains: Construct, Memory
Favored Weapon: Laser Rifle (rifle)
Centers of Worship: Numeria (currently)
Nationality: Numerian (android)
Allies: Brigh
Enemies: Norgorber (mild rivalry), Unity (no longer divine), Hellion (no longer divine)

Casandalee has become a patron of the archeologist, the explorer, and those who want to see the beauty of past civilizations. She is becoming popular among museum curators and the scavengers of Numerian tech artifacts. Even the few Numerian Pathfinders are starting to invoke her name as protection as they delve into the ship parts and lifepods they find.
Casandalee has reached out to the other members of the pantheon, and has forged a relationship with Brigh, goddess of invention. Their portfolios are complimentary, and they get along well. Brigh is interested in new inventions, things that will revolutionize the future, while Casandalee is interested in the past, in creations of those who passed on long ago. The followers of one goddess can use their knowledge to assist the other.
Casandalee teaches that the past holds many answers; that we should always remember and revere the creativity, skill, and will that those who came before us held; and that the works of sentient races can equal or exceed the beauty and awe of the natural universe around us. She is the patroness of the archivist, the museum curator, the historian, and the explorer. Her temples resemble museums and libraries as much as churches; with notes, images of ancient ruins, and samples of ancient technology on display.
Casandalee’s clergy currently consists of a few clerics and a handful of oracles (ancestral and time mystery oracles, all androids). Androids make up most of her church, with humans and other races being the other half. Androids, while not overly emotional, are as race-proud as any other sentient species and have adopted her faith. When she first revealed herself to them, the androids gathered in conference to discuss this new revelation, and several individuals volunteered to participate and explore the new religion being formed. (It should be noted that this was the equivalent of ecstatic rioting in the streets for a more passionate species.)
The greatest enemies of the faith are the dark god Unity, who survived Casandalee’s ascension in a secondary computer core and has sworn revenge against her and her followers, and the mad godling Hellion, a second experiment of Unity’s that gained and lost godhood, but remains an incredibly potent threat in the Numerian hinterlands. Both seek a way to undermine her faith and followers, but they are hampered in their quests by geography (Unity cannot move beyond the Silver Mount) and insanity (Hellion is powerful, but has never been sane). Their efforts have slowed, but not stopped, the growth of Casandalee’s faith.

Has anyone else gotten this far? I'm curious as to the many faces of this particular power.