Is Pulura really Chaotic?


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(This is in reference to the Empyreal Lord detailed in Chronicle of the Righteous -PZO9255-, inside front cover & pg. 20)
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In CotR, Pulura is listed as being an Angel Empyreal Lord of Constellations, homesickness, and the northern lights. Her alignment is given as Chaotic Good, and yet... is there anything about her that is truly 'Chaotic'? Granted, some (but hardly all) of her worshipers are travelers, but unlike Desna (Goddess of the Stars), Pulura is a Goddess of Constellations, the orderly (ahem, Lawful?) arrangement of the stars. There is nothing chaotic about constellations or following their patterns whatsoever, if anything, something much more inclined towards order/law. Also, she is consistently listed as one of the goddesses often worshiped and/or influential in Sarkoris (Now the Worldwound), which was by-and-large 'ruled' (in a religious sense) by Druids, ie., Neutral. If her popularity within a religious climate with strong leanings toward Neutrality is any indication towards her alignment, then I would say (based upon my above observations as well) that her proper alignment should, in fact, be Neutral Good.

On a similar note, Arshea (CotR pg.7), the "Spirit of Abandon" is listed as Neutral Good, and yet all of his/her description and areas of interest/influence indicate chaotic.

CotR pg.7 wrote:
Arshea espouses utter liberation of the soul and encourages mortals to abandon needlessly constraining beliefs.

... That sounds pretty darn close to the definition of Chaotic Good to me.

It would appear that for some reason the alignments for these two Empyreal Lords was switched or swapped.

Why does this matter?

For one thing, consistency with established guidelines regarding alignment in the Core Rulebook and with the other esteemed works published for Pathfinder. For another, Puluran Paladins would/should be a considerable asset to the Wrath of the Righteous AP, as they'd be fighting not just to eradicate the threat of the evil demons to the world, but also to regain their lost 'seat of power' in Avistan.

I welcome (respectful & polite) discourse and dialogue with my gamers!

Sczarni

If you're only looking at one part of their nature, you can twist any of the gods at least one step in any direction... for Pulura, the Northern lights are very chaotic... I also think that Lunar nagas and those who tell the future from the stars worship here.

Reading some of the rest of the entry on Arshea, it seems the liberation your quote is talking about is gender identities... considering some true neutral frog and other amphibians/reptiles can change gender, I don't find that to be totally chaotic... she may be NG with chaotic leanings, but i don't think that sentence alone pushes her to CG


Northern Lights are rather chaotic, from what I've seen.


Constellations and the position of stars relative to a single planet do change over time. Even the "north/pole star" changes.

Silver Crusade

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And Azatoth does fart/burp sometimes, which causes the whole order and alignment to go the way of dodo.

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