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Azan the Wise, (demi-God) Goddess of the Market (LN) (F)
Note:Port Elizabeth was once a Sakar Trading town
The tribesmen from Port Elizabeth Island will tell you that Azan once had a stall in the market, but no one is quite sure what she sold. Most say it was carved trinkets, a few say fruit but there are many different takes on what her stall sold. However, they all agree that she was a Wise-Woman, in service to some strange power – although there is no real agreement on which power. However, they all say that one day raiders came and attacked Port Elizabeth. The raiders went to the temple/pyramid complex, killed the priests as sacked the pyramid – and Port Elizabeth’s demi-god (who lived in the pyramid) was slain. Most returned to their vessels, but others started to sack the town and the marketplace – killing Azan, the wise woman, in the process.
However, she called on her patron and refused to die. Her dead body rose to its feet, snatched up her rattle and advanced on the raiders, shaking the rattle menacingly and pronouncing curses on anyone who got in her way. The raiders gave way before her and, eventually, fled. Even the heathen priests who called on their foreign gods to try and banish her. Victorious, her body collapsed as the raiders raced back towards the sea - however a grey ghostly form stood in its place, glared at the stall holders and made its way into the jungle, never to be seen again.
The market traders of Port Elizabeth built a small shrine around her empty shell of a body immediately. That original shanty has now been replaced with a permanent shrine that is said to hold her relics. To this day the market traders make regular gifts in thanks of her support and mumble quiet pleas for help when they need it. Many sailors and carry her symbol with them as they travel, and knowledge of the fiery, undead demi-god spread across the Empire.
Primarily a deity of the market, she is also seen as a protector of the small traders, craftsmen and farmers who use the market to sell their wares. Her priests are few and far between, and you are unlikely to find them in a temple. However, many carry her symbol, a small rattle, and occasionally touch it as they ask her blessing.