Ogham the Sage

Some speculate the first warlock pacts were made to Ogham, who granted them otherworldly powers of the cosmos. As the keeper of all secrets and god of knowledge, Ogham is depicted as a wizened man with a third eye on his forehead and an endless beard, woven with clay braids counting every event that has ever occurred. Alternatively, he is thought to be a floating eye soaring through space with swirling motes of energy surrounding his alien form, observing all of existence, time, and space at once. Ogham is also sometimes depicted as a hybrid human-owl creature carrying a stack of stone tablets said to contain the ultimate truth of all things.

Worship

Ogham’s followers believe owls to be good omens; to hear an owl at night is a sign of good luck in the day ahead. Foxes are also a sign of good fortune. It is said that if you ever find a fox in the wild you must follow it, as they are the guides of destiny and knowledge, and where they go is the correct path of your destiny. Amongst the mages of the Amethyst Academy, there are a handful who are faithful to Ogham. Wizards devoted to Ogham will often keep owl familiars.

Ritual

The most important sacrifice a worshiper of Ogham can make is to put out one of their own eyes. Every priest and druid of Ogham performs this rite, and it is customary for elders to eventually blind themselves so they may see the spiritual world of knowledge more fully. Ogham’s most zealous followers despise books, viewing them as impermanent and soft repositories of knowledge — they are inappropriate vessels for writing. Instead, they etch records on stone tablets, and raise great stone monoliths to record their learning and legends.