Eshara

Eshara was a chief chreation goddess in the Thauzunian Orthodoxy, associated with becoming, change, growth, decay, and unintended consequence. In pre-Fall belief, Eshara did not represent chaos or disorder, but the inevitability of transformation once existence was set in motion. Where Arven established structure and Ilyra provided substance, Eshara governed what happened after. Nothing under her domain remained fixed. All forms, systems, and states were understood to be provisional, subject to alteration through time, pressure, and interaction.   Orthodox doctrine treated Eshara as the principle that ensured reality did not stagnate. Change under her authority was neither moral nor purposeful; it simply occurred as a consequence of existence interacting with itself. Growth led to strain, strain led to adaptation or failure, and both outcomes fell equally within her domain. Eshara was not appealed to for favorable outcomes, because she did not choose directions. She governed process, not result.   Eshara was closely associated with maturation, aging, institutional drift, and long-term consequence. Pre-Fall teachings emphasized that actions rarely produced only their intended effects. Secondary and tertiary outcomes were considered expressions of Eshara’s influence. Systems designed without allowance for change were believed to collapse more violently when transformation inevitably occurred. Her role reinforced caution, flexibility, and humility in planning, acknowledging that control was always incomplete.   Eshara was also associated with decay as a functional necessity rather than failure. Degradation, erosion, and breakdown were treated as integral phases of becoming, allowing recombination and reformation. Pre-Fall doctrine held that renewal was impossible without dissolution, and permanence was an illusion sustained only briefly. Eshara embodied the reality that continuation required change, even when that change was disruptive or unwanted.   No knowledge of Eshara survives into the post-Fall era. There are no remaining references to her name, role, symbols, or associated doctrine in modern Vey’Zari society. The Thauzunian Orthodoxy itself is entirely unknown, and with its collapse, all structured understanding of Eshara vanished. She is not remembered, worshiped, or reinterpreted in any form. To the present world, Eshara does not exist as a forgotten goddess, but as an unseen principle whose influence persists without recognition or awareness.