Brigh
(a.k.a. Bronze Lady, The Whisper in Bronze, The Whisperer in Bronze, The Whisper in the Bronze)
Brigh is the goddess of invention and seems to particularly favor creations that take on a life of their own, like clockworks or constructs. The sort of creative minds who engage in the sort of invention that Brigh most favors, however, are often not prone to worship or evangelization—they tend to devote themselves to invention instead. As a result, her following is not very large.
No one seems to know whether Brigh was once a mortal granted divinity, or whether she was a construct granted not only life but a potent spark of true divinity.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Tenets of Faith
Her followers believe that all knowledge is meant to be built upon. To a devotee of Brigh, inventions are their legacy, attention to detail is paramount, and being willing to innovate around problems is critical. Brigh's teachings ground this process in three equally important concepts, often conceived as a triangle: questioning, proposals, and testing. Each are considered necessary and dependent upon one another in the safe, concrete, documentable pursuit of knowledge.
Brigh welcomes all research and invention as devotion, including the creation of destructive contraptions, but opposes acts of destruction that impede learning and development. She allows her faithful to abandon research they deem immoral or hazardous, as long as they share the consequences that inspired their decision. Indeed, Brigh mandates that her followers share knowledge, and refusing to do so—even if only posthumously—is seen as stealing from future researchers.
Physical and social needs are acknowledged as necessary, but are valued less than alchemical or technological creation. While Brigh de-emphasizes mortal concerns over advancing knowledge and innovation, she does see the value in passing knowledge and talent to offspring (as well as employing them in laboratories). Most, however, are so devoted to Brigh that people outside of her faith call them "married to the Whisper," and such followers view their inventions and research as a legacy equivalent to passing on their family name.
Brigh expresses her pleasure through spontaneous repairs, bronze sheens on mirrors, whispered encouragement from constructs, stimuli associated with workshops (such as the scents of grease or gunpowder), and flashes of insight. When upset, constructs malfunction, reagents explode, and tools fail or break.
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