Alinas, the Spirit Watcher

Guardian of the Veil, Guide of the Departed, Weaver of Memory and Silence

Alinas, the Spirit Watcher, is the god of death, spirits, memory, and the unseen balance between worlds. Unlike gods of decay or destruction, Alinas does not rule over death with cruelty or fear—but with solemn purpose and endless patience. He is the keeper of what lies beyond, the silent sentinel who watches over the souls of the departed and ensures the eternal flow between life and afterlife.

He was among the first to sense the corruption of the False Gods, and it was Alinas who first proposed the Great Veil—not as a weapon, but as a necessary boundary. His power lies not in wrath, but in restraint, order, and the unseen threads that connect all things through time, memory, and spirit.

Alinas is often depicted as a robed figure of shifting gray, faceless save for a single eye set in the center of his hood—an eye that sees not the present, but the truth of one’s soul. Sometimes, he appears as a crow with feathers of smoke, or a masked figure walking the borderlands between dreams and death. Wherever he is seen, silence follows.

His temples are quiet sanctuaries, carved into cliff faces or hidden within ancient forests—places where grief is laid down and the dead are remembered. His followers, known as the Whisperbound, serve as spirit guides, mortuary priests, and dreamwardens, ensuring that the dead find peace and the living do not forget.

Alinas teaches that death is not an end, but a passage—a part of the greater cycle. He despises those who defy that cycle through necromancy, soul-binding, or unnatural resurrection, and it is said that he sends his silent agents to erase such violations.

Though distant and enigmatic, Alinas is known to whisper to seers, the dying, and those who wander too near the boundary between life and the beyond. In times of great imbalance—when spirits are restless and the dead walk—he may manifest through omens, dreams, or spectral visitations to guide chosen mortals back to the path of harmony.

To follow Alinas is to walk with reverence through shadow, to listen when all is quiet, and to honor the stories that even the dead still carry.