by Naiya on December 15th, 2016, 8:17 pm
After a good deal of thought and discussion and more thought, I think I have decided on Naiya's stance with Jonas's god.
Naiya knows Mizahar's gods to be real, the devotion with which Shahar speaks of Caiyha and Waisana with Rak'kei, these goddesses she has no doubt are good. There are others that play roles in her life but their roles are those of the background noise. Zulrav claims the breath of the wind, Semele the life-giving earth, but these thoughts are of her culture and upbringing, she gives thanks by her action, but her mind does not fall overly to worship. She does not claim the gods spiritually, but rather as their influence in the world.
That said, in her attempts as a drykas to reach out to the gods that direct her life, she has been given news that frightens her. She sought wisdom from Caiyha, asking the future of her family, and the goddess sent her an image of death and destruction of her people and family. The gift from the gods in the winter was a cloak that would have benefited her husband far more than herself, yet they gifted it in a way that left it only to her. These things, when all put together, make Naiya's stance a difficult one.
She knows the gods to be true, but they have offered her things that bring her fear or disappointment. For these reasons, she would be willing to listen to the word of this dual god, she would seek to discover if he might bring her family better fortune, but she approaches with caution. She knows the other gods, they are true, but they took her husband, promised her a future of death and loss that was true, and they bring her fear for this reason.
Naiya will hear this dual god, but she makes no promises to abandon the gods of old. At least, not yet.