[Agemegos]

Aster-Who-Is-Seen-In-Profile, god of Courage

Charn stands in the last of the foothills of the west, on the edge of the vast and level plain. Is soil is too silty to make bricks, and yet it has too little stone to build walls. The city on its three hills is surrounded by three ramparts of logs and earth, and all the houses are built of timber and thatch.

The god of Charn is Aster Who Is Seen In Profile, a shy and retiring god who never seems to appear at his festivals, nor to take lovers, nor to issue directives to the governing priests. But when a man or woman of Charn is standing before an enemy, or trudging on through danger and adversity, he may often discover that, without having been heard or seen to arrive, his god is standing or marching beside him.

The gift of Aster Who Is Seen In Profile is the GURPS advantage Unfazeable, subject to a Pact (never bully anyone nor ever use your might to do an injustice to one weaker). He grants it at an annual festival to everyone who applies for it, and who submits to three ordeals: that they take a bungee jump off a gantry on the highest town in on the ramparts, that they box for three rounds against a champion chosen by the priests, and that they grasp a burning brand while they swear an oath never to rob the weak, never to submit to the strong, and to do justice to whomever comes before them. He has also been known to grant it extra-ordinarily to people whom he sees doing conspicuous acts of fortitude, defiance, and justice when there are few if any friendly witnesses.