Cassia

Cassia, Goddess of Love and Beauty
Cassia is revered by all humans as the pure goddess of beauty, with apparent control over the power of love, though not immune to it herself.

It is not uncommon among the gods of Fascillia to be displayed as physical beings with humanoid bodies, usually bodies similar to the race of those who worshiped them, this is not lacking here.

Cassia is usually displayed almost naked with only her long dark hair, her arms and hands to protect her modesty. Her eyes are a bright blue that appears to shift and change the longer you gaze into them. She is often depicted with slight wisps of pink mist gathering around her.

Humankind have come to understand the relationships of the gods quite well over time, for centuries the gods Daesus, Histria, Cassia and Malius have held sway over man and now they have been shared with the world. Daesus and Histria are as husband and wife, strangely the only record of marriage between any of the gods. Their children are Cassia, their beloved daughter, and Malius, their estranged son.

We know of only one instance in which Cassia is said to have fallen in love herself. The details of which we must stress have surely been corrupted over the centuries but its all we have. The story goes that Cassia had been bathing in sunlight and warmth when a male god chanced upon her, accounts say it was Eros in human form come to cause chaos but this is likely a falsehood spread by none other than Cassia herself.

The two gods professed love for one another and laid together for four days and four nights, at the end of which Cassia was delivered of a son. The child she bore was a monster, with no single form and constantly changing the squirming mass of flesh was an embarrassment to the gods and an affront to Cassias beauty and honor. The child was named Sculian and was thrown into Tethys to live alone deep beneath the world.

After banishing the newborn god of monsters Cassias father Daesus set out to slay the chaotic dragon god Eros. Leading to a bloody and likely unnecessary battle which severely damaged Eros.

Cassias symbol is that of a winged red heart on a field of bone white.