Guine

''' Guine '''

''Lockkeeper, Lord of Secrets, Silent One ''

 Symbol:  A pair of lips with a padlock through them Portfolio: Secrets, Communal Good, Night''' Worshipers: '''Those with dark secrets Cleric Alignments: Any Domains:  Community, Darkness, Memory, Revelation, Protection Favored Weapon: Burried Secrets- Pickaxe

 History/Relationships:  Guine is rarely found speaking in public. His voice never rises above a whisper, and no matter how many people are near, only one person can ever hear his voice at a time. He is portrayed as a tall, toned elf with pursed lips, a pickaxe usually hanging off his back. He is said to know the nature of every secret, whispered to others or kept in people’s heads.

 Dogma:  Secrets are a vital tool for the functioning of any society. Without them, relationships can’t be formed. It is not the place of one man to judge another’s skeletons, and if ever entrusted with a secret never pass it on without proper approval, even in emergency.  Clergy and Temples:  His clergy are often known as the whisper keepers. People who pray to Guine, generally do so in order to help their secrets stay secrets, and quite often people donate lavishly to his church in order to keep them as such. Often his temples are found in back alleys, in rundown buildings and well off the beaten path, usually with multiple entrances as the patrons of the church rarely wish to be seen entering. It is a very common story for politicians and nobles to be heard preaching honesty only to be found entering through a backdoor to a Guinite temple. Sometimes, for truly dark secrets, the priests of Guine are rumored to demand the next child born of the individual, rumors saying that the pact blesses the person with incredible fertility until this deal is accomplished. Invariably the children are born unable to speak and unable to learn to write, with powerful innate mental blocks. These are known as the confessors, and are a common sight in Guinite temples, the safest place where a man can reveal his secrets to Guine without having to fear the listener speaking it.