Sahim Waheid

Sahim Waheid
He Who Rises, The Unrelenting, The Phoenix

Symbol: A sword with a blade broken just above the hilt Portfolio: Endurance, Ambition, War, Strategy, Dessert, Society Worshipers: Natives of Ja'Nahiz, Warriors in the service of a nation Cleric Alignments: LG, LN, LE, NG, TN, NE Domains: Community, Honor, Nobility, Protection, Strength, Sun, Tactics Favored Weapon: Kopis (Use stats for Falcata)

History/Relationships: Sahim Waheid is a living god, just over his twentith birthday when he achieved divinity in 594 NE. Since then it has been 73 years, during which his faith has spread rapidly. Originally a simple banner holder for Ja'Nahiz, an incredibly low status fit for somebody of his incredibly low caste. When the army charged into a ravine during the night to catch the enemy off their guard, they found false fires and only a tenth of the expected men just in time to be swarmed from all sides in an ambush. While men died all around him, Sahim picked up the blade of a fallen soldier, never dropping the banner he continued to fight until he was the only one left. Blow were struck in his flesh that should have killed him time and time again until the sun rose and climed high in the sky. When the sun was straight overhead, the bodies of his comrades already begining to rot in the desert sun, Sahim Waheid stood, covered in both his and his enemies blood, the banner intact as he slew the last man with a sword, broken off at the hilt.

Dogma: Put the safety and health of your community far above yourself. Stand as a barrier between the threats to your people and their happiness. It is a great honor to fall in service to your people, but a greater honor still to protect your community and then return home. A martyr shall be venerated, but even his contributions to the greatness of his people pales beside the man who toils every day to make it greater. It is better to defeat the threat on his own land before it can rise to threaten the community.