Talona

Talona (pronounced tah-LOW-nah ), the Lady of Poison, Mistress of Disease, and Mother of All Plagues is the goddess of poison and disease. Talona is depicted as an old crone who walks bringing misfortune and death. On the other hand she can also be shown as a beautiful and innocent woman.

The formula to the concoction known as the Chaos Curse was indirectly given to Aballister Bonaduce by the avatar of Talona.

Relationships
Talona allies with Loviatar and despises Chauntea, Mielikki, Kelemvor, and Tyr. She dislikes Ilmater for the cures he finds.

Worshipers
Talona's followers scar or tattoo themselves in horrible ways. They wear ragged gray-green robes and are expected to go about quietly and seek out new diseases. Her priests carry daggers dipped in poison.

Orders

 * Followers of Plague : Followers of Talona take pain as if it were pleasure. They believe death is more powerful than life, though they are equal in balance. Work in her name and let your doings be subtle or spectacular.

Temples

 * The House of Night's Embrace : Talona's largest church is located in Tashluta.



Dogma
"Let pain be as pleasure, for life and death are in balance, but death is the more powerful and should be paid proper homage and respect. Death is the true power, the great equalizer, and the lesson that waits for all. If it falls to you to drive home the point with the tip of a dagger, so be it. The Mother of All Plagues works upon you from within, and weakness and wasting is her strength. Talona's breath is forever and always with you, whomever you or the rest of the world believes in or serves. Let all living things learn respect from Talona and pay homage to her in goods and in fervent worship. If they do so, intercede for them so that Talona will not claim them—this time. Go and work in Talona's name and let your doings be subtle or spectacular, but make them known as the will of the Mistress of Disease."

Appearances

 * Lady of Poison, by Bruce R. Cordell (2004)