Auril

Overview
Auril, also known as The Cold Goddess, The Frostmaiden and Icedawn, is a fickle, vain and evil deity, who is primarily venerated out of fear. She is most powerful in those regions that are affected by deep winters or crouch at the edges of the Great Glacier.

Worshipers
Sacrifices to the Frostmaiden are common, especially in the North, as people hope to appease her and thus avoid crippling cold winters. She also has many secret temples along the Spine of the World that bring terror and dominion to small settlements of people trying to eke out a living.

Auril's clergy is loosely organized, and the main goals of most followers is to intimidate common folk and make them venerate the Frostmaiden to avoid reprisals from her clergy, or to have them make donations to her church. Some of her powerful clerics can accumulate impressive personal wealth in this manner, some of which they sacrifice as offerings to Auril. Her priests wear ice white robes with blue trim, and are easily identified by the dire warnings they proclaim of the wrath of Auril come the winter. They have also been known to cast many of the cold based spells, many fo which are described in the Codicil of White.

The Codicil of White
The codicil is a magical book containing basic rites, rituals, services and major ceremonies of Auril's faith. The book also has several pages devoted to the goddess' favorite arcane magic. It was created in want as a tool Aurilian wizards and sorcerers could use the book as a primer in order to could gain a better understanding of the faith.



Relationships
Much of Auril's power has been absorbed by Talos in rescent times, weakening the minor deity. Despite this, or perhaps as a result of, Auril has quietly been siphoning power from the slumbering deity Ulutiu who is in stasis under the Great Glacier. Kossuth and Auril are mortal enemies, but their followers seldomly come across each other. Sune opposes Auril, as she blames her for the destruction of much that is beautfiul. Uthgar hates Auril as she has turned the Elk Tribe away from his worship.

Dieties of Fury
Auril, along with Malar, Umberlee and their superior Talos, is a member of the Dieties of Fury. Umberlee and Auril cooperate with some degree of confidence, while Malar and Auril despise each other.

Dogma
"Cover all the lands with ice. Quench fire wherever it is found. Let in the winds and the cold; cut down the windbreaks and chop holes in walls and roofs that my breath may come in. Work darkness to hide the cursed sun so that the chill the Auril brings may slay. Take the life of an arctic creature only in great need, but slay all others at will. Make all Faerûn fear the Frostmaiden. Revere the Cold Goddess and sing her praises into any chill breeze or winter wind. Do not raise your hand against any other cleric of Auril."