> [!infobox|right] > #### UMBERLEE > ![[5E_UMBERLEE.png]] > > ##### Divine Information > | | | > |---|---| > | ![[ICON - eclipse-solid-full.svg]] **Alignment**: | Chaotic Evil | > | ![[ICON - crystal-ball-solid-full.svg]] **Symbol**: | Crashing Wave,<br>Twin-Curling Tide | > > #### Worshippers > | | | > |---|---| > | ![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **The Sail**: | Sailors seeking safe passage across her waters | > | ![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **The Coast**: | Coastal folk living at the mercy of the sea | > | ![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **The Wary**: | Those offering tribute to avoid her wrath | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - [[Umberlee]], often called the Bitch Queen or Queen of the Depths, is the goddess most closely associated with the sea when it decides it wants nothing to do with the people sailing across it. - I have never understood her worship as the sort built around love or admiration. Most people who offer anything to Umberlee seem to do so because they would prefer their ship to remain above the water. - Sailors, coastal settlements, and anyone else whose life depends upon the sea tend to acknowledge her whether they particularly want to or not. Tribute is less an act of devotion than an attempt to convince her to ruin somebody else's day instead. - Storms, violent waves, shipwrecks, and the general cruelty of the open water all fall comfortably within what people associate with her influence. - After spending enough time traveling by sea, I can understand why people make the offerings. There are few places where a person feels smaller than standing on a ship with nothing but dark water in every direction and a storm beginning to form overhead. - I have no personal devotion to Umberlee, and I would prefer to keep it that way. Respecting the sea and worshipping the thing that might drown me are two very different decisions.