Hala
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Hala is worshiped by the Church of Hala. Among those knowledgeable of her faithand not hostile toward, Hala is seen as a benevolent goddess of healing and goodly magic.[1]
Alignment
Neutral Good, True Neutral[2][3]
Holy Symbol
Thirteen serpents organized into a ring, each eating the other's tail in succession[4][5]
Favored Weapon
Spell-domains
Healing, Magic, Plant[2][3], Weave (Hala is the only deity to grant this domain)[6]
History
According to Halan tradition in the Tales of the Ages, it was a collective of nine deities that brought the world into creation from Chaos' mists. However, the other gods then stood back and left mortal kind to make their own decisions. Hala alone of the Nine Gods saw how mortals lacked insight to make the right decisions, so she came back to alleviate the world's burdens.[4][5][7] To a cadre of 13 men and women[8], she instructed the secrets of the Weave.[4][5][9] This myth strange resembles a benign version of the Tepestani story of the witch Hallah, whom malevolently usurped the power of magic from the gods; the resemblance of these tales and names is a contributor to the demonization of Hala by the Tepestani Inquisition.[10]
Hala established the first covens after the differential knowledge she gave to her disciples caused them to squabble among themselves, almost coming to blows.
Hala's faith is noted by Van Richten and Mother Marena to be several hundreds of years older than the Church of Ezra, 
although given the Demiplane of Dread's short history, it is uncertain how much of her church's existence comes from outside the Land of Mists or is even false history. Some historians posit that Ezra was a servant of the Church of Hala prior to her own divine ascension.
Noncanon Information
Hala is venerated by the people of Liffe as one of the Thousand Gods.[11]
References
- ↑ Gazetteer V p. 64
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p. 54 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "R3E p. 54" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p. 69 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "RLPHB p. 69" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ravenloft Third Edition p. 52
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p. 66"
- ↑ Gazetteer V p. 134
- ↑ Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III p. 239-240
- ↑ Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III p. 257 states that it was 13 men and women total, whereas Ravenloft Third Edition (p. 52) and the Ravenloft Player's Handbook p. 54 specify it was 13 women and 13 men (26 total)
- ↑ Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III p. 239-240
- ↑ Gazetteer V p. 64
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 35
