The Bringer of Life Renewed,
Maker of Balms,
Lady of Truth,
Everliving Daughter of White Virtue,
Guardian of the Meek,
Lady of Industrious Labors and the Ripe Harvest,
Confidant of Lovers

Myra is the kindest and most gentle of the gods. She will accept into her fold any with an honest heart. She loves the scholarly who use their knowledge in service of others, the poor, the meek, the innocent and the powerless, the hard working and those who love with true love. She is the patron goddess of healing and agriculture, and is closely associated with the turning of the seasons. She demands that her followers be gentle and kind, but is forgiving of those who transgress.

Myra is most often represented as a young girl with hands worn red from her labors, and is symbolized by spring flowers or by the fruits of agriculture. It is said that she prefers white flowers and that the daisy is her favorite. Myra and her divine servants have never taken violent action against other deities; they followed the Concordat of the Illimitable Tome even before it was signed. Myra does not struggle with the other gods for domination over Kelestia.

It is often held that Myra is Larani’s mother, in spirit if not in fact. Larani’s followers are the staunch protectors of Myra’s church. Laranian warriors often guard Myra’s temples, but this is only one aspect of the working affiliation of the two churches.

The Church of Myra is concerned with all life. The afterlife is only a product of what people make of the lives they are given. By providing the guidance people need to lead good lives, the church ensures a good afterlife in Valon.

Neither Myra nor her followers press their religion by warlike means. Their weapons are persuasion and example, and they seek to convert the defenseless, who are often ignored by other religions. The Church of Myra stresses the virtue of being satisfied with one’s station in life knowing it helps to prevent civil unrest. It strives to ease the hardships of life by offering assistance to the poor and starving.

Myran clergy have a strong sense of obligation to help others. Paternal discipline and maternal nurturing are found to varying degrees in clergy of both genders. They are often the last to stop work, and last to eat, and the first to awaken.

The division of the Myran church into celibate male and female orders is an age-old tradition, designed to conserve the spiritual purity of the clerics in the face of sexual temptation. It probably developed (in part) as a response to the hedonistic orgies that typified some ceremonies of the very early Myran worship. The orders have separate temples, or at least separate wings within common temples. In the latter case, one order usually looks to the other for leadership.

Myra dwells in the enchanted meadows of Valon where it is forever spring. Valon is an impossibly verdant field of flowers, rich in delicious nectar, that regenerate themselves overnight. This is the heaven of Myra’s worshippers. Here, in humble but pleasant cottages, dwell those who have labored hard in life. Most believe Valon is on Yashain.

Belsirasin is often portrayed as a weeping young warrior, without weapons. He is said to shed tears for every lie told by man. Belirasin is the lord of virtue and truth, and the least forgiving of Myra’s servants.

Maermal is the lord of honest labor. He is portrayed as a massive bronze ox of great tenacity, who labors without thought of reward. When his work is disturbed or wrecked he starts again without complaint. He is the patience of the earth, and he symbolizes the ability of common folk to triumph in their day-to-day endeavors.

Tirrala, also called the Foremost of Healers, is the patron of physicians. She usually appears as a slim young woman with tired, drawn features. In her right hand she bears a surgeon’s knife and in her left she carries a small urn. These are the symbols of the Society of Physicians.

Yselde is the mistress of honorable love. She smoothes the difficulties that lovers may marry, and those with unrequited love visit her shrines seeking guidance. Newlyweds pray for the blessing of children. She is usually portrayed as a heavyset, good humored woman of middle years, carrying a basket or sometimes a suckling child.