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behind the scenes: note that rift room descriptions are based on tarot cards, might be coincidental

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{{Deity
| domain = Death
| symbol = a silver or grey sickle on a field of green
| pantheon = Neutral
| smite = Bane
| critical = [[Cold critical table|Cold]]
}}

{{#section:Gods of Elanthia|Gosaena}}

==Shrines, Statuary, and Holy Places==
===[[Cleric Guild]]s===
Displayed in the Prayer Rooms of each Cleric Guild is a statue of {{PAGENAME}}. These prayer rooms are considered a holy shrine to multiple deities.

<pre{{log2}}>
Beautiful and ethereal, Gosaena looks at you with serene impartiality. Peeking out beneath her full cloak are a pair of sturdy wings. Held carelessly in her hand is a lethal-looking sickle. The curve of her sickle mirrors the curve of her lip.

>touch Gosaena
You reach out and touch the statue of Gosaena.

Silence fills your mind, as quiet as Gosaena's embrace.
</pre>

===[[Cleric Guild (Wehnimer's Landing)|Wehnimer's Landing Cleric Guild]]===
Located in the Antechamber of Others is a statue of {{PAGENAME}}. This area is not considered a holy shrine.

<pre{{log2}}>
This sculpture portrays a beautiful woman with pale skin, long silver hair, and ice blue eyes. She is clad in grey robes and a grey cloak that fails to completely cover her brilliant white-feathered wings. Upon the sculpture's base is her symbol, a silver sickle on a field of green.
</pre>

===[[Cleric Guild (Kharam Dzu)|Kharam Dzu Cleric Guild]]===

In the room with Guild Master Kordrum is a statue dedicated to Gosaena. It is considered a holy shrine.
{{RoomDescription
|roomname=Cleric Guild, Lava Room
|desc=The room is filled with bubbling magma. A small island sits in the center of the pool, connected to the outside by a thin stone bridge. On the island stands a tall statue of a woman, her wings stretching high into the cavern. Pieces of skeletons ring both shores of the lava lake, some trying to crawl away, others towards the beautiful statue. A pedestal of stone rests at her feet. You also see a small tunnel and Guild Master Kordrum.}}
<pre{{log2}}>
>read pedestal
In the Common language, it reads:
"Death is the ultimate journey."
</pre>
{{Arkati-spells-LST}}
==Behind the Scenes==
Gosaena was initially [http://www.housedaingneachonoir.com/index.php/chapel/religion-theology/116-gods-of-liabo described] as possibly an evil local goddess whose power was less than it had been in antiquity, but this was a [[ICE gods#Disclaimer|summary]] description by players during a documentation gap before her modern lore was created. The only reference to her in the game was as "Empress Gosaena" on [[The Graveyard]] [[Phantom Gatekeeper|gate]], a holdover from the [[Empress Kadaena]] who was not what we would now call an [[Arkati]]. Kadaena and Gosaena have no resemblance to each other on face value, except for their apocalyptic dispositions. However, [[The Graveyard]] and [[The Broken Lands]] imply that Kadaena had the power to see the future including her own death, and there is an account in the [[Shadow World]] lore where her body fell through the Gates of the Void. While the [[ICE age|I.C.E. Age]] form of [[Lorminstra]] in the later [[Shadow World]] documentation had a serving spirit named [[ICE gods#Jon'no|Jon'no]], who would cross the [[Ebon Gate (gate)|Gates of Oblivion]], there was no one corresponding to Gosaena among the Lords of Orhan ([[Liabo]]) or the Dark Lords ([[Lornon]]).

The following scene in [[The Rift]] could be interpreted as alluding to the [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes#Behind the Scenes|transformative]] demonic nature of the Kadaena [[The Dark Path#Behind the Scenes|theology]]. It is [[Ghoul master#Behind the Scenes|slightly]] [http://www.gshousephoenix.com/Enlightenment/Temple/Arkati/Events/ArkatiForum.php older], however, than the modern Gosaena theology. The entrance to The Rift is a portal near the pole of the world, which was the formal analog of "[[Eye of the Drake|the Eye]]" artifact that was used to seal the Gates of the Void. The [[Ebon Gate (gate)|Ebon Gate]] might be [[Worship in the Turamzzyrian Empire#An Addendum on the Matters of Death|associated]] with [[Mount Aenatumgana]].
{{RoomDescription
|roomname=The Rift
|desc=A woman stands at the head of the huge cavern. The right half of her is perhaps the most beautiful woman you have seen. Her skin is the color of milk, and blonde hair streams down over one feathered wing. The other half of her body is the opposite. The skin is rough, with matted hair tangled with a wing like leather. In her right hand she holds a staff of light, with which she gestures towards a field of surpassing beauty. Her left bears a scythe, pointing towards a pit of angry flames.
|exits= east, west}}
This may be a meaningless coincidence as the rooms in the Rift are heavily based on Tarot cards, in this case possibly the [http://www.lelandra.com/comptarot/comptarot/legend9coins.jpg Nine of Shields] "Ragnell" card from the Arthurian "Legend" deck.
==Resources==
*[http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Arkati%20and%20Other%20Spirits/Gosaena/view Officials folder]
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