Erollisi Marr

The goddess of love and passion, Erollisi Marr is the daughter of Tarew Marr, the god of water, and the twin sister of Mithaniel Marr, the god of valor. She rules the Plane of Love, and is also known as the Queen of Love.

Followers of Erollisi Marr believe that love conquers all. They fight to defend what they love and have a passionate, selfless approach to life. While worshippers of the Queen of Love are not fond of violence, they are realistic enough to acknowledge that Norrath is a dangerous place and that violent acts are sometimes necessary to protect that which they love. In keeping with that realization, worshippers of Erollisi see dying in the defense of that which they love to be the greatest good one can do in life.

Erollisi Marr is partially responsible for the creation of the barbarians alongside her brother Mithaniel, and by extension humans and Erudites as well. The center of her worship on Norrath is the Temple of Marr in the human city of Freeport.

From Pond to Paladin, Volume I

In the early ages of Norrath, before the arrival of Man, the Marr Twins did walk the face of Norrath. The children of a God of Power, Tarew Marr the Water Lord, the Marr Twins searched amongst the mortals of Norrath a cause to champion and embrace with their divinity. The Gods of Nature puzzled over the Marr Twins absence of a divine purpose, and the Gods of Influence scoffed at the twins for seeking such a purpose amongst the mortals. The most malicious of the Gods, Innoruuk, and Cazic-Thule, sought to corrupt the young twins to strengthen the forces of hatred and fear.

Innoruuk, the twisted God of Hatred and Spite sent his mortal followers to Tarew's daughter, Erollisi Marr, to tempt her and seduce her into the darkness. With the wisdom imparted to the Goddess by her father, she saw through the Teir'Dal's deceptions, and their wickedness was more visible to her eyes than even their physical forms. So it came to pass that Erollisi journeyed to the lands of Tunare's fair elves, to escape the sickening advances of the Teir'Dal. It was in the early kingdom of the elves, that Erollisi did find warmth, peace, and beauty in the harsh realm of the mortals and it was there that she embraced and was in return embraced by a most mortal of traits. It was there she found love.

While Erollisi fended off the advances of Innoruuk's mortal agents, the forces of Cazic-Thule beset her twin brother, Mithaniel Marr. Serpents, phantoms, and all manner of frightful creatures conjured and commanded by Cazic-Thule mortal minions came to Mithaniel to assault his body and mind. Mithaniel was no mortal however, and his will was strong. The minions of Thule could not instill within him the fear of their dark lord.

They did succeed however, in luring the brave Mithaniel to the swamps of Norrath, the deadly, dank, lands where the creatures of Cazic-Thule were the strongest and most numerous. An army of trolls, lizard folk, and forgotten creatures of unspeakable horror beset Mithaniel Marr, and so it came to pass that he became a captive to the minions of the Lord of Fear.

Mithaniel, imprisoned in magical bonds provided to his captors by Cazic-Thule, and tortured by relentless monstrosities, prayed to his father day and night for forgiveness and salvation. The prayers continued, unanswered, until the brave god, weary from torture and weakened by the dark magic of Cazic-Thule, fell into a deep slumber.

It was then that Terris-Thule visited the slumbering god to inflict his sleep with nightmares more horrible than the events he had endured at the hands of his captors during his waking hours. However, at the beseeching of her father, Cazic-Thule, Terris was not permitted to inflict such terror onto Mithaniel Marr until after she first deceived him through his dreams and stole the gift of life from his body. So Terris did as her father commanded and then the slumbering horrors began.

The history of the Sisters of Erollisi and how they came to be on the Isle of Erollisi is murky at best, but most Sisters believe it begins back in the days before Takish-Hiz was abandoned. According to the sisterhood’s legends, Erollisi Marr appeared to an elf maiden and told her that only love could bring peace to the world. The maiden, whose name varies in different version of the tale, was inspired to begin an order dedicated to promoting love. She preached that love was the opposite of hate, and thus devotees of Erollisi were the only force with the power to stop the evil spread by Innoruuk, the Prince of Hate and patron of the dark elves. Though the group never enjoyed the company of Tunare’s worshippers among the elves, it was nonetheless accepted as a good-aligned organization and welcomed by elven society. It is unknown why the group did not follow their fellow elves to Faydwer, but instead stopped on an island amid unknown seas.