Huaithe

Huaithe is the spirit totem of power. He is the most dangerous and most blessed of the Boreal Gods. He rules fire, which is both a blessing and a curse in the Boreal forests. He rules the lightning storms – the birth of fire in the Boreal. His influence can bring cooling rain in the summer or destructive fires. Cealla – Sithi magic workers – utter spells in Huaithe’s name, in the hope that his influence will ensure the spells they are wielding work. But most Cealla know that Huaithe is a wild power and often will make magic go awry for his own reasons.

Sigil: Huaithe is represented by the rune symbol of the hawthorn tree.

Aspects: Huaithe is the totem spirit of fire and magic. Huaithe is the patron totem of Cealla – Sithi magic workers. He is also the totem of survival in winter.

Allies: Huaithe, for all his wild and unpredictable ways is the protector of the young. Mothers place a piece of hawthorn branch under their child’s pillow to protect them from childhood ailments. Huaithe is also the spirit called upon by travelers, wishing to be kept safe from storms and other perils of the road. Huaithe is a loyal servant to Dairda, however, and does his bidding.

Enemies: Huaithe is unpredictable and wrathful. Those who must fear his wrath most are magicians who do not pay him homage in his domain. There is a story told by the Sithi of how Narsi accompanying Tarahiri legionaries into the Boreal came to a hideous end for not offering the correct respect to the hawthorn tree.

#4300 Cyradon, page 105