Eien/Persona
Hekate is an ancient cthonic goddess with almost as many depictions as she has names, though she frequently appears in historical art pieces as either a triple-faced woman or a single-faced figure carrying twin torches. She has rulership over earth, sea and sky, and is variously associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, fire, light, the Moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, necromancy and sorcery as well as a more universal role as Saviour (Soteira), Mother of Angels and the Cosmic World Soul.
When she manifests for Eien, she appears as a semi-transparent, austere, topless woman, with skirts of star-fields that terminate in rolling, frothing ocean waves. She has a luminous crescent moon on her forehead and long, dark hair interwoven with raven feathers, a laurel of twined oak and yew dappled with bright red yew cones wreathing her crown. In her hands she carries long, slender silver torches, but they burn with the cold light of stars rather than the warmth of fire.
Because Hekate's significance and role varies so widely between time periods and cultures, Eien's resonance can also be perceived in many ways by others, depending on things like their personal disposition and her mood.
Possible Scents: Garlic, yew or oak, running water, medicinal herbs, ozone, seawater, incense, smoke from a fire, or the smell of dogs.
Possible Sounds: Baying hounds, chanting women, rhythmic movements of the ocean, rhythmic movements of mortar and pestle, the pop and hiss of fire, the chirp of crickets.
Possible Feelings: Awareness of mortality, anticipation (like that of approaching a door to some unfamiliar place), the feeling of being watched by someone unseen, ritual trance, the gravity of celestial mysteries, the solemnity of ritual, the comfortable companionship of a loyal friend, the danger of the unseen.
