Sanjjīmar

by

Finley Vorden

Unlike Vōldāll’s emphasis on honorable combat or Temrūs’ righteous might, Sanjjīmar embodies war in its most practical, unsentimental form: a necessary force in an unforgiving land. Her origin myth claims she was born from the first blood spilled upon Vrogallan sand, rising as a warrior queen who taught the earliest desert tribes to transform adversity into strength.

The worship of Sanjjīmar centers around the concept of “blessed scars,” the belief that wounds earned in battle represent the goddess’s kiss. Warriors proudly display their battle marks, often enhancing them with distinctive red-gold dust. Sanjjīmar has no formal temples. Her followers believe battlefields themselves are her most sacred spaces.

Among the desert tribes, there exists a superstition that Sanjjīmar occasionally walks among mortals in the form of a one-eyed warrior woman.

Devotees of Sanjjīmar should:

• Seek out conflict
• Carry a vial of sand or soil from their first battle
• Never refuse a direct challenge from an equal opponent