This article is about the deity Chislev, if you are looking for the planet of the same name see here.
Overview
Chislev is the power of the natural world, the cycles of the seasons, the wild and the bestial. She becomes one with the earth, feeling all that happens to it and all that is done to it. Thus, her anger and fury are aroused by those who abuse the wild, especially supernatural or conjured forces. Agriculture and animal husbandry, when carried out with moderation and care, please Chislev. While the goddess knows that mortals are the greatest threat to the natural world, they are still the greatest part of it.
Chislev is the divine partner of Zivilyn, the Tree of Life, who tempers her instinct with wisdom and awareness. They are evenly matched and act in harmony.
Description
Chislev rarely appears in humanoid or mortal form, preferring to manifest as an aspect of nature, such as a raging river, a pervasive forest, or a howling wind. Unlike Zeboim and Habbakuk, who sometimes appear before their priests in person, Chislev usually communicates through omens, heralds, or messengers. When she does choose to take on a mortal form, Chislev prefers to appear as an elemental, or as a wild creature of some kind, or as a treant or similar ambulatory plant. If she appears as a humanoid, which is rare, she is almost always feral and wild. A conversation with Chislev is like talking directly into the woods, and usually as constructive.
Holy symbol
Chislev's holy symbol is a feather of brown, yellow and green.
Celestial symbol
Chislev is associated with the planet Chislev, and her worshipers believe she lives on this world. One of her avatars spends around a month of each year on the surface of the world, conversing with the plant and animal life. When the goddess believes other deities are gaining ground in the sphere, her avatar descends to the center of the planet and uses it as a powerful wizard's eye or giant crystal ball to spy upon activities on other worlds and moons.
Favored weapon
Chislev wields a shortspear known as Green Protector.
Realm
Krynnspace cosmology
In the cosmology of Krynnspace, Chislev and her husband Zivilyn make their home within Zhan (Zaan), the greatest of forests, which surrounds the Hidden Vale, where most of the Gods of Balance reside.
Great Wheel cosmology
In the Great Wheel Cosmology, Chislev and Zivilyn reside within Zhan, the Grand Forest Beyond the World, which is located on Karasuthra, the third layer of the Wilderness of the Beastlands.
Worship
Chislev's clergy is composed mainly of hermit-like, forest dwelling druids, while a few clerics live within the farming communities that they serve. Chislev's priests defend the forest and the hills against those who would despoil them, and spend their days patrolling their protected areas, which can be as small as a pond or as large as a forest, attending to any imbalances that they find.
In Spelljammer
Chislev is a member of the Gods of Balance and is considered native to Krynnspace.