Mayaheine

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Greyhawk Deity
Mayaheine
Holy Symbol of Mayaheine.gif
Mayaheine's Holy Symbol
Title: the Shieldmaiden
Alias(es): None
Home plane: Mount Celestia
Power level: Demigod
Gender: Female
Class: Paladin
Alignment: Lawful good
Portfolio: Protection, Justice, Valor
Domains: Law, Good, Protection, and War
Superior: Pelor

Mayaheine is the demigoddess of Protection, Justice, and Valor. Her symbol is a downward-pointing sword with a V on either side.

Appearance[edit]

Mayaheine is an unusually tall woman with auburn-gold hair with blue eyes. She carries a bastard sword and a longbow, and is garbed in silvery plate mail.

Relationships[edit]

Mayaheine is a servant and paladin of Pelor, and her faith serves as a more strongly martial complement to Pelor's church.

Her relationship with Heironeous is less certain, but most of their respective clergy sees their roles as complementary, Mayaheine as protector and Heironeous as the one who marshals the hosts to battle.

Realm[edit]

Mayaheine dwells in Arvenna, the Chanting Grounds on Mount Celestia, on the warlike layer of Mertion. This is a place for the training of archons, primarily, but she is not the only deity to make it her home.

Worshipers[edit]

Mayaheine's faith is still a young one, still organizing itself and still very much tied to the church of Pelor. Her worshipers see her as a savior come to rescue them from the darkness that threatens the world in these grim times.

Clergy[edit]

Priests of Mayaheine are often guided by and always defer to priests of Pelor. Her clerics are often relatively young. They train for combat and help organize the defense of communities.

Paladins[edit]

Paladins of Mayaheine are known as Valiants. Their motto is "Fortitude within and valor without." They are few, as their order has only existed since the 580s CY. Most of them have emerged from existing Pelorian knighthoods. As many as three in five of them are female. The Valiants dedicate themselves to the protection of the innocent, downtrodden, and good. They typically wear flowing tabards cinched with a golden cord or girdle at the waist, usually with the symbol of Mayaheine emblazoned on them. They favor light blues, greens, and tans.

Temples[edit]

A small temple to Mayaheine exists in Greyhawk's Old City, cared for by the priest Veni Jarrison. She is also worshiped in Perrenland, Hardby (which contains Mayaheine's largest temple and training house), and Zulern.

History[edit]

Mayaheine was originally a mortal paladin of Pelor, brought to Oerth from another world during the Greyhawk Wars to help fight the rising tide of evil. Her first recorded sighting was in 583 CY.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[1]
  • Holian, Gary. "Paladins of Greyhawk." Dragon #306. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.
———. "Paladins of Greyhawk." Dungeon #104. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.
  • Perkins, Christopher. Warriors of Heaven. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.

The Index is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, and his work as continued and updated by Eric Johnson, Richard DiIoia, Jason "PupickDad" Jacobson, a French fan group, and numerous other fans over the years. The wiki page for the EGI has a list of sources, full product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Fortitude within and Valor without (Mayaheine) Verbal communication Philosophy/Belief, Dragon magazine #306 96
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff 70
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Bastion of Faith 42, 87
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Dragon magazine #191 66, 68
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Dragon magazine #299 102, 103
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Dragon magazine #306 96, 97, 99, 100
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Dragon magazine #358 30
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 80-82, 84, 94-96
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, From the Ashes: Campaign Book 9, 54, 85
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, From the Ashes: References Card #4
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Ivid the Undying 150, 151, 157
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 30, 36, 44, 45, 51, 61, 62, 77, 107
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 45, 102, 106, 158, 160, 175, 176
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Living Greyhawk Journal #3 19
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Oerth Journal #02 10
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Oerth Journal #10 39
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Oerth Journal #11 77,80,82,83
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Oerth Journal #16 4
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Oerth Journal #22 46
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Oerth Journal #32 19,20,21
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 20, 21
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Polyhedron magazine #129 38
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Polyhedron magazine #163 106
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Return of the Eight 18, 29
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, Slavers, AD&D 2e 34, 40, 42, 46, 105, 106
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, The Adventure Begins 43, 65, 100, 103, 117, 120
Mayaheine Deity Defender, Protector, Shield Maiden, Shield of the Innocent, Worshipped by: Human, WGR4 The Marklands IC, 12, 13, 24, 35, 91
Mayaheine, Shield of the Faithfull (Sornhill) Building Religious building, Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 77
Mayaheine, Temple of (Hardby) Building Temple, Dragon magazine #306 97
Mayaheine, Temple of (Hardby) Building Temple, Slavers, AD&D 2e 34
Mayaheine, Temple of (Killdeer) Building Temple, Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 36
Mayaheine, Temple of (Longbridge) Building Temple, Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 62
Mayaheine, Temple of (Willip) Building Temple, WGR4 The Marklands IC
Mayaheinean People Group People, Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 62
Paladin of Mayaheine {Valiants} People Group Religious order, Dragon magazine #306 96, 97
Shield Maiden's Grace (Mayaheine) Rules Feat/Proficiency/Skill, Dragon magazine #306 97
Specialty Priest of Mayaheine People Group Religious order, From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 95