“Your mind may be imperfect, but you may learn and grow, for the gods have granted you gifts to make it perfect.”
Hesinde is the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, and the sciences, but is also worshiped as Mistress of Magic. People teach and conduct research in her name, yet the Church of Hesinde debates which knowledge may be passed on and which should be made available to only a select few. Since the arts are often associated with Hesinde, the church is patron to many artists. Her followers include scholars and mages, and the temples of the goddess often house sizeable libraries or map collections, and assiduously collect knowledge. The Blessed Ones of Hesinde dress in green and gold and always carry small notebooks, called books of the snake, for recording their findings. Hesinde’s holy animals are wise serpents, which are often found in her temples, whether as living specimens, images, or as elaborate ornaments coiled around the necks of her Blessed Ones. The most important temple of the goddess stands in Kuslik, and is home to the highest priestess of the Church, the Magister of Magisters.
