Editing Berronar Truesilver (section)

==1st Edition==
Detailed, as mentioned above, in [[Dragon Magazine]] #58, Berronar is descried as the patroness of marriage and love (but not necessarily romance), and the protector of the dwarves. Whilst her name is most frequently invoked in small home rituals for protection from thieves and duplicity, she is no passive homebody and takes an active role in preserving dwarven culture and civilization throughout the multiverse.

This manifests in two particular ways; firstly, if a lawful good dwarven [[fighter]] appeals to her for aid in a particularly noble purpose and makes a sufficiently grand offering, there is a 5% chance that, if the dwarf's heart is exceptionally pure, she will give them the powers of an equal-level [[paladin]] for 3-6 days. Secondly, she possesses four long braids that, if she cuts them off, will turn into solid gold worth somewhere between 10,000 and 40,000 gold pieces, depending on how much she cuts; if a lawful good dwarf [[cleric]] of high level beseeches her aid to save a colony that is exceptionally poor or hard-pressed and otherwise unable to get on its feet economically, she will bestow these golden locks on that colony.

As an aside, in first edition, these braids were stated to be ''beard'' braids, because this was 1e and dwarf women had beards then. Later editions would retcon away the beard and make it her hair instead.

Berronar utterly despises thieves and liars. She wields a gold-and-steel alloy mace that can slay assassins and evil thieves on touch, and wears two magical silver rings; one makes it impossible for any mortal within 10 feet to knowingly lie, the other makes it impossible for any mortal within 10 feet to use any thief abilities.

These rings are so important to Berronar that they became her holy symbol for all editions of D&D so far. They also inspired this passing note in her article:

"Dwarves have a custom of exchanging rings with those for whom they feel exceptional, mutual trust and love; this in dependently parallels a human custom used in marriage rituals. This dwarven ceremony is not lightly given, almost never undertaken with a non-dwarf except in the most unusual circumstances. Both participants ''must'' be lawful good. Berronar is said to have inspired this practice, and several variations of it exist in dwarven colonies across the worlds."