Madarua
| Madarua | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sickle | ||
| Alignment | Neutral | |
| Divine Rank | Dying God | |
| Pantheon | Mystaran (Cynidicean) | |
| Portfolio | Birth, Death, The Changing Seasons | |
| Domains | Death, Healing, Protection | |
| Home Plane | Mystara | |
| Worshippers | Cynidicean Women | |
| Favoured Weapon | Longspear | |
Madarua is one of the Mystaran Immortals worshipped in the ancient civilization of Cynidicea, now recalled only as The Lost City due to its descent into decadent ruin as a result of the Cult of Zargon. As such, very little is actually known about this Immortal or its counterparts Gorm and Usamigaras. All information on them that exists hails from the original module B4: The Lost City for BECMI, or the Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition update from Dragon Magazine #315.
In the Cynidicean pantheon, Madarua is the Goddess of Birth, Death and the Seasons. Surprisingly warlike for a goddess cult, they only accept females into their ranks, and mark their position in the faith by ritually scarring the inside of their left wrist with a sickle-shaped scar - though, like the Brotherhood of Gorm, they will happily accept females of any race into their ranks. The surviving members of the faith, known as the Warrior Maidens of Madarua, also wear bronze masks of a beautiful woman to further cement their loyalty.
The Warrior Maidens are the largest of the surviving faiths in Cynidicea, and perhaps as a result are the most aggressive in seeking to overthrow the dread cult of Zargon.