NEMETON
Motif: By harvesting mementos from your nemeton, you
bring its divine power with you.
The Gods of the Sacred Shrines get their name from their
nemetons, places that tap into the divine power of The World
itself. A nemeton forms an Overworld gate to a long-abandoned Gaulish
Godsrealm or a Avatar’s own Sanctum, if she has one. In either case,
the key to open the gate is always a memento the Avatar has
cultivated from the nemeton’s natural bounty, whether it’s a sprig of
mistletoe, a vial of spring water, a jar of honey, or a tree branch.
Even if it’s simply an acorn, cultivating it as a memento requires a
complex crafting project that might involve ritual votive offerings
and other acts of sanctification. The most popular method is to fashion
weapons or tools from the harvested materials to make them last longer,
such as oaken staves or wands, and Avatars of the appropriate Divinity
rating usually make them as relics.
