The Eternal Brawlers

''The Eternal Brawlers began as two mortals beating the absolute dogshit out of each other on the docks of Yartar. Their onslaught, so relentless and without mercy, continued. They needed not food, water, nor rest as they battled. Eventually they Ascended into the sky, being deified. Immortalized in the clouds over Yartar, which always appear as two men eternally brawling.''

Alignment: TN

Pantheon: Minor Deities

Areas of Concern: Brawls, Fist Fights

Domains: Community, Glory, Liberation, Strength

Subdomains: Competition (Community/Strength), Fist, Freedom, Honor, Legend*, Resolve, Self-Realization* (Liberation/Strength)

*Requires the Acolyte of Apocrypha faith trait.

Favored Weapon: Brass Knuckles, Gauntlets, Unarmed Strikes

Symbol: A closed fist or two men fighting and/or wrestling

Sacred Animal(s): Bears, Kangaroos

Sacred Color(s): Bruise

Obedience: You must brawl with a worthy opponent for one hour using only unarmed strikes. A worthy opponent has a number of Hit Dice equal to or greater than your Hit Dice –4. You gain a +2 sacred or profane bonus to Combat Maneuver Bonus with unarmed strikes. The type of bonus depends on your alignment—if you’re neither good nor evil, you must choose either sacred or profane the first time you perform your obedience, and this choice can’t be changed.

Lore: When this brawl first began on the purification docks of Yartar, nobody would’ve thought it would’ve lasted more than an hour. However, as days passed neither man fell, no quarter given. People who had made bets were getting worried. Less than a week into the brawl those bets were returned, at this point nobody expected the fight to end anytime soon. After a week of fighting, the guards of Yartar dismissed all cries that would demand intervention. The fight had officially been given the blessing of Yartar. The fighters became embraced by the people. The brawl was a glorious spectacle to marvel at as you walked among the docks and wharfs. The fight had become a piece of Yartar. Despite the people having come to love the fight, there were still others that wished for the fight to cease. One such man was a guard, whose futile attempt to break up the fight was met with derision and laughter.

It was after weeks of each man and their unending onslaught, that they had ascended up into the sky, still fighting. There they became one with the sky. Their figures forming, merging with the clouds. Their brawl was immortalized. Continuing in the skies over Yartar for eternity.

To find Yartar on the open seas, all one must do is look to the skies and search for the Eternal Brawlers. This has allowed sailors and ships to travel farther from Yartar and easily manage to find their way back.

As storms form over Yartar the Eternal Brawlers in the sky fight more aggressively as the storm worsens.