Soujous

Titles
The Traveler

Governs
Commerce, Exploration, Questing, Trade, Travel

Worshippers
Archaeologists, Explorers, Merchants, Sailors, Wagoneers

Weapon
None

Animal
Eagle

Description
Soujous, also known as The Traveler, is a mysterious deity associated with travel, exploration and kindness toward anyone undertaking a journey. Revered by sailors, wagon masters, merchants and adventurers of many other varieties, she is best known for an insatiable wanderlust which seems to also affect her devout.

Soujous in the Divine Record
The Divine Record does not appear to contain any record of Soujous's beginnings, though it does refer to her frequently; often in conjunction with other peregrin deities of the pantheon. In many accounts, Soujous is disguised throughout the majority of her interactions as she pursues exploration, investigation, or teaching opportunities of various types.

Regardless of the forms she appears in, however, the Traveler always bears a name which, even if obscure, is some form of reference to travel or exploration. Among the most famous are:
 * Rose - an abbreviation referring to the compass rose of a map
 * Linna - a common elven word for travel
 * Jous, Sou or other ambiguous or abbreviated forms of the name Soujous itself

Church
Worship of Soujous is as varied as the cultures in which she is revered. Throughout all cultures, however, followers commonly live minimalist lifestyles, preferring to own only that which they can carry on their backs. For most adherents, who refer to themselves as Sojourners, the best life is one spent on the open road.

Though the specific customs vary widely, all followers of the Traveler maintain a sacred duty to be hospitable toward travelers, to do no harm to the lands they pass through, and to share knowledge gained through their journeys freely. As a result, it is common for Sojourners to pay their way through life as traveling comedians, musicians or performers in order to create a simple union between their spiritual desire to share and the simple pragmatism of requiring an income.