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Player > Setting > Deities > Ibra
Starfinder Core Rulebook p.486
N god of celestial bodies, the cosmos, mysteries of the universe
Centers of Worship: Idari, Liavara, Verces
Symbol: A circle and arrow containing a constellation
The universe is a vast expanse of wonders. Ibra is a god
of these marvels—distant galaxies, misty nebulae, all the
spinning worlds that orbit countless suns, and the empty void
that stretches between them. Science can explain all of these
and more, but the magnificence of the cosmos knows no bounds,
and there are always new miracles and mysteries waiting to be
discovered, explored, and explained. Ibra itself is one of these
cosmic enigmas. It has no gender or defined physical form, and
it’s unclear whether Ibra is a deity who sprang into being when
the universe was born, some alien paragon who ascended to
godhood, or a personification of the cosmos itself.
Ibra’s followers believe that one can find truth, serenity,
and meaning in the beauty of the cosmos, but it is up to the
individual to decipher the universe’s secrets to find these
rewards. It is not Ibra’s place to reveal the answers to creation’s
great questions, and the Inscrutable rewards those who push
the boundaries of knowledge and science to explore the
universe and bring its wonders to light. In Ibra’s worldview,
there is no law or chaos, no good or evil: only the questions
raised by the shining light of a newborn star, the beautiful
dance of heavenly bodies, and the perfect solitude of the
comet as it hurtles through the dark, regardless of whether the
answers to those questions are ever found.
Astronomers, astrophysicists, cosmologists, mathematicians,
and interstellar explorers worship Ibra as their patron, and
many mystics and solarians serve as the Inscrutable’s priests.
Ibra’s temples are most frequently found in space rather than
planetside, and they always include observatories where
worshipers may study the cosmos and record their observations
and hypotheses, some even directly exposed to vacuum. No one
in the Pact Worlds knows what species first venerated Ibra as
a god, as the oldest discovered monuments to the deity have
all been massive temple complexes on otherwise uninhabited
worlds, including Bretheda’s tiny moon Chamari.
Ibra’s holy symbol is as inscrutable as the god itself. Found on
the oldest temples, the golden shape is often assumed to be an
eye, a compass, or perhaps a planet, with an arrow leading the
faithful ever onward into the unknown. More obvious is the sixstar
constellation inside the symbol, yet questions abound there
as well. What is the constellation—a configuration unrecognizable
from any known world—and what does it mark? What is the
significance of the symbol’s tiny, lesser stars? Some Ibran priests
devote their lives to exploring new worlds in search of matching
the viewpoint, and a popular rumor claims the constellation is
only visible from Golarion, with the symbol the key to finding it.
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