Sharo

Sharo, the Wild, is the god of the hunt, the forest, and animals. Because bows are the most common way to hunt he is also the god of archery. He is worshiped by hunters and rangers and by those that use bows in combat. He is also worshiped by shepherds, herders, and those that raise animals.

Description
Sharo, Aelia's twin bother, is sometimes depicted wearing light angelic armor or sometimes with leather armor like a ranger. He is always shown with a bow. The bow is often shown as enchanted with glowing arrows. He is also usually shown with white hair and is lean and muscular. He is sometimes shown with a large dire-wolf or other predatory animal beside him.

Personality
He is often characterized by a focused and serous personality. However he is not portrayed as stoic or overly serious. He is visibly in better spirits when in the forests and surrounded by nature. He lives for the hunt and has a competitive personality.

Powers & Abilities
His abilities allow him to see incredibly far and is inhumanly accurate with his bow. His arrows fly for miles and always hit their mark. He can cast spells on his arrows by just uttering a word and give them magical effects such as fire, ice, sleep. His quiver never runs out of arrows and it is sometimes said that he doesn't even need arrows and can just summon them when he draws back his bow. Also, he has the ability to shapeshift into any animal and has the senses and physical abilities of these animals when not in their form.

Worshipers
He is worshiped by military archers and hunters alike. Most pray to him before a hunt and seek his favor when in the wild. Rangers and those that live on the fringes of society in the wild call on him for survival and communion with the outdoors. Herders have been known to hang an arrow shaped talisman in their barns to bless their livestock. Tyderian woodsmiths that work with sharowood often hang talisman's and symbols of Sharo asking for his blessing in working with the material.

Traditions
During the Festival of Crowns archery tournaments are held and the winner usually receives a golden arrow or sometimes even a masterwork bow. Sometimes at the end of the autumn when the hunting becomes harder, hunters will dedicate a day and will sacrifice a deer that they have killed to Sharo by laying upon the alter and asking for a blessing before burning it in his name.