Red Mistress
The Red Mistress is one of the old elven gods whose origins are debated and unkown. Like many of the forgotton gods her name is not known, while the Deliverer's armies could not destroy her greatest temple they did slay all of her priests and teachings. This lead to a drastic decrease in the level of blood magic available and increased inbreeding among nobles all over the world as the knowledge that it was bad for the children was lost for centuries until rediscovered by a blood priest in the 2000's.
Little is known about the Red Mistress, she seems to want for little beyond protecting the Bloodstacks and the geneology records therin. Many see her as evil or dark because of her association with blood magic, which is known to generally do more harm than good. But most of the blood magic her priests perform is geared towards producing strong children. It is known that she is the ultimate decider on what traits a child inherits from it's parents, height, build, aptitudes, everything that is nature instead of nurture is under her perview. Families that make proper sacrifices during the early stages of pregnancy are blessed with taller, stronger, healthier children without deformities or complications during development. This leads the the northern high elves generally being taller and more well built than those of the south where the Zirdian High Church holds more sway and people are more squemish about anything involving blood.
Some old legends say that the Red Mistress is lovers with Fate and possibly Mother Magic, this is why the same families tend to get involved in Fate over and over again. A person's fate can also be greatly influenced by the Red Mistress before they are even born, while she has no control over the soul what type of body that soul inbabits can matter a lot. Blood can also bend the rules of magic, and some say this warrants a connection. Others say that the Red Mistress was simply good friends with all three sisters, Mother Magic, Fate, and Mortavis.
