Godhood XIV [OOC] [ROLL CALL. ALSO: OPENING.]

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Name: Macian Scelle
Appearance: Macian Scelle typically takes the form of a dark-skinned and well-built human man, dressed in understated and well-worn clothes covered by a stained leather apron and a pair of large, heavy gloves. He gives the impression of being weatherbeaten but sturdy, and though he is decidedly less impressive to look at than most divine manifestations, he wears that simplicity and understatement with pride. He is also capable, when the need for flashiness arises, of appearing as a towering golem of marble and silver or as a vast and inscrutable network of hissing and bellowing machinery; he prefers to spend as little time as possible in such guises.
Primary Sphere:

• Craft: Macian Scelle teaches that the act of creation is the highest achievement a mortal can aspire to and urges his followers to become as close to the divine as they can through their works. Whether they choose to become transcendent artists, master craftsmen, or brilliant engineers, Macian Scelle is alive in all their creations; wherever mortal hands create something nature could not, there he is. Art, architecture, and industry are all one to The Great Artisan, and his temples more often resemble studios or factories than cathedrals or monasteries.

Secondary Spheres:

• Earth: Macian Scelle is associated with all manner of materials and tools that spring from stone and soil as so many of his patron disciplines rely on them in their entirety. While other gods that tie themselves to the idea of earth may include the plants or even animals that rely on its nurturing, he is strictly interested in and associated with the materials that can be pulled from it. While official doctrine states that he values craft of all kind equally, he secretly treasures things made from clay or metal or stone most.
  
• Agriculture: While The Great Artisan holds no particular love for majestic forests or roaming herds of beasts, he views the practice of cultivating his soil as a parallel to his stewardship of his followers and venerates the necessary task of providing for civilization. Harnessing and guiding nature is as much an act of creation as chiseling a block of marble, and further refining the materials produced thereby is an even greater paean to Macian Scelle. He holds a special fondness for vintners, and consequently Scellian wine is said to be the best a mortal can find in the world as his followers have strained to refine their art to please him

Additional Info: Macian Scelle does not like gods very much. A large theological debate currently exists within the Church of the Enlightened Hand as to whether this means he also does not like himself very much, with the orthodoxy maintaining the line that he simply disdains the meddlesome ways of other gods, while more radical groups insist that his ideal world is one in which the gods are all destroyed, leaving mortals to forge their own path. Regardless of the truth of either opinion, it's pretty clear that he tends to view much godly intrigue as irritating or disgusting: Macian Scelle believes that too many gods are too full of themselves and view their followers as little more than tools. He himself holds a great fondness for all intelligent life, feeling that their existence is the true purpose of the cosmos rather than the glorification of their creators. He would rather see himself harmed than the followers of even a rival god, and would rather see another god harmed than either.
While he can be unfriendly, he isn't completely secluded from the rest of the pantheon; he often tries to engage gods with similar spheres out of shared influence, and gets on well with gods that value life as much as he does or that share his compassion for mortals. He realizes that a completely lassez-faire attitude would cause more harm than good, and generally does his best to make the world the best place he can for all mortals to live in. He often wishes he could find another god that shares his views: it's lonely being a god among mortals and a pariah among gods.