Arúyn, the Master of the Hunt of the Áes Camáir is the god of war, untimely (and especially violent) death, and the underworld. He dresses in dull gray chainmail with a black cloak, and wears a helm with a stag’s antlers.
On nights during the dark of the moon, Arúyn leads the the Wild Hunt through the lands with a pack of a dozen hellhounds pulling at their leashes. During these hunts, Arúyn will either ride a Nightmare or run on foot, keeping up with the hounds effortlessly. During the hunt, he hunts the souls of those who lived corrupt, treacherous lives in order to hunt them to their own violent end. In the process, he sometimes collects the souls of those who have died violent, untimely deaths, for the trauma of their deaths can signal his hounds unless the soul is protected by the blessings from loved ones. Sometimes innocent bystanders may also get swept into the hunt if they don’t succeed in avoiding it, magically compelled to join and run with the hunt until dawn.
Arúyn is the youngest of Camáir’s five children.
The Festival of Arúyn, or Faylon Arúyn, is celebrated as the nights begin to get longer. It begins at sunset on Chelydaans 15th and continues into the evening of Chelydaans 16.
Family
Mother: Camáir
Children: Children with Brigga ap Ítharnae: Síabrad.
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