"O Everlight, may you shine on Aspex Ibarra, and show him the error of his ways, before they are shown to him. May you drain his heart of hatred and fill it with hope. May you stand between him and his victims, and keep him from victimizing himself more. Amen."

Holy Sarenrae,

I know that You command us to forgive our enemies and help them seek redemption and only set them on fire if they try to release Rovagug. I am not sure that I can manage that but I am trying.

On the third someone burned down my shop. I don't know who it was. I don't know if they were going for me specifically but I think they probably were, neither of the buildings on either side was as badly damaged. By the grace of the righteous gods my family and I were not in our room above it and escaped unharmed, but I think that was pure luck.

Every time I think about it I start to be angry at them, both for what happened and what could have happened, and I keep wishing that I knew who it was so that I could smash up their house too, or that the Watch will catch them and burn them to death, and I think that probably means I am not doing a good job of forgiving them. Probably I should be trying harder but I don't really know how.

...That's probably not good enough, is it.

Uh. I don't think I can stop being mad at them but if the Watch does catch them please help them to choose the Final Blade so that they don't go to Hell or the Abyss. If the Watch doesn't catch them please... tell them not to burn down other people's shops? And probably don't tell me who they are. If you have a way to help me be less angry at them all the time I don't think I actually want to be this angry but that's a prayer for me not a prayer for them.

"Hey Sarenrae, I heard that some people were trying to release Rovagug. The asshole my wife is fucking, definitely a Rovagug cultist. His name's Josep Pau and he lives at Ragathiel and Heaven."

I know that it is not exactly the intention of this ritual to pray for men with whom we had no quarrel in life, but I can think of few gods more suited to what I am asking for. My older brother was condemned to Hell several decades ago, shortly after my own death. While I lived, he was a virtuous and honorable man, and though I know there is little to be gained from baseless speculation as to Pharasma's judgments it was rather shocking to me to learn what had become of him.

I expect there is little You can do for someone in his position, and I will not ask You to extend Your hand to prevent his suffering when You surely would have done so were it possible, but if there is anything at all that remains of the virtues I once admired in him, please help him to preserve it. If someday the armies of Heaven defeat Hell, and it is within Your power, please help to ensure there is someone left to save. I do not know if the day will ever come when Cerdanya is so much less desperate that it could possibly be conscionable to have him restored to life, but if that day may come, guide me in cultivating the wisdom, fortitude, and compassion that I will need.

Dear Sarenrae or to whom it may concern, I'd like to pray for the Queen, the Archmages, and all her heirs and ministers and nobles, and all who work for her willingly, that they all die quiet and quick natural deaths.

“For my enemies, Sarenrae, not naming any names but you know who I’m talking about. I don’t know if there’s a cure for being a sad little Galtan, but if anyone can heal them of it, it’d be the goddess of healing. Maybe try some dewormer, that’s my guess for why they can’t handle a fight or execution. Some kind of stomach worm from all the snails they eat. Give them long lives, keep them in good health, so they can see me winning over and over.”

”A special request for the enemies who sacked my city. There’s a lot of Galtan soldier boys who took some liberties while being greeted as liberators. Send them a remove disease spell or two, they certainly need it. Heal any of them who got wounded, too, so they have no excuse to skip being conscripted into that river kingdom war.”

”One last enemy, there’s this kobold, broke into my house and tried to kill me. I’m teaching it to read and write, since my last notes taker ran off to Andoran as soon as it got free. So keep the kobold in good health.”

“Not sure what the point is praying for more enemies. I already have enemies, just not allowed to fight them. So, uh, send me enemies that count as outlaws or monsters. Not too picky about the specifics, a cool fight is a cool fight.”