"Leira, Lady of Mists, Mother of All Illusion, the Guardian of Deception, the Mistshadow. Some say she died in the Time of Troubles, killed by Cyric, betrayed by Mask. Some say she loved Mask and loves him still. Some say gods can die. Some say gods can be born. Some say gods can live. Some say gods are an illusion we create for our own contentment. Some say gods are an illusion we create to disguise our fear of living, our fear of dying, our fear of being. If gods are a disguise, if gods are an illusion, then perhaps Leira is the only beacon of truth in our entire pantheon of lies. But if gods are real and true and all-knowing, then Leira cannot be a god and must be dead if indeed she ever lived at all."
"Stare deep into the Mistshadow, and mark your devotion to Leira, Mistress of Mists and Lady of the Unknowing. Stare into it and know that knowledge is unknowable."
"We are ever passing through the mists of Leira, our hulls brushing against the reefs of knowledge but we never run aground, the winds of truth tear us not asunder. Travel well, then, safe in the calm of ignorance."
- Shaella in BG 1 (errr, well uhh, maybe it was Elnaedra who said those things ... I don't know.)
