Dansel is a shamed goddess, for the White Cat claims dominion over love, mystery, and the forbidden practice of magic. She is the daughter of Isengrim and Grisindr, and the ultimate cause of the rift between them. Dansel is attributed with the creation of symbols known as wyrd-runes, which when arranged in the proper order could mimic the power of the gods themselves. She is occasionally said to have been the lover of Vadai the Huntress. While she was always a strange and willful child, it was her daring to teach humanity the art of witchcraft that caused her father to cast her out of the Hroendir.
She is white of hair and white of skin, with gleaming golden eyes. Though far more ancient than even the stones, she is the youngest of the Hroendir, and is depicted as a girl only just stumbling into womanhood. She dresses much as a jarl's daughter might, in rich-patterned fabrics and furs, but their finery is tattered and worn, and she wraps herself in a cloak of many patches. When she passes, it is said whispers and secrets billow out behind her.
Dansel's symbol is a feared and blasphemous one, being a square with two vertical lines passing through it; this is known as the Twice-Slit Eye. Her aspect is the cat.
The proper term for a follower of Dansel is a Danselite. Worship of Dansel is explicitly forbidden throughout Ydra and is punishable by death.
