Alzena of the Quiet Ledger

Patron of Debtors, Widows, Merciful Guilds, and Redemptive Grace

Alzena was a humble wool-weaver whose ledgers were as clean as her conscience. When a harsh winter followed a season of poor yield and failed caravans, the people were drowning in debt — smallfolk, vendors, apprentices, even guild members. While others clung to their balances and demanded payment, Alzena quietly forgave every debt owed to her, no matter how large or old, including those of a rival merchant who had once slandered her. When asked why, she simply replied: “A house that eats on debt is a house that eats alone. I would rather share bread than count copper I’ll never see.” Her selfless act sparked a wave of similar forgiveness across guilds in the region, and though she died in obscurity shortly thereafter, too poor even for a gravestone, her name began to appear in marginal notes across Minoan ledgers: “in the manner of Alzena.” Years later, her modest account book, discovered beneath a loose floorboard in her shuttered home, contained no curses, prayers, or sermons—only a final page inscribed with the words: “All is forgiven.”

Alzena's symbol is a closed ledger tied with thread, often embroidered in white or silver on the cloaks of debt-relief clerks or charitable guilds.