Deities and Religion
The following is a list of custom deities for the setting and their associated domains (with applicable sub-domains). If a sub-domain is not listed, that deity has both sub-domains listed under the primary domain. If you're interested in a particular deity and want more information, tell me so and I'll post it.
High Gods
Lyrax: Lawful Good, Favored Longsword. Law(Archon), Good(Archon), Nobility, War(Tactics), Glory
Librera: Neutral, Favored Quarterstaff. Knowledge, Magic, Repose, Rune
Jerilith: Chaotic Evil, Favored Pick. Chaos(Demon), Evil(Demon), Madness, Trickery, Darkness
Mid Gods
Forge: Lawful Good, Favored Warhammer. Law(Archon), Good(Archon), Artifice, Protection(Defense), Earth
Pelanor: Neutral Good, Favored Heavy Mace. Good(Agathion), Sun, Healing, Animals
Silver Fox: Chaotic Good, Favored Rapier. Chaos(Azata), Good(Azata), Luck, Trickery, Liberation
Alanor: Lawful Neutral, Favored Sickle. Law(Inevitable), Plants(Growth), Community (Home), Weather(Seasons)
Brisus: Lawful Neutral, Favored Halberd. Law(Inevitable), Magic(Arcane), War, Strength (Resolve), Glory
Watas: Chaotic Neutral, Favored Cutlass (Scimitar). Water(Oceans), Weather(Storms), Chaos(Protean), Travel(Trade)
Xyn: Lawful Evil, Favored Scythe. Law(Devil), Evil(Devil), Death(Undead), Darkness(Loss), Plant(Decay)
Drakis: Chaotic Evil, Favored Flail. Chaos(Demon), Air(Wind), War(Blood), Destruction(Catastrophe), Weather(Storms)
Minor Gods
Nika: Lawful Good, Favored Longbow. Community, Protection(Purity), Good(Archon), Healing(Restoration)
Duns: Neutral Good, Favored Starknife. Darkness(Night), Void, Good(Agathion), Nobility(Martyr)
Rose: Neutral Good, Favored Dagger. Charm(Love), Community (Family), Good(Agathion)
Figment: Chaotic Good, Favored Crossbow. Magic, Trickery(Deception), Chaos(Azata), Good(Azata)
Sedon: Lawful Neutral, Favored Falchion. Sun, Fire, Law(Inevitable)
Seris: Neutral, Favored Greatclub. Animals, Plants, Earth, Air
Guyver: Chaotic Neutral, Favored Firearms. Chaos(Protean), Artifice(Construct), Rune, Knowledge (Thought)
Larran: Chaotic Neutral, Favored Short Sword. Travel(Exploration), Luck, Chaos(Protean), Liberation(Freedom)
Lily: Neutral Evil, Favored Dagger. Charm(Lust), Madness(Insanity), Evil(Daemon)
Kron: Chaotic Evil, Favored Greataxe. Death (Murder), Destruction(Rage), Strength (Ferocity), Evil(Demon)
Duns
Duns, also known as The Martyr or The Lord of the Stars, represents the calm and peace that comes with the night. He is the gentle hand that washes away worries and is opposed to creatures that disrupt the blissful darkness.
Duns' worshipers do not fear the night or the darkness and his churches tend to hold service after the sun has set. Priests that pay homage to the Lord of the Stars are most active at night, working to keep at bay the more foul denizens of the night. His priests also study the stars and have the foremost knowledge of astrology and astronomy. Most small towns and villages have at least a shrine to Duns and pray to the god to see them through the night, especially in wild areas that might prove dangerous. The largest temple to Duns lies in Rembar, in the coastal city of Lypton, where his priest's knowledge of the stars serve to teach sailors the practice of celestial navigation.
Larran
God of the roads and travel, Larran watches over wayfarers and has a special fondness for adventurers. Most people who have need to travel often say prayers to Larran when setting out on their journey. Larran also values freedom, most often interpreted as the freedom of the open road but occasional taken to mean freedom from tyranny and society's rules.
The only god with no churches or temples, Larran instead has many small wayside shrines found on the roads throughout the region. The shrines are often as small as a single statue where travelers can leave behind offerings in an attempt to gain favor with the god. In keeping with Larran's chaotic nature not all of his shrines are on the roads or even in well-traveled places, and explorers or adventurers have often been surprised to find one of his shrines deep inside a swamp or atop a high mountain. Worshipers of Larran rarely stay in one place long and his priests spend most of their time traveling; either tending to the wayside shrines or spreading the teachings of their sometimes whimsical god.
Favoring the halflings because of their penchant for wanderlust, Larran often appears in the guise of an unassuming halfling wielding nothing more than a walking stick and small sword. Offerings to the god of wayfarers are often simple tools useful to an adventurer: trail rations, rope, packs, or walking sticks are common offerings, but the god has a special liking of well-worn shoes and boots or a filled traveler's journal.
Guyver
Guyver is the youngest and newest of the gods, and watched warily by many of them. He is the patron of inventors and industry, and as such promotes the advancing of society and technology. However, not all advancements are entirely good and not all technology completely useful; but the Tinker revels in the mishaps just as much as the successes. Which is one reason that the deity and his followers have such a love for black powder firearms; they are loud, explosive, useful, new, and unpredictable. Since they occasionally blow up in your hands.
The god doesn't seek new technology for any altruistic goal of bettering society, but neither does he do so for a malicious reason. He simply has an inexhaustible curiosity and pushes his followers to have the same, to keep building and creating better and newer things. The nature god Seris opposes Guyver for having no concern for the natural world and pushing his people to consume its resources for use in their endeavors. Forge, the Dwarven god of the forge and construction, watches Guyver very carefully; as he can see that the new god's ways can eventually lead to the downfall of his own.
Some people claim that Guyver is not, in fact, a real deity. His priests deny this adamantly, however, and none can deny the fact that these priests of the God of Tinkers do display the same kind of divine power that priests of the other deities show. It is assumed that those who deny Guyver are merely denying change and advancement, preferring to cling to old technology and the old ways for doing things.
Guyver is usually portrayed as either a human or a gnome; depending on who you ask. Almost any gnome will say that Guyver is indeed a gnome, non-gnomes who do not like the god also have a tendency to portray him as a gnome, though usually not in a complimentary fashion. Most others portray the God of Inventors as a human. In almost every portrayal, Guyver is dressed in an oil-stained and powder-burned apron, wearing goggles and wielding any one of a number of tools in his hands and sticking out of pockets. He almost always is pictured carrying a very large black powder blunderbuss, usually across his back.
The Silver Fox
The Guiltless Trickster, The Lady of Luck, The Liberator; The Silver Fox is known by many different names, but all of them speak of the same goddess. She is most often invoked for her aspect of luck; the phrase 'The Silver Fox was with me' can be heard spoken by many people who experience luck in one nature or another. The nature of luck itself often gives The Silver Fox a capricious reputation among the general masses, which leads into her next most commonly perceived persona as the Guiltless Trickster. The Silver Fox respects trickery and good-natured pranks so long as they are not malicious in intent, giving her a playful image to many.
But while extreme luck and clever trickery are qualities associated with her, The Silver Fox herself is often more concerned with her role as The Liberator. She is a tireless opponent of slavery, tyranny, servitude, and oppression. The Liberator is the patron goddess of righteous rebellion; places where people gather to rally often teem with her followers and priests.
The Silver Fox favors rebels, free-thinkers, activists, and others who challenge authority, structure, and tradition. She watches over the children of oppressive parents, workers for cruel employers, and the subjects of corrupt rulers. Of all the deities, other than Jerilith, she is the one who most often challenges the High God of Order, Lyrax; while the two count each other as allies they maintain a strained relationship. She counts the deities Larran, Rose, and Figment as her friends, while the deities Xyn and Drakis are her enemies. Guyver is viewed as a curiosity.
Legend tells that the Silver Fox was once a human woman and adventurer, many centuries past. It is said that, through determination, skill, and copious luck she managed to trick, outwit, outmaneuver, and finally slay an ancient and cruel god of tyranny. In order to fill the divine void left behind, The Silver Fox was recreated as a goddess and has remained so ever after. It is said that her nickname was the Silver Fox even before she became a deity, but whatever her real name was is a mystery known only to the goddess herself.
In appearance the goddess most often takes the image of a small silver fox; having a particular fondness for those animals. Other than that, she also appears as a tall, svelte, and athletic human woman with long silver hair; dressed in the leathers of an adventurer and wielding a shining silver rapier. The silver rapier is also the symbol of her clergy; all of her priests are trained in its use to deadly effect.
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