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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7640613" data-attributes="member: 5142"><p>I don't know, and neither do the people of the Vale. (Torog is also missing from your list, since he is the brother of Haramathur.) Most of these deities probably emerged with the batch of gods and primordials that erupted from Io. Did Haramathur have a parent who was a god of copper-smithing or stone-crafting? Or did they also come from Io like the rest? </p><p></p><p>The people of the Vale mostly care about the stories of the gods who affect their lives in the present. The main reason we talk about Pholtus, for example, is because his death caused massive ripples in the gods: the rise of Asmodeus, the marriage of Bahamut and Astara, and the conflict between Zehir and his siblings Pelor and Sehanine. </p><p></p><p>That's a good question. They presumably do. However, I felt that not every gap needed an immediate answer. For example, it is speculated that Haramathur's spouse was a stone titan, but she is neither named nor confirmed. Maybe these three lords of civilization (Bane, Erathis, and Moradin) are actually children of Tiamat? Or maybe she was a stone titan? Or maybe she was a goddess who died in the Dawn War whose name is forever lost to us? </p><p></p><p>Likewise the mother of Ioun and Tharizdun is unknown. Maybe this name is a cultic secret of the Iounian clergy? Maybe that <em>is</em> the secret because their mother is a goddess of secrets. Why does the clergy keep this name a secret? Maybe if someone found out, they could find her and learn an even worse secret. Who would want to know that? Vecna may not be a god (yet?) but he may very well be a powerful lich from Nerath looking to uncover that forbidden knowledge. (I personally think Vecna is more interesting as a lich than a god that editions kept unnecessarily power-boosting.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 7640613, member: 5142"] I don't know, and neither do the people of the Vale. (Torog is also missing from your list, since he is the brother of Haramathur.) Most of these deities probably emerged with the batch of gods and primordials that erupted from Io. Did Haramathur have a parent who was a god of copper-smithing or stone-crafting? Or did they also come from Io like the rest? The people of the Vale mostly care about the stories of the gods who affect their lives in the present. The main reason we talk about Pholtus, for example, is because his death caused massive ripples in the gods: the rise of Asmodeus, the marriage of Bahamut and Astara, and the conflict between Zehir and his siblings Pelor and Sehanine. That's a good question. They presumably do. However, I felt that not every gap needed an immediate answer. For example, it is speculated that Haramathur's spouse was a stone titan, but she is neither named nor confirmed. Maybe these three lords of civilization (Bane, Erathis, and Moradin) are actually children of Tiamat? Or maybe she was a stone titan? Or maybe she was a goddess who died in the Dawn War whose name is forever lost to us? Likewise the mother of Ioun and Tharizdun is unknown. Maybe this name is a cultic secret of the Iounian clergy? Maybe that [I]is[/I] the secret because their mother is a goddess of secrets. Why does the clergy keep this name a secret? Maybe if someone found out, they could find her and learn an even worse secret. Who would want to know that? Vecna may not be a god (yet?) but he may very well be a powerful lich from Nerath looking to uncover that forbidden knowledge. (I personally think Vecna is more interesting as a lich than a god that editions kept unnecessarily power-boosting.) [/QUOTE]
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