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<blockquote data-quote="Silverglass" data-source="post: 1634389" data-attributes="member: 14071"><p>Well some of it arose from Khellendros' original description and some from how I wanted Naeron to embody the natural force of death and that is more LN than LE. Yes he is enigmatic but that is because he should be, he is death incarnated. Naeron as written has changed during time, this is planned as it reflects the state of the deific realm, during the violent age of the gods naeron was violent, during the more ordered age of kings naeron is more ordered. If this hints at a link between naeron and aerde then this is because there is one. The Underworld is a relection of aerde and Naeron is the embodiment of the Underworld (or vice versa, I'm not saying) so as Aerde changes Naeron changes (or maybe its vice versa).</p><p></p><p>If you want to be accurate Naeron is a Nature Deity who sits in the Dominator camp because his nature is that of the inevitable domination of Aerde at the apocalyptic time when all things die (and also the "evil" deities needed a boost). As Aerde was created so shall it be destroyed and created anew (damn, its the circle of life). Naeron thus works "against" the good deities as preservers but still against the other eveil deities.</p><p></p><p>But he does not work against these deities out of malice or of a desire to cause suffering, he does so because it is his nature to do so. He is aerdes "destroyer" of life just as their is a "creator" or life.</p><p></p><p>So he is a "dominator" because that is his nature, his purpose is to "dominate" all of Aerde so that the current age can end and a new age begin.</p><p></p><p>He has the death domain because he is the God of the Underworld and that is how the portfolio expresses itself, he does not specifically destroy life (so no destruction domain) but he IS the end of life (think egyptian Osiris, as Judge of the Dead, or the greek Hades rather than D&D priests of Nerull).</p><p></p><p>He is patient and clever, his priests seek knowledge and to advance the spread of the religion, death is something that happens to all beings (even the gods) and his priests teach acceptance of it as "the time will come" rather than wanting to actively spread it, so in this they differ from say the priests of Beher or Kirok.</p><p></p><p>The chromatic dragons are his children and and they worship him, however the nature of chromatic dragons is also wild and destructive as they were created in an earlier age to embody some of Naerons aspects and at the time he was more destructive and had the destruction domain (he later put it aside as it weakened him), hunger is part of their nature, so they retain their evil alignments. Dragons have free will so they choose their alignment, their feelings if superiority mean that they do not value human life for instance so that makes them D&D evil because they are the predator and the human is the prey. But chromatic dragons could be different and some will be, its just that their nature is inherently wild and destructive.</p><p></p><p>However chromatic dragons and the worshippers of Naeron should normally get on reasonably well, but it is on the basis of shared respect and the keeping out of each others territory. So Naeronites discourage attacks on dragons, unless the dragons are already threatening their comrades and vice versa.</p><p></p><p>As an example in the Province of Karnatka there is a forest that is home for a number of Green dragons, the Church of Naeron has established the ground rules for the forest, livestock is delivered to the edge of the forest for the dragons to hunt and the dragons do not hunt the local population (well not anyone who would be missed), but in return the local population are banned from entering the forest and anyone who does is fair game. This would be the general theme of naeronite/dragon relations, find an acceptable border and then keep to your side of that border.</p><p></p><p>His humanoid clerics would generally be logical, dark and mysterious and honour death. His draconic clerics would also be aggressive and dominating to non-naeronites, less so to naeronites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverglass, post: 1634389, member: 14071"] Well some of it arose from Khellendros' original description and some from how I wanted Naeron to embody the natural force of death and that is more LN than LE. Yes he is enigmatic but that is because he should be, he is death incarnated. Naeron as written has changed during time, this is planned as it reflects the state of the deific realm, during the violent age of the gods naeron was violent, during the more ordered age of kings naeron is more ordered. If this hints at a link between naeron and aerde then this is because there is one. The Underworld is a relection of aerde and Naeron is the embodiment of the Underworld (or vice versa, I'm not saying) so as Aerde changes Naeron changes (or maybe its vice versa). If you want to be accurate Naeron is a Nature Deity who sits in the Dominator camp because his nature is that of the inevitable domination of Aerde at the apocalyptic time when all things die (and also the "evil" deities needed a boost). As Aerde was created so shall it be destroyed and created anew (damn, its the circle of life). Naeron thus works "against" the good deities as preservers but still against the other eveil deities. But he does not work against these deities out of malice or of a desire to cause suffering, he does so because it is his nature to do so. He is aerdes "destroyer" of life just as their is a "creator" or life. So he is a "dominator" because that is his nature, his purpose is to "dominate" all of Aerde so that the current age can end and a new age begin. He has the death domain because he is the God of the Underworld and that is how the portfolio expresses itself, he does not specifically destroy life (so no destruction domain) but he IS the end of life (think egyptian Osiris, as Judge of the Dead, or the greek Hades rather than D&D priests of Nerull). He is patient and clever, his priests seek knowledge and to advance the spread of the religion, death is something that happens to all beings (even the gods) and his priests teach acceptance of it as "the time will come" rather than wanting to actively spread it, so in this they differ from say the priests of Beher or Kirok. The chromatic dragons are his children and and they worship him, however the nature of chromatic dragons is also wild and destructive as they were created in an earlier age to embody some of Naerons aspects and at the time he was more destructive and had the destruction domain (he later put it aside as it weakened him), hunger is part of their nature, so they retain their evil alignments. Dragons have free will so they choose their alignment, their feelings if superiority mean that they do not value human life for instance so that makes them D&D evil because they are the predator and the human is the prey. But chromatic dragons could be different and some will be, its just that their nature is inherently wild and destructive. However chromatic dragons and the worshippers of Naeron should normally get on reasonably well, but it is on the basis of shared respect and the keeping out of each others territory. So Naeronites discourage attacks on dragons, unless the dragons are already threatening their comrades and vice versa. As an example in the Province of Karnatka there is a forest that is home for a number of Green dragons, the Church of Naeron has established the ground rules for the forest, livestock is delivered to the edge of the forest for the dragons to hunt and the dragons do not hunt the local population (well not anyone who would be missed), but in return the local population are banned from entering the forest and anyone who does is fair game. This would be the general theme of naeronite/dragon relations, find an acceptable border and then keep to your side of that border. His humanoid clerics would generally be logical, dark and mysterious and honour death. His draconic clerics would also be aggressive and dominating to non-naeronites, less so to naeronites. [/QUOTE]
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