Aldarc
Legend
I modified the Dawn War Pantheon to recreate something more akin to the family dramas of Green Ronin's Book of the Righteous or Eberron's Sovereign Host.
Io was the god of the cosmos and dragonkind. However, they died when the Primordials burst forth from their body. Two deities were born from their body: Bahamut and Tiamat. Their death also released magic and death. These essences became Corellon and Lloth, respectively. Other deities were later born out of the Astral Sea.
Tiamat is the goddess of monsters, natural disasters and destruction, and the elemental chaos. However, Tiamat created monsters to use against the Primordials. So chromatic dragons reflect this nature. Melora is the child of Bahamut and Tiamat.
Moradin, Erathis, and Bane are all children of Haramathur, the deceased god of bronze, metalworking, protection, and patience. So Haramathur is something akin to the father of bronze-age civilization. (Torog is his brother.)
Moradin and Melora had two children together - Kord and Avandra - however, Melora and Moradin have never married. Kord is additionally a god of adventure. He has stories of the many hijinks that ensued from adventures with his sister Avandra, who often got him out of trouble with quick wit and good fortune.
Bane saw mighty Kord and thought that any child that he sired with Melora would be mightier than Kord. He wooed Melora, and he got Gruumsh.
Much like @DEFCON 1, I did add Garl back to the list of gods. However, I did so as the son of Corellon. He's also more like Bacchus/Dionysus mixed with Janus. He's a god of revelry, humor, gates, doorways (especially to the feywild or other planes), and alcohol.
I then added a new god Keron, mostly for the purposes of "myth-making." Kerun was also the son of Corellon and Sehanine. He is the "Prince of Spring," a god of spring, fertility, and rebirth. In a gender-swap version of Hades and Persephone, Keron was taken by Lloth, the Raven Queen, as her consort. In the Shadowfell, he is the Horned King, a god of the hunt and the psychopomp who gathers souls. His name is a nod to both 'Kore' (another name for Persephone), Cernunnos/Karnonos (the Gaulish Horned god whose name derives from "antler" or "horn"), and Charon.
So yes, the Raven Queen in this version was combined with Lloth. She is the goddess of winter, fate, and the dead. She is called the "Raven Queen" as saying her name invites death. As there are no ravens in the Underdark, she is known as the "Spider Queen" there. Lloth is basically the head of the Unseelie Court in the Shadowfell, just as Corellon is the head of the Seelie Court in the Feywild.
Likewise, I grouped the "sky gods" together as a family unit. So I named Pholtus as "The One Who Was." I created a new goddess Astara as his consort, and she is the queen of heaven, stars, the astral sea. After the murder of Pholtus by Asmodeus and his legions, she became the goddess of mourning, widows, and peacemaking. She remarried Bahamut to stabilize the heavens and create a powerful alliance. Bahamut became the Sovereign of the High Heavens, Guardian of the Astral Sea, and the Liege of the Gods.
Pholtus and Astara are the parents of Pelor, Sehanine, and Zehir. Zehir is the oldest sibling. After the death of Pholtus by Asmodeus, secretly spurred to do so by Zehir, Zehir had first pick of Pholtus's vast domains. Zehir picked darkness because it was so vast, and he thought that he could rule mortals through fear of the dark. He was upset after mortals showed a greater preference for Pelor, who chose light and the sun, and his sister Sehanine, who chose the moon. (Sehanine was later gifted dreams and illusions by Corellon, her consort.)
Pelor and Erathis married as the King and Queen of Light: i.e., the Points of Light. They are humanity's "power couple." (However, it's rumored that Ioun is part of a menage a trois relationship with them.) The daughter of Pelor and Erathis is Yondolla, who I have more as a Hestia/Vesta goddess. Yondolla is the goddess of the hearth, home, and family.
Io was the god of the cosmos and dragonkind. However, they died when the Primordials burst forth from their body. Two deities were born from their body: Bahamut and Tiamat. Their death also released magic and death. These essences became Corellon and Lloth, respectively. Other deities were later born out of the Astral Sea.
Tiamat is the goddess of monsters, natural disasters and destruction, and the elemental chaos. However, Tiamat created monsters to use against the Primordials. So chromatic dragons reflect this nature. Melora is the child of Bahamut and Tiamat.
Moradin, Erathis, and Bane are all children of Haramathur, the deceased god of bronze, metalworking, protection, and patience. So Haramathur is something akin to the father of bronze-age civilization. (Torog is his brother.)
Moradin and Melora had two children together - Kord and Avandra - however, Melora and Moradin have never married. Kord is additionally a god of adventure. He has stories of the many hijinks that ensued from adventures with his sister Avandra, who often got him out of trouble with quick wit and good fortune.
Bane saw mighty Kord and thought that any child that he sired with Melora would be mightier than Kord. He wooed Melora, and he got Gruumsh.
Much like @DEFCON 1, I did add Garl back to the list of gods. However, I did so as the son of Corellon. He's also more like Bacchus/Dionysus mixed with Janus. He's a god of revelry, humor, gates, doorways (especially to the feywild or other planes), and alcohol.
I then added a new god Keron, mostly for the purposes of "myth-making." Kerun was also the son of Corellon and Sehanine. He is the "Prince of Spring," a god of spring, fertility, and rebirth. In a gender-swap version of Hades and Persephone, Keron was taken by Lloth, the Raven Queen, as her consort. In the Shadowfell, he is the Horned King, a god of the hunt and the psychopomp who gathers souls. His name is a nod to both 'Kore' (another name for Persephone), Cernunnos/Karnonos (the Gaulish Horned god whose name derives from "antler" or "horn"), and Charon.
So yes, the Raven Queen in this version was combined with Lloth. She is the goddess of winter, fate, and the dead. She is called the "Raven Queen" as saying her name invites death. As there are no ravens in the Underdark, she is known as the "Spider Queen" there. Lloth is basically the head of the Unseelie Court in the Shadowfell, just as Corellon is the head of the Seelie Court in the Feywild.
Likewise, I grouped the "sky gods" together as a family unit. So I named Pholtus as "The One Who Was." I created a new goddess Astara as his consort, and she is the queen of heaven, stars, the astral sea. After the murder of Pholtus by Asmodeus and his legions, she became the goddess of mourning, widows, and peacemaking. She remarried Bahamut to stabilize the heavens and create a powerful alliance. Bahamut became the Sovereign of the High Heavens, Guardian of the Astral Sea, and the Liege of the Gods.
Pholtus and Astara are the parents of Pelor, Sehanine, and Zehir. Zehir is the oldest sibling. After the death of Pholtus by Asmodeus, secretly spurred to do so by Zehir, Zehir had first pick of Pholtus's vast domains. Zehir picked darkness because it was so vast, and he thought that he could rule mortals through fear of the dark. He was upset after mortals showed a greater preference for Pelor, who chose light and the sun, and his sister Sehanine, who chose the moon. (Sehanine was later gifted dreams and illusions by Corellon, her consort.)
Pelor and Erathis married as the King and Queen of Light: i.e., the Points of Light. They are humanity's "power couple." (However, it's rumored that Ioun is part of a menage a trois relationship with them.) The daughter of Pelor and Erathis is Yondolla, who I have more as a Hestia/Vesta goddess. Yondolla is the goddess of the hearth, home, and family.
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