thormagni said:
I'm looking for a god for my Undead Hunter character's background and didn't find anyone on the page that really fit the bill. I'd like a god (or goddess more likely) of the harvest, farms, fields, etc. Pastoral, green, peaceful. The god or goddess that farmers pray to. Something like, oh, Merrikka from the Greyhawk setting. Anybody in the pantheon that would cover that?
Kalen Hob, the goddess of the earth, plants, farms, dirt, gems, metals, farmers, miners and all others who revere such things. She is the fertility of the land and the elderly mother of the people that inhabit it, such as the worms, treants, dwarves and moles. Rabbits and hares are holy to her in her peaceful aspects, which is a nurturing aspect of gentle fertility. However, she has an angry side, especially when she is roused to protect her young.
Her temples do not allow half-breeds, as they are deemed unnatural offspring and a sin against Kalen. She is associated with Timballayamu, who fathered her offspring: Kalendor, Olanigan, Na May, and Catemar. Some mythological stories claim a union with Asmodius produced Wemusa, but not all of her temples believe this.
She is the grandmother of Thomtain Hob, Ashanga Hob, Korint Hob and Marush Hob. Note that Kalen Hob, Kalendor Hob and Ashanga Hob are usually worshipped together as the grandmother, mother, and daughter motif is strong with them, as they are three generations of the same line of women.
She seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of her children. Her motto is, "You do not cast your seeds to the wind and hope they grow; you must plan, and plan well." Thus, her worshippers are usually lawful in nature.
She is an advisor to the god and to the people, a nurturer and counsellor. Although she believes there is only one way (the good way, no matter how difficult), she does little to stop evil. She does not believe in doing evil to achieve a good end, and although she may plead with the wicked to find the right path, she does not often oppose them actively. She rarely shows her hand and is the most mysterious of the gods, moving in the strangest of manners. If there is anything Kalen Hob does actively oppose, it is the unnatural forces that pollute her lands: She despises magic and undead. Magic is corruptive and the undead represent unnatural breaking of laws governing life and death.
Her followers do not consort with fiends or other evil creatures not of the earth. They do not create the undead or consort with those that do. They do not join in physical union with any race not their own. They do not eat unnatural (non-native) flesh. They do not sow the land with salt or any other substance that will ruin it for planting. They do not waste seed - either that for planting or their own. One the first day of each week, in rememberance that the beasts of the earth came from the same source that gave life to the mortal races, they eat no meat whatsoever. If they have food to spare and others are hungry, they share. One tenth of all that is grown must be given to those who are needier, unless there are none who are needier. If they pull treasures from the earth, two tenths of all they make in wealth must be given to those needier, unless none are needier.
The preferred weapon is the flail, which represents the tool used by farmers in the threshing of wheat from the harvest.
Will that work?
