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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5554928" data-attributes="member: 92511">Currently Worshipped Pantheon of OreaHere's my homebrew world's divine body...or bodies divine...whichever you prefer. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />It should be noted, non-human races of Orea all worship varying "aspects" of certain of these same deities. They do, of course, have their own names, mythologies and religious practices. The base deity and, more or less, the areas over which that deity holds dominion are the same.As examples, the supreme god of the dwarves is "Toralon Kor", an aspect of Astar. Elves revere Jasralne as "Arathriel" (a lesser goddess of love and beauty) but also hold Arinane and Syar in high regard. Halflings have a relatively small pantheon headed by "Faerantha", a Mother Nature-type aspect of Sylari.I can post a full listing of these races' gods if anyone's interested.Entries are organized as follows:Name: "special epithet" (if any), spheres of influence, holy symbol, alignment, any additional notes.The Gods of Orea Major Powers Arinane: (an Elder Goddess) Goddess of the greater moon, the  night  and stars, astronomy (and astrology), navigation. Symbol: a  silver  crescent moon set on end (like a "U") crowned with 3 stars. Neutral Good.   Arinane is the Elder goddess mother of many of the current pantheon, including Astar, Irion, Doam, Gilea, Sylari and Tyris, among others. She is the highly revered patron deity of the great western city of Brightmoon. Astar: "the Celestial Sovereign." Supreme god of  good, light, benevolent and just rule. King of the gods. The 4-pointed  platinum star. Lawful Good. The temple of Astar has priestly and paladinic branches.   Astar is most commonly worshipped in structured and "civilized" realms. Missionaries of Astar often find themselves at odds with the local followers of Sylari and/or the druids of the Ancient Order in the more rural or wild areas.  Celradorn: "the  Gold Defender." God of guardianship and battle(skill). The 8-pointed  crimson star. The Celradorn temple is a combination of his priest-clerics and the Redstar Knights, paladins of Celradorn broken into the branches of  "Golden Shield", "Lightning Lance" and "Crimson Star" knights. Lawful  Good.Cyris: God of deception and shadows, patron of evil thieves and assassins. A black winged serpent.  Neutral Evil.Desri:  (an Elder Goddess) "The Grey Lady." Goddess of death, keeper of souls.  Her symbol is a "Y" shaped rune symbolizing the fork in the river of the  dead where Desri sits passing judgment and directing the souls of the  departed to the river's branch it is to traverse...to the higher planes or the  lower. True Neutral.Doam: "The Darkhelm." God of domination, power, ruling by force. A black 4-pointed star. Lawful Evil.    In addition to its sinister priests, the temple of Doam has a paladinic ("anti-paladin") branch known (and feared) as the Iron Fists, so-called for the black iron gauntlets they wear.Dunric:  God of earth, stone, metallurgy and craftsmanship, patron of smiths,  miners, builders and craftsmen of all kinds (including distilling of  ale, spirits and winemaking). The Smith of the Gods. Symbol is a hammer  and chisel crossed in a "X" fashion, sometimes wreathed in grapevines or  boxed in sheaves of grain. Neutral (Good).Endore: "The Plague Mistress." Goddess of disease and the undead. A white human(oid) skull. Chaotic Evil.   As might be expected, the servants of the Plague Mistress are the mortal enemies of both the temples of Gilea (healing) and Desri (death).Gilea: "the Merciful Mother." Goddess of healing, fortitude and motherhood. The white budding rose. Her clerics, the Daughters of Gilea, is an all female order with a special (prestige?) branch, the Protectresses of Gilea, available to her clerics of a certain level. Lawful Good.    Gilea is universally worshiped across Orea's human realms with large temples in most medium-sized to larger communities and abbeys spread across the continent. They are, bar none, the greatest healers (both magical and mundane) in the world.    The Daughters of Gilea are strict pacifists. The temples of Gilea depend on their chosen sisters, priestesses who follow the path of the Physha to become a Protectress, or sometimes Redstar Knights assigned from the temple of Celradorn, for their defense and protection.       Goran: God of pain and bloodlust, cruelty in battle. A heart dripping blood. Neutral Evil.   Irion: God of the sun, change, truth and protection, patron of travelers. Symbol is a styled sun. Neutral (good).      Karos: (Elder God) "The Chaosbringer." God of demons and fire. A horned demon skull wreathed in flames. Chaotic Evil.    The followers and forces of Karos are the ultimate #1 threat and concern of all of the civilized and free peoples of Orea. This Elder God seeks, constantly, the dominion and destruction of Orea as "His" own. Manat: Goddess of magic. The 5-pointed blue star within a circle.  Neutral.    All clerics of Manat are Witch-Priests of Manat, a special cleric/magic-user dual class.Sorilorr: (an Elder god) "The All  Knowing." God of all knowledge, inspiration, the mind and the lesser  moon, patron of scribes, sages and psionics. The green crescent/quarter  moon (waning) upon/within a copper disc. True Neutral.     A special sect of Sorilorr's  clerics, the Scribe-Monks of Sorilorr, reside in a secluded monastery/temple high in the Dragonreach Mountains. They are said have a preternatural connection to their god and have collected knowledge of the world in a massive library said to have the answer to all questions.Sylari: Goddess of nature, weather (of non-coastal regions) and the  harvest. The gold aspen leaf. Chaotic Good.    Sylari does no abide any indoor worship  area. She is worshiped primarily by farmers, herders and rangers. Pretty  much anyone who lives with and by the land. Interestingly, clerics of  Sylari and Druids of the Ancient Order are normally in unison in their  attitudes, power and knowledge, though sometimes find themselves at  odds. The priests of a goddess of Man are not the same as the priests of  Orea, itself.  Tyris: Goddess of the seas,  rivers and storms (near bodies of water), patron of mariners and  fishermen. Cresting waves. Neutral Good.    Clerics of Tyris normally inhabit coastal  areas but can sometimes be found in small shrines at scared springs and  other holy bodies of water in Orea's interior.   Minor Powers: Bentier: (a daughter of Astar) Goddess of Law and Justice. Symbol is a  scales, sometimes set within an eye. Her clerics are generally  encountered as judges found in the courts of Orea's largest cities or  (rarely) roaming lawmen. But in general are prone to be learned  city-dwellers. Lawful Neutral.  Bysdan: (Jasralne's twin brother) God of music, luck, and autumn, patron of bards. Minstrel of the Gods. A bard's harp. Chaotic Neutral. Djarthoon:  "Creature of Karos" and "Mother of Monsters." Goddess of secrets,  temptation and corruption, patron of the Shi'Daeiri. Lawful Evil.     Jasralne:  (Bysdan's twin sister) Goddess of love, dance, and the spring. Her  symbol is a dove holding a sprig of mistletoe. Chaotic Neutral.  Syar: "The Green Stag/Defender of the Wood." God of the forest, animals and the wild. Consort of Sylari. Symbol is a pair of antlers. Chaotic Good. Wyslia: Goddess of despair, hopelessness and winter. Symbol is a black leafless tree on a field of white. Neutral Evil. Demi-Powers Physha of the Flaming Hair:  "the Whitethorn" Demi-goddess of purity, patron of shield maidens.  Sainted Daughter of Gilea, the first Protectress. Clerics are female  only and considered a branch of the church of Gilea. Lawful Good.  Than: (son of Celradorn and a mortal woman) Demi-god of strength and courage, patron of soldiers, heroes and swordsmen. A red falcon holding a sword. Neutral Good.</blockquote>

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