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THE  GNOMISH  PANTHEON
           Deity                           Alignment   Domains       Symbol
           Baervan Wildwanderer, god of woodlands   NG   Nature      Face of a raccoon
           Baravar Cloakshadow, god of il lusion and   NG   Arcana, Trickery   Dagger against a hooded cloak
           deception
           Callarduran Smoothhands, god of mining   N   Knowledge,  Nature   Golden signet ring with  six-pointed star
           and carving stone
           Flandal Steelskin, god of metalwork   NG   Knowledge      Flaming hammer
           Gaerdal  Iron hand, god of protection   LG   War          Iron  band
           Gari Glittergold, god of trickery and gems   LG   Trickery   Gold  nugget
           Nebelun, god of invention and  luck   CG   Knowledge, Trickery   Bellows and a lizard tail
           Segojan  Earthcaller, god of earth and  the   NG   Light   Glowing gemstone
           dead
           Urdlen,  god of greed and  murder   CE   Death, War       White clawed mole emerging from ground

          THE  O RC  PANTHEON
           Deity                           Alignment   Domains       Symbol
           Bahgtru, god  of strength          LE    War              Broken  thigh bone
           Gruumsh, god of storms and war     CE    Tempest, War     Unblinking eye
           llneval, god of strategy and hordes   LE   War            Upright blood-spattered sword
           Luthic, mother-goddess offertility and   LE   Life,  Nature   Orcish  rune meaning "cave entrance"
           healing
           Shargaas, god of stealth and darkness   NE   Trickery     Red  crescent moon with a skull  between the
                                                                     moon's horns
           Yurtrus, god of death and disease   NE   Death            White hand,  palm outward


          AMAUNATOR                                           Farmers and travelers beseech him when they pray
                                                            for rain or sun, as do any others looking for a favorable
          The Keeper of the Eternal Sun, the Light of Law, the   change in the weather. But the most common form of
          Yellow God
                                                            propitiation to Amaunator is the practice of swearing
          The rule of law and the glory of the sun are both in Am-  oaths, signing contracts, and declaring laws under the
          aunator's dominion. His priests help establish bureau-  light of the sun. So ingrained in the common perception
          cracies and lawful order in communities. They often wit-  is the connection between a solemn oath and the sun
          ness contracts and signed agreements, stamping such   that those engaged in closing deals or issuing edicts
          documents with the sun-symbol of Amaunator to signify   often pause and wait for a passing cloud to clear the sun
          their validity.                                   before completing the transaction or pronouncement.
            His priests teach that Amaunator has died and been
          reborn time and again. Like the sun, he might pass into   ASMODEUS
          the realm of darkness, but inevitably his bright gaze
                                                            The Lord of the Ninth,  The Cloven, Old Hoof and Horn
          will fall on the world once again. Amaunator is seen
          as a stern and unforgiving deity, not unlike Silvanus in   Open worship of Asmodeus began roughly a century
          comportment, but his concern isn't for the balance of   ago when small cults with charismatic leaders sprang
          life- he cares that things proceed according to the ce-  up in the aftermath of the Spell plague. That catastrophe
          lestial order, that promises are kept, and that the rule of   left many asking why the gods were angry or had aban-
          law persists.                                     doned them. To those questioners, the faithful of Asmo-
                                                            deus provided answers and a god who would forgive all







                                      SYMBOL OF  AMAUNATOR
                                                                                     SYMBOL  OF  AsMODEus
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