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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

