The Deities of Alnareth
The Deities
| Deity | Title | Domain(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Asmodeus | God of tyranny, sin, schemes, ambition, and corruption. | Order, Trickery, War |
| Astara | Goddess of the stars, dreams, mourning, mercy, and widows. | Dream, Twilight |
| Avandra | Goddess of luck, trade, travel, and freedom. | Nature, Trickery |
| Bahamut | God of the Astral Sea, nobility, rulership, and justice. | Life, Order, War |
| Bane
and/or Achra |
God of conquest, war, strategy, and victory.
and/or God of Honourable Battle, Righteous War and True Order |
Blood, Order, War
and/or Light, Order, War |
| Corellon | God of arcane magic, beauty, the arts, and summer. | Arcana, Nature, Light |
| Erathis | Goddess of civilization, cities, law, and invention. | Knowledge, Order |
| Garl | God of revelry, humour, wine, gates, and doorways. | Trickery, Wine |
| Gruumsh | God of slaughter, destruction, fury, and bloodshed. | Blood, War |
| Ioun | Goddess of knowledge, skill, education, and divination. | Arcana, Knowledge |
| Kerun | God of spring, fertility, vegetation, and rebirth
and/or God of hunting, animals, and guiding dead souls to the Shadowfell. |
Life, Love Nature
and/or Death, Hunt, Nature |
| Kord | God of strength, storms, athleticism, and battle. | Tempest, War |
| The Raven Queen | Goddess of death, fate, rebirth, and winter. | Death, Grave |
| Melora | Goddess of the earth and sea, wilderness, and nature. | Nature, Life, Tempest |
| Moradin | God of creation, artifice, masonry, metalworking, labour, and fatherhood. | Forge, Knowledge |
| Pelor | God of the sun, agriculture, renewal, and healing/vitality. | Life, Light, Nature |
| Sehanine | Goddess of the moon, love, trickery, illusions, and autumn. | Love, Trickery, Twilight |
| Tiamat | Goddess of elemental chaos, natural disasters, and the mother of monsters. | Trickery, War |
| Torog | God of the Underdark | Darkness, Death, Trickery |
| Yondalla | Goddess of the hearth, home, and family. | Life, Love |
| Zehir | God of darkness, fear, nightmares, and poison. | Darkness, Death |
Deceased Deities
- Araushnee: Deceased Goddess of Death, Fate, Rebirth and Winter. First Spouse to Corellon who was slain by the Demon Lloth in an attempt to gain power and godhood. Instead a mortal follower, know only known as The Raven Queen, stepped in and ascended to take the role as the new Goddess of Death, Fate, Rebirth and Winter. Since the death of Araushnee there has been a struggle for worship over the Drow with the Raven Queen becoming their new true patron deity as well as the shadar kai and Lloth the demon that killed and absorbed some of Araushnee's portfolio tempting and tricking many drow to follow the Spider Queen in the depths of the underdark and even in her own realm in the Abyss.
- Haramathur: Deceased god of bronze, smelting and metalworking, protection, and patience. Brother of Torog. Father of Bane, Erathis, and Moradin. His wife was commonly believed to be a titan of stone. Sacrificed his life to seal the planes. His death was instrumental in teaching Bane that a strong enough offense and steel can prevent the circumstances from requiring others to make similar sacrifices.
- Io: The All-Dragon was the god of dragonkind, the planes, and the cosmos itself. It is believed that Io’s essence contained both the Astral Sea and Elemental Sea within their body. Io died when the Primordials burst forth from their body. Two deities were born from their body: Bahamut and Tiamat. Bahamut shared an affinity with the Astral Sea, while Tiamat shared an affinity with the Elemental Chaos. In that moment of death, however, two other deities were born: Corellon, from the arcane magic released, and Lloth, from their death.
- Lendor: Father Time was the god of all time, knowledge, and prophecy. Lendor was the father of Tharizdun and Ioun, who later acquired his purview of study and knowledge, though not omniscience. His death during the Dawn War remains a mystery. It is known that his death rendered all prophecy dead from that point forth. The temples of Ioun teach their clergy that Tharizdun killing his father Lendor was his attempt to prevent the gods (or anyone) from knowing how his plans for the utter annihilation of existence would end. The Raven Queen, who is another name rumored to have killed Lendor, would gain his oversight over fate. The portfolio of time would be split between many of the gods, particularly Pelor and the seasonal deities.
- Pholtus: Sometimes referred to as “The One Who Was,” Pholtus, the Skyfather, was the undisputed god of the skies, kingship, goodness, justice, and wisdom before his betrayal by his archangel Asmodeus and his darkened legion during the Dawn War. In his dying breath, he cursed Asmodeus and his followers, creating the first devils and transforming Baator into their hellish prison. He was the father of Zehir, Pelor, and Sehanine and the husband of Astara.
- Tharizdun: The Void Lord is the deceased god of madness and the utter destruction of all existence. Tharizdun was once a god of peace, tranquillity, and harmony. He was the brother of Ioun and a close friend to Pelor. It is said, that whatever he saw when he starred past the Living Gate into the Far Realms forever changed him. Depressed from eons of conflict in the Dawn War, Tharizdun became convinced that the only way for there to be peace is the obliteration of both sides of the conflict. Tharizdun destroyed himself at the churning heart of the Elemental Chaos. His death created the Abyss and demonkind. Some cultists, however, say that Tharizdun is not dead, but, rather, he slumbers or is chained at the bottom of the Abyss.
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