Garl Glittergold

Garl Glittergold, also known as The Watchful Protector, is a lawful good greater deity of gnomes. Garl leads the Lords of the Golden Hills as the deity of luck, protection, and trickery.

Worshippers

Garl was the most popular of the gnomish deities, and honored, in one way or another, by nearly all gnomes. His clerics, known as Glitterbrights, wore war helms and gold belts.

Rituals

On the 13th day of each month, the Forgotten Folk held the Communion of Laughter in his honor. It consisted of joke-telling contests, communal meals, dancing, prayers, and storytelling, and donations of gold, which Garl's church used to the benefit of the entire community.

Relationships

Aside from the other non-evil members of the gnomish pantheon, Garl was allied with Yondalla, Corellon Larethian and Moradin. His main companion was his intelligent battleaxe, Arumdina the Justifier.

Garl's tendency to jest with the various deities worshiped by the creatures and monsters of the Underdark resulted in him garnering many enemies, but chief among them was the kobold god, Kurtulmak.

History

According to legend, Garl Glittergold was exploring underground when he found a new cavern, and inside, a new people—the gnomes. He told them a joke and then led them out into the wider world.

According to legend, Garl let himself be captured by Kurtulmak, only to escape and cause the entire roof of Kurtulmak's cavern to fall on his head.

Garl Glittergold

Greater deity

Basic Information

Titles

The Joker
The Priceless Gem
The Sparkling Wit
The Watchful Protector
The Father of All Gnomes

Adjectives

Garlian

Pantheons

Lords of the Golden hills

Served By

Baervan Wildwanderer, Baravar Cloakshadow, Callarduran Smoothhands, Flandal Steelskin, Gaerdal Ironhand, Segojan Earthcaller

Attributes

Alignment

Lawful Good

Symbol

Gold nugget

Realm

Twin Paradises of Bytopia/Dothion/Golden Hills/Glitterhome

Portfolio

Humor, Gemcutting, Gnomes, Protection, Trickery

Favored Weapon

Arumdina (Battleaxe)

Following

Worshippers

Adventurers
Bards
Defending soldiers
Gemcutters
Gnomes
Illusionists
Jewelers
Miners
Rogues
Smiths

Alignments

LG, NG, LN

Domains

Artifice (-)
Good (Friendship)
Law (-)
Luck (-)
Protection (Defense, Purity)
Trickery (Deception)

Favored Aspects

Animals/Plants

Badgers
Chipmunks
Moles
Raccoons
Squirrels
Weasels
Dire badgers
Dire weasels

Monsters

Animated weapons

Minerals

Any carved gems

Colors

Gold

Manifest- ations

A disembodied mouth

Cloud of golden dust