Poseidon

Poseidon is an interloper deity of waters worshiped by some along coastal settlements in Alternia. Like the sea, he is fickle in nature.

Description

Poseidon largely looked like a large, bearded human. Though his avatars closely resembled him, they sometimes manifested as humanoids made entirely out of water at gargantuan sizes.

Personality

This deity is very volatile, temperamental, and prone to rage. He is known to express his displeasure through extreme acts, such as flattening coastal cities with earthquakes or flooding them.

Divine Realm

Poseidon resides within Aquallor, the second layer of Arborea, but maintains a seaside shrine on the first layer near Mount Olympus.

History

Poseidon was among the first six Olympians, born to the Greater Titan Cronus. After a curse was placed on him by his mother, swearing that one day his children would usurp him, Cronus proceeded to swallow Poseidon alongside four of his siblings — Demeter, Hades, Hera, and Hestia. His sixth sibling, Zeus, would be smuggled away and years later return to free them all from their imprisonment.

After this war concluded, Poseidon drew lots with his brothers Hades and Zeus to determine which of them would govern the portfolios of sky, the sea, and death.

Poseidon went on to be the husband of Demeter for a time, eventually parting ways as he took up residence in Aquallor.

At some point Poseidon, for reasons unknown, took all the wealth of a mortal named Dunn and placed it within a temple to him in Sylvania. The temple's chief priest lured the man's wife away. And one of his proxies swept the man's daughter away to Arborea. Altogether this instilled a sense of hatred towards deities in Dunn, leading him to eventually found the organization known as the Athar and vow that one day Poseidon would die.

In the late 1350s DR, twelve clerics of Poseidon served aboard Rilaunyr's Warship, which was based in Sarshel. Their duties were to heal the crew, provide supplies, and update Lord Rilaunyr on the current state of the sea and Poseidon's attitude.

Poseidon

Greater deity

Basic Information

Titles

God of the Sea and Earthquakes The Tempest
Earth-Shaker
Savior of Ships
Of the Dashing Wave

Pantheons

Olympian

Attributes

Alignment

Chaotic Neutral

Symbol

Trident

Realm

Olympian Glades of Arborea/Aquallor/Caletto

Portfolio

Seas, Rivers, Earthquakes

Favored Weapon

Trident

Following

Worshippers

Coastal dwellers
Fishers
Horsemen
Sailors

Alignments

CN, NE, CE

Domains

Chaos (-)
Destruction (Catastrophe, Rage)
Earth (-)
Water (Flotsam, Flowing, Oceans, Rivers)

Favored Aspects

Animals/Plants

Horses

Colors

Blue-green