Sardior

Sardior is the dragon god of night, psionics, and secrets, and he is also the Master of gem dragons.

Description

Sardior was said to be a unique ruby dragon. In his natural form, he had a long and sinewy body covered with deep ruby red scales. At a distance, he was often mistaken for an ancient red dragon.

Personality

Despite appearing as a red dragon at first glance, Sardior's playful demeanor soon betrays his true self. He is reputed to be a great conversationalist, and many who meet him are unprepared for his sharp wit.

Divine Realm

Sardior's demesne is a huge floating castle named the Ruby Palace, which orbits the world and always lies in the shadows from the sun. On the nights it is seen, viewers often mistake it for a small red moon.

Periodically, Sardior moves his fortress through the planes, visiting the djinni Citadel of Ice and Steel, and Uroboros, the realm of Jazirian.

Activities

Throughout the history of Toril, Sardior works covertly against the Phaerimm, any human rulers who seek to imprison or make use of psionicists, and any giants who seek hostile actions against dragons. These actions include seeking out dragons to slay them, destroy their eggs, or to conquer their lairs.

One of Sardior's greatest ongoing machinations on Toril is \"breeding\" more psionicists into the world by manipulating unions between sentient races. He feels this is necessary in order to balance out the world's prevalence of arcane and divine magic users.

Worshippers

Sardior was worshiped by neutral dragons, psions, and psychic warriors. He didn't require much from his followers, and didn't try to guide their decisions. Gem dragons, in return, viewed him as an ideal and strove to be more like him.

Sardior was always happy when he granted spells and special abilities to his followers.

Clergy

Sardior had very few clerics. They usually dressed in the appropriate fashion for the area in which they resided, and then embellished the look with an abundance of jewelry in their everyday wear.

Many sought out his clerics as sources of knowledge, as most of his followers were considered sages on various subjects. The temples gained their wealth by charging for these services. The prominent members of his temples also had social functions. They were personable, knowledgeable, and great storytellers. They showed little interest in politics, which made those around them less concerned with the information they revealed to the clergy.

Sardior's clergy was welcomed everywhere much as bards were. A small group of his clergy, known as the ruby disciples, trained to be a martial arm of the church, serving not only as a defense but also as a show of force.

Temples

As he wasn't as old as the other members of the draconic pantheon, having ascended to the status of lesser deity in relatively modern times, temples to Sardior were fewer than even his clerics. Temples dedicated to the Ruby Dragon were usually located in high areas that allowed clear views of the night sky but were close to a community of some sort.

Most gem dragons kept a ruby on a small pedestal in their lairs as a shrine to him.

Relationships

Sardior kept a court of five thanes, one for each of the various breeds of gem dragons. They were Aleithilithos, an amethyst dragon, Hrodel, a crystal dragon, Smargad, an emerald dragon, Charisma, a sapphire dragon, and Tithonnas, a topaz dragon. Sardior once had a sixth thane—Seradess, an obsidian dragon—but he destroyed her and banished the obsidian dragons from his court. Even his own clergy didn't know the exact reason behind this decision. These greatwyrms wished to absorb every one of their echoes in order to come together and reform Sardior.

History

According to the ancient draconic myth Elegy for the First World, Sardior was the first creation of the primordial dragons, Bahamut and Tiamat. He helped them to create the first metallic and chromatic dragons. When the gods of the Outer Planes invaded the Material plane, Sardior hid in the "heart of creation", and it is believed he died when the "First World" was destroyed. However, some sages believe that Sardior's consciousness survived, scattered and fused with all the worlds of the Material Plane. It's also said that the gem dragons were born from the remains of Sardior's consciousness.

Sardior

Lesser deity

Basic Information

Titles

Master of the Gem dragons
The Ruby Dragon
Prince of Neutral Dragons

Pantheons

Draconic

Attributes

Alignment

True Neutral

Symbol

A ruby with an inner glow

Realm

-/Ruby Palace

Portfolio

Neutral Dragons, Night, Psionics, Secrets

Favored Weapon

Claw

Following

Worshippers

Neutral dragons
Psions and psychic warriors

Alignments

LN, N, CN

Domains

Darkness (Night)
Knowledge (Memory, Thought)
Void (Stars)