Religion in Chronala
The Main Pantheon for Chronala is taken directly from the Pantheon of Exandria found in Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, by Mathew Mercer
The majority of lands in the world of Chronala follow the below pantheons; there may however always be exceptions among various monster races or those that seek to awaken long forgotten cults.
Prime Deities
The circle of Prime Deities includes the leaders and luminary creators that battled the Primordials and instigated the Founding, forging the mortal races of Chronala. They represent a spectrum of light, protection, love, death, and all other facets of freedom and life in the world. While some gods may disagree and squabble, they exist in a subtle alliance to maintain the sanctity of life and their respective creations.
Deity | Alignment | Province | Domains | Symbol |
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Avandra | Chaotic Good | Change, Freedom, Luck | Nature, Trickery | Woman’s profile embossed on a gold coin or pendant |
Bahamut | Lawful Good | Honor, justice | Life, Order, War | Silver dragon’s head in profile |
Corellon | Chaotic Good | Art, beauty, elves | Arcana, Light | Two crescent moons facing each other atop a four-pointed star |
Earathis | Lawful Neutral | Civilization, law, peace | Knowledge, Order | Double-headed axe inset with a pattern of scales |
Ioun | Neutral | Knowledge, learning, teaching | Arcana, Knowledge | Pair of open eyes crowned with a third open eye |
Kord | Chaotic Neutral | Battle, competition, storms | Tempest, War | Four bolts of lightning radiating from the center of a shield |
Melora | Neutral | Seas, wilderness | Life, Nature, Tempest | Wreath of grass and grain affixed to a crook |
Moradin | Lawful Good | Craft, creation | Forge, Knowledge, War | Hammer with ends carved in the likeness of dwarven heads |
Pelor | Neutral Good | Healing, sun | Life, Light, Nature | Bright, eight-pointed star |
Raei | Neutral Good | Atonement, compassion | Life, Light | Humanoid, feminine phoenix |
The Raven Queen | Lawful Nuetral | Death, fate, winter | Death, Grave | White, humanoid mask framed in black feathers |
Sehanine | Chaotic Good | Illusion, moonlight, night | Arcana, Nature, Trickery | Crescent moon turned upward, strung like a bow |
Betrayer Gods
The Betrayer Gods are the deities who strayed from the ideals of the Founding and embraced the destructive chaos of the Primordials or grew selfish of their own creations. The Betrayer Gods rarely work together, since they see each other as threats to their own plots and goals. This very weakness allowed the Prime Deities to defeat and banish them, ending the Cataclysm.
Deity | Alignment | Province | Domains | Symbol |
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Asmodeus | Lawful Evil | God of the Nine Hells | Trickery, War | Crown of spiked onyx and curved horns |
Bane | Lawful Evil | Conquest, tyranny | Forge, Order,War | Flail of chains, each ending in shackles |
Gruumsh | Chaotic Evil | Slaughter, warfare | Death, Tempest, War | Single, unblinking eye that bleeds |
Lolth | Chaotic Evil | Deceit, spiders | Knowledge, Trickery | Jeweled spider |
Tharizdun | Chaotic Evil | Darkness, destruction | Death, Grave, Trickery | Crooked, seven-pointed star made of chains |
Tiamat | Lawful Evil | Dragon god of evil | Order, Trickery, War | Taloned dragon claw |
Torog | Neutral Evil | Enslavement, torture | Death, Trickery | Three pale arms clawing from a dark void |
Vecna | Neutral Evil | Necromancy, secrets | Arcana, Death, Grave, Knowledge | Desiccated hand with an eye in the palm |
Zehir | Chaotic Evil | Assassins, poison, snakes | Nature, Trickery | Coiled serpent |
Lesser Idols
After the banishment of the pantheon in the Cataclysm, the mortal realm was left to its own devices. Beyond the trickle of divine assistance allowed by the Divine Gate, mortal creatures are now the keepers of the future of Chronala. This vacuum of influence has given rise to a number of powerful entities who may not rival the gods in their abilities or influence, but now unchallenged, can amass a modest following of their own. These idols present themselves in many different ways, some as honorable guardians of the helpless, and others as the tyrannical gods they aspire to be. Many of these beings have ambitions they wish to fulfill and can offer great power to mortals in exchange for their servitude.
Deity | Alignment | Province | Domains | Symbol |
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Arms of the Betrayers | Neutral Evil | The Fiend, the Hexblade | Death, War | Blade thrust downward through an eight-eyed skull |
Ceratos | Chaotic Neutral | The Great Old One | Knowledge, Tempest | Three mismatched eyes surrounded by teeth |
Desirat | Lawful Evil | The Fiend, the Undying** | Light, Trickery | Burning purple feather |
Naviask | Neutral Good | The Archfey | Life, Nature | Wreath of flowers shaped into demon horns |
Quajath | Chaotic Neutral | The Fiend, the Great Old One | Nature, War | Ring of teeth |
The Hag Mother | Neutral Evil | The Fiend | Knowledge, Trickery | Single red horn |
The Luxon | Neutral | -- | Arcana, Light | Hollow dodecahedron |
The Traveler | Chaotic Neutral | The Archfey | Nature, Trickery | Arched doorway over a road that vanishes into the distance |
Uk’otoa | Neutral Evil | The Great Old One, the Hexblade | Knowledge, Tempest | Yellow, slitted eye |
Vesh | Nuetral Evil | The Archfey, the Undying | Death, Life | Crimson ring hanging from a chain |
Xalicas | Lawful Good | The Archfey, the Celestial* | Life, Light | Single blackened wing |
- The Forge and Grave domains appear in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything.
- The Order domain appears in Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica.
- The Arcana domain appears in Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide.
- The Celestial and Hexblade warlock patrons appear in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything.
- The Undying warlock patron appears in Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide.
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