Deneir, god of scholars (Den-ear)

Deneir is the god of literature and literacy, the patron of the artist and the scribe. His is the power to render accurately and describe, to write and read, and to pass on information. As patron to artists, illuminators, cartographers, and scribes, the Lord of All Glyphs and Images oversees all written creation, inscribing it all in his illusive Metatext. Deneir is believed to always be caught up in the recording, filing, indexing, and maintaining of all that was ever written or depicted. He is usually worshipped by scholars, writers, historians, and all those with a lust for all things written.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Lit candle above purple eye with triangular pupil

The Metatext

In the realm of the ideal, a single work of writing when read will unlock the secrets of the multiverse, catapulting its reader to the heights of godhood. The pursuit of this work, known as the Metatext, consumes the deity Deneir and his followers. It is said that Deneir, a servant of Oghma, first achieved his position among the deities by glimpsing the merest portion of this text and that the need to read the entire work gives him purpose. Deneir believes that the Metatext is reflected in the Prime Plane through snippets of every written work ever committed to paper. A word here, a juxtaposition of letters there, and (rarely) even entire sentences of particularly enlightened writing echo the ideal work.

Alignment

Neutral

Species

God

Aligned Organization

Gods of enlightenment