The Prime Deities & The Dark Ones

Aldir

The Lightbringer

Dogma

Bask in the light of the sun, for it burns the wicked and exposes truth. Avoid negativity, for from death comes life, and there is always another morning to turn a setback into a success. Protect the defenseless and tend to the wounded and know that the Lightbringer will provide you the same. Place more importance in activities that help others than in strict adherence to rules, rituals, and the dictates of your seniors. Strive always to aid, to foster new hope, new ideas, and new prosperity for all mortal life and its allies. Be wary the darkness, for in it festers envy, betrayal, and lies.

Spheres of Influence: Charity, Glory, Healing, Life, Light, Pride, Protection, Radiance, Sun, Truth, Zeal

Cyril

The Oakbeard

Dogma

Mortals can live in harmony with the wild without requiring the destruction of one in the name of the other. Embrace the wild and fear it not, because the wild ways are the good ways. Commune with the natural and mystical world. Keep the balance and learn the hidden ways of life, but stress the positive and outreaching nature of the wild. Do not allow trees to be needlessly felled or the forest needlessly burned. Kill only when necessary, for even the weak survive under furrowed boughs.

Spheres of Influence: Animal, Balance, Earth, Fey, Life, Mind, Mysticism, Plant

Dhamos

The Storm Warden

Dogma

There is always risk, but without risk life is empty. Rely not on Dhamos’ hand to always extract you from difficulties, for such is coddling and leads to a lack of challenge and the room to grow. Survival of the fittest and the winnowing of the weak are the Storm Warden’s legacy. The crux of life is the challenge between the hunter and the prey, the determination of who lives or dies. Walk confidently into the storm as you are strong. Tread carefully and prepared the sea and the tempest, for the Storm Warden bends his will to none.

Spheres of Influence: Air, Cold, Destruction, Endurance, Fury, Hunt, Ocean, Storm, Strength, Water

Ebris

The Wanderlust Spirit

Dogma

Seek excitement and danger wherever your feet take you, for risk-taking leads to life’s greatest rewards. Lust for the thrill, not for the treasure, for greed obscures the true prize of the experience. Move from activity to activity, from place to place, pursuing a personal dream or series of interests and growing through the changing experiences each new day brings. Few matters are so important as to require a wholesale commitment. Do not ever let yourself be fettered or imprisoned, for constrained life is little better than death. Change is beautiful and chaos births new life. Ascend, soar, glide, dive, and ascend again and relish in the freedom that the Wanderlust Spirit bequeaths.

Spheres of Influence: Air, Celerity, Chaos, Glory, Knowledge, Liberation, Luck, Passion, Sky, Travel, Trickery

Emon

The Inspired Reveler

Dogma

Show bravery and valor in combat, and protect your brothers and sisters in arms. Vigilance against attack protects the community. Protect your people, for it is your home you defend with the fury of a bear defending her cubs. Join with friends, kin, and clan in common purpose. Do not succumb to the misery of greed or the evils of strife, but always bring hope, health, and cheer to those in need. Be generous in friendship, and welcome all friends into your home and trust. Just as you create new friends, man the forge, for it is by its heat that new creation is found.

Spheres of Influence: Artifice, Courage, Craft, Family, Feast, Forge, Generosity, Joy, Metal, Protection

Evra

The Paved Way

Dogma

The trade of goods and ideas is the road to enrichment. Increasing the general prosperity buys ever greater civilization and happiness for the world, bringing people closer to the golden age that lies ahead. Give money freely to beggars and businesses, for the more coin everyone has, the greater the urge to spend and trade rather than hoard. Do not rush to conclusion or action, for only the shelters with solid foundations withstand the storms of time. Stand ever alert against corruption, for it marks the greatest threat against civilization and honor.

Spheres of Influence: Charity, City, Commerce, Creation, Generosity, Law, Nobility, Order, Trade, Wealth

Glemora

The Matron of Knowledge

Dogma

Information that is not recorded and saved for later use is knowledge that is lost. The secrets of the world are waiting to be revealed. Travel widely, broaden your mind at every opportunity, and pursue the life of a scholar. Cultivate the spirit of inquiry among the young and be a teacher to all. Seek to recover lost and arcane knowledge of ages past and apply it in the world today though be wary of the reason it was lost in the first place. When what is lost cannot be found, create anew the magic and knowledge of the realms.

Spheres of Influence: Artifice, Creation, Illusion, Magic, Mind, Portal, Rune, Shadow, Spell, Truth

Gren

The Shepherd of Souls

Dogma

Recognize that death is part of life. It is not an ending but a beginning, nor a punishment but a necessity. Death is an orderly process without deceit, concealment, and randomness. Help others die with dignity at their appointed time and no sooner. Speak against those that would artificially prolong their life beyond natural limits, such as the undead. Do honor to the dead, for their strivings in life brought Tel'Drannar to where it is now. Forgetting them is to forget where we are now, and why. Let none die a natural death without one of Gren’s clerics at their side.

Spheres of Influence: Death, Fate, Mystery, Repose, Time

Henir

The Eye of Beauty

Dogma

Beauty is more than skin deep. It issues from the core of one’s being and reveals one’s true face to the world, fair or foul. Believe in romance, as true love will win over all. Follow your heart to your true destination. Love none more than yourself except Henir and lose yourself in love of the Eye of Beauty. Find love wherever it takes root, and bring it to its fullest bloom so that all may share in the joy and beauty it creates. Let warm friendship and admiration flower where love cannot or dares not. Those that would destroy beauty would destroy all life.

Spheres of Influence: Beauty, Charm, Emotion, Hope, Joy, Love, Lust, Passion, Pleasure, Pride, Temptation

Phimos

The Twinned Moons

Dogma

Let all on whom Phimos’ light falls be welcome if they desire. As the moons wax and wane, so too does life. Trust in the Twinned Moons’ radiance, and know that all love alive under their light shall know their blessing. Turn to the moons and they will be your true guides. Promote acceptance and tolerance. See all other beings as equals. Aid fellow followers of Phimos as if they were your dearest friends.

Spheres of Influence: Dream, Illusion, Insight, Moon, Night, Oracle, Protection

The Silver Knight

The Grand Strategist

Dogma

War is won by those with the best planning, strategy, and tactics, regardless of the apparent odds. Any fool can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with fortune's aid. Only a master strategist can ensure lasting victory. War is a series of battles. Losing a battle does not necessarily indicate the war is lost. Seek out your opponent's weaknesses and recognize your own; avoid an opponent’s strengths and play to your own. In times of war prepare for peace; in times of peace prepare for war. Seek out your enemy's enemies as allies, and be prepared to compromise. Life is an endless series of skirmishes with occasional outbreaks of war. Be ready–and have a contingency plan.

Spheres of Influence: Insight, Nobility, Patience, Planning, Strength, War

Yhona

The Green Mother

Dogma

Growing and reaping are part of the eternal cycle and the most natural part of life. Destruction for its own sake and leveling without rebuilding are anathema. Let no day pass in which you have not helped a living thing flourish. Nurture, tend, and plant wherever possible. Protect trees and plants, and save their seeds so that what is destroyed can be replaced. See to the fertility of the earth but let the womb see to its own.

Spheres of Influence: Balance, Earth, Life, Plant, Purification, Renewal, Transformation

Awnir (Deceased)

The One Who Endures

Dogma

Help all who hurt, no matter who they are. The truly holy take on the suffering of others. If you suffer in his name, the One Who Endures is there to support you. Kindness costs nothing and means everything. Stick to your cause if it is right, whatever the pain or peril. There is no shame in a meaningful death. Stand up to all tyrants, and allow no injustice to go unchallenged. Emphasize the spiritual nature of life over the existence of the material body.

Spheres of Influence: Charity, Endurance, Humility, Pain, Suffering, Temperance

Brettix

The Gold Tongue

Dogma

Life is all about the accumulation of power. Civilization is a thin veneer over the base desires that make up the core of every living being. Those who wish to survive and prosper must recognize this truth and concentrate all their resources on the pursuit of power. To achieve power one should use one’s charms and honeyed words or a barbed and bloody dagger as appropriate for the situation. It is more important to rule than to sit on the throne. Keep to the letter of any agreement and the rules established by those more powerful, but be prepared to twist any contract or stricture so as to maximize the benefit you receive.

Spheres of Influence: Beguilement, Charm, Corruption, Nobility, Planning, Treachery, Zeal

Iona

The Mistress of Blight

 

Dogma

Let pain be as pleasure, for life and death are in balance, but death is the more powerful and should be paid proper respect. Death is the true power, the great equalizer, and the lesson that waits for all. The Mistress of Blight works upon you from within, and weakness and wasting are her strength. Iona’s breath is forever and always with you, whomever you or the rest of the world believes in or serves–only the strong may persevere. Let all living things learn respect from Iona and pay homage to her in goods and in fervent worship. If they do so, intercede for them so that Iona will not claim them–this time. Go and work in Iona’s name and let your doings be subtle and spectacular, but make them known as the will of the Mistress of Blight.

Spheres of Influence: Corruption, Death, Decay, Endurance, Pestilence, Plant, Poison, Suffering

Lexodros

The Ruiner

Dogma

Blessed is the mind too small for doubt. Reject peace for the lie that it is. Ceaseless war makes all participants strong, and only in head-to-head conflict is honor satisfied. Revel in the bloodshed of your enemies and your allies. Suffer in your death and do not grant mercy to friend or foe who beg for it in bloody gasps. Dominate those weaker than you and slaughter them when their use runs its course. Tear down walls, burn settlements, and pillage so that all may know the ferocity of the Ruiner.

Spheres of Influence: Courage, Destruction, Domination, Fury, Hunt, Madness, Strength, War, Wrath, Zeal

Nethys

The Veiled Dagger

Dogma

The world belongs to the quick and the light-fingered. Treat murder as both pastime and duty, for such an action empowers the Veiled Dagger. Stealth and wariness are virtues, as are glibness and the skill to say one thing and mean another, twisting a situation to your advantage. Wealth rightfully belongs to those who desire it the most, for they must do whatever it requires to obtain more. Strive to end each day with more wealth than you began it. Honesty is for fools, but apparent honesty is valuable. Make every truth seem plausible, and never lie when you can tell the truth but leave a mistaken impression.

Spheres of Influence: Competition, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Illusion, Shadow, Treachery, Trickery

Rahnera

The Black Hand

Dogma

Duty is vital, understanding is not. Serve none but Rahnera and fear her always. The Black Hand always strikes down those who stand against it in the end. Defy Rahnera and die–or in death find loyalty to her, for she shall compel it. True power can only be gained through service to her. Let your weapon be zeal and your armor contempt. Suffer not the traitor to live. It is the doom of those who do not follow her to let power slip through their hands. There is no compromise in ruling–absolute order begets absolute order.

Spheres of Influence: City, Domination, Hatred, Law, Order, Pain, Pride, Retribution, Strength, Tyranny, Undeath, Wrath

Uzotl

The Burning Vengeance

Dogma

Build your strength in the lands and use it to overrun your enemies. Consume all that there is, for your neighbor has more for the taking. Fairness is an illusion–fight to win, but more importantly, fight to survive. Cover the lands in fire so that your scales may relish their heat. You are as strong as your brood and they are only as strong as your holdings. Shed old skins, and with them old mistakes, old failures, and old curses.

Spheres of Influence: Endurance, Family, Feast, Fire, Gluttony, Greed, Hunger, Thirst, Transformation

Vylnyra

The Dark Mother

Dogma

The world is filled with pain and torment, and the best that one can do is to suffer those blows that cannot be avoided and deal as much pain back to those who offend. Reveal secrets only to fellow members of the faithful. Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment–never follow it or turn to promises of success. Quench the light of the moons whenever you find it, and hide from it when you cannot prevail. The dark is a time to act, not wait. All things end in tragedy–face it now, while the burden is light. Suffocate the false hopes of love where you find them, for trust is the fool’s ally. In loss, the Dark Mother will comfort.

Spheres of Influence: Darkness, Emotion, Loss, Night, Pain, Sloth, Secrecy, Suffering

Avotz (Deceased)

The Frostmaiden

Dogma

Cover all the lands with ice. Quench fire wherever it is found. Let in the winds and the cold; cut down windbreaks and chop holes in walls and roofs that my breath may come in. Work darkness to hide the cursed sun so that the chill that Avotz brings may slay. There is honor in hardship and only the hardened should inherit the land. Make all Tel’Drannar fear the Frostmaiden.

Spheres of Influence: Air, Destruction, Fury, Hatred, Ice, Sky, Storm, Winter, Wrath

Oros (Deceased)

The Poet of Justice

Dogma

As the cosmos rhymes, so too must justice. Revenge is sweetest when it is sharpened with irony. Forget not; forgive nothing. True strength rests in planning and preparedness. Plot for every variable and never be surprised–fight every battle a thousand times in your mind before taking the field. The greatest of schemes is a series of labyrinthine ploys and at its heart is all of the cosmos. Trust no one, not even the Poet of Justice.

Spheres of Influence: Illusion, Planning, Retribution, Spite, Trickery