Kord
Stormlord
Kord, the Stormlord, is the storm god and the lord of battle and warfare. He is worshiped by the denizens of the Braving Grounds district of Vasselheim and sailors of the Menagerie Coast in Wildemount.
His worship is banned in the Dwendalian Empire.
Appearance
An iron statue in Vasselheim depicts Kord as a human-like man, barrel-chested and with massive muscles. He wears iron bracers around his wrists. His beard is long and goes down to the middle of his chest. In one hand he carries a long, thick shortsword. His legs and midsection are clothed in furs and leathers.Divine Domains
Tempest, War.
Artifacts
The Titanstone Knuckles are a set of powerful gauntlets, and one of the Vestiges of the Divergence.
Stormgirdle is one of the Vestiges of Divergence. A wide belt made of thick leather branded with the symbol of Kord that clasped with a buckle made from a dragon ivory.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Tenets of Faith
Bravery above all. There is no glory in cowardice.
Strength is the path to greatness, but greatness is the responsible use of strength.
The glory of the Stormlord lives through your own glory on the battlefield.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Kord carved the Titanstone Knuckles from the heart of the earth titan that fell in the Founding, and bestowed them as a gift to mortals.
In the Calamity, Kord impaled Lolth with one heave of a thunderspear before her troops even saw battle, making her one of the first casualties of the war and leaving her drow leaderless during that time.
Whether intentionally or not, Kord is responsible for the existence of cyclops stormcallers, who are born during raging storms and can eventually use innate magic to conjure storms, fly within storms, and cause cold damage with each swipe of their hands. Ironically for creatures shaped by Kord, stormcallers are notably smaller and weaker than other cyclops, causing them to be bullied relentlessly in childhood. Goliaths born in similar circumstances, called stormborn, are if anything slightly more robust than other goliath warriors, have some limited ability to evoke lightning, and are resistant to lightning damage.
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