Callarduran Smoothhands

Deep Brother, Master of Stone, Lord of Deep-Earth

The Deep Brother led his people, the deep gnomes, deep below the dirt, to show them the glory of glittering rubies and gemstones he had prepared for them. Though the Underdark is full of threats, the devout trust in him. His coming is heralded by a low hum through the rocks, and the faithful know that they will be guided and protected.
Though timekeeping is a foreign concept to many deep gnomes, the most devout of Callarduran Smoothhands’s clergy keep these near-dead practices alive in svirfneblin settlements, in order to track their two most holy days - The Festival of the Ruby and The Festival of the Star. The Callarite priesthood works to remind their brethren that they have not been abandoned in the hostile Underdark, but instead, their home was designed for them by their god. Other clerical duties of Callarite priests involve the teaching of illusionary magics to the svirfneblin people, and the organization of military forces to guard against the ever-present drow threat.
The two major festivals of Callarduran Smoothhands are the Festival of the Ruby and the Festival of the Star. At twilight on Midsummer Day, as the Great Red Ruby (the setting sun) sinks beyond the horizon, worshippers thank Callarduran for burying rubies deep in the earth as a blessing for the deep gnomes. At midnight on Midwinter Day, worshippers gather on the coasts of subterranean lakes to watch as phosphorescent algae bloom on the cavern ceiling, reflected like twinkling stars on the lake’s surface.

Divine Classification

Knowledge and Nature domains

Alignment

Neutral