Istishia

The Water Lord

Istishia is the god of water, waves, and creatures of elemental water. The Water Lord is laconic and graceful, the embodiment of calm and patience, but when he acts it is with power and speed, like a slow river transitioning into a torrential waterfall.
Istishians celebrate the seasonal change of the tides with festivals on beaches or over bodies of water. These feasts are occasionally visited by friendly intelligent water-dwelling creatures who participate in the celebration.
As a deity over the water itself, Istishia enjoys a broad range of followers. Sailors and pirates often pay him homage, and small shrines to the deity can be found in almost any sizable coastal city, including Waterdeep.
Istishia is a welcome elemental deity in many settlements because his followers occupy themselves with useful domestic projects. Istishians seek to cleanse waterways of filth and waste, improve communication between aquatic races and land races, and provide pottery courses to locals as a means of teaching water’s triumph over other elements.

Divine Classification

Tempest domain

Alignment

Neutral