Deneir

Deneir

Deneir (pronounced: /dɛˈnɪər/ deh-NEER), often called the Scribe of Oghma, is the neutral good lesser deity of art, cartography, glyphs, images, knowledge, literature, and scholars.

Relationships

Deities

Deneir, along with Oghma, Milil, and Gond are known as the Deities of Knowledge and Invention.

Worshipers Followers of Deneir always remain in close contact with those of Oghma as he is Deneir's brother god. Each of Deneir's churches maintain a library of their own, always collecting literature and maps, but also keeping records of ancient languages and artistic renderings. These churches are full of scribes who transcribe books for the ever-growing collection.
Deneir answers the prayers of his organized priests, but he is also known to choose a person who truly follows his ideals - to invent, to create, to learn. He himself seems to have a problem with some of his strictly-organized orders, whose devotion to a hierarchy and their duties impede his followers' learning and inventing, to the point of there being little joy in their work. Despite their generally laid back attitude, the teachings of Deneir dictate that his followers create with a conscience and refrain from casually designing weapons of war or death.
During the Spellplague, it seemed as if Deneir had tried to reestablish the stability of Mystra's Weave by writing the Metatext and thus, himself into it. During the battle of Spirit Soaring, Deneir seemed to completely disappear as a divine entity and instead became part of the Weave, granting his remaining Chosen, Cadderly Bonaduce, more arcane abilities.

Chosen

Some notable Chosen of Deneir are more relaxed about rules and hierarchy, capable of teasing or joking with their more staid brethren. They are sometimes granted direct access to divine spells, rather than having to study and pray for them and their god-given power exceeds that of older Deneiran priests. Thoroughly studying the holy book of Deneir, the Tome of Universal Harmony, is a prerequisite to be able to receive those god-given powers. The Chosen of Deneir include:

• Cadderly Bonaduce
• Pertelope

Other Favored

There have been others who have been given special favor by Deneir, though what has been given to them varies per person.

• Thomas Bookbinder - Most high-ranking proxy in the Library of All Knowledge
• Brother Chaunticleer - singer of Deneir's song
• Koja - Khazari Lama / Historian of Yamun Khahan and the Tuigan
• Kimitar Thaeless - A glyphscribe who recorded the account of Oshgir, a notable half-orc who experienced the Underdark 

Places of Worship 

The Spirit Soaring cathedral

This impressive place of worship lays south of the Snowflake Mountains and was erected by the priest Cadderly Bonaduce at the former location of the Edificant Library. Built using Cadderly's very life energy, it is inexorably tied to him. When Cadderly was severely injured, the temple became ruined. Because Cadderly left the Material Plane before he could heal, it remained in ruins. 

The Library of Deneir

The Library of Deneir is a secret collective located deep inside a mountain in Waterdeep and is accessible only via a pair of portals. Both portals are only accessible with the use of a key. One portal is connected to a library within the temple of Deneir and the other with the temple of Oghma

The Gallery Majesta

This Deneirrath temple within the city of Calimport also functions as a museum of magical artifacts

History 

Deneir's purpose is to act as Oghma's scribe, but, more importantly, he recorded the Metatext, the numeric representation of the multiverse, it was a form of ultimate logic. During the events of the Spellplague, Cadderly witnessed Deneir transcribing the Metatext into the remnants of the Weave for purposes unknown. In doing so, Deneir wrote himself into the Weave as well, passing out of known existence. Deneir granted a portion of his power to Cadderly in order for him to combat and imprison the Ghost King.