Onderwerp : Gods of the Forgotten Realms
Auteur : Remco Gerrets
Datum : 01-01-2004
 


 

Gods of the Forgotten Realms

Name

Portfolio

Align /
Wor. Align

Symbol

Allies

Enemies

Superior


Akadi
(Greater Power)

Elemental air, air elementalists, movement, speed, flying creatures

N

A white cloud, often upon a blue background

Aerdrie Faenya, Quorlin, Remnis, Shaundakul, Stillsong, Stronmaus, Syranita

Grumbar

None

Any


Amaunator
(dead) (Greater Power)

Bureaucracy, contracts, law, order, the sun, rulership

LN

Sun, with a face on the solar disk

Kossuth

Shar

None

LG, NG, LN, N, LE, NE


Ao

Creation of deities, mintainence of the cosmic balance

?

None

None

None

None

Any


Auril (Lesser Power)

Cold, winter

NE

A white snowflake, on a grey diamond with a white border

Talos, Umberlee, Malar

Amaunator (now dead), Moander (now dead), Sune, Chauntea, Shiallia, Uthgar

Talos

LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Bane
(Greater Power)

Strife, hatred, tyranny

LE

An upright black hand usually on a red field

Bhaal (dead), Iyachtu Xvim, Loviatar, Talona, Myrkul (dead), Malar, Mask

Chauntea, Eldath, Lathander, Mystra, Tyr, Helm, Deneir, Torm, Ilmater, Tymora, Lliira, Oghma

None

LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Beshaba
(Intermediate Power)

Random mischief, misfortune, bad luck, accidents

CE

A rack of sharp-pointed black antlers on a red triangular field

None

Tymora, Shaundakul

None

Any, mainly CN , NE , CE


Bhaal
(dead) (Intermediate Power)

Death, especially violent or ritual death

LE

A white face-on human skull surrounded by a counter-clockwise orbit of many streaming teardrops

Bane (dead), Hoar, Loviator, Myrkul (dead), Talona, Mask

Chauntea, Helm, Lathander, Torm, Tyr, Ilmater, Lliira

Bane (dead)

LN, LE, N, NE, CN, CE


Chauntea (Greater Power)

Agriculture, plants cultivated by humans, farmers, gardeners, summer

NG

A budding flower encircled by a sunburst or (older) a sheaf of golden wheat on a green field

Lathander, Silvanus, Eldath, Mielikki, Shiallia, Selūne, Lurue the Unicorn

Talos and the gods of fury (Auril, Umberlee and Malar), Talona, Moander (now dead), Bane (now dead), Bhaal (now dead), Myrkul (now dead)

None

LN, N, CN, LG, NG, CG


Cyric
(Greater Power)

Murder, strife, lies, intrigue, deception, illusion

CE

A white skull (sans jawbone) on a dark purple or black starburst

None

Mystra, Kelemvor, Oghma, Azuth, Mask, Tyr, Torm, Deneir, Leira, Iyachtu Xvim, and many others

None

LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Deneir
(Lesser Power)

Glyphs, images, literature, literacy, scribes, pictorial and literary art, cartography

NG

A single candle set above a staring purple human eye with a triangular pupil, or a single lit candle

Oghma, Azuth, Milil, Mystra, Lliira, Lathander

Cyric, Bane (now dead), Malar, Talos, Mask

Oghma

Any


Eldath
(Lesser Power)

Quiet places, springs, pools, stillness, peace, waterfalls, druid groves

NG

A waterfall plunging into a still pool without causing any disturbance of its waters, or a circular, sky-blue disk fringed with green ferns

Mielikki, Silvanus, Chauntea, Selūne, Lathander

Malar, Loviatar, Bane (now dead), Amaunator (now dead), Talos, Moander (now dead)

Silvanus

Any


Finder Wyvernspur
(Demipower)

The cycle of life, transformation of art, saurials

CN

A white harp on a grey circle

Tymora, Selūne

Moander (dead)

None

NG, CG, N, CN


Garagos
(Demipower)

War, skill-at-arms, destruction, plunder

CN

A five-armed tentacus

None

Tempus, Red Knight

None

LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Gargauth
(Demipower)

Betrayal, cruelty, political corruption, ill council, self-serving advisers, political puppetmasters, powerbrokers, powermongers

LE

A broken animal horn

Beherit (dead), the Lords of the Nine

Bane (dead), Bhaal (dead), Cyric, Iyachtu Xvim, Loviatar, Shar, Siamorphe, Talona

None

LN, LE, NE


Gond
(Intermediate Power)

Artifice, craft, construction, smithwork

N

A shining toothed wheel or cog with four spokes, in ivory, bone or metal

Lathander, Oghma, Waukeen (missing), Tempus

Talos

Oghma

Any


Grumbar
(Greater Power)

Elemental earth, earth elementalists, solidity, changelessness, oaths

N

Mountains, often against a purple field

Geb, Garl Glittergold, Dumathoin, Kurtulmak, Laduguer, Urogalan, Skoraeus Stonebones

Akadi, Urdlen

None

Any


Gwaeron Windstrom
(Demipower)

Tracking, interpreting woodland signs, rangers of the north

NG

A dark red ?S’ overlaid with a small, five-pointed white star on its top half and a large, four-clawed animal print in brown on its bottom half

Arvoreen, Baervan Wildwanderer, Lurue, Fenmarel Mestarine, Mielikki, Shaundakul, Shiallia, Nobanion, Solonor Thelandira

Malar, Vaprak

Mielikki

LG, NG, CG


Helm
(Intermediate Power)

Guardians, protectors, protection

LN

An open staring eye with a blue pupil and outline painted on the back of a right-hand war gauntlet or the palm of a left-hand war gauntlet

Torm

Bane (now dead), Bhaal (now dead), Garagos, Mask, Shar, Talos

None

LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN


Hoar
(Demipower (formally Lesser Power)

Revenge, retribution, poetic justice

LN

A black-gloved right hand holding a coin with a two-faced head or three lightening bolts

Beshaba

Anhur, Ramman (dead)

None

LG, NG, LN, N, LE, NE


Ibrandul
(dead) (Lesser Power)

Caverns, dungeons, the Underdark, skulks

CN

Four interlocking silver circles on a dark purple background

Mask, Ilmater

Shar, Lathander, Lolth

None

CG, N, CN , NE , CE


Ilmater
(Intermediate Power)

Endurance, suffering, martyrdom, perserverance

LG

A pair of white human hands bound at the wrists with blood-red cord or (older) a blood-stained rack

Tyr, Torm, Ibrandul (now dead), Lathander

Loviatar, Malar, Talos, Bane (now dead), Bhaal (now dead), Myrkul (now dead)

Tyr

Any


Istishia
(Greater Power)

Elemental water, water elementalists, purification

N

A cresting wave or drop of water

Deep Sashelas, Trishina, Eadro, Persana, Shekinester, Surminare, Valkur the Mighty, Water Lion

Kossuth

None

Any


Iyachtu Xvim
(Lesser Power)

Tyranny, hatred

LE

A pair of bright, glowing green eyes superimposed on the palm of an upright, human-shaped hand of utter blackness (Xvim Empowered) or (older) a pair of green, glowing eyes peering out of darkness

Bane (now dead)

The entire faerūnian pantheon, especially Cyric

Bane (now dead)

LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Jergal
(Demipower (formally Greater Power)

Fatalism, order of death, proper burial, guardian of tombs, protector of the names of the dead

LN

A jawless skull and a writing quill resting on a scroll

Amaunator (now dead)

Cyric, Velsharoon

Kelemvor (formally Cyric, and previous to that Myrkul)

LG, NG, LN, N, LE, NE


Kelemvor
(Greater Power)

Death, the dead

LN

An upright, bone-coloured skeletal arm holding the goldern scales of justice balanced evenly in its fist against a steelgray field

Mystra, Jergal

Cyric, Talona, Velsharoon

None

Any


Kossuth
(Greater Power)

Elemental power, fire elementalists, purification through fire

N

A springing flame or a flaming orb

Amaunator (now dead), Flandal Steelskin, Iyachtu Xvim, Moradin, Surtr

Istishia

None

Any


Lathander
(Greater Power)

Spring, dawn, birth, renewal, creativity, youth, vitality, self-perfection, athletics

NG

A disk of rosy pink hue

Chauntea, Gond, Silvanus, Tymora, Lurue the Unicorn, Tyr, Torm, Ilmater, Sune, Lliira, Selūne, Oghma, Milil, Deneir, Mielikki, Eldath

Cyric, Talos, Shar, Moander (now dead), Bane (now dead), Myrkul (now dead), Ibrandul (now dead)

None

LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN


Leira
(Lesser Power)

Deception, illusion

CN

A triangular plaque of cloudy, swirling gray mists, point downward

Mask (but betrayed by him), Azuth

None

None

Any


Lliira
(Lesser Power)

Joy, happiness, dance, festivals, carefree celebration, contentment, release, hospitality, freedom / liberty

CG

Three six-pointed stars arranged in a triangle with their points touching with the orange star uppermost, yellow on the left, and red on the right

Sune, Milil, Waukeen (missing), Selūne, Sharess, Deneir, Oghma, Lathander

Bane (now dead), Bhaal (now dead), Loviatar, Talona

Sune

Any, though evil worshipers are rare


Loviator
(Lesser Power)

Pain, hurt, agony, torment, suffering, torture

LE

A black nine-stranded whip, the ends bloody and barbed

Malar, Bane (now dead), Bhaal (now dead)

Ilmater, Eldath, Talona, Lliira

None (formally Bhaal)

LE, NE, CE


Lurue the Unicorn
(Demipower)

Talking beasts and intelligent nonhumanoid creatures

CG

Unicorn head against the background of a silver crescent moon or a white unicorn rampant

Chauntea, Gwaeron Windstorm, Mielikki, Nobanion, Shiallia, Selūne, Silvanus

None

Mielikki

LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN


Malar
(Lesser Power)

Hunters, marauding beasts and monsters, blood, blood-lust, evil lycanthropes, stalking

CE

A brown-furred, bestial claw with long, curving talons tipped with fresh red blood

Auril, Talos, Umberlee, Bane (now dead), Loviatar

Chauntea, Deneir, Eldath, Ilmater, Lurue the Unicorn, Nobanion, Silvanus, Sune, Gwaeron Windstrom, Shiallia, Uthgar

Talos

N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Mask
(Lesser Power)

Thieves, thievery, shadows

NE

A black velvet mask, tinged with red

Bane (now dead), Bhaal (now dead), Leira (now dead), Lbrandul (now dead)

Helm, Oghma, Torm, Tyr, Cyric, Selūne, Weukeen, Deneir

None

NG, CG, LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Mielikki
(Intermediate Power)

Forests, forest creatures, rangers, dryads, autumn

NG

A white unicorn on a green field, a white unicorn’s head facing sinister, or a tiny star of dazzling white hue balanced on an open green oak or ash leaf (older)

Eldath, Silvanus, Shiallia, Gwaeron Windstorm, Lurue the Unicorn, Chauntea, Shaundakul, Lathander

Malar, Talona, Talos, Moander (now dead), Myrkul (now dead)

Silvanus

LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN


Milil
(Lesser Power)

Poetry, song, eloquence

NG

A silver harp, often depicted as a five-stringed instrument whose body is made of silvery leaves

Oghma, Deneir, Lliira, Sune, Mystra, Finder Wyvernspur, Stillsong, Hanali Calanil, Corellon Larethian, Sehanine Moonbow, Rillifane Rallathil, Erevan Ilesere, Labelas Enoreth, Lathander

None

Oghma

Any


Moander
(dead) (Lesser Power)

Rotting Death, decay, corruption

CE

An upright male human right hand, fingers outstretched, with an open human female fanged mouth, lips parted as though speaking, set in its palm

None

Auril, Chauntea, Eldath, Finder Wyvernspur, Lathander, Mielikki, Silvanus, Selūne, Tymora

None

LE, NE, CE


Myrkul
(dead) (Greater Power)

The dead, wasting, decay, corruption, parasites, old age, exhaustion, dusk, autumn

NE

A white human skull face-on against a black field or a reaching white skeletal hand in white on a black field

Bhaal (now dead), Jergal, Shar, Bane (now dead)

Chauntea, Lathander, Mielikki

None

LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Mystra
(Greater Power)

Magic, spells, the weave

NG

A circle of nine stars with a red mist rising toward (or flowing from) its centre or a circle of severn blue-white stars, or (older) a single blue-white star

Azuth, Kelemvor, Selūne, oghma, Deneir, Milil

Cyric, Bane (now dead), Talos

None

Any


Nobanion
(Demipower)

Lions, good-aligned beasts, lammasu, wemics, werelions, felines, noble beasts, royalty

LG

A male lion’s head or a golden lion rampant on a green shield

Balador, Ferrix, Gwaeron Windstrom, Lurue, Mielikki, Sharess, Shiallia, Silvanus, Tapann, Torm, Tyr, Water Lion

Malar

None

LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN


Oghma
(Greater Power)

Knowledge, invention, inspiration, bards

N

A simple black scroll

Deneir, Milil, Gond, Lliira, Mystra, Azuth, Lathander

Talos, Bane (now dead), Mask, Cyric

None

Any


Red Knight
(Demipower)

Strategy and planning

LN

A Red Knight chess piece with stars for eyes

Tempus, Torm, Valkur the Mighty

Vyric, Garagos

Tempus

LG, NG, LN, N, LE, NE


Savras (Demipower formally Lesser Power)

Divinations, divination magic, diviners, fate, truth, truth-speakers

LN

Crystal ball in which dance countless eyes of many different types

Azuth. Mystra

Bhaal (now dead), Bane (now dead), Cyric, Leira (now dead), Mask, Talos

Azuth. Mystra

LG, NG, LN, N, CN, LE


Selūne
(Intermediate Power)

Moon, stars, navigation, navigators, wanderers, seekers, good and neutral lycanthropes

CG

Two darkly beautiful human eyes surrounded by a circle of seven stars

Mystra, Lliira, Sune, Tymore, Eilitraee, Sehanine, Moonbow, Shaundakul, Eldath, Chauntea, Valkur the Mighty, Lathander

Shar, Umberlee, Mask, Moander (now dead)

None

LG, NG, CG


Shar
(Greater Power)

Dark, night, loss, forgetfulness, unrevealed secrets, caverns, dungeons, the Underdark

NE

A black disk with a border of deep purple

Myrkul (now dead), Talona

Selūne, Lathander, Ibrandul (now dead), Amaunator (now dead), Shaundakul

None

Any, but mainly evil


Sharess
(Demipower)

Hedonism, excess, lust, sensual fulfilment, festhalls, cats, pleasure seekers

CG

Feminine lips

Anhur, Hanali Celanil, Lliira, Milil, Nobanion, Selūne, Sune

Set, Shar, Loviatar

None

Any


Shaundakul
(Lesser Power)

Travel, exploration, long-range traders, miners, caravans, windghosts

CN

An upright silver left palm out and fingers together, its wrist trailing away into ripping winds on a black or deep purple background of circling winds

Akadi, Mielikki, Selūne, Shevarash, Solonor Thelandira, Tymora, Gwaeron Windstrom, Shiallia, Lurue the Unicorn, Nobanion

Beshaba, Shar

None

LG, LN, NG, N, CG, CN


Shiallia
(Demipower)

The High Forest , Neverwinter Wood, woodland glades, woodland fertility, growth, korreds (especially young korreds)

NG

A golden acorn

Chauntea, Eldath, Gwaeron Windstorm, Lurue the Unicorn, Mielikki, Silvanus, Tapann, Tree Ghost (Uthgar)

Auril, Malar, Talona, Talos

Mielikki

LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN


Siamorphe

Nobles, nobility, rightful rule of nobility, human royalty

LN

Silver chalice with a golden sun on the side of the cup or a circlet with a golden sun on the brow

None

Bane (now dead), Cyric, Gargauth, Iyachtu Xvim

None

Any


Silvanus
(Greater Power)

Wild nature, druids

N

A green, living oak leaf, an oak tree in summer, or a wooden staff sprouting tiny leaflets and buds down its length

Eldath, Mielikki, Chauntea, Lathander, Lurue the Unicorn, Nobanion

Malar, Moander (now dead), Talos, Talona

None

Any


Sune
(Greater Power)

Beauty, love, passion

CG

The face of a beautiful, ivory-skinned human maiden with long, red tresses

Lliira, Selūne, Sharess, Milil, Lathander

Talos, Auril, Umberlee, Malar, Talona, Tempus

None

LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN


Talona
(Lesser Power)

Disease, poison

CE

Three golden amber teardrops on a purple equilateral triangle with point upwards

Bane (now dead), Bhaal, Shar

Chauntea, Loviatar, Mielikki, Silvanus, Sune, Lliira, Kelemvor, Tyr, Shiallia

None (formally Bhaal)

LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Talos
(Greater Power)

Storms, destruction, rebellion, conflagrations, earth-shaking, vortices

CE

Three lightening bolts, eachof a separate colour, radiating from a central point

Auril, Malar, Umberlee, Velsharoon

Chauntea, Lathander, Mystra, Sune, Deneir, Gond, Helm, Mielikki, Oghma, Silvanus, Tyr, Eldath, Shiallia

None

LN, N, CN, LE, NE, CE


Tempus
(Greater Power)

War, battle, warriors

CN

A blazing silver sword on a blood-red field

The Red Knight, Valkur the Mighty, Nobanion, Gond, Uthgar

Garagos

None

Any


Torm
(Lesser Power)

Duty, loyalty, obedience, paladins

LG

A right-hand metal gauntlet held upright, palm open and toward the viewer, or a silver or grey metal shield bearing the open-handed gauntlet device with three black arrows embedded in the sheild

Tyr, Helm, Ilmater, Red Knight, Lathander

Bane (now dead), Bhaal (now dead), Cyric, Mask

Tyr

LG, NG, CG, LN


Tymora (Intermediate Power)

Good fortune, skill, victory, adventurers, and adventuring

CG

A shining featureless disk of silver

Lathander, Selūne, Shaundakul

Beshaba, Bane (now dead), Moander (now dead)

None

Any


Tyr
(Greater Power)

Justice

LG

A balanced set of scales set upon the head of an upright war hammer

Illmater, Torm, Lathander

Mask, Talos, Bane (now dead), Bhaal (now dead), Cyric, Talona

None

LG, NG, LN


Ulutia
(Demipower) (Slumbering)

Glaciers, frozen seas, polar environments, artic dwellers

LN

A necklace of blue and white ice crystals

Othea (now dead)

Annam

None

LG, NG, LN, N, LE, NE


Umberlee
(Intermediate Power)

Oceans, currents, waves, sea winds

CE

A forked blue-green wave, curling in breakers to both left and right, on a background of black streaked with white

Auril, Malar, Talos

Selūne, Valkur the Mighty, Chauntea, Sune

Talos

Any


Uthgar
(Demipower)

The Uthgardt barbarian tribes, physical strength

CN

None

Tempus

Malar, Auril

None

Any


Valkur
(Demipower)

Sailors, the safety of ships, favourable winds, naval combat

CG

A shield showing a thundercloud with three lightening bolts descending from it

Red Knight, Selūne, Tempus

Auril, Malar, Talos, Umberlee

None

 

 

 

 
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