The faith practiced by Druids isn't a religion in the
conventional sense of the world. They aren't praying to a deity. Rather, they
commune with the ancient energies that exist within the natural world. These energies are part of the feylords, the
ancient beings that predate even elven civilization. The most powerful of the Feylords is
Obin. He is the God of the Fey, and the
Progenitor God of many of the Magical races.
His consort is Neela, The Goddess of Magic of the Central
Pantheon. Their oldest children are
Parax, Kalun & Shaeza, the patron gods of the three elven races, who went
on to spawn their own pantheons. Their
younger children, Aleena & Karabrak, are the patron gods of the sea &
avian elves.
The elven gods aren't the only children of Obin, however. He has had three further children. Fawn, Hoben Heart & Grun are completely different Gods, each of them patron gods of entirely separate races. Their only commonality is their origin with the feymagic.
Gods of the Halflings
The elven gods aren't the only children of Obin, however. He has had three further children. Fawn, Hoben Heart & Grun are completely different Gods, each of them patron gods of entirely separate races. Their only commonality is their origin with the feymagic.
Gods of the Halflings
Fawn - patron goddess of
the Halflings. Goddess of friendship,
trust, home, family, life & happiness
Sharpfoot - God of stealth, thievery, adventure & luck
Greenheart - Goddess of
earth, nature, agriculture, & weather
Deepbelly - God of ale,
feasts, dance, music & naps
Gods of the Gnomes
Baden Burn – Central God of the Gnomes (notably NOT their
patriarch deity), God of humor, cunning, wit, & trickery
Keldin Krex – God of travel & cities
Lonas Loban – Goddess of illusion & magic
Garbek Gerdn – God of invention & luck
Findels Frisk – God of Greed
(Hoben Heart – Deceased patron god of the Gnomes. God of protection, smithing, earth & combat. Killed by Shaeza of the Dark Elves)
(Hoben Heart – Deceased patron god of the Gnomes. God of protection, smithing, earth & combat. Killed by Shaeza of the Dark Elves)
Gods of the Orc
Grun – patron god of the Orc.
God of conquest, warfare, survival, territory, & fire
Ro – God of strength
Wei – Goddess of fertility, medicine, healing & servitude
Kaas - God of darkness, thieves, death & disease
The connections between the Gods of the Magical Races are buried
in their distant past. The actual
worshipers of these gods barely acknowledge those relationships beyond mere
historical quandary. Nonetheless, they
exist.
The death of Hoben Heart at the hands of Shaeza, the goddess of the dark elves, is a major event in the history of the Gnomish people, for it marked the downfall of their great gnomish cities. The dark elves cast them out, and left them wanderers and nomads. It was indicative of the disempowerment of their people, but it was the Gnome’s reliance on their cunning and wit that elevated Baden Burn to become the new central god of their pantheon.
it’s also worth pointing out that the children of Obin each represent an alignment. Parax, the patron god of the high elves, is lawful good. Kalun, the patron god of wood elves, is chaotic neutral. Shaeza, the patron goddess of dark elves, is neutral evil. Aleena, the patron goddess of sea elves, is lawful neutral. Karabrak, the patron god of avian elves, is lawful evil. Fawn, the patron goddess of halflings, is neutral good. Hoben Heart, and his successor Baden Burn are chaotic good. And lastly, Grun, the patron god of the orc, is chaotic evil. Obin himself is true neutral. This functions as a hidden pantheon, a truth about these central gods that represents their relationship with each other, despite the fact that, with the exception of the elven deities, all exist in separate, largely unrelated pantheons.
The death of Hoben Heart at the hands of Shaeza, the goddess of the dark elves, is a major event in the history of the Gnomish people, for it marked the downfall of their great gnomish cities. The dark elves cast them out, and left them wanderers and nomads. It was indicative of the disempowerment of their people, but it was the Gnome’s reliance on their cunning and wit that elevated Baden Burn to become the new central god of their pantheon.
it’s also worth pointing out that the children of Obin each represent an alignment. Parax, the patron god of the high elves, is lawful good. Kalun, the patron god of wood elves, is chaotic neutral. Shaeza, the patron goddess of dark elves, is neutral evil. Aleena, the patron goddess of sea elves, is lawful neutral. Karabrak, the patron god of avian elves, is lawful evil. Fawn, the patron goddess of halflings, is neutral good. Hoben Heart, and his successor Baden Burn are chaotic good. And lastly, Grun, the patron god of the orc, is chaotic evil. Obin himself is true neutral. This functions as a hidden pantheon, a truth about these central gods that represents their relationship with each other, despite the fact that, with the exception of the elven deities, all exist in separate, largely unrelated pantheons.
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