Gods

The Gods are powerful entities that are worshipped across the universe, across many religions. Due to the aftermath and impact of the Divine War, the gods, greater or below, are not allowed to directly involve themselves in the affairs of mortals. They are only allowed to counsel and guide.

Origin of the Gods

All gods in this universe can trace their origins to ancient beings known as The Precursors. The Precursors were ancient and incredibly powerful beings from the Far Realms that had immense power. They were the ones who created this universe and many others in their exodus across space and time.

As they birthed life, nature, magic and other laws of the world onto different planets across the universe, they began to split themselves into smaller versions of themselves, those that would govern over their creations. These would become known as the Ancient Elders, the first gods.

Over time, even these gods began to split themselves up, dividing the power among those that they create. These gods would hold dominion over minor elements of the growing world, and they would be known as the Lesser Elders. Some of these Lesser Elders that held dominion over darker aspects of life and nature began to corrupt and change, becoming evil gods.

During the First Divine Conflict, gods began to fight and kill one another, and began to split their power even more. In an effort to stop this bloodshed, the Ancient Elders split themselves even more, and created the first and loyal Greater Gods, that would see dominion over the other gods of lower power. When the divine conflict ended, all that was left were the corpses of gods, and the Lesser Elders split even more and became Lesser Gods, symbolizing their defeat and stopping the conflict.

The pantheons of the Ancient Elders and Lesser Elders no longer exist after the second divine conflict, and are now a distant memory.

List of Current Greater Gods (After Divine War)

Below is a list of the common Greater Gods that are worshipped throughout the planes.

Name	Portfolio	Suggested Domains	Symbol
Auril	Winter, deadly storms	Nature, Tempest, Frost*	Sharp, six-pointed snowflake
Azuth	Magics	Knowledge, Arcana	Immaculately carved wand wreathed in fire
Bane	Tyranny, lawlessness	Order, War	Black hand clutching a crushed globe
Bhaal	Murder, killing, brutality	Death	Cracked skull oozing blood
Chemosh	Undead, undeath	Death	Yellow skull
Ehlonna	Woodlands, animals, plants	Nature, Life	Unicorn horn
Eldath	Peace, serenity	Nature, Life, Peace	Waterfall plunging into still pool
Jergal	Death, knowledge of the universe	Death, Knowledge	A skull sitting atop an open book
Kelemvor	Death, afterlife, judgement	Death, Grave, Life	Upright skeletal arm holding balanced scales/armored figure posing with a greatsword
Lloth	Drow, spiders, poison	Trickery	Gargantuan spider crawling down a web
Loviatar	Pain	Death	Nine-headed flail
Oghma	god of knowledge	Knowledge	Blank scroll surrounded by an infinity symbol
Pelor	Sun, healing, radiance	Light, Life	Multi-suns
Primus	Modron god, god of law and order	Order	Massive bronze warforged
Raven Queen	Death, crows, afterlife, souls	Death, Grave, Life	Woman draped in shadow, surrounded by a flock of crows
Saranrae	Love, life, peace	Peace, Life	Woman with warm smile and extended arms
Shar	Darkness, loss	Death, Trickery	Black disc encircled with a border
Storm Lord	Storms	Nature, Tempest	Leviathan
Sune	Love, beauty	Life, Peace	Embroidered mirror
Talona	Disease and poison	Pestilence*, Death	Poison droplets
Tempus	War	War	Upright held flaming sword
Tharizdun	Eternal darkness	Trickery	Inverted ziggurat
Tyr	Justice, law	Order	Balanced scales resting on a warhammer
Vecna	Evil secrets	Death, Knowledge	Decayed hand with eye in palm
Waukeen	Trade, commerce, coin	Knowledge, Mercantile*	Coin mid-flip
Wee Jas	Magic and death	Arcana, Knowledge, Death	Red skull in front of fireball

List of Current Lesser Gods (After Divine War)

Below is a list of common Lesser Gods that are worshipped throughout the planes.

Name	Portfolio	Suggested Domains	Symbol
Blibdoolpoolp	kuo-toa goddess of madness	none	Lobster's head
Dendar	Nightmares, dreams	Dream*	Massive serpent coiled around worl
Heironeous	Valor, loyalty on the battlefield, honor	Order, War	Lightning bolt
Ilmata	Fate and destiny	Knowledge	Weaver's spindle with multiple strands
Malor	Hunt, violence, slaughter	Nature, Violence*	Bloody clawed paw
Masq	Thievery	Trickery	Black mask
Myrkull	God of death	Death, Grave	Decayed human skull
Solinari	Goddess of the suns and stars, traveling	Nature, Light, Cosmos*	Four stars that form a circle
Star Queen	Goddess of stars, space, otherworldly existence	Nature, Light, Cosmos*	Shooting star
Traveler	Change, chaos, travel	Trickery, Travel*	Open doorway leading to a path
Velina	Icy climates, snow, ice, protection from storms	Frost*, Nature	Snow peak mountain
Vespera	Goddess of vampires, blood	Blood, Grave, Death	Blood vial
Ygrid	Goliath goddess of death, the dead, afterlife, judgment	Grave, Death, Life	Mountain
Zyra	Illusions, deception	Trickery	Upside-down triangle surrounded by mist

Specific Pantheons

Below are tables of pantheons that belong to specific cultures or peoples.

Tabaxi Pantheon

It is unknown if the Tabaxi actually have real gods, or if they are masters at stories and have created their own pantheon. Whatever the case, Tabaxi clerics get their divinity from some source, and claim that these gods are such source. Each god on this list pertains to an important aspect of the Tabaxi's culture, with names similar to their own.

Name	Portfolio	Suggested Domains	Symbol
Blossom Gift	Nature, plants, agriculture	Nature	Sapling
Bright Moon	Moons, stars, light	Light, Cosmos*, Twilight	Sun and moon
Chains of Burden	Slavery, prisons	none	Chains wrapping around a moon
Dark Moon	Tabaxi god of darkness, shadows	Twilight	Tabaxi surrounded by dark cloak
Elder Fish	Food, fishing, nature	Nature	Giant fish surrounded by net
Elder Matron	Goddess of all Tabaxi, family, birth	Life	Litter of kittens
Great River	Rivers, water, oceans	Nature, Ocean*	Flowing river
Open Grave	Death, afterlife, dead	Death, Grave, Life	Tombstone
Riddle	Knowledge, mischief	Knowledge, Trickery	Puzzle piece
Songbird	Adventure, stories, songs	Travel*	Cart
Sweetcat	Desserts, food, baking	Life	Cake

Wuxian Pantheon

People that hail from Wuxia, a country within the Alliance, tend to follow this pantheon. These gods stem from Lesser Elders that split themselves during the first divine war. These gods watch over the mysterious land that they are charged with.

Name	Portfolio	Suggested Domains	Symbol
Aka	Wuxian goddess of love, birth, and life	Life, Peace	Glowing heart
Quen	Wuxian god of battle	War	Tattered battle flag
Rishin	Wuxian god of peace and writing	Peace, Knowledge	Scroll full of text
Roni	Wuxian god of betrayal and murder	Death	Serrated dagger
Suri	Wuxian god of agriculture	Nature	Plow and hoe
Syn	Wuxian god of death and the afterlife	Grave, Death	Soul orb
Yadama	Wuxian god of adventure	Travel*	Heroic figure posing
Yumo	Wuxian god of storms, weather	Nature, Tempest	Typhoon

Dragonborn Pantheon

The Dragonborn pantheon is unchanged since the first divine war, with their gods immediately splitting from the Lesser Elders when the Dragonborn people came into existence. It is believed that Bahamut and Tiamat were two of these Lesser Elders, with a different name and different form. The two created separate images of themselves and formed the remainder of the pantheon, fighting over who gets control of what. Eventually, the gods that Bahamut created banded together and banished Tiamat to the hells, along with the gods she had birthed and created.

Name	Portfolio	Suggested Domains	Symbol
Astilabor	Acquisitions, wealth, treasure	Mercantile	Dragon head on a coin
Bahamut	Good, law	Order, War, Life	Platinum dragon head in profile
B'falor	Elder dragon god, god of all dragons	Life, Death	Ten-headed dragon
Eress	Dragon goddess of magic	Arcana, Trickery	Dragon claw holding a wand
Lendir	Justice, punishment	Order	Dragon claw holding balanced scales
Kuyuth	Dragonborn demigod	Peace, Order	Dragonborn with wings
Null	Dragon god of the dead	Grave	Skeletal dragon wings
Sarwoar	Gem dragon god, psionics	none	Massive cracked gem
Taratan	Healers, mercy	Life, Peace	Open draconic palm
Tassel	Greed, lies	Trickery	Coiled wyrm
Tiamat	Evil dragon goddess, vengeance	Death, Trickery	Five-headed dragon
Zot	Hatchlings, birth	Life	Egg

Elvish Pantheon

The Elvish pantheon dates far beyond recorded history. It is believed that since the Elves were some of the first creations of the Precursors, their gods came into existence first and haven't changed. Some gods might have switched names or portfolios, but no significant changes have occurred since that time.

Name	Portfolio	Suggested Domains	Symbol
Avandir	Primary god of the moon and sun elves	Cosmos*, Light, Twilight	Moon, star and sun
Culinir	Primary god of all elven kind; life cycles, death	Life, Grave	Mighty elvish character
Deep Sashelas	Primary god of aquatic elves	Nature, Tempest	Dolphin
Erivar	Elvish trickster god	Trickery	Broken triangle
G'delyn	Wood elvish god of heroism, adventuring, outlaws, feasting	Nature	Leaf-shaped arrow
Hy'ali	Wood elvish goddess of love and birth	Life, Nature	Mother holding a child