Oghma Oghma ( pronounced " OGG - mah " ) , also known as The Lord of Knowledge , was the neutral greater power of bards , inspiration , invention , and knowledge in Faerûn . Oghma was the leader of the Deities of Knowledge and Invention and his home plane was the House of Knowledge . His symbol was a blank scroll . Worshipers . Those who worshiped Oghma included artists , bards , cartographers , inventors , loremasters , sages , scholars , scribes and wizards — archivist s , a generalist cleric prestige class , might pray to him as well . They could be of any alignment , unlike most neutral gods . They often wore Oghma ' s symbol , a silver scroll on a chain , as a necklace . Relationships . Oghma ' s most common foes were Mask , Cyric , and Bane . Oghma ' s old archnemesis , Leira , is now dead and an aspect of Cyric . He may have been opposed to Ilsensine . Deities of Knowledge and Invention . Along with Milil , Deneir , and Gond , Oghma was one of the Deities of Knowledge and Invention . He led the deific group and , although Deneir was lost , Oghma continued to lead them . History . Oghma was an interloper deity who gained power in Toril ' s crystal sphere when a wave of planar immigrants settled in Faerûn , bringing their gods ( of whom Oghma was but one ) with them . He rose in power to the point where he became the leader of the Deities of Knowledge and Invention and has remained in that position ever since . Shortly after ascending to divinity , Oghma fathered many demi - power children . A few of the children decided to specialize in a single subject and learn everything they could about it . At some point Cyric lured twenty - two of the children away from Oghma and transformed them into paintings known as the Whispering Children . During the Time of Troubles in 1358 DR , the Grand Patriarch of Oghma Cullen Kordamant disappeared without a trace , and reports on his current whereabouts from Oghma were confused and conflicting . As a consequence , a schism formed in the faith . The main branch , the Orthodox Church of Oghma in Procampur , believed that Kordamant had ascended to the House of Knowledge to serve as Oghma ' s proxy , and he remained the only true Grand Patriarch of the church until Oghma named a successor . A rival group , the Church of Oghma in Sembia , went ahead and named a new Grand Patriarch anyway , which the Orthodox Church refused to accept . The church in Sembia also disagreed with the Orthodox Church on the dissemination of knowledge , teaching that knowledge must be tested and proven " worthy " before being released to the public . Later the Church of Oghma moved its base to Cormyr , renaming itself the Oghmanyte Church in Exile . This schism continued unabated for over a century , a fundamental sickness in the faith , or more likely an assault on it from some external entity . Undryl Yannathar , a former Grand Patriarch of the Oghmanyte Church in Exile , retired from his position no later than 1455 DR . Advised by the rakshasa Kalkan , his followers traveled to the nation of Akanûl , gathering new followers in that land . After Yannathar ' s death , a former Orthodox priest of Oghma , the dwarf Landrew , helped found a new group that broke away even from the Church in Exile , calling it the Church of All Tomorrows . The Church of All Tomorrows taught that Oghma ' s knowledge was incomplete , for Oghma could never inerrantly foretell the future . The Church of All Tomorrows offered Oghmanytes the " true power " of knowledge of the future , which Kalkan gained from an ancient Imaskari magic item known as the " damos " . The group planned on sacrificing a servant of Oghma ' s Orthodox Church in order to formally end its ties to Oghma and embrace the mysterious Voice of Tomorrow as its patron . They were nearly thwarted by the deva Demascus , but Demascus himself became the sacrifice .