Asgorath Asgorath ( pronounced " AZ - gore - ath " ) , was the dragon god of creation . He ( or she , as some traditions suggested ) was regarded as the creator of the multiverse and of dragonkind , and he manipulated the destinies of all dragons by operating in a way that nobody suspected his involvement . Asgorath was supposed to encompass all alignments , but was often regarded as neutral . In the Outer Planes , it was more commonly known as Io . His holy symbol , an unadorned circle , represented totality . Description . Asgorath never manifested himself before his worshipers . However , he made his existence felt as a powerful presence in their minds . Asgorath , however , could manifest physically if he wanted to , taking on the form of any dragon , and even in forms of other draconic creatures , such as pseudodragon s . The oldest myths of dragonkind claimed that Asgorath manifested physically only once , during the act of creating the multiverse . Those who believed in this myth believed Asgorath was so huge , that even his scales were larger than the largest mortal dragon that ever existed . Realm . Asgorath ' s home plane was unknown . Worshipers . Asgorath was revered by dragons of all kinds . He was also worshiped by some half - dragon s , kobold s , lizardfolk , troglodyte s , human s , and even a few dragonborn . Asgorath had no enemies among the other gods , because of his neutral point of view . Even those of opposing alignments could find common cause under the banner of the World - Shaper . Clergy . Asgorath had fewer clerics than most draconic deities , though even the most devout cleric of other dragon gods ( and many of Kurtulmak ) gave him some homage . Clerics of Asgorath had no hierarchy or fixed dogma ; each interpreted the World - Shaper differently , worshiping him in one of his many aspects . Red dragons worshiped him as an evil being , while gold dragons revered him as a paragon of good . Those who would become Asgorath ' s clerics sought to rid themselves of all such biases , though some never succeeded . Half - dragons who chose to become clerics of Asgorath were usually ascetic priests , while kobolds who worshiped Asgorath sought out to challenge their own racial preconceptions , seeking to judge members of other races , even their hated foes , with objectivity . Temples . Asgorath had few temples . Shrines built in Asgorath ' s honor usually took the form of open - air constructions surrounded by pillars and topped with domes . These shrines were placed in open terrain - - the middle of a desert , the center of a valley , atop the peak of a mountain , or on a vast , treeless plain . Dogma . Asgorath cared only for dragons and other draconic creatures , and their continued existence in the world . That means Asgorath could take the side of the dragons if they were threatened by other races , but also that Asgorath could help the non - draconic races to put down dragons who jeopardized the survivability of the race as a whole . While Asgorath preferred to remain neutral in the conflicts between dragons , if such conflict threatened to escalate , he acted without hesitation to stop it , usually sending a servitor but in rare occasions intervening personally . Rites . Asgorath ' s rituals involved the blending of many things in a whole , reflecting Asgorath ' s own nature . One common ritual involved drinking wine with a drop of blood from each participant dissolved in it . Prayers to Asgorath were deep and resonating , taking the form of supplication or ( for half - dragons ) plaintive questions . Although Asgorath never answered prayers , he always listened to them . Myths and legends . In draconic mythology , Asgorath created the multiverse itself , although his role in the creation was mysterious and couldn ' t be understood by mortal minds . According to those myths , Asgorath existed before the multiverse , in a place called " the first void " , that was different from the " shadow void " from which the multiverse arose after Asgorath willingly shed his blood to give the potential to exist to all creation . According to the mysterious creation text , the " Book of the World " , Asgorath cast down the god Zotha and observed the two elements of existence : the world that she had made and the Crystal Sun that Zotha had made . She wrapped herself around the Crystal Sun and breathed on it . This caused the sun to shatter with fragments that pierced her flesh and killed her . Drops of her blood fell down upon the world and where they landed , red dragon s were brought into existence . The new creatures lamented the loss of their creator , all except one who pulled a fragment of the Crystal Sun out of Asgorath and cut himself with it . The blood fell to the earth and also created life , though this life was metallic in colour , rather than red . Asgorath began to stir so the ' renegade ' and his progeny fled to the farthest corners of the world . Analysis by the scribes of Candlekeep of this text reached the conclusion that this was the red dragons creation myth , and that the Asgorath depicted on it was in fact Tiamat , while the Renegade was Bahamut ; many counter - theories existed , however , and no hard evidence was available to prove anything . Common dragon myths hold that Asgorath was able to predict the future , knew every known spell in existence , and owned at least one of every that ever existed in any world . There was even a myth that claimed Asgorath was the one who created the Lady of Pain by hatching her from a dabus egg . Dragonborn of Abeir also had myths about Asgorath , though they knew him by the name of Io . The few dragonborn that believed in gods , believed that was Io the one who created them , though there were many conflicting traditions on how the event happened . Some stories tell that Io created the dragonborn at the same time he created the dragons , establishing a natural order : dragonborn were created to serve dragons . Other stories said that Io created the dragonborn before the dragons or any other humanoid race existed , as the pinnacle of perfection the other gods used as inspiration to create the humanoid races , pale imitations of dragonborn . There was even one story that tell dragonborn weren ' t created by Io , but instead were born of his blood when Io was killed in the Dawn War by a primordial named Erek - Hus . Asgorath was also prominent in kobold traditions . According to their old myths , after Asgorath discovered Darastrixhurthi was destroyed , he sought to compensate the kobold race for what happened , even when the dragons who destroyed Darastrixhurti were innocent victims of the Rage of Dragons . He asked Kurtulmak if he wanted to recuperate its fortress or transform into a permanent champion for his race . Kurtulmak chose the later and Asgorath elevated him to godhood . He also elevated Kuraulyek to godhood as way to protect the first urd s from the mad dragons and the rage of Kurtulmak . History . In the final period of the Days of Thunder , a primordial called " Asgoroth the World Shaper " was released from her imprisonment , along with the rest of her kin , by the Batrachi . Asgoroth would prove to be the downfall of her liberator ' s entire civilization when she hurled an ice moon down to the surface of Abeir - Toril in an event known as the Tearfall , wiping out the Batrachi and creating the Sea of Fallen Stars . It was this action that finally spurred Ao to clone the planet , giving the original world , Toril , to the god s , and the new one , Abeir , to the primordials . The Tearfall also coincided with the hatching of a multitude of dragon eggs , giving rise to the belief that Asgorath was the creator of their race . The debate over Asgorath ' s alignment and nature was responsible for the most far - reaching holy wars of dragonkind . Every species of dragon and other dragonblooded creatures was certain that Asgorath represented the pinnacle of their particular race . While silver dragon s could grudgingly accept the gold dragon s ' insistence that Asgorath was a lawful good gold dragon , neither could tolerate the red dragon s ' claim that Asgorath was a chaotic evil red . At one time the resulting wars threatened the entire dragon race with extinction . Perhaps it was the subtle influence of Zorquan , god of dragonkind , but eventually most dragons turned away from the war and from religion in general . It was only after the last Rage of Dragons , that dragons drifted back into religious observance .