Asak

===Asak (As-ak)===
Master Mercenary, Battle Master, Fearless Foe, Lord of Minotaurs
==General Information==
Symbol: Crossed Great Axes
Alignment: Neutral
Strength:  Intermediate Deity
Portfolio: Mercenaries, Fate, Common Cause, Tactics, Training, Minotaurs, Strength of Arms
Worshipers: Minotaurs, Mercenaries, Gladiators, Soldiers, Commanders
Cleric Alignments: N, CN, CG, CE, NE, NG
Domains: Chaos, Luck, Strength, Destruction
Favored Weapon: Great Axe
Places of Strong Influence:  Harkas
Places of Moderate Influence:  Vartia
Places of Minor Influence:  Xanyahou
==Description==
Asak is the forebear and patriarch of the trinity of deities revered by most Minotaurs along with his wife Taliah and daughter Heska.  He is a large, extremely muscular and well proportioned male minotaur with a dark brown coloration and large horns.  He commonly is seen wearing thick plate mail or chainmail, a battle helm which covers most of his upper head and a huge axe.  While his daughter’s worship has become widespread with the mercenary nature of minotaur kind, Asak is still largely worshiped mainly by minotaurs though some of the gladiators of Vartia have begun to venerate him as well. 
==Basic Beliefs & Dogma==
Asak is the patron of minotaurs and honored by nearly every member of the race.  He teaches his people to be strong and to train diligently.  Strength, he says, is a blessing of his people and he expects them to be strong.  Train hard and often.  This will keep you strong and well honed in discipline and in mind.  He teaches that, as a people of strength, it is only natural that they will be envious of their prowess.  Do not look down on other races, he teaches, but instead take advantage of their need of strength by lending them your own.  This, he says, will keep his people strong and make them wealthy.  He openly encourages his followers to go forth and carve a fate and future for themselves in the world abroad.  Knowing and learning the ways of the rest of the world will only make a people stronger.  He does not, however, encourage this to the expense of his people.  A people unable to stand together when the hour calls is a people no more but a race of bandits and brigands.  Fight smart and with honor.  Make your fate, seize the opportunity,  and learn from others but not at the expense of your people.  Train hard and be strong.