Deros

Deros [DARE-ohs]
The Delver, Master Craftsman, The Worker, The Lorekeeper of Dwarves
==General Information==
Symbol: A mining pick crossed with a hammer
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Strength:  Lesser Deity
Portfolio: Building, Working, Crafting, Productive Labor, Tunnels, Stonework
Worshipers: Smiths, Masons, Miners, Diggers, Builders, Craftsmen, Dwarven Scholars
Cleric Alignments: LN, LG, NG, N
Domains: Caves, Construct, Memory
Favored Weapon: Heavy Pick
Places of Strong Influence:  Urdur, Yargald, Gibling
Places of Moderate Influence:   Portiri
Places of Minor Influence:  Burglig, Adara, Rygild
==Description==
A somewhat minor deity, even to his native race of followers; Deros is still invoked and honored by craftsmen and builders who delve in more practical work. The Dwarves, however, are still his principal source of followers. Deros is the Dwarven deity of crafting and mining. He is shown as being a little short, even for a dwarf, and being especially broad and strong. He is gray haired with his beard being as broad and bushy as himself. He is usually shown wearing a heavy smithing apron holding either a pick or a hammer in heavily gloved hands.
==Basic Beliefs & Dogma==
Deros teaches the foundation to any society are workers and craftsmen. They make the tools people use, build the homes they live in, make the weapons the soldiers fight with, pave the roads others walk on. Without productive labor and the men and women willing to do it, then order and life as we know it stops. To this end, Deros teaches his followers first to learn. Study their craft. Learn what predecessors have learned. Educate yourself in all manners of things and learn from others for the key to success in anything you lay your hand to is knowledge. Work hard and take pride in what you have done. If you cannot take pride in your work then the work you have toiled for will reflect it. Remember that others rely and depend upon you to build, dig and craft the things they need to survive and that they, in turn, provide you with the means of sustenance and livelihood. Treat them well and be treated well; remember always that you get out of something what you are willing to put into it.