Wuuluth

Wuuluth [WOO-luth]
The King of Goblins, The Shaman of Woe
==General Information==
Symbol: The face of a Howling Worg
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Strength:  Intermediate Deity
Portfolio: Goblins, Bugbears, Evil Beasts, Dark Druids, Foretelling
Worshipers: Goblins, Bugbears, Sentient Evil Beasts, Druids, Diviners
Cleric Alignments: NE, LE, N
Domains: Arcane, Earth, Fur, Fear, Fate, Decay
Favored Weapon: Quarterstaff
Places of Strong Influence:  Druglug
Places of Moderate Influence:  Kruskur
Places of Minor Influence:  Ysven, Rygild, Adara
==Description==
Centuries before Eran and the hobgoblins became the chiefs of the goblin people, Wuuluth was the chief of his kind and even now is seen as the true creator of the goblin races. Many goblins and bugbears still venerate him over Eran and nearly every khan or chieftain has a follower of Wuuluth as an advisor. Wuuluth appears as a bent male goblin with a worg’s hide pelt as a helm and cloak. He wears old rags or leathers and carries a gnarled old staff with him that is decorated liberally with feathers, skulls and other talismans. Often he is surrounded by dark beasts such as worgs or winter wolves. Since it is Wuuluth’s fore-vision that guides Eran’s bow, many of his cleric’s will argue that he is still the true deity of his people.
==Basic Beliefs & Dogma==
Wuuluth is a seer and shaman of high skill and repute. A somewhat self-inclined deity, he teaches his followers to take for themselves what they can while they can. He teaches his followers also the value of the natural world and reminds them that there are allies to be taken from the wild which others would fear or loath. He teaches his people the values of divination and seeing the future. These abilities, he teaches, will give his people advantage over their enemies. He also teaches his people to live with the earth and to use all of its resources to their utmost without ruining the wild. In centuries past, he was reputed to unleash his worgs and winter wolves upon the more wasteful and despoiling members of the goblin race as an example.  Disease, he teaches, is nature’s way of dealing with civilization and can be used as a powerful weapon against it. Disease cripples and weakens and can be easily cut away. Magic and the power to see the unseen, known the unknown, are more valuable weapons than any sword. This view sometimes puts his clerics at odds with Eran’s warriors, though the end result is a very powerful pairing and in truth Eran heads the words of Wuuluth with great care.