Gods

The gods, or deities, are supernatural beings of immense power. Lesser deities exist, but are obscure. The gods emerged from the Astral Sea.

## The Pantheons

Deities may be grouped into different groups or "pantheons."

### The Pantheon of Martyrs

This pantheon consists of the good-aligned major deities and includes Avandra, Bahamut, Moradin, and Pelor. Each of these deities has suffered great personal sacrifice for the greater good.

### The Pantheon of the Exalted

This pantheon consists of the unaligned major deities and includes Corellon, Erathis, Ioun, Kord, Melora, The Raven Queen, and Sehanine.

### The Prime Pantheon

The Prime Pantheon consists of all deities of the Pantheon of the Exalted and the Pantheon of Martyrs. Most people in civilized lands worship the Prime Pantheon, but may prefer specific deities.

### The Fey Pantheon

Also known as the Seldarine, The Fey Pantheon consists of Corellon, Sehanine, and Lolth.

### The Pantheon of the Forsaken

The Pantheon of the Forsaken consists of the evil-aligned major deities and includes Asmodeus, Bane, Lolth, Gruumsh, Tiamat, The Chained God, Torog, Vecna, and Zehir. Followers of this pantheon have named it so because these deities have been forsaken by civilization.

## Deities

This is the pantheon of major non-evil deities. Most people worship the whole pantheon, but may prefer certain deities.

* Avandra: Goddess of Change, Freedom, Luck, and Travel. Patron of Halflings. Good.

* Bahamut: God of Justice, Protection, Nobility and Honor. Patron of Dragonborn. Lawful Good.
* Moradin: God of Family, Community, and Smithing. Patron of Dwarves. Lawful Good.

* Pelor: God of the Sun, Summer, Agriculture, Healing, and Time. Patron of Galefrides. Rival of the Raven Queen. Enemy of Tharizdun and Zehir. Good.
* Corellon: God of Spring, Beauty, Art, and Magic. Patron of Eladrin. Enemy of Lolth. Neutral.

* Erathis: Goddess of Civilization, Inventions, and Law. Neutral.

* Ioun: Goddess of Knowledge, Skill, and Prophecy. Patron of Farrajis. Neutral.

* Kord: God of Storms, Battle, and Strength. Patron of Gaves. Neutral.

* Melora: Goddess of Wilderness, Nature, and the Sea. Rival of Erathis. Neutral.

* The Raven Queen: Goddess of Death, Fate, and Winter. Patron of Matronians. Neutral.

* Sehanine: Goddess of the Moon, Autumn, Trickery, and Illusion. Patron of Elves. Neutral.

## Evil Deities

Worship of evil deities is against the law across civilization. Common folk know little of evil deities, and many names of evil deities may not even be recognized by the common folk. The major evil deities include:

* Asmodeus: God of Tyranny, Domination and Sin. King of the Nine Hells of Baator.
* Bane: God of War and Conquest. Rival of Kord.
* Lolth: Goddess of Lies, Shadow, Spiders. Patron of the drow. Enemy of Sehanine.

* Gruumsh: God of Destruction. Enemy of Corellon. Patron of orcs.

* Tiamat: Goddess of Greed and Envy. Enemy of Bahamut.
* Tharizdun: God of Madness and Annihilation.
* Torog: God of the Underdark and Imprisonment.
* Vecna: God of Secrets, the Undead, and Necromancy. Enemy of Ioun.
* Zehir: God of Darkness, Poison, and Assassins.

## Dead gods

This is a non-exhaustive list of gods that have died:

* Amoth, God of Justice and Mercy. Killed by demon princes.
* Aurom, God of Death and many other portfolios. Killed by Nerull.
* He Who Was, God of Good and Peace. Killed by his exarch Asmodeus and all knowledge of his name wiped out by the devils.
* Io, God of Dragons. Cleaved in two by primordials during the Dawn War, spawning Bahamut and Tiamat.
* Khala, Goddess of Winter. Wife of Zehir. Killed by the other gods after an attempted coup to take command of the gods.
* Laeris, God of Trickery and Lies. Defeated by Vecna; currently dead or in hiding.
* Lakal, Goddess of Healing and Mercy. Killed via collateral damage during the Dawn War.
* Nerull, God of Death and the Dead, killed by the Raven Queen.
* Tuern, God of War and Fire, killed by Bane.

## Portfolios

Different deities have held different portfolios over time.

* Annihilation: Held by Tharizdun.
* Agriculture: Held by Pelor.
* Assassins: Held by Zehir.
* Art: Held by Corellon.
* Autumn: Held by Sehanine.
* Battle: Held by Kord.
* Beauty: Held by Corellon.
* Change: Held by Avandra.
* Civilization: Held by Erathis.
* Community: Held by Moradin.
* Conquest: Held by Bane.
* Darkness: Held by Zehir.
* Death: Held by Aurom until his death; adopted by Nerull until his death; adopted by the Raven Queen.
* Destruction: Held by Gruumsh.
* Domination: Held by Asmodeus.
* Dragons: Held by Io until his death.
* Envy: Held by Tiamat.
* Family: Held by Moradin.
* Fate: Held by the Raven Queen.
* Fire: Held by Tuern until his death.
* Freedom: Held by Avandra.
* Good: Held by He Who Was until his death.
* Greed: Held by Tiamat.
* Healing: Held by Lakal until her death; adopted by Pelor.
* Honor: Held by Bahamut.
* Illusion: Held by Sehanine.
* Imprisonment: Held by Torog.
* Inventions: Held by Erathis.
* Justice: Held by Amoth until his death; adopted by Bahamut.
* Knowledge: Held by Ioun.
* Law: Held by Erathis.
* Lies: Held by Laeris until his defeat; adopted by Lolth.
* Luck: Held by Avandra.
* Madness: Held by Tharizdun.
* Magic: Held by Corellon.
* Mercy: Held by Amoth until his death; adopted by Lakal until her death.
* Moon: Held by Sehanine.
* Nature: Held by Melora.
* Necromancy: Held by Vecna.
* Nobility: Held by Bahamut.
* Peace: Held by He Who Was until his death.
* Poison: Held by Zehir.
* Prophecy: Held by Ioun.
* Protection: Held by Bahamut.
* Sea: Held by Melora.
* Secrets: Held by Vecna.
* Shadow: Held by Lolth.
* Sin: Held by Asmodeus.
* Skill: Held by Ioun.
* Smithing: Held by Moradin.
* Spiders: Held by Lolth.
* Spring: Held by Corellon.
* Storm: Held by Kord.
* Strength: Held by Kord.
* Summer: Held by Pelor.
* Sun: Held be Pelor.
* Time: Held by Pelor.
* Travel: Held by Avandra.
* Trickery: Held by Laeris until his defeat; adopted by Sehanine.
* Tyranny: Held by Asmodeus.
* Undead: Held by Vecna.
* Underdark: Held by Torog.
* War: Formerly held by Tuern; adopted by Bane.
* Wilderness: Held by Melora.
* Winter: Held by Khala until her death; adopted by the Raven Queen.