The Gods

Only four of the nineteen gods of this pantheon are of a good alignment:

Bahamut, dragon god of justice

Moradin, dwarven god of crafting

Avandra, human goddess of luck

Pelor, a human sun god

Seven are unaligned:

Corellon, elven god of magic

Erathis, god of invention

Ioun, god of knowledge

Kord, god of strength

Melora, goddess of the nature, wilderness and the sea

Raven Queen, goddess of death

Sehanine, goddess of trickery

Eight are of an evil alignment (the most numerous category):

Asmodeus, god of tyranny

Bane, god of war

Gruumsh, god of destruction

Lolth, goddess of spiders

Tiamat, dragon goddess of greed

Torog, god of the Underdark

Vecna, god of secrets

Zehir, god of darkness

#### Lord Ao the Overgod

* There is only one confirmed Overgod – though there is speculation that there may be others in parallel realities and dimensions outside the Planes of Existence

#### Shar and Selune

* Dark and Light – twin sisters – greater deities

#### Selune

* Ignited the sun and brough light and warmth to the world

#### Mystrl: Magic and the Weave

* Weave allowed non-deities to access magic
* Weave acted as a gate and barrier – one that could be destroyed
* Shar creates the Shadow Weave – evil magic – represents the gaps between the weave (web analogy)
* Mystrl becomes Mystra

#### Dawn War – Gods vs. Primordials

* The mad god Tharizdun marshals the primordials against the gods after being corrupted by the obyriths (oldest and most powerful demon lords)
* Shar and Selune put aside their differences to fight primordials
* The dragon god Io is slain by the King of Terror (powerful primordial) and is cut in two to create Bahamut and Tiamat

#### Bahamut

* Lord of the metallic dragons
* "The platinum dragon"
* Lives in elemental plane of air

#### Tiamat

* Lord of chromatic dragons
* Has 5 heads – one for each chromatic dragon color
* Allied with Asmodeus for a time
* Lives in 9 Hells

#### Demon Princes

* Obyrith Lords create their servants the tanar’ri who become Demon Princes
* Notable Demon Princes: Demogorgon, Orcus, Baphomet
* Live in the Abyss with all other demons (fiends)
* Sworn enemies of Devils after Blood War

#### Asmodeus

* Originally an angel – followers (other angels) also became devils
* Lords of the Nine – archdevils control The Nine Hells which exist in the Astral Sea

#### Istus – Goddess of Fate - Tablets of Fate

* Held the Tablets of Fate until they were stolen
* Ao cast down gods and took their divine powers away except for Istus whose power was tied to the tablets
* Tablets of fate were thought to hold some of Ao’s power and were coveted by many evil gods including Bane and Mrykul
* Ao recovered the tablets and destroyed them – Istus lost much of her power
* During Second Sundering the tablets were recreated and some of Istus’ power was restored but not all – but they were no longer in her care – locked up for safety

#### Cyric

* God of strife and deception, conflict and murder
* Murdered Mystra and causes Spellplauge
* Born mortal – lived around Zhentil Keep
* Discovered Tablets of Fate were missing and tried to warn the gods – did not get the reaction he wanted and became jealous of their power
* Offered to help find them but secretly wanted to take the tablets for himself if he could find them
* Ascends to godhood after killing Mystra
* He is punished by other gods and trap him in the Supreme Throne – Pandemonium – located in astral plane

#### Sea Gods

* Valkur (pronounced: /vɑːlˈkʌr/ val-KURR), the Captain of the Waves, was an exarch of Tempus, patron of sailors, ships, favorable winds, and naval combat.
* Umberlee (pronounced: /əmbɛrˈli/ uhm-ber-LEE[12]) was the evil sea goddess in the Faerûnian pantheon, most often worshiped by sailors or people traveling by sea, out of fear of her destructive powers.

#### Head gods of Racial Pantheons

* Gruumsh One-eye - Orcs
* Moradin – creator and chief deity of dwarves – lawful good
	+ Charged his followers with wiping out the followers of Gruumsh

#### Second Sundering

* During Second Sundering the tablets were recreated and some of Istus’ power was restored but not all
* New gods are raised and others demoted
* Chosen of the Gods are created – demigods