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| {{CharacterNav|title=Deity Aspects}}
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| ==Powers of Worship==
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| Aspects are distinct fragments of a deity in the Realms; regional variations with not only a different name but maybe even a different ethos or portfolio. Sometimes they are the deities who have been defeated or subdued or even willingly absorbed but whose followers are not yet ready for the "true faith".
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| The following god-aspects have been added as powers to be worshipped. Eventually there will be a system for more interesting interaction with their parent religion. The lore blurbs here are only meant to give you atmospheric insight and in some cases are META-KNOWLEDGE that really only the gods might know or what your general normie in the Realms knows.
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| ===Intermediate Power===
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| Leira (CN, CE) T&D, Magic - Symbol: A cloudy gray triangle of mist, point downward - portfolio - deception, illusion, mist, shadows - worshippers: illusionists, liars
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| Shortly after the Time of Troubles - the God of Murder duped the goddess of Lies and struck her down and thus won her portfolios and most of her followers. Cyric of course has largely won over most of her continental followers but in Nimbral and Samarach her worship remains strong, where the question of whether or not their prayers are answered by Lord Cyric is not an issue.
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| ===Lesser Power===
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| Ibrandul (CN, CE) T&D, H&H - Symbol: Four interlocking silver circles on a dark purple background - portfolio - Caverns, dungeons, skulks - worshippers: Calishite thieves, explorers of the underdark, those who fight the drow, those being groomed to worship Shar in Calimshan and Waterdeep
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| During the Time of Troubles the Dark Lady finally defeated and subsumed the Calishite deity of the Underdark and Caverns - she did not explicitly inform his followers of this and her own priesthood has been instructed to leave them alone. Only the more benevolent priests have left to other deities or have fallen to faithlessness.
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| ===Demipower===
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| Eshowdow (CN, CE, NE) T&D, War - Symbol: Black, vaguely man-shaped shadow with long claws - portfolio: Shadows, destruction, revenge, cowardice, ignominy, fear worshippers: Eshowe, outcast Tabaxi, Chultan goblins, Chultans groomed to worship Shar
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| Shar has always wanted a place in the hearts of Chultans and finally she was able to defeat the enemy of Ubtao shortly after the Time of Troubles. Not wishing the Protector of Chult to discover that a Faerunian power has infrilted his domain she has maintained the aspect - with only some in her priesthood aware of the transition.
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| Bright Nydra (CG, NG, CN) Nature, H&H (Druidic)- Symbol: A crescent moon over an intricate snowflake - portfolio: The winter moon, hope, renewal worshippers: Marsh Drovers of the Farsea Marshes in Cormyr, the depressed, those who are lost
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| Bright Nydra is an aspect of Selune worshipped by the people (Marsh Drovers) of the Farsea Mashes in Cormyr. This naturist aspect of the goddess is said to be her daughter with Shaundakul and reportedly defeated Bhaal's avatar during the Time of Troubles.
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| Entropy (N, NE, LN) War, K&I - Symbol: Black Circle - portfolio - Tyranny, Control, Destruction of Magic - worshippers: House Karanok in Chessenta, denizens of the City of Luthcheq, anti-magi of Chessenta, those who hate dwarves, elves, gnomes and other magical races
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| Entropy is a strange Sphere of Annihilation that was worshipped by the mad rulers of Luthceq (House Karanok). As they were purging and oppressing the Magi of their City in 1370 the Goddess Tiamat decided to encourage them and so began to answer prayers of their priests and establish a formal priesthood.
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| Human locked.
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| Tchazzar (CE, NE, CN) War, H&H - Symbol: A Red Dragon - portfolio - Chessenta, Battle, Strength, Victory - worshippers: Chessentans and those awed by the majesty of the first Sceptenar of Chessenta
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| Tchazzar is known as the Great Red Wyrm and was as the guise of a human general who eventually unified Chessenta for the first and last time. In 1018 DR he disappeared after a victorious battle against Sahaugin raiders - little did his people know he had apotheosized. Though his mortal empire collapsed his followers established cults in Cimbar and Soorenar who received answers to their prayers - during the Time of Troubles he returned to toil as the Red Wyrm aspect of Tiamat, a detail no mortals would understand, and though he once again disappeared his cult continues with its distinct worship.
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| Human Locked.
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| ===Dark Seldarine===
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| Malyk (CE, NE, CN) Magic, T&D - Symbol: Multihued vortex - portfolio - Wild magic, evil magic, rebellion - worshippers: Drow, derro, and alhoon wild mages
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| Once a Drow lich who lived beneath the Dalelands which placed him opportunely to absorb an aspect of Mystra when she was slain by Helm in Shadowdale during the time of troubles. Shortly there after the god Tempus sought him out and destroyed him - but his essence and identity was stolen in that moment by Talos - who among surfacers is the patron of Wild Magic but his worship in the depths is largely under the name Malyk and is seen chiefly as part of the Dark Seldarine.
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| ===Gnomish===
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| Nebelun (CG, NG, CN) Magic, T&D - Symbol: A Bellows and lizard tail - portfolio - Inventions, good luck - worshippers: gnomish inventors, luck-seekers, tinkerers
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| Nebelun is a gnomish power that never directly entered The Realms and so Gond came to fulfill the roll. Though as ages have passed and direct worship of Gond has been formally accepted among some gnomes - there are small cults who maintain the distinction between the two and others who do not see the resemblance at all.
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| Gnome locked.
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| ===Seldarine===
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| Avachel (CN, CG, CE) K&I, T&D - Symbol: A grinning dragon's head - portfolio - Learning, invention, humor, storytelling, tricks - worshippers: bards, free thinkers, and performers
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| Avachel is the companion wyrm of Erevan Ilsere in the Seldarine. But this is just a male aspect of Hlal who is a dear friend of the Seldarine.
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| Elf locked.
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| ===Mulhorandi===
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| Bes (CN, CG, CE) T&D, Magic - Symbol: Ugly Human with Dwarfism - portfolio - Luck, music, protection - worshippers: Gamblers, Rogues, Bards, Illusionists
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| The Mulhorandi power Bes has waned over the years and has effectively abandoned the Realms. His cult remains distinct, though small, but the dwarven power Vergadain has subsumed it into his portfolio and is now answering the prayers of his clerics. This is not known by his Humanist followers.
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| Human locked.
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| (Vergadain will go back to being dwarf only!)
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| ===Yuan-ti===
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| Sss’thasine’ss (CE, NE, CN) Nature, T&D (Druidic) - Symbol: Swarm of writhing venomous creatures - portfolio - venomous creatures - worshippers: Yuan-ti, dark nagas
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| Another aspect of the World Serpent, Sss’thasine’ss was an evil deity once worshiped by yuan-ti, dark nagas, and a few other Scaled Ones. He appeared to his followers as a writhing swarm of coiled serpents in a crude humanoid shape and typically
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| communicated through the heads of countless smaller snakes. Sss’thasine’ss was ultimately destroyed by one of the elf gods around the time that the Vyshaantaar rose to power in Aryvandaar. Talona has since assumed his aspect.
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| Yuan-ti locked.
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| Varae (CN, CE) - War, Trickery Symbol: Snake biting its tail portfolio: snakes worshippers: yuan-ti purebloods, calishite barbarians
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| A nomadic beast cult made up of humans in the Shining Plains began worshiping the god Varae during the Fifth Age of Calimshan ( 200 DR to 270 DR). A group of pureblood yuan-ti from the Chultan Peninsula infiltrated the cult and spread its influence across Faerûn. One group of cultists migrated north in search of Ss’thar’tiss’ssun, only to be transformed en masse into ophidians when they unleashed an artifact created by House Orogoth and left behind by the yuan-ti. It is an aspect of slumbering Sseth.
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| Open to all (meant for yuan-ti & humans).
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| Merrshaulk (CE, NE, CN) - War, Trickery Symbol: Cobra Head - portfolio: Beasts, Predators, Somnolence - worshippers: yuan-ti outcasts, hunters
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| Upon the fragmentation of their primary deity, the sarrukh chose to venerate the aspect embodied by Merrshaulk. This cruel and despotic deity set the sarrukh on the path toward absolute evil. Merrshaulk cared little for the plight of the serpent races, as long as they continued to worship him. He inexplicably sank into a deep slumber that lasted for thousands of years. Ultimately, he was reborn in the form of his avatar Sseth, the deity that the yuan-ti now venerate - however there still remain isolated groups who do not know "the good news" or turn to the old to defy the new.
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| Yuan-ti locked.
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| :Aspects: [[Deity#Aspects|ASPECT]], [[Deity#Aspects|ASPECT]]
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| :Alignment: SOMETHING SOMETHING
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