Dungeons & Dragons Group The Hague
Deities of Tilea
Bane is the ultimate tyrant. He is thoroughly evil and malicious, and he revels in hatred and fear. He hopes to control all of Tilea and dominate or subsume all other deities, although for now he willing to work with some of them to advance his cause.
Symbol: Green rays squeezed forth from a black fist
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Portfolio: Hatred, tyranny, fear, fighters, rules, power-hungry.
Domains: Evil, Destruction, Strength, Law, War
Favored Weapon: Gauntlet
Ashta
The Queen of the Sky as Ashta is called by her followers, used to be a mortal long time ago. The woods in Grand Grennalda where she ascended to divinity have received their name after her. Currently she cares specially for those woods, and some say that the source of her power still lies somewhere hidden in the Ashta woods. The Queen of the sky is always wearing her leather armour and a wooden mask covering her face, her body is slim with great white wings sprouting from her side. Ashta’s covered face together with her pointed ears and long brown hair, bound with feathers, leaves and twigs reflect her pride and courage. Ashta will do everything to stand up, draw her weapons and defend her flock and her nature. She hates all defying the natural flow of life and she advocated that evil should be fought and your homes and lives defended. Ashta does not walk away for a fight if it’s a fight to defend good. However she does not advocate chivalry and heroism to save others. Everyone has to fight their own battles. Space, community and freedom are important concepts for Ashta, and her followers respect those virtues.
Symbol: Spinning lady, wielding two scimitars on a blue background
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Portfolio: Rangers, druids, Astarran, hunters, nomads, half-elves, dervishes
Domains: Air, Animal, Strength, Community, Good
Favored Weapon: Shortspear
Asraël
Asraël is a cruel, capricious deity, with the heritage of a Drow, he is the ultimate evil weapon against good. Whenever his followers fight, he wants to see death, blood and destruction. He inherently hates all elves and especially Corellon and Illudus.
Symbol: Black floating disk with in the middle a white globe of light
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Portfolio: Hatred, darkness, chaos, assassins, drow, tieflings, demons
Domains: Evil, Chaos, Trickery, Destruction, Madness
Favored Weapon: Spear
The great great wizard of long time ago, now elevated to godhood by his followers. Illudus is by times slightly arrogant, especially about the power of the arcane and the position of his followers. Illudus discourages fighting if not necessarily, he prefers peaceful solution of problems or magic to control the situation.
Symbol: A gold staff, decorated with rich gems and a blue shinning light coming from its tip
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: Eladrin, magic, spells, wizards, elves, sages. spellcasters
Domains: Good, Rune, Magic, Knowledge
Favored Weapon: Staff
Corellon Larethian
The god of the elves, Corellon is chaotic good. He is known as the creator of the elves, the Protector, and ruler of all elves. He governs those things held in the highest esteem among the elves such as magic, music, arts, crafts, poetry and warfare.
Symbol: Cresent moon
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Portfolio: Magic, the elven race, music, bards, warriors, crafts, arts, magic, defenders
Domains: Good, Chaos, Magic, War, Protection
Favored Weapon: Longsword
Erichtus
Erichtus is the god of men who takes upon himself the duty to execute the law. There is right and wrong in the world, and followers of Erichtus have the responsibility to dictate the law as just as possible. Since their arrival on Tilea, thousands of years ago, many dwarves have taken up the worshipping of Erichtus as the god of mineral wealth. Next to law and justice, this deity is striving to create a strong and good society, with a focus on family, community and the environment. Erichtus is of average size, appears always clean shaved, with short black-grayish hair neatly ordered. His eyes are like red gems.He wears a shinning breastplate with his waraxe on the back and his hands together in front of him holding a chalice.
Symbol: Two hands together holding a chalice.
Alignment: Lawful Good
Portfolio: Dwarves, judges, fighters, family, protection, defenders, environment
Domains: Good, Law, Community, Knowledge, Earth
Favored Weapon: Greatsword
Cyan
This god of portals takes the form of an adult man. He is very tall and has a masculine build. He can change any doorway so it leads to any other location.
Cyan was the first one to break the barrier of Tilea and to bring this plane in contact with others. It is thanks to Cyan that Tilea has so many operating portals to various planes. Many arcanists pay homage to this god for his arcane knowledge, and ability to bypass the barrier. Other praise Cyan for his versatility and ability to combine arcane with melee might. Cyan is a tanned human, with a heavy short black beard and black hair, his body and head are always covered by dark red clothes/cloak. Cyan stands for traveling, for trying new things, going to new places and challenging the unknown. Cyan blesses the traveler, and controls the weather, either for good or for bad. Dedication, commitment, strength and enthusiasm are important values for Cyan and travelers.
Symbol: A magical portal engulfed in fire
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Portfolio: Arcanists, portal users, adventurers, fighters, merchants, travelers
Domains: Weather, Knowledge, Magic, Strength, Travel, Fire
Favored Weapon: Falchion
Bahamut
The dragon lord fights against evil, and stimulates and motivates his followers to do so. There is no more noble way than to defend the weak and fight for good. Take the battle to evil, help those in need, but remain independent and glorious. Do not take the burdens of others upon you. Bahamut is a gargantuan dragon; shinning, proud and vigilant. Bahamut and his followers especially oppose the activities of chromatic dragons
Symbol: Golden Star
Alignment: Lawful Good
Portfolio: Paladins, dragons, dragonborn, good, protectors, rulers, flying creatures
Domains: Air, Good, Nobility, Protection, Glory
Favored Weapon: Greatsword
Lythegar
This mysterious deity has gathered an impressive following through the years. Even though his sometimes evil nature, a large portion of his followers is neutral. He is usually portrayed as wearing black and gray robes, which are covered in map-like designs. He always carries a map and a time piece. He knows the past and the future, and can impart knowledge of it. But his evil nature is clearly visible in his eyes, which remember those of a skull. His skin, whenever visible is covered in moving tatoos. Whatever the Black Preacher does and what he is, is unclear to most. His identity is deep hidden, his goals secret to most. What is known about Black Preacher is that he works in secret and mystery, rewards the most creative minds in their secret goals. Achieving something by secrecy, trickery and creative thinking is what the Black Preacher wants his followers to achieve. He considers force of arms and strength as signs of weakness. True masterminds manipulate from behind the stage, and let their puppets rule.
Symbol: A dark brown torn cloth with a staff through it
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Portfolio: Rulers, strategists, mapmakers, intellectuals, rogues, wizards, time
Domains: Knowledge, Trickery, Artifice, Darkness, Destruction
Favored Weapon: Quarterstaff
Samuel Goldenblade
The god of valor, Samuel Goldenblade, is lauwful good. His title is the invincible. Samuel Goldenblade promotes justice, valor chivalry and honor. He fights against all evil and injustice. Followers of Samuel Goldenblade are proud of who they are but their first priority is to help those who are oppressed and in need.
Symbol: A golden and shinning blade in a mighty hand.
Alignment: Lawful Good
Portfolio: Paladins, fighters, monks, good, justice, duty, loyalty, knights, guardians
Domains: Good, Protection, Healing, Strength, Glory
Favored Weapon: Longsword
Kemp
Kemp is a good looking, well spoken rogue; his looks are that of a thin man (with a goatee and black half long hair) wielding a rapier and a short sword. He represents all what is good in live: luck, money, freedom, beauty and happiness. Kemp thinks that live is good and that is should be enjoyed by all means. Kemp promotes the usage of a weapon in each hand. Kemp promotes luck, chivalry, adventuring but also boldness and disdain against law.
Symbol: A swashbuckler rapier, drenched in the water on a horizon.
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Portfolio: Swashbucklers, nobles, travelers, freedom fighters, rebels, float citizens
Domains: Luck, Trickery, Liberation, Nobility, Travel
Favored Weapon: Rapier and Short Sword
Devitrus
This powerful deity loves the night, and encourages his followers to bypass the day and live the night. Devitrus is of small but dexterous build, he favors speed, cunnig and trickery over strength, force and law. Devitrus is smart, mysterious, cunning and charismatic, excited with plotting and scheming. Devitrus fights all good, light and shinny, destruction is encouraged as long as it’s cunning, ambitious and secret.
Symbol: A hooded head with unrecognizable face, holding two rapiers crossed in front of its features.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Portfolio: Darkness, shadow, thieves, assassins, secrets, greed, night.
Domains: Trickery, Death, Charm, Evil, Darkness
Favored Weapon: Rapier
Bearroscsir
The grandmother of Tilea, she caress for all that lives and nurtures all that exist. The grandmother of the earth is worshipped for her love and caring of all nature. Bearroscsir manifests as an old woman sitting on a three trunk and patting animals. Many farmers and all other people that live in the nature worship the grandmother of the earth.
Symbol: A pile of earth
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: Farmers, agriculture, plants, animals, gardeners, druids, rangers
Domains: Earth, Animal, Plant, Healing, Weather
Favored Weapon: Club
Solange
Symbol: A round sun, shinning on a crowd of joyful people.
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: Females, spellcasters, travellers, adventurers, fire creatures, sun, lovers
Domains: Fire, Luck, Charm, Healing, Magic, Sun
Favored Weapon: Scimitar
Izalahz
This diety manifest itself as an old, poor man, with shabby clothes, wrinkled sunken face and a bolding head. This grey old men usually sits on the ground and laughs with a deep, trembling voice. Izalahz is a crazy mad diety, with an unending hunger for blood, cruelty, horror, war and destruction. Izalahz offers plenty in return for a saturation of his horrific needs, however he always wants more. Many mortals seduced by promises, gifts, words and stories swayed from the rightful path and joined Ignatius in his campaign of evil.
Symbol: A pile of blood with a hand reaching out from it.
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Portfolio: The power hungry, murder, pain, seduction, suffering, cruelty, power
Domains: Madness, Destruction, Trickery, Evil
Favored Weapon: Spiked Chain
Halldor
This deity is mostly worshipped by the proud people of the North. Halldor is big muscular diety, with a braided black beard and a bold head. Halldor always wields his greataxe into combat with an unmatched fury. Halldor is worshipped by proud, strong men, which venture into battle proudly and vigorously. Halldor promotes the right of the strongest and righteous war. His flags are carried to the battlefield and his clergy travel from battle to battle, to join the ranks of those who fight.
Symbol: A muscled arm.
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Portfolio: Physical strength, fighters, barbarians, courage, duty, loyalty, war
Domains: Chaos, Strength, War, Protection, Glory
Favored Weapon: Greataxe
Eress
The black preacher as Eress is also called, has been drained of most of his strength long time ago. Nevertheless the deity compensates his lack of strength with his wits, cunning and dexterity. Eress is a bone-thin middle-aged man, with a black cloak and hood. Eress profits from the death, and safeguards their passage to the afterlive. Those souls that are not worthy passing or that none claims, Eress keeps for himself. Those unlucky souls are left to his mercy, which is almost always a bad faith, and most of them end-up roaming Tilea as undead. Eress always needs new souls to serve him, for that purpose he encourages his followers to kill.
Symbol: Black cross with a bone dagger protruding from it.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Portfolio: Undeath, pain, magic, loss, death, rogues, necromancers, assassins
Domains: Death, Repose, Magic, Evil, Law
Favored Weapon: Dagger
Quartus
Quatrus is supporting to all those that like to create, he is especially found on scientists – people who create new things. Once in a while he lets some brilliant individual come up with a new breathtaking idea. But Quartus is also the keeper of knowledge; he knows all secrets of Tilea. Quartus is an old man (although some claim him to be a gnome), always wearing dozens of various crafting equipments on his body, curly hair, a small white beard and deep eyes hidden behind thick glasses. His clerics are known to praise knowledge and wisdom in the well known phrase: “Time is power, Knowledge is value and Wisdom is precious.”
Symbol: A time piece
Alignment: Neutral
Portfolio: Wise, scholars, time, crafts, construction, history, secrets, gnomes
Domains: Knowledge, Artifice, Fire, Earth, Rune
Favored Weapon: Light Mace
Cylynet
This small joyful human with red braided hair and an enduring smile on his face wears various instruments when he appears to a mortal. Cylynet sponsors all who enjoy live in a traditional way, he is especially found of artists of all kinds. Many bards whisper prayers to Cylynet before starting their performance. Music and artistry is a part of life and should be enjoyed in families, communities and by travelers.
Symbol: A playing flute with music notes coming from it.
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Portfolio: Dancers, musicians, bards, family, travellers, art, artists.
Domains: Charm, Trickery, Travel, Community, Good
Favored Weapon: Short Sword
Abadegan
For all merchants, moneylenders, but also other people that live in cities Abadegan is the most important deity. For this deity, all live takes place in the cities, in trade and in social interactions, nature, village and wildlife are secondary. Abadegan is a middle-aged tanned man with a nice curly mustache and black short hair, wielding a falchion in one hand and holding a bag of coins in the other.
Symbol: Silver Coin
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Portfolio: Trade, merchants, wealth, money, cities, urban live
Domains: Community, Law, Nobility, Protection, Travel
Favored Weapon: Falchion
Virya
The goddess of the elements has relatively little followers compared to the enormous powers she possesses. Most worshippers are sailors who pray to Virya before going on a journey. Virya is true neutral and uses the powers of the elements to keep a balance between various good and evil powers often destroying the plans of other deities in the process. Virya can assume a form in any of the 4 elements, she usually appears as a part of water with a trident in her hand. Clerics of Virya can choose only one domain and devote their powers fully to the chosen element. In reward they become completely immune to the element they choose.
Symbol: A round circle consisting out of 4 parts each with a sign of the 4 elements.
Alignment: Neutral
Portfolio: Weather, elements, sailors, oceans
Domains: Water, Air, Fire, Earth
Favored Weapon: Mace
Frifares
The legend says that the archer god never misses. No true archer walks on Tilea without paying a small offering, now and than, to the archer god. Although many archers pay homage to Frifares it is not his only portfolio. Frifares is a keen ranger, and many entering and dwelling in the forests worship the archer god. Frifares, a knowledgeable, silent human is judgmental and chooses his friends wisely. He is of average build always covered in leaves.
Symbol: a simple arrow.
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Portfolio: Ranger, woodmen, forests, druids, foresters, archers
Domains: Plant, Animal, Good, Travel, Protection
Favored Weapon: Composite Longbow
Valaya
The good hearted dwarven goddess of peace, family and community dislikes war, evil and hostilities. Even though Valaya originally is a dwarf, she is sometimes also worshipped in human communities. Valaya wants her followers to live in peace with their families in save communities. Her clergy is to aid, protect and heal her followers. Clergy is holy because of their status in the communities. Her clergy is there to serve all, and is forbidden to take positions of authrity. Valaya is known for the judgment test of Garak Vorm. Those that pass the test receive a blessing; those that fail receive a curse. However the curse is mild: a hair lock turns to orange when the test is failed. Valaya herself regards herself as strong as her followers and has her hair orange as well.
Symbol: A orange hair lock
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: Dwarves, families, healers, miners, peasants, poor, oppressed, peace
Domains: Protection, Healing, Community, Earth, Good
Favored Weapon: Heavy Mace
Imbarael
The writing about this deity goes back all the way to the creation of Tilea. Although little is know of those times, Imbarael is known to be the first Tilenean deity. Imbarael is particularly strange, as he does not have a clergy. He accepts no clerics in his service, but instead chooses other particular individuals as his weapons and servants. Just a few powerful individuals are approached by Imbrael, he usually favours rogues of fighters. Those special servants must be of pure neutral alignment and receive extraordinary powers to fulfil their missions. The servants of Imbarael follow his orders and bring balance to the world, in the process eliminating a crazy mad king or an overzealous paladin. Imbrael himself is a handsome man, wearing a shinning breastplate armor and a sharp blade. His face is that of an adult man with brown shoulder long hair, coming from under his helmet. Many people follow Imbarael because of his strive for balance and his enduring fight against fanatics, either of the evil of the good kind.
Symbol: White background with one coloured dot (black, red, blue or green)
Alignment: Neutral
Portfolio: Neutrality, balance, guardians, defenders, mercenaries, oppressed
Domains: Good, Law, Chaos, Evil
Favored Weapon: Bastardsword
