Religion (Raesokera Supplement)
Legend of the pantheons of Raesokera
Long ago, a curious god named Atun created a world and filled it with life from realms across all of creation. He began with the continent of Raesokera, filling it with lush flora and beautiful fauna. He added more and more, morphing the landscape into a paradise of every ecology from hot sandy deserts to lush tropical rainforests and freezing tundras. He had created a masterpiece of life in perfect balance.
With the blessing and assistance of Bahamut, Atun introduced dragons to Raesokera to imbue the living world with magic. Dragonkind flourished and imbued the world with the Weave. The balance of life in the weave was such that Raesokera became a font of magical power. This brought the attention of many dieties, both benevolent and malignant. Among the first was the dragon goddess Tiamat who had a particular hatred for Bahamut and did everything in her power to spite him. She convinced Nethria, goddess of chaos and trickery, to introduce chaos to the balance. Nethria, in the guise of Mystra, provided one-way portals to men, dwarves, elves, gnomes, orcs, and more. They migrated to the new world. They developed new settlements and spread across the new world overflowing with resources both mundane and magical. Except for the various elven races, these humanoids consumed these natural resources with reckless abandon.
Atun became angry with the hedonistic and violent ways of the humanoids not of Raesokera. In his fury, he unleashed a virulent arcane plague that spread across the continent to destroy all mankind. All the new races created magical sanctuaries, hiding away from the incurable plague and the rest of the world. Atun was content letting them hide in their closed off sanctuaries while he rebalanced the world.
However, there was an unintended side effect of the magical disease on the wild beasts of Raesokera. The plague spread to every animal on the continent. Many died and some went extinct, but while the races hid in quarantined mountain citadels or escaped to the sea for many generations, the surviving beasts began to change. Their natural abilities and instincts evolved rapidly with each new generation. In only a dozen generations, many beasts stood bipedal like men. Within a century, dozens of new intelligent and sentient races were born. These new races began to form tribal societies. In order to keep them from destroying each other, Atun chose a strong champion or wise leader from each race. These champions were gifted with immortality and taught to lead their own races to prevent catastrophe. The new pantheon of Raesokera led the bestial races into an era of prosperity and peace.
This era of peace was ended when Rhaige, the immortal wolverine came under the influence of Bhaal. Rhaige was gifted a portion of Bhaal's power and sent to destroy the ancient sanctuary wards protecting the hidden races of men. He massacred men, dwarves, and elves in Shahalla by the thousands, making the first contact between beasts and men one of brutality and slaughter. Many of the other gods of the Forgotten realms chose champions among the immortal beasts to gift them with power as well in order to halt the violence of Rhaige.
Raesokeran Pantheon
| Name | Alignment | Suggested domains | Symbol |
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| Atun, god of life and magic | LG | Life/Knowledge | Two silver hands together with palms up and open on a royal blue background |
| Anu, canis god of the afterlife | N | Death | Black jackal head silhouette |
| Bahamut, god of enlightened justice and good dragonkind(1) | LG | Life/War | White dragon head facing left in a blue shield |
| Balthazax, rhinoceros god of combat | N | War | A charging feral rhinoceros |
| Bobo'gnung, platypus god of chaos and insanity | CN | Knowledge/Trickery | A misshapen face of indeterminable race or species (every time it's illustrated, it is unique) |
| Chiasin Amoore, red fox god of music and harmless mischief | CG | Trickery | A standing lute with two drums, one on either side beneath it |
| Dawn Rosepetal, ursus matron goddess of life | LG | Life/Light | Two bear paws cradling a bear cub |
| Durodin, armadillo god of protection and justice | LG | War/Protection(2) | Helm silhouette inside a shield |
| Flahjje, shapeshifting felis god/goddess of the hunt | CN | Nature/Death | Clawed feline pawprint |
| Fulvros Juval, fennec god of precious stones and artifacts | CG | Knowledge/Forge(2) | A white daimond surrounded on a black fennec fox head silhouette background |
| Golgarg, edentatus mole god of earth and stone | NG | Life | A pickaxe leaning against a stone |
| Joey Roscoo, kangaroo marsupialus god of friendship and loyalty | CG | Nature | A simple portrait of Joey Rosco grinning and winking |
| John Carpenter, ursus horse god of strength and hard work | LN | Life/City(2) | A hammer striking a nail |
| Karpokukuuq, frost fox god of the gourmet | N | Knowledge/Light | A white chef's hat over a golden plate and silver utensils |
| Laoko, otter god of rivers and seas | CG | Tempest | A stylized river or sea otter in a semicircular position next to a fish swimming opposite |
| Lemanus Rex, patron lion god of protection and retribution | LG | Light/War | A golden lion's head on a silver shield |
| Lex'treek, cheetah goddess of speed | N | Light | Blue lightning bolt |
| Mahi, mongoose god of tinkering | CN | Knowledge/Forge(2) | Three interspersed and differently sized gears |
| Masaku, raccoon god of shadows and deception | CN | Trickery/City(2) | A black cloth mask on a white background |
| Maradin, elk god of the wild | CG | Nature/Tempest | Maple leaf |
| Nicodemus, chiropteran god of sorcery | NG | Knowledge/Arcana(2) | Staff with glowing orb within a black bat wing |
| Nethria, goddess of chaos and trickery | CE | Trickery | Grinning mouth within an eight pointed star |
| Nungbat, opossum god of survival and false life | NE | Life/Grave(2) | A single daisy |
| Reekree, vampire bat god of undeath | NE | Death/Grave(2) | A feral bat skeleton with wings spread in flight |
| Rhaige, wolverine god of vengeance and slaughter | CE | War/Death | Four clawed gashes dripping with blood |
| Skak, weasel god of trade and scamming | LE | Trickery/City(2) | A snake coiled around a wine glass |
| Tantra, ocelot god of storms | CN | Tempest | A tornado between the boughs of a forest in flames |
| Tiamat, goddess of evil dragons(1) | LE | Trickery | Dragon head with five claw marks |
| Vargas, wolf god of the pack | LN | War | White silhouette of a howling wolf head facing right |
| Vermiputrus, rat god of poison and plague | NE | Death | a rat skull surrounded by buzzing flies on a green background |
| Wanda'Bessa'Tress, rabbit goddess of herbs and healing | NG | Nature/Life | A sprig of five green leaves on a white background |
| Wiskcitamoq, rodentus god of thieves and assassins | CE | Trickery/Death | A thrice curved dagger dripping poison next to a spilled open coin purse |
| Xióngmāo Lí, red panda goddess of tranquility and balance | NG | Life | A single blue drop of water surrounded by three thin blue ovals like ripples |
| Zaryss, mink goddess of beauty and exploit | LE | Trickery | A single red rose with thorns |
| Zogug, boar god of rampage | CE | War | Two boar tusks dripping blood |
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Note: This list is not all inclusive. There are many heroes and vestiges not on this list due to their obscurity. There is a small private list that the GM has available in case a player character's background fits well with a more obscure faith, but most will fit the given list of dieties for either Raesokera or Forgotten Realms.
Forgotten Realms Pantheon
For all races in Raesokera, the standard 5th edition pantheon is worshiped as normal since religious philosophies and principles are passed down from the humanoid races. See the Players Handbook pg 293 for more information.
| Name | Alignment | Suggested Domains | Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auril, goddess of winter | NE | Nature/Tempest | Six-pointed snowflake |
| Azuth, god of wizards | LN | Knowledge | Left hand pointing upward outlined in fire |
| Bane, god of tyranny | LE | War | Upright black right hand, thumb and fingers together |
| Beshaba, goddess of misfortune | CE | Trickery | Black antlers |
| Bhaal, god of murder | NE | Death | Skull surrounded by a ring of blood droplets |
| Chauntea, goddess of agriculture | NG | Life | Sheaf of grain or a blooming rose over grain |
| Cyric, god of lies | CE | Trickery | White jawless skull on black or purple sunburst |
| Deneir, god of writing | NG | Knowledge | Lit candle above an open eye |
| Eldath, goddess of peace | NG | Life/Nature | Waterfall plunging into still pool |
| Gond, god of craft | N | Knowledge | Toothed cog with four spokes |
| Helm, god of protection | LN | Life/Light | Staring eye on upright left gauntlet |
| Ilmater, god of endurance | LG | Life | Hands bound at the wrist with red cord |
| Kelemvor, god of the dead | LN | Death | Upright skeletal arm holding balanced scales |
| Lathander, god of birth and renewal | NG | Life/Light | Road traveling into a sunrise |
| Leira, goddess of illusion | CN | Trickery | Point-down triangle containing a swirl o f mist |
| Lliira, goddess of joy | CG | Life | Triangle of three six-pointed stars |
| Loviatar, goddess of pain | LE | Death | Nine-tailed barbed scourge |
| Malar, god of the hunt | CE | Nature | Clawed paw |
| Mask, god of thieves | CN | Trickery | Black mask |
| Mielikki, goddess of forests | NG | Nature | Unicorn’s head |
| Milil, god of poetry and song | NG | Light | Five-stringed harp made of leaves |
| Myrkul, god of death | NE | Death | White human skull |
| Mystra, goddess of magic | NG | Knowledge | Sigils:Circle of seven stars or Nine stars encircling a flowing red mist or Single star |
| Oghma, god of knowledge | N | Knowledge | Blank scroll |
| Savras, god of divination and fate | LN | Knowledge | Crystal ball containing many kinds of eyes |
| Selune, goddess of the moon | CG | Knowledge/Life | Pair of eyes surrounded by seven stars |
| Shar, goddess of darkness and loss | NE | Death/Trickery | Black disk encircled with a border |
| Silvanus, god of wild nature | N | Nature | Oak leaf |
| Sune, goddess of love and beauty | CG | Life/Light | Face of a beautiful red-haired woman |
| Talona, goddess of disease/poison | CE | Death | Three teardrops on a triangle |
| Talos, god of storms | CE | Tempest | Three lightning bolts radiating from a central point |
| Tempus, god of war | N | War | Upright flaming sword |
| Torm, god of courage/self-sacrifice | LG | War | White right gauntlet |
| Tymora, goddess of good fortune | CG | Trickery | Face-up coin |
| Tyr, god of justice | LG | War | Balanced scales resting on a warhammer |
| Umberlee, goddess of the sea | CE | Tempest | Wave curling left and right |
| Waukeen, goddess of trade | N | Knowledge/Trickery | Upright coin with Waukeen’s profile facing left |
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