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varyar
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TomCosta
Forgotten Realms Designer
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 Posted - 28 Jun 2024 : 16:32:45
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Some of the lesser known "demihuman" gods have a canon presence in the Realms like the dwarven gods Hanseath and Tharmekhul. There's Malyk, the drow god of wild magic from Ruins of Undermountain and Polyhdedron who was subsumed by Talos but freed following the Second Sundering. Grond Peaksmasher of the firbolg. Kikanuti of the bhuka goblins from Sandstorm but specifically placed in the Realms. Whatever Entropy from Chessenta is (varies by edition). Murdane is often brought up but has only gotten like two sentences of official lore and more recently some tweets from Ed. Bright Nydra is a lesser aspect of Selune from Elminster's Ecologies and Polyhedron. Valigan Thirdborn, dead god of anarchy, but he could be back. Seker from the Mulhorandi pantheon is not mentioned in the key sources but appears in Desert of Desolation and a Realms adventure in Dungeon mag. Similarly, Anu from the Bablylonian pantheon is noted in the Desert of Desolation (to be fair, that module lists several non Realms gods including Dionysius who was retconned into a saint of Ilmater).
Of course there's all the nonhuman gods that don't have an official presence in the Realms but could. Same goes for some of the other Untheric (Babylonian/Sumerian/Mesopotamian) and Mulhorandi (Egyptian) gods that have appeared in other sources that have never been mentioned in FR sources but could have come over and died in the Orcgate Wars or left prior to them. |
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TBeholder
Great Reader
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Posted - 28 Jun 2024 : 17:34:45
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As discussed in another thread, Kiputytto. Presumably tagging along with Loviatar and Mielikki in a quest for some greener grass. But eventually Talona defeated her, earning a grudge from Loviatar.
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Similarly, Anu from the Bablylonian pantheon is noted in the Desert of Desolation (to be fair, that module lists several non Realms gods including Dionysius who was retconned into a saint of Ilmater).
"Desert of Desolation" was made from a small series of early AD&D era modules (subset of "I" series) which had nothing to do with the Realms.
That is, it was a hasty shoehorn, not a "native FR" source. |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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varyar
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 28 Jun 2024 : 21:41:39
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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
There are a few others mentioned in the old class handbooks from AD&D that are specifically mentioned as being worshipped in areas of Toril.
Unfortunately i forget which books or where the quotes were located but there were at least 3 random god names.
There's one in Complete Book of Barbarians, assuming he's not just an alias for Talos.
"The cloud god Khass continually frustrates the barbarians of Eastern Shaar (in the FORGOTTEN REALMS setting); for months, he ignores their petitions for rain, then drenches them with downpours for weeks at a
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"(palm trees are fingers of the multi-appendaged Khass)" |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
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Posted - 01 Jul 2024 : 02:50:32
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| There is Kereska, the dragon goddess of magic, and Zorquan, the dragon god of dragonness (the essence of being a dragon), both featuresd only in the 2e Draconomicon. They haven't been mentioned in any other book that describes the draconic pantheon, although Kereska was mentioned in an item description in Baldur's Gate 3. |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 04 Jul 2024 : 20:50:41
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| Zandilar and a few other gods from the Yuirwood are a major story point in the novel "The Simbul's Gift". The Simbul was a godddess I think of the moment when you have to make a decision (absorbed by Lebalas in the Seldarine), Zandilar (absorbed by Sharess?), Relkath god of woodlands (absorbed by Rillifane), and a few others worshipped by a small number of Yuir elf tribes. I'm not sure if any of the 2nd/3rd edition sourcebooks did them much detail. |
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nblanton
Seeker
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Posted - 12 Jul 2024 : 18:34:54
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Originally posted by varyar
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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
There are a few others mentioned in the old class handbooks from AD&D that are specifically mentioned as being worshipped in areas of Toril.
Unfortunately i forget which books or where the quotes were located but there were at least 3 random god names.
There's one in Complete Book of Barbarians, assuming he's not just an alias for Talos.
"The cloud god Khass continually frustrates the barbarians of Eastern Shaar (in the FORGOTTEN REALMS setting); for months, he ignores their petitions for rain, then drenches them with downpours for weeks at a
time."
"(palm trees are fingers of the multi-appendaged Khass)"
Could also be another alias of Akadi similar to Teylas among the Tuigan. Given the description of the omens of Teylas in Horselords, Talos feels like a better fit for Teylas than Akadi, but according to the Horde boxed set, Teylas is Akadi.
As for some other obscure, as in never really detailed but used to be often mentioned in the early days of the setting are the various beast cults. I mean, I always loved the beholder cultist from Forgotten Realms Adventures but I've never really understood how they are supposed to work, beyond the small write-up in the aforementioned book.
Speaking of the Horde box, the Tiger and Horse cults are supposedly active among the nomads of the Wastes. I think that is the only place that I can recall any direct references to the beast cults existing. |
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Very obscure deities of the Realms?
