Lonwan, the Balance Keeper

Lonwan

Titles	The Balance Keeper
Pantheon	Dragon Pantheon
Role	Keeper of the balance between fear and safety
Divine Domain	Balance, secrets, rain
Alignment	Neutral
Power	God
Nature	Possibly a Loong rather than a true dragon

Lonwan is the third and most enigmatic of the gods of dragonkind - the Balance Keeper, who maintains the equilibrium between fear and safety. Older and folk accounts call him Saridor, naming him beside the elder dragon-myths.

Divine Domain

Lonwan represents the necessary tension between comfort and challenge: without fear there can be no courage, and without danger no true safety. He is rumoured to be an exceptionally powerful spellcaster and a patron of secrets and rain, though the origin of those claims is unclear.

Roles

Some scholars argue that Lonwan is not truly a dragon in the ordinary sense, but a Loong - one of the mighty, rare creatures that stand outside the dichotomy of fear and safety. Whatever his nature, he holds the scales between Temeria’s fear and Fazen’s safety in balance.

History

Sources on Lonwan are sparse. His exact appearance, his true motives, and even the full scope of his role remain unknown - fitting for a god whose domain includes secrets.

Relationships

• Temeria and Fazen - the poles of fear and safety he holds in balance.
• The Loong - the breed he may belong to (see Dragons).

Appendix

Sources & Attribution

• Primary lore: editions/5e-2014/monsters/dragons/dragon-gods.md (Dragons Catalogue), author TrueMichato.

Deities

Gods Of Thelemar

Main Pantheons of Thelemar

The Greek Pantheon	Zeus Poseidon Hades Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Pan Eleos Nemesis Dike Hecate
The Norse Pantheon	Odin Thor Loki Idun Frigga Hel Heimdall Forseti Týr Sif Freya Frey Ullr Aegir Bragi Balder Brokkr & Eitri Jörð Skadi
The Egyptian Pantheon	Ra Shu Tefnut Geb Nut Osiris Isis Set Nephthys Thoth Anubis Horus Konshu Bastet
The One God	The One God
The Old Gods	Indra Agni Kali Rudra Lakshmi Surya Ushas Varuna Vishnu

Secondary Pantheons of Thelemar

The Titans	Cronus Hyperion Oceanus Coeus Iapetus Phoebe Mnemosyne Theia Theia Atlas Prometheus Themis
The Giant Pantheon	Gaia Thrym Surtr Grendel Neringa Atlas Daidarabotchi
The Dragon Pantheon	Temeria Fazen Lonwan

The Mictlān Pantheon

Mictlān	Temeria Kroni Maricha Rangda Chronozon Lucifer Tamamo Mara Asmodeus

The Lost Pantheon

Tuath Dé (Celtic)	The Daghdha Arawn Belenus Brigantia Diancecht Dunatis Goibhniu Lugh Manannan mac Lir Math Mathonwy Morrigan Nuada Oghma Silvanus

The Seelie Court

The Lord of Spiders	The Lord of Spiders Deity-Yenosh
The Aarakocra Pantheon	Gagana The Storm Trio Ziz Phoenix
The Tabaxi Pantheon	KITTY Seeker Quest Soul Clime Roam Capricious Gloom Allure Luck
The Round Table	King Arthur Merlin Sir Lancelot Sir Gawain Sir Percival Sir Galahad Sir Bedivere Sir Tristan Sir Bors

Other Deities

Beings	Baba Yaga Magna Um Fearheart Nimue Morgan le Fay Deity-Mephistopheles Deity-Qotal
Outsiders / Invaders	Cirein-cròin Vecna Poetry Yagar
Lesser Deities	Yeenoghu Lolth Deity-Gruumsh Ioun Deity-Ragarra Deity-Vecna Deity-Yeenoghu Deity-Zehir
Ascended Dragons	Ko-Arto Gazu-Shirak Koru-Homura Ri-Omori Sunda-Kori
Fates	The Moirai The Norns Maʽat & Isfet
Elemental Deities	Imix Yan-C-Bin Olhydra Ogrémoch
Nahatul	Witsil Tezcat Quetzalcoatl Xipe Totec

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