The Dragon Pantheon

The gods of dragonkind are few and strange. People often find it odd that dragons - vast, majestic, awe-striking - should have gods at all; but scholars hold that dragons approach faith differently, regarding their gods less as creators to be prayed to than as respected kings or generals whose word is to be heeded.

History

Dragons have only three gods - far fewer than any mortal faith, yet one more than the bare minimum one might guess. These gods are also far lesser than the gods mortals pray to: Temeria is roughly the equal of the other eight rulers of Mictlān - mighty beyond any mortal or ordinary dragon, but a candle beside the gods of the three great pantheons or the One God.

Deities of the Pantheon

Name	Description	Domain	Alignment
Temeria	Mother of Fear Dragons; an archfiend of Mictlān	Fear, avarice, domination	Evil
Fazen	The Paragon of Safety; ascended counterbalance to Temeria	Protection, security	Good
Lonwan	The Balance Keeper; perhaps a Loong	Balance, secrets, rain	Neutral

Notable Beings Related to the Pantheon

In older and folk accounts (see Dragons), two other figures appear in place of Fazen and Lonwan: Xymor, the First Platinum, said to have been set as god of the metallic dragons, and Saridor, the Hidden Gem, an emerald dragon who hid dragonkind and sealed away the grace of the dead dragon-gods. These belong to the contested, pre-canonical mythology of dragons rather than to the established three.

Worship and Practices

Cults dedicated to venerating dragons as gods have sprung up across Thelemar, offering prayers and sacrifices in hope of favor. Chief among the faithful are the kobold tribes, who revere their draconic progenitors without ulterior motive - a devotion that, uniquely, grants some tribes great power as unconditional representatives of their dragon masters.

View of Other Religions

The dragon gods are lesser powers in the cosmic order, tolerated by the great pantheons and the One God only so long as their ambitions stay contained.

Appendix

See Also

• Dragons - the Fear/Safety cosmology these gods preside over
• The Mictlān Pantheon - Mictlān, where Temeria rules as an archfiend

Sources & Attribution

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

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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