History Characters / GreyhawkDeities

* GoodIsNotNice: Although her rage is just, it often causes a lot of colatteral damage.

* AlphaBitch: She's the goddess of vanity (among other things, and not a very nice deity (indeed, she's borderline LawfulEvil). She even considers Phyton her enemy just [[GreenEyedMonster because she's afraid people think he's more beautiful than she is.]]

* BigScrewedUpFamily: His mother is a notorious witch and his father is the Demon Lord she kidnapped and raped to conceive him. His maternal grandmother is another evil witch Baba Yaga, and depending on what version of Graz'zt's backstory you believe his paternal grandparents may be the Demon Queen Pale Night and the ruler of the Nine Hells Asmodeus himself. [[spoiler: Or maybe even ''worse'' than Asmodeus, "[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos a cosmic entity of a thousand names and crawling chaos]]"...]]

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: His first edition stats show that his parentage had not been established yet and said that nobody knew exactly where he came from and just offered several theories; it also listed one of his main classes as a ''cleric'', which was in line with one early theory- that he was a worshipper of Orcus, Demon Lord of the Undead- but doesn't fit at all with his later characterisation or history as someone who is all about personal power and who wouldn't worship ''anyone''- even so, when his stats were converted to later editions, he was ''still'' listed as using cleric spells.

* ArcherArchetype: In her first form, she wields a shortbow.

* ArcherArchetype: He's the god of archery and wields a longbow.

* DropTheHammer: His favored weapon is his warhammer, ''Fury''.

* DropTheHammer: He wields a great hammer named ''Golbi'', said to be a gift from Moradin himself.

* DropTheHammer: He wields a great hammer, which is the bane of all undead.

* ReligionOfEvil: Tharizdun's worshippers are often insane. Their ultimate goal is to free their dark deity from his prison. Most of his followers are elementals or have ties to elementals, although he's also sometimes worshipped by nonhuman aberrations such as aboleths, neogi, and grell. Tharizdun's temples (often in the shape of black ziggurats) are usually hidden, due to necessity.

* BreakoutVillain: Vecna is unquestionably one of the single most popular tabletop villains period. Despite being from the ''Greyhawk'' setting, he is so popular that his status bleeds into most works of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' settings, including the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms''. He is so much of this trope in fact, that his character became officially integrated into the lore of the ''Forgotten Realms'', and he is one of the few non-Forgotten Realms characters to appear or be referenced in the setting regularly, such as the ''Tomb of Annihilation''. [[https://youtu.be/tF7j8lyqiNM The 2023 D&D Direct]] would even reveal an adventure module revolving around him as part of the 50th Anniversary MilestoneCelebration.

* BladeOnAStick: Her favored weapon is a shortspear.

* BladeOnAStick: Her favored weapon is the shortspear.

* MultiMeleeMaster: He possessed a large arsenal of sacred arms: a [[CarryABigStick greatclub]] called ''Bonebreak'', a [[JavelinThrower glaive/polearm]] called the ''Ebon Glaive'', the ''[[CoolSword Longsword of Stratis]]'', the ''[[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Shield of Stratis]]'', the ''[[BladeOnAStick Spear of Stratis]]'', the ''Axe of Stratis'' and the ''[[EpicFlail Flail of Stratis]]''.

* BladeOnAStick: His favored weapon is the onyx longspear that killed him.

* BladeOnAStick: He wields a glave-guisarme called ''Skewer of the Impure''.

* BladeOnAStick: His favored weapon is the spear.

* WhipItGood: He also wields a whip called the ''Viper of Hades''.

* WhipItGood: Her favored weapon is the whip.

* WhipItGood: In her second form, she wields a whip.

* BreakoutVillain: Vecna is unquestionably one of the single most popular tabletop villains period. Despite being from the ''Greyhawk'' setting, he is so popular that his status bleeds into most works of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' settings, including the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms''. He is so much of this trope in fact, that his character became officially integrated into the lore of the ''Forgotten Realms'', and he is one of the few non-Forgotten Realms characters to appear or be referenced in the setting regularly, such as the ''Tomb of Annihilation''.

* SinisterScimitar: He wields a long curved scimitar of elven make, which is known as ''Faruk''. Scimitars are also the favored weapon of his clerics.

* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Vara considers herself to be superior to her younger siblings Damaran and Berna. She uses her status as the eldest to compel them to do her bidding.

* YourWorstNightmare: When she was newly hatched, Vara visited her grandmother Breeka's troubled sleep, and wracked her with nightmares.

* BrotherSisterIncest: For the past thousand years, he has been the lover of his sister Wee Jas.

* BrotherSisterIncest: She is the lover of her brother Norebo.

* AnAxeToGrind: His signature weapon is a great magical battleaxe, though he has recently taken to the longsword.

* MultiMeleeMaster: He possessed a large arsenal of sacred arms: a [[CarryABigStick greatclub]] called ''Bonebreak'', a [[JavelinThrower glaive/polearm]] called the ''Ebon Glaive'', the ''[[CoolSword Longsword of Stratis]]'', the ''[[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Shield of Stratis]]'', the ''[[BladeOnAStick Spear of Stratis]]'', the ''[[AnAxeToGrind Axe of Stratis]]'' and the ''[[EpicFlail Flail of Stratis]]''.

* AnAxeToGrind: He wields a mighty battleaxe called ''Winter's Bite'', made completely of ice.

* SimpleStaff: He carries a wooden staff called the ''Shalmstaff''.

* SimpleStaff: Rao is rarely seen without his ''Serene Staff'', an undersized shepherd's crook that he wields as a light mace.