History Characters / PathfinderDeities

* GodOfTheDead: The TrueNeutral[[invoked]] judge of the dead. She appears as a stately gray-skinned lady with white hair that doesn't quite obey gravity, despises the undead for being abominations, and runs the CelestialBureaucracy where souls wait to receive her judgement before going on to their designated afterlife. She rules over the {{psychopomp}}s, who rove the planes as her agents in safeguarding the passage of souls and battling those who would pray upon them, and charges her followers with watching over the dead on the material plane as well as battling the undead. Interestingly, besides being the goddess of death, she's also the goddess of [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition birth]], ruling over both the beginning and end of mortal lives, and is worshipped by midwives as much as by undertakers and undead-hunters.

* TeamSwitzerland: Her realm is this on a Metaphysical level to the point that Angels, Devils, and Demons all work side by side to protect the River of Souls. Each one of the Outer Planes has a court, or embassy in modern terms, in her realm to help souls reach their final destination and to facilitate travel. The only exception is the Neutral Evil Plane of Hades, as they're not allowed in her realm due to their actions.

%%* GoodWingsEvilWings: Evil Wings.
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%%* YourWorstNightmare

* BenevolentAbomination: Desna is an ancient being that pre-dates the stars, whose true form is a massive moth-like creature, and who is heavily associated with stars and dreams. It's suggested that she may be an [[CthulhuMythos Outer God]] who became fascinated by humanity.

* {{Revenge}}: Part of her portfolio

* InSeriesNickname: Old Deadeye, Stag God, Estig the Hunter.

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* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Rovagug is an ascended qlippoth lord, making him the most powerful archfiend in existence.

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->'''Nationality:''' Taldan

->'''Nationality:''' Devil

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* OrderVsChaos: The nature of his conflict with [[ChaoticGood Ihys]]. [[LawfulEvil Asmodeus]] [[CainAndAbel killed his brother for it]].

->'''Nationality:''' Elf

->'''Nationality:''' Taldan

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: He was a mortal adventurer who passed the Starstone test... while shitfaced drunk.

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: He was a mortal hero who passed the Starstone test... completely hammered.

->'''Nationality:''' Varisian

* TimeAbyss: Among the core deities, Desna is the third eldest (after Pharasma and Rovagug), and predates mortal life and the creation of the Material Plane.

->'''Nationality:''' Ulfen

->'''Nationality:''' Kellid

->'''Nationality:''' Mwangi

* LordOfTheOcean: Gozreh takes this role in his female incarnation as the goddes of the sea (as opposed to her male incarnation as the god of the sky); as the ruler of the seas, she's depicted as a woman with sea-green hair whose lower body is a pillar of roiling water. Her role as the god of the air and of storms also ties into this, making Gozreh the god of the seas in one incarnation and of winds and storms in the other; as a result, they are worshipped by most people who make their living in or on the water, especially fishermen, merchants and sailors. The trident being their favored weapon further cements Gozreh's thematic ties to Poseidon.

->'''Nationality:''' Chelaxian

->'''Nationality:''' Vudrani

* SelfMadeMan: He achieved divinity through self-perfection, and views those who ascended via the Test of the Starstone (like Iomedae, Norgorber, and Cayden Cailean) as having cheated, except Aroden, whom he actually respected a lot. The reason he looks down on the other Ascended is that they copied Aroden's method of attaining godhood, and he feels everyone should find their ''own'' path.

->'''Nationality:''' Demon

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* EvilerThanThou: With Pazuzu, Nocticula, Urgathoa, Rovagug, and any other being whom she sees as a potential rival. She also declared war on the entirety of Abaddon in the past and successfully captured and killed two Horsemen, and the grudges from that campaign still linger; Lamashtu is not popular with the Four Horsemen. Of course, the fact Lamashtu's portfolio includes corrupt births, meaning she encourages her faithful to have ''lots'' of children, would make them enemies anyway, since the daemons want to [[OmnicidalManiac extinguish all life]].

* KillTheGod: When she was a demon lord she and her lover, Pazuzu, lured the god Curchanus to the Abyss and murdered him. Lamashtu delivered the killing blow, and as a result, was able to ascend. Pazuzu now wants to do this to her.

->'''Nationality:''' Garundi

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Nethys was the first Golarian mortal to ascend to godhood (that we know of). In his mortal life, he was the first pharaoh of Osirion. Even in life, though, he appears to have been something more than human, as he had violet skin and solid gold eyes.

* GodEmperor: In life as an Osirian pharaoh.

->'''Nationality:''' Taldan

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: He has the distinction of having been the first mortal after Aroden to pass the Test of the Starstone. Fittingly for the god of secrets, no one knows who or what he was before ascension.

* TheDon: He is basically the god of organized crime.
* TheFaceless: When he is depicted, his face is always shown as partly or completely obscured, either by a hood or a mask or by him being portrayed as invisible or incorporeal. He actively enforces this, striking anyone attempting to depict his face -- even when these portrayals would be entirely fruits of the artist's imagination -- with increasingly erratic motor control of their hands until they desist.

->'''Nationality:''' Garundi

* TimeAbyss: [[WordOfGod Word of James Jacobs]] is that Pharasma is the oldest being in the Great Beyond, predating even the proteans and qlippoth. ''Concordance of Rivals'' reveals [[spoiler:that she is in fact the SoleSurvivor of the previous multiverse]].

->'''Nationality:''' Qlippoth

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->'''Nationality:''' Keleshite

->'''Nationality:''' Taldan

->'''Nationality:''' Dwarf

->'''Nationality:''' Varisian

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->'''Nationality:''' Alien

* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Somewhat unintentionally; while he actually has no direct connection to the velstracs in terms of their origins -- they predate his transformation by some margin -- the simple, if entirely coincidental, similarity between his sphere and their interests leads many velstracs to abandon their demagogues and pledge service to Zon-Kuthon, making him their deity in the same way that Asmodeus is to devils, Lamashtu to demons, and Rovagug to qlippoths.

* DarkIsEvil: Zon-Kuthon is a god of darkness & loss, granting his clerics access to the darkness domain.

* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Somewhat unintentionally, while he actually has no direct connection to the velstracs in terms of their origins - they predate his transformation by some margin - the simple, if entirely coincidental, similarity between his sphere and their interest lead many velstracs to abandon their demagogues & pledge service to Zon-Kuthon, making him their deity in the same way that Asmodeus is to devils, Lamashtu to demons, and Rovagug to qlippoths.

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* WhipItGood: Her favored weapon, and thus the WeaponOfChoice for her clergy. It's implied that, given the [[HighClassCallGirl standard occupation]] of much of her clergy, it sees lots of [[MundaneUtility out of combat use]].

* AbsoluteCleavage: Sarenrae's outfit features a deep cleavage extending down to her belly.

* TheDon: Taken UpToEleven as he is basically the god of organized crime.

* GodOfEvil: One of several.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: He has some rather old-fashioned notions about [[MenAreTheExpendableGender men]] and [[StayInTheKitchen women]], to the point that many of his contemporaries feel he's a bit behind the times. Played with via his contemporary Fandarra, who ''Erastil'' finds too bound to [[HumanSacrifice old traditions]].

* HappilyMarried: To Jaidi, equally ancient goddess of agriculture.

* SatanicArchetype: He ''is'' the Prince of Darkness and ruler of Hell. Differs from previous D&D interpretations in that he is not a fallen angel, but has always been a god in his own right (and was the brother and coequal of Ihys, [[CrystalDragonJesus the closest being to the Abrahamic God in the setting]], who he killed.)

* UnPerson: A he's the god of history, he can enforce a metaphysical version of this on mortals who sufficiently raise his ire by editing the memories of everyone even tangentially connected to the target to make everyone forget that they ever existed. If he's angered further, he extends this to causing written and pictorial records to be edited to omit any mention of or information on the luckless mortal as well.

* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is chestnut brown shot through with streaks of green, red and gold.

* {{Polyamory}}: Desna, Sarenrae and Shelyn are in a polyamorous on-again, off-again relationship.

"Whatever."

* ScrewTheRulesTheyreNotReal: There's a slight rivalry between Irorans and the [[DeityOfHumanOrigin deities of mortal origin]] who ascended via the Starstone: Irorans believe in achieving divinity through Buddhist-style enlightenment and think Aroden, Cayden, Iomedae, and Norgorber cheated by taking the test of the Starstone.

Erastil (pronounced eh-RAS-til) is one of the oldest human gods still worshiped in the Inner Sea region. His religion dates back to before the Age of Darkness, when small farming communities and hunter-gatherers prayed to him for bountiful harvests and successful hunts. He leads his followers by example and good deeds rather than flowery rhetoric.

* StayInTheKitchen: {{Downplayed}}. Erastil has no problem with strong women, he just feels they should be married to equally strong men. This goes both ways too: for instance he keeps trying to talk Cayden Cailean into settling down. He also has a rather grudging admiration for Iomedae (he likes her but is baffled by her disinterest in having a family) and Sarenrae, and is PlatonicLifePartners with Shelyn because he appreciates her support for marriage and families: they often take sightseeing trips through the multiverse together.

* RagsToRiches: A divine example. She started out as a mortal paladin of Arazni, the herald of Aroden. Then, when Arazni died, she became a paladin of Aroden. After acing the Starstone test, she took Arazni's place as Aroden's herald. Finally, when Aroden died, she took over his position.

* {{Heterochromia}}: Her eyes are usually either blue or silver, but it's not uncommon for her to be depicted with one blue eye and one silver eye.

* InLoveWithLove: It's possible Cayden suffers from this, given his long string of passionate but brief love affairs.

* PlayingWithFire: She's strongly linked with fire and flames: she has a persistent association with {{phoenix}}es -- in fact, Keleshite myth credits her with the creation of the first phoenix flock -- and she grants the Fire domain to her worshippers.

->'''The Eternal Rose'''
->'''Goddess of beauty, art, love, and music'''

* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: Was once one of the most powerful Empyreal Lords, before ascending to true godhood during the war against Rovagug. These days she's taken on much of Ihys' portfolio and is ''the'' Empyreal Lord in the same way that Asmodeus is ''the'' archdevil.

* CouncilOfAngels: She was an archangel before becoming a god. Many of her current servants and allies are her fellow Empyreal Lords and their servants.

* {{Expy}}: Sarenrae, a sun goddess of swordfighting and redemption, is considered to by her creator to be his take on Eilistraee, a TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms moon goddess of swordfighting and redemption (and more specifically [[TokenHeroicOrc Token Heroic Drow]]), minus Eilistraee's sensual and chaos aspects (which are represented by Desna and Ashava instead). Sarenrae was never supposed to be a replacement Eilistraee, as they were never intended to be in the same game world.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: She's essentially a GenderFlipped version of Torm from ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': both are LawfulGood deities of valor and duty in righteous causes who originated as mortals who were such good paladins that they became literal deities of paladinhood.

* CrystalDragonJesus: Her faith seems based loosely on Roman Catholicism. Her divine realm even resembles a ''huge'' cathedral.

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* CelestialBureaucracy: The lines in her realm, the Boneyard, could put even the waiting room from ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' to shame.

* GodOfTheDead: The TrueNeutral judge of the dead. She appears as a stately gray-skinned lady with white hair that doesn't quite obey gravity, despises the undead for being abominations, and runs the CelestialBureaucracy where souls wait to receive her judgement before going on to their designated afterlife. She rules over the {{psychopomp}}s, who rove the planes as her agents in safeguarding the passage of souls and battling those who would pray upon them, and charges her followers with watching over the dead on the material plane as well as battling the undead. Interestingly, besides being the goddess of death, she's also the goddess of [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition birth]], ruling over both the beginning and end of mortal lives, and is worshipped by midwives as much as by undertakers and undead-hunters.

* TheOlderImmortal: The oldest of all deities (excluding those of the Elder Mythos), having predated the existence of the Great Beyond itself.
* TeamSwitzerland: Her realm is this on a Metaphysical level to the point that Angels, Devils, and Demons all work side by side to protect the River of Souls. Each one of the Outer plains has a court, or embassy in modern terms, in her realm to help souls reach their final destination and to facilitate travel. The only exception is the Neutral Evil Plain of Hades, as they're not allowed in her realm due to their actions.

* HotGod: Invoked; artists depict her physical proportions depending on the regional standards for beauty.