Post by Lord Kain on Dec 15, 2005 2:48:30 GMT -5
Charon, God of the Dead
Watcher of the dead.
Greater Deity
Symbol: A black sphere
Home Plane: Charon
Alignment: True Neutral
Worshipers: The dying, families of the dying, hunters of undead, mourners and morticians.
Clerical Alignments: LN, TN, CN, NG.
Domains: Death, Fate, Travel, Repose, Luck
Favored Weapon: The “Death Sweeper” a sycthe.
Charon in the unlikly event he sends an avatar anywhere appears as a tired old man in gray robes. He prefers the quite enterance and rarly lets others on to his true nature.
History/Relationships
Charon is one of the oldest deities in the lands of Quel’Thar.
He oversees the process that draws the dead souls into there final resting place. He has no divine allies or enemies for death if the ultimate fAirness. His wraith is saved for those who violate the balance of death.
Dogma
Know that death is a part of life, it is not a punishment, it is necessary. With out death, life would hold no meaning. Help those who are dying die with dignity. Undeath defy the grave thus they must be destroyed. Death is not to be worshiped by causing death. But by watching over those as they die and being sure it is as peaceful as possible.
Clergy and Temples
Charon maintains temples and shrines in most major cities. As the god of the dead and dying many seek Charons clerigy to ease the passing of sick loved ones or to over see there passing into the next world.
Charon Realm of the Dead.
Some say Charon created this demi-plane, others say he found it. A third group say the plane IS Charon and Charon is the plane. Reguardless the realm of the dead is a gray place with thousnads of souls awatiing judgement. From the miles high citidal where Charon resides. The River Oceanus and the River Styx both appear to flow through this plane however the effects they cause are drasticly lessened.
After being judged most souls board waiting ships going down the river styx or up the river Oceanus. Other souls enter portals to Outland or other neutrally aligned planes.
Charon’s faithful remain in the realm helping there god decided his judgement of souls. They protect and pilot the ships carry judged souls down the river Styix and up the River Oceanus
Normal Gravity. Gravity in Charon’s realm is just as it is on the material plane.
Slowed Time: One day spent in Charon’s realm is equal to four hours on the materiali plane. This give Charon a week of time to deal with the incoming souls from one day’s passage on the material plane.
Self-Contained: Charons realm is self a contained sphere 1000 miles in diameter. All the structures and souls reside on the inside of the sphere. In the center is Charons Citidal. From one end flows the river styix and the opposite end the River Oceanus. The realm is more then large enough to deal with the tens of thousands of souls that flow through there every day.
Static Morphic: Except for Charon himself and his petitioners Charon’s realm is static.
No Elemental and Energy Traits: Charon’s realm has no
Strongly Neutral-Aligned.: Anyone who is not of true neutural alignment suffers a -2 circumstance penalty to intelligence, wisdom and charisma checks. This penelty is applied twice to anyone who isn’t neutral on both the law/chaos and good/evil axis.
Enchanced Magic.
Its close realation Necromancy spells are maximized and extended in Charon’s realm. However all spells that deal with the creation of undead DO not function in Charon’s realm. Or perhaps they work fine and its just no one is stupid enougth to try it in his realm.
Watcher of the dead.
Greater Deity
Symbol: A black sphere
Home Plane: Charon
Alignment: True Neutral
Worshipers: The dying, families of the dying, hunters of undead, mourners and morticians.
Clerical Alignments: LN, TN, CN, NG.
Domains: Death, Fate, Travel, Repose, Luck
Favored Weapon: The “Death Sweeper” a sycthe.
Charon in the unlikly event he sends an avatar anywhere appears as a tired old man in gray robes. He prefers the quite enterance and rarly lets others on to his true nature.
History/Relationships
Charon is one of the oldest deities in the lands of Quel’Thar.
He oversees the process that draws the dead souls into there final resting place. He has no divine allies or enemies for death if the ultimate fAirness. His wraith is saved for those who violate the balance of death.
Dogma
Know that death is a part of life, it is not a punishment, it is necessary. With out death, life would hold no meaning. Help those who are dying die with dignity. Undeath defy the grave thus they must be destroyed. Death is not to be worshiped by causing death. But by watching over those as they die and being sure it is as peaceful as possible.
Clergy and Temples
Charon maintains temples and shrines in most major cities. As the god of the dead and dying many seek Charons clerigy to ease the passing of sick loved ones or to over see there passing into the next world.
Charon Realm of the Dead.
Some say Charon created this demi-plane, others say he found it. A third group say the plane IS Charon and Charon is the plane. Reguardless the realm of the dead is a gray place with thousnads of souls awatiing judgement. From the miles high citidal where Charon resides. The River Oceanus and the River Styx both appear to flow through this plane however the effects they cause are drasticly lessened.
After being judged most souls board waiting ships going down the river styx or up the river Oceanus. Other souls enter portals to Outland or other neutrally aligned planes.
Charon’s faithful remain in the realm helping there god decided his judgement of souls. They protect and pilot the ships carry judged souls down the river Styix and up the River Oceanus
Normal Gravity. Gravity in Charon’s realm is just as it is on the material plane.
Slowed Time: One day spent in Charon’s realm is equal to four hours on the materiali plane. This give Charon a week of time to deal with the incoming souls from one day’s passage on the material plane.
Self-Contained: Charons realm is self a contained sphere 1000 miles in diameter. All the structures and souls reside on the inside of the sphere. In the center is Charons Citidal. From one end flows the river styix and the opposite end the River Oceanus. The realm is more then large enough to deal with the tens of thousands of souls that flow through there every day.
Static Morphic: Except for Charon himself and his petitioners Charon’s realm is static.
No Elemental and Energy Traits: Charon’s realm has no
Strongly Neutral-Aligned.: Anyone who is not of true neutural alignment suffers a -2 circumstance penalty to intelligence, wisdom and charisma checks. This penelty is applied twice to anyone who isn’t neutral on both the law/chaos and good/evil axis.
Enchanced Magic.
Its close realation Necromancy spells are maximized and extended in Charon’s realm. However all spells that deal with the creation of undead DO not function in Charon’s realm. Or perhaps they work fine and its just no one is stupid enougth to try it in his realm.
