Chapter Two: The Gods of Aeliode Gods of the Watchful Storm Onhr Titles: The Spear, Lord of Beasts, The Unyeilding Storm Portfolio: glorious death, war Typical Worshipers: camp followers; soldiers; the militarily minded Typical Worshiper Alignment: Any Lawful (few Good) Domains: Animal, Destruction, Glory, Law, War Subdomains: Feather, Heroism, Inevitable Favored Weapon: Ranseur Minor Ritual: Sacrifice of a ram and wearing a portion of its pelt Sample Blessing: “Death in battle is the highest calling May you die well.” Symbol of Onhr Onhr appears to be a tall and muscular male, with a headdress of four feathers and no hair He is often portrayed as sitting on his great stone throne (Makset) with his great spear (OnhurKa) leaning against the thrones arm He sits bare-chested wearing a studded leather skirt Once Onhr was a great warrior He would work with the god Esus to create stronger and more powerful foes against which he would prove his skills Through the centuries of antiquity they created stronger, swifter, and cleverer adversaries and set them free throughout existence Once freed, these creations would gather strength with the goal of challenging Onhr and destroying him Onhr always met them on the field of combat and Onhr always won He was removed from the cares of the other gods and lived only for the hunt The four feather of his headdress are trophies commemorating his four greatest opponents The spirits of his kills reside in these feathers and, at Onhr’s will, the feathers take the forms of these past kills for Onhr to fight again Tulhesa was the only god who showed interest in Onhr’s battles The other gods viewed Onhr’s activities being from shortsighted and unimportant to needlessly destructive and self-indulgent Tulhesa was Onhr’s only companion among the gods Then Tulhesa was slain It is said that Onhr found her corpse, and in his grief he vowed vengeance, hoping to honor her in the only way he knew how It is then said that Onhr made a vow to rid the world of the chaos he believed lead to Tulhesa’s death He would keep her body in memorial He then began to try to rid her body of what he saw as parasites that were coming to inhabit it Humans, dwarves, elves, and all sorts of creations of the other gods had migrated to Tulhesa’s body and were profaning it He began a systematic destruction of these creatures he saw feeding off the body of Tulhesa As he could not destroy the other gods’ creations, he saw within the world a tendency for violence, and he began to exploit it He guided the beings towards self-destruction so that Tulhesa’s corpse would become untainted Priests: Priests of Onhr often rise from the ranks of professional soldiers and other militarily minded people They take on the role of being the emissary between the will of Onhr and the will of those who commands the armies Onhr’s priests are often seen performing blessings for warriors and soldiers of fortune, providing tactical advice to commanders based upon signs sent by their god, as well as taking care of the bodies left after battle Worshipers: Worshipers of Onhr are almost entirely current or retired soldiers and those who support soldiers The god’s strict tenants and harsh punishments for transgressions are beyond the ability of most noncombatants to understand or find useful to their day to day life 35