Paths of Bahamut
The Bahamut religion is a draconic religion, focusing on an eternal struggle between Bahamut, the platinum scaled Dragon King, and Tiamat, the five-headed chromatically scaled Hydra Queen.
The struggle is both an external one on the cosmic scale of creative and destructive forces as well as a personal, internal struggle between creative and destructive forces within.
Bahamut is platinum scaled and singular, representing nobility and unity. He is virtue itself and indivisible.
Tiamat, on the other hand, has scales of every color, each head representing one destructive impulse.
The Red head is the head of wrath, the most obvious of destruction.
The Black head is that of ambition, of those who make devious plans.
The Blue head is that of deception, those who lie and cheat for their own gain.
The Green head is that of cruelty, of taking pleasure in destruction and pain of others.
And lastly, The White head, that of cowardice and fear.
On first impression, it may seem that Tiamat is entirely negative and evil, but the Bahamut religion empathizes that without the destructive forces of Takhisis, there would be no struggle through which to achieve nobility. It is only when something old is destroyed that something new can be made. As such, a follower of Bahamut should not hate those who are filled with the traits embodied by Tiamat, but should instead see them as a chance to improve on themselves and to become whole in themselves.
The Paths of Bahamut are mostly followed by dragons, whose scales takes the color of the paths followed, but some kobolds and few mortals also study the teachings.
In some provinces of the former Dragon Empire, the Paths of Bahamut is the most commonly practiced faith, though a lack of faith is becoming increasingly common in those lands.
The struggle is both an external one on the cosmic scale of creative and destructive forces as well as a personal, internal struggle between creative and destructive forces within.
Bahamut is platinum scaled and singular, representing nobility and unity. He is virtue itself and indivisible.
Tiamat, on the other hand, has scales of every color, each head representing one destructive impulse.
The Red head is the head of wrath, the most obvious of destruction.
The Black head is that of ambition, of those who make devious plans.
The Blue head is that of deception, those who lie and cheat for their own gain.
The Green head is that of cruelty, of taking pleasure in destruction and pain of others.
And lastly, The White head, that of cowardice and fear.
On first impression, it may seem that Tiamat is entirely negative and evil, but the Bahamut religion empathizes that without the destructive forces of Takhisis, there would be no struggle through which to achieve nobility. It is only when something old is destroyed that something new can be made. As such, a follower of Bahamut should not hate those who are filled with the traits embodied by Tiamat, but should instead see them as a chance to improve on themselves and to become whole in themselves.
The Paths of Bahamut are mostly followed by dragons, whose scales takes the color of the paths followed, but some kobolds and few mortals also study the teachings.
In some provinces of the former Dragon Empire, the Paths of Bahamut is the most commonly practiced faith, though a lack of faith is becoming increasingly common in those lands.
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