The Champion
Bloody Reaper, Headsman, Slayer
Alignment: Neutral
Portfolio: War, battle, honorable combat, the strength to stand against your foes
Worshippers: warriors, mercenaries, soldiers
Alignments: NG, N, NE
Weapon: Rip and Tear - Twin Greatswords
War, an eternal and ceaseless thing across the multiverse and has spawned many a variety of war god. The Champion represents war that follows the rules of war, to the Champion it is the strength of arms, skill, and tactics that will win a battle for you. He encourages displays of tactical genius, traps, ambushes, and outmaneuvering foes is all something he approves of. He dislikes cowardly tactics such as using prisoners of war as shields against attack, dishonorable and cowardly tactics will often cause the Champion to curse such a force. While the Champion is not as big on honor as the Platinum Knight it is still important to the champion that war be conducted in an honorable way. This does not mean two forces have to be equal in terms of numbers, ability, or ground as these are all marks of the skill of those leading the war. The Champion prefers battles to between living foes who can willingly fight and die for glory and cause, as a result, he hates the use of undead and constructs in war and dislikes large scale magic to slaughter an entire army, you can use magic to help turn a tide through cleverness but causing a meteor swarm to fall on a city is tasteless to the Champion.
Divine Domains
Domains: Ambition, Might, Destruction, Zeal, and War
Sphere: War, battle, strength of arms, bravery, savagery
Holy Books & Codes
Chronicle of Champions is a book of glory and exalted deeds, this is the book that any warrior would read or have read to them for it tells the stories of heroic victories against monumental odds. Not all the champions of the stories survive but they stand against those odds for what they believe in and die a glorious death. These stories serve as the holy book of the Champion as that is exactly what the Champion wants from its followers.
Tenets of Faith
- Never refuse an honorable challenge.
- Fight for glory and honor, either personal honor or the honor of another.
- When you fight for another's honor their honor becomes your own fight with that fury.
- Be decisive for doubt will get you killed.
Challenges
A few examples of what can cause a challenge to commence, these challenges are often to the death as the followers of the Champion take their honor very seriously.- A backhanded strike across the face.
- Calling someone a coward, or being called one.
- Questioning the honor of another or someone questioning yours.
Holidays
Crucible of Selection: The Crucible of Selection is where contestants go to a capital city of their choice and compete to earn a spot to represent that city in the Crucible of Champions. There is a spot for single duels and for a group of combatants with the runner ups forming a backup if the primary combatants cannot participate for some reason. It is on the 4th of Aceris.
Crucible of Champions: This is a day for warriors to test themselves against others, there are two types of battles that the contestants enter into, single duels or group battles against monsters, and the last two groups fight. These battles against other people are nonlethal enforced by the priests of the Champion. There is a day 3 months before the actual Crucible of Champions where contestants go to a capital city of their choice and compete to earn a spot to represent that city. There is a spot for single duels and for a group of combatants with the runner ups forming a backup if the primary combatants cannot participate for some reason. Each year the Crucible of Champions is held in a capital city determined by the priests of the Champion. This is a major event and draws crowds from all over Savorah to witness the events to see which group and city claims the greatest champions. It is on the 4th of First Flight.
Divine Goals & Aspirations
The glorification of war and the warriors who fight it. To ensure wars are fought in a manner the Champion deems, where skill and talent mean more than numbers.
Divine Classification
God
Children
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