The Didact, The Invincible Commandant
Minor god of Battle, Honor, Duty, Valor, and Comradeship
Titles: The Warfather, The Stonefather, Patron Saint of the Stone-Warped, The Invincible Commandant, Shepherd of the War/Battle-Dead, Protector of the Material Plane, The Spider-Eater, The Insanity-Breaker, Ruthger's bane
Roles: Protector and Shepard of the Stone-Warped, Herald of The Endwar, To fight evil deities and forces for all eternity to protect the material plane until the endtimes
Favored Weapon: Glaive
Alignment: Lawful Good
Area of Worship/Followers: The Stone-Warped, The Underdark, Those who believe in honorable combat and warfare for a righteous cause, Professional Soldiers, Knights, Those who pray for salvation from evil gods or their followers
Main Temple and Location: The Commandant's Bastion, Nirvana, Inhuman Coalition
Church Moniker: Church of the Commandant
Rival/Enemy/Unliked Gods: Any Evil God
Obedience: Inscribe the names of your most valued comrades, friends, and those you hold dear or want to see protected upon a sheet of parchment and affix it to a kiteshield. Hang the Kiteshield somewhere nearby within line of sight and spend an hour practicing your fighting techniques, styles, and/or forms while swearing a vow to never let evil see victory as long as you yet draw breath, no matter the form evil may take or what trials you must endure to see it expunged and destroyed. Once the hour is up, retrieve the parchment you wrote upon and write a short musing of a recent evil you encountered or learned of, and a short musing of a recent good you encountered or saw done in the world. Once done, offer the parchment to the Didact with a solemn prayer.
Effect: All attacks you make for the next 24 hours count as being either [Lawful] or [Good] for bypassing the appropriate damage reduction, chosen by you each day when you perform this obedience. The next time you go to 0 HP or below within the next 24 hours, you remain conscious and are not staggered while you are below 0HP.
Divine Domains
War, Community, Glory, Liberation
Holy Books & Codes
The Didactic Codex
Divine Symbols & Sigils
A Kiteshield with engraved with a two crossed glaives on the front
Tenets of Faith
Live honorably, live politely, and live for glory. Give evil no quarter, expect no quarter, and never commit an act of evil to vanquish a greater evil.
Protect the weak and the defenseless, fight for the welfare of all, and guard the honor and well-being of your fellow warriors and allies.
Never refuse a challenge from an equal, and never turn your back upon a foe.
Stay faithful, maintain and spread my Church, and speak the truth at all times.
Serve your liege in valor and faith, and obey those with proper Authority.
Persevere to the end in any endeavor or venture you begin.
Holidays
The Day of Respite
Divine Goals & Aspirations
To see evil and all who serve it destroyed no matter its form.
To see all creatures treat each other and fight with honor and respect.
To teach all creatures to look past the exterior and see the true self of those they encounter.
To promote the ways of honor, duty, and comradeship.
A life lived without honor is not a life worth living.
Divine Classification
Religions
Alignment
Lawful Good
Children
Quotes & Catchphrases
Wheresoever honor's light does not reach, the faithful shall illuminate with the beauty of their souls, and the valor of their actions.
Aligned Organization
The Last Great General
The Didact's history is an ancient and muddled thing, but rumors persist in the dark depths of the world that once upon a time, he was the most decorated and distinguished general in the ancient empire of High Humanity. Few stories remain that speak of his victories or his name, but those that do speak of him as a progressive leader, and a tactical mastermind on the battlefield who was daring and gracious enough to accept even the normally outcast into his ranks: All that mattered to him was efficiency; one's form or color was irrelevant to him. He is spoken of as the last great star of High Humanity, and a bright and brilliant soul in an otherwise dark time for the world. He was said to have led an entire legion of the failed Stone-Warped, turned them into a spectatular and elite fighting force, and was so outstandingly dedicated and talented that when the his beloved empire fell despite his prodigious talents, he chose to forgo his eternal reward in the great beyond for a life of eternal servitude in the defense of all things, fighting against the forces that would seek to unravel reality. Making a deal with the God of Death himself, the legendary commander strode into legend and became a folk hero and eventual god to those he left behind, even eons after his vanishing into the outer realms, his name and titles are still synonymous with hope, and strike fear into the hearts of the vile. For on the day he is released from his duty, is it prophecised all evil shall quake, darkness shall fade, and the villainous shall wither as he returns to lead his errant children once more.
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