The Common Pantheon

A Divine Assortment

The Common Pantheon is composed of an assortment of deities with differing origins but they are the most widely worshiped across the world. Many of the following deities have variations in name and personality across cultures. This page represents what wider (largely human) society believes these beings to be. For deities originating in other pantheons it could be helpful to see how their origin society views them by visiting that pantheon's page. There may be changes to portfolio, domain, and alignment. Most originate in The Elvish Pantheon or The Draconic Pantheon.

Deities of LAW

Name

Portfolio

Domain

Alignment

Danha	Peace & Balance	Order, Peace, Life	LG
Ilazran	Law & Death	Order, Grave, Light	LN
Ghoeth	War	War, Order, Forge	LN
Tirias	Duty & Battle	Protection, War, Light	LG
Helora	Mercy & Life	Life, Grave, Light	LN

Deities of NATURE

Name

Portfolio

Domain

Alignment

Hallar	Agriculture	Nature, Life, Tempest	NG
Tulmar	Storm & Sea	Nature, Tempest, Twilight	CN
Pelenei	Travel	Nature, Peace, Trickery	NG
Zhella	Wilderness & Survival	Nature, Twilight, Grave	CN
Morhzak	Disasters	Tempest, Death, Nature	NE

Deities of KNOWLEDGE

Name

Portfolio

Domain

Alignment

Izumir	Written Knowledge	Knowledge, Order, Arcana	LG
Vundath	Arcane Magic	Knowledge, Arcana, Forge	NG
Ceralae	Prophecy	Twilight, Knowledge, Grave	LN
Dathira	Inspiration	Forge, Arcana, Light	CG
Eilann	Secrets & Deception	Trickery, Twilight, Arcana	CN

Deities of CIVILIZATION

Name

Portfolio

Domain

Alignment

Medeh	Hearth & Family	Life, Peace, Order	LG
Torav	Craft & Commerce	Light, Forge, Peace	NG
Oranah	Celebration & Luck	Life, Trickery, Peace	CG
Khalil	Romantic Love	Life, Twilight, Trickery	NG
Elthran	Rebellion & Justice	War, Trickery, Twilight	CG

Deities of SHADOW

Name

Portfolio

Domain

Alignment

Maluth	Tyranny	Order, Death, Trickery	LE
Bhagra	Conquest & Slaughter	War, Death, Forge	CE
Aleth	Greed	Trickery, Death, Knowledge	NE
Vanar	Power & Undeath	Knowledge, Arcana, Death	LE
The Spiraling Dark	Death & Chaos	Death, Tempest, War	CE

The Human Pantheon

The Common Pantheon is often considered the Human Pantheon, but this is inaccurate. Deities in the common pantheon are worshiped by folks from all walks of life. It gets this reputation because most humans do worship from this list and almost half of the list are deities that originate in human cultures. The majority of this pantheon does still have their origins in other racial pantheons- especially the draconic and elvish ones. Of course, humans found their own ways to worship these nonhuman gods and over time molded them to fit in with their cultures- even changing their origin myths and altering their personalities. Whereas the majority of deities from the draconic and elvish pantheons are akin to neutral bystanders in those societies, most humans see these deities to be on the side of good and for the benefit of civilized people. Human myth does not typically subscribe to the belief in divine bloodlines and families as the dragons and dwarves do, seeing these higher powers as above and beyond flesh and blood. They also do not subscribe to the idea of the ascension of mortals to into godhood in the way elves and halflings do.
In larger human societies like that of Marasen, Kardath, and Belstrad, most deities in this pantheon have a symbolic plant, flower, or tree which is used to adorn and perfume their altars and identify that god’s influence. They also often have secondary symbols relevant to their myths, personality or interests. Some human cultures, particularly in the far west and in Namiza, have attempted to create a system of universal sigils to signify the gods of the Common Pantheon, often pulling from established symbolism in other cultures, but these sigils are not universally known or accepted just yet.
If there is such a thing as a truly "Human Pantheon" It would only consist of 11 deities: Ghoeth, Tirias, Helora, Hallar, Tulmar, Dathira, Medeh, Oranah, Khalil, Bhagra, and Aleth.

Religious Discordecausetruth about them, what they actually stand for, where they really came from, and the proper method of worship. The gods are not by any means knowable and most "facts" about them, including even their real names or what they look like, are taken on faith alone as declared by their most devout.

Nonhuman Deity Origins

Deity	Origin	Other / Notes
Danha	Draconic	& Elvish
Ilazran	Draconic
Zhella	Draconic	Elvish "Elyra"
Pelenei	Halfling
Morhzak	Orcish
Cerelae	Elvish	Draconic "The Infinite Stars"
Vundath	Elvish	Gnomish "Dahgmer"
Izumir	Draconic	& Elvish
Eilann	Elvish
Torav	Draconic	Dwarvish "Oroh"
Elthran	Elvish
Maluth	Dwarvish	Originally Duergar
Vanar	Elvish
The Spiraling Dark	Draconic