The Traveler

"The Traveler wears a different name and face in every tale, but we KNOW they’re the Traveler because of the impact of their actions. Sometimes the gifts of the Traveler can raise you up, and sometimes they will ruin you. The only constants are chaos and change—shattering the foundation of your life and forcing you to find a new path forward.”

The Traveler, titled "The Sovereign of Chaos and Change" and in some lands known as the Giver of Gifts, is a deity of the Dark Six. The Traveler presides over the portfolios of chaos, deception, evolution, invention, and transformation; or influences the areas of change, cunning, deception, and innovation; or oversees the provinces of change and chaos. It has an aspect as a god of artifice and artificers. Followers of the god are known as Travelers.

The most mysterious of all the gods, the Traveler is believed to be a supreme shapeshifter and trickster, a virtuoso of deceit and craftiness, a creator of things and a bringer of knowledge. It is even believed to be the true lord of Eberron, having walked all its roads and seen all its sights, and left them all transformed. However, it is also said to be impulsive and unpredictable and a creature of dark cunning. The Traveler is thought to look favorably on those who use their wits or are resourceful, and to disapprove of those who beg for safety and care or for unearned gifts.

Legends say that, alone among the gods, the Traveler walks the land with a thousand faces, in body and in spirit, but no mortal will pierce its perfect disguise. The Traveler's true nature is one of the great mysteries, and even its gender is unknown—the Traveler is referred to as "it", not "he" or "she", but sometimes "he" and "she" have been used, even interchangeably. Either way, it has been depicted with a laughing face.