Galterus - The Sailor
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Galterus is the patron god of sailors, explorers, and navigators, his adherents are encouraged to push the boundaries of known navigation routes, map new routes, and to share any new routes they discover. An unparallelled navigator and explorer in life, Galterus was the first to map routes through The Shattered Sea and spent much of his life making trips into those deadly waters. His final resting place and the nature of his ascension remain unknown, as he was last seen sailing back out to into the Shattered sea, and his followers search for the site of his ascension, the remains of his ship, or some other sign of his resting place to this day.
Mortal Life
The third son of a merchant family in what would one day be Galacia, Galterus took to the seas as if born to sail and quickly made a name for himself as a navigator and explorer. He started in The Crater Sea, discovering and mapping several of the stable routes through The Shifting Shoals which are still used today before moving out to the then-unexplored Shattered Sea .
Again and again Galterus took his ship, 'The Horizon's Allure' out into the treacherous and un-mapped waters of The Shattered Sea, a task considered near suicidal at the time, returning with fantastic treasures and tales of adventure. More importantly, he returned with detailed maps and distributed them widely and cheaply, enabling the first wave of exploration and trade into the region. As more and more captains tried and failed to duplicate his feats, his legend grew until he was regarded as a peerless navigator capable of negotiating the most treacherous of waters without fail.
Eventually, after many years and hundreds of trips into the Shattered Sea, Galterus failed to return to his home port, and as the months passed, rumors began to swirl about his fate. Did he finally fall afoul of the treacherous waters of The Shattered Sea, was he shipwrecked and stranded on some unknown island, or had he sailed out into truly unknown waters and headed for the far horizon? As years passed, explorers and captains navigating dangerous or unknown routes began have visions where a radiant figure who matched the description of Galterus directed them through the dangers they faced. The ascended were beginning to be recognised as gods at this point, and it was quickly concluded that Galterus had joined their ranks, although the nature of his ascension remains unknown to this day.
Worship
Galterus' finds his worshippers among the explorers, navigators, and the free captains who still sail into the unknown to find safe routes through unknown waters in search of treasure, glory, and fame. Inspired by their god, these brave souls sail into dangerous and uncharted seas hoping to find new lands, undiscovered civilizations, or simply new navigation routes that they can put their name onto. The holy grail, so to speak, among the followers of Galterus, is to find the site of his ascension, whatever remains of his legendary ship 'The Horizon's Allure', or some other sign as to his final fate.
Galterus
The Sailor
Alignment
Chaotic Good
Edicts
Travel the seas freely, explore and find new places, share your maps
Anathema
Abandoning sailing, hoard navigation information
Areas of Concern
Sea Travel, Exploration, Navigation
Follower Alignments
CG, CN, NG, N
Devotee Benefits
Divine Ability
Dex or Charisma
Divine Font
Heal
Divine Skill
Acrobatics
Favored Weapon
Boarding Axe
Domains
Freedom, Luck, Travel, Water
Cleric Spells
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