Hanseath

God of Carousing (a.k.a. The Bearded One)

Hanseath was the dwarven deity of carousing, brewery, and singing, representing the more festive side of the Stout Folk. The Bearded One was also a war god, beloved by berserkers and whose followers were always seemingly off on some kind of crusade.

Divine Domains

Strength, Travel, Beer, War, Trickery

Artifacts

Favored weapon: Greataxe

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Beer stein

Tenets of Faith

Prayers to Hanseath were, in short, drinking songs; they were often chanted or sung, and many had simple rhyming schemes and frequent, repetitive choruses. His rituals were abundant with food and drink, often appearing to be great feasts, and most were raucous events performed before battle or after victory. The sole exception to this was the Ritual of the Cleft Shield, a rite notable in dwarven culture for being particularly, heartbreakingly solemn. It was performed by followers of Hanseath for a particularly beloved comrade that fell in battle.

Hanseath often ordered his followers to wage war against traditional dwarvish foes, such as drow, giants, goblinoids, or orcs

Divine Classification

Lesser deity

Alignment

CN

Species

Dwarf

Gender

Male

Aligned Organization

Dwarven Pantheon