Couladahd (coo-la-dahd)

The Inevitable

Couladahd is a Prime Deity and god of death. He oversees those who die and decides the level of Nyphyl, the realm of the dead, they will be sent to, either Ruah, Arcath, or Gaias. He presides over the natural inevitability of death, and while prolonging life through healing and medicine does not concern him, to defy it with undeath is extreme blasphemy.

Couladahd is the father of reapers, unique beings that ferry the souls of the departed to Nyphyl. Reapers are extremely powerful and effectively immortal due to Couladahd's grace, though highly restricted in how they can affect the world. Reapers cannot be seen by any creature they wish to be hidden from, excluding souls of the dead, or creatures in the realm of Shadow. They can innately cast Shadow Walk, and are experts at using it to quickly flit from one soul to the next in their endless task.

Divine Domains

D&D 5e

Cleric Domains:

• Death
• Grave

Pathfinder 2e

Devotee Benefits:

• Divine Font: Heal
• Divine Skill: Medicine
• Favored Weapon: Scythe
• Major Domains: Death, Fate, Soul, Vigil
• Minor Domains: Dust, Repose
• Cleric Spells: 1st: Grim Tendrils, 3rd: Ghostly Weapon, 5th: Shadow Walk

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Death's Door. A black door cracked open on a grey background.

Tenets of Faith

The Gravewardens, servants of Couladahd, have many duties; most involve tending to the last wishes of the dying and providing burial services to those who died alone. They also set out to cure diseases and defend people from monsters so that folk do not die before their time. Their final and arguably most important task is the destruction of undeath in all its various forms as it is an affront to Couladahd. Servants of Couladahd are usually clad in somber gray vestments and are trained in wielding the scythe.

“The living close the eyes of the dead, but it is the dead that open the eyes of the living.”

Edicts:

• Destroy undead.
• Lay bodies to rest.
• Strive to fulfil a dying wish.

Anathema:

• Create Undead.
• Desecrate a corpse or tomb.
• Prolong death with suffering.

Follower Alignments:

• Lawful Good
• Lawful Neutral
• Neutral

Holidays

While not a holy day to Couladahd, Blood Week is a time where many worship him with prayers and offerings. Blood Week is an inexact time during Fomair, typically the second or third week of Duinmair, where farmers bring in their animals for slaughter in preperation for Vetur.

Divine Classification

Prime Deity (Greater God)

Religions

• The Endless Circle

Alignment

Lawful Neutral

Realm

Nyphyl

Sex

Male

Eyes

One is solid white, the other solid black

Hair

bald

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Ebony black

Aligned Organization

The Endless Circle

Ruled Locations

• Nyphyl

Nyphyl

One of the last secrets of the grave that a soul learns is that it is not Couladahd that determines the soul's fate, but the soul itself. Couladahd's realm is one of absolute truth and reflection, and upon arrival a soul is presented with it's life. Couladahd will then ask where the soul belongs. A soul cannot lie to Couladahd or itself, so issues of modesty or self-deception are stripped away. In truth Couladahd plays only a small role in the division of souls between the levels of Nyphyl.