Balador

Balador, Father Bear, is the god of Werebears, Protection, and Fraternity. His symbol is a pitcher of mead. Balador most commonly manifests as a bear, but he may also appear as a tall, tanned, handsome human ranger. Much like the werebears that worshiped him, Balador's avatar could take on the form of a human, a bear, or a hybrid of the two. Balador generally preferred the latter two forms. Whenever he did take on the form of a human, Balador was always a handsome male ranger with a tanned, very hairy, and tall body. Balador is the masculine counterpart to his sister Ferrix, goddess of weretigers. Balador has good friends among the fey and elven pantheons, as well as those human deities who understand how valuable werebears can be to the forests and woodlands. In myth, Balador is often the servitor of a greater nature or druidic deity.

Being wise, patient, tolerant of others, kindly, and thoughtful. Balador was also rather shy and seclusive, but most of all he had a protective nature. He had great concern for forests, woodlands, and sylvan lands of both the Prime Material plane and the Beastlands. To this end, Balador encouraged his worshipers to develop good relations with druids, rangers, and sylvan creatures. Sharing both their community and living space with them.

Although worshiped by nearly all werebears, with meetings of Balador's avatar being the subject of many werebear tales, Balador lacked formal priests. However, he was shown reverence by werebear priests that worshiped other deities, as his petitioning allowed them to act as priests. These deities were typically chaotic good or neutral good aligned, deities of nature, or archfey.