Goldmyr

Ideals & Flaws

For many generations the roads of the realms have been places of mirth, news, and danger. Inns, taverns and hospices for weary travellers have become more common as travel has increased to accomodate the growing commerce between the realms and its duchies. There has been much coin to be made and lost upon these long roads and what began as a common saying of good fortune has given birth to a new Endless. "Fair-weather and good luck, traveller! Guard your coin closely on the long road."
Goldmyr, or the 'Baron Fair-Weather' is the god of art and travel. He is the patron god whom artists hope to find as their muse and benefactor. He was born from folk songs sung about unexpected fortune, beginning his life as little more than a tavern jig of a wealthy man leaving an entire purse of platinum coins in the bowl of a travelling bard while drunk.

"Oh fair-weather baron,
Oh fair-weather baron
How I hope to sing for you.
Oh fair-weather baron,
Oh fair-weather baron
How I hope to meet you soon!
For the road is long and the nights are dark
And I have not a copper for food.
So I sit and I play my lute all day
Hoping you'll visit my inn and hear my tune!"

— Drinking Song

The 'Baron Fair-Weather' became such a popular song that other artists began to incorporate the character into poems, stories, and plays and over time, as this 'character' grew in the hearts of men upon the road he became real. Born from mortal belief, Goldmyr is the only god who treads the prime material plane in physical form.

Domains

• Art
• Wealth
• Travel
• Luck

Seasons

Hospitality

Weather

Skill

Temples & Priesthoods

Many inns along the roads have created shrines to Goldmyr in their establishments, and have begun to hire more bards and artists to attract his divine patronage. These small shines usually include a single gold coin meant to be saved and used to feed a desperate traveller who has suffered a misfortune, or as payment for an unexpected talent. If Goldmyr has a priesthood it is simply made up of innkeepers, hopeful vagabonds and starry-eyed bards who dream of one day be renowned throughout the realms.

Sacred Icons

Sacred icons are symbols which often are meant to depict the Endless, infer their blessings, or denote their followers. The Endless have many sects and are worshipped throughout Orr in a variety of ways but these icons represent the most common symbols associated with them:

• A Golden Lute
• A Rose and Roadsign
• A Coin on a Chain
• Sun and Wine

ZURIEL, ANGEL OF LIBRA by Peter Mohrbacher.