Zilchus
The Great Guildmaster, the Money Counter
Zilchus is a popular god, depicted as a well-dressed man of plain appearance. He is middle-aged, with greying-brown hair and eyes, tanned skin, and a dignified demeanor, and depicted as smiling. His clothing is expensive without being ostentatious. He carries a gold purse and a flail with which to chastise the dishonest. Though he has little time for frivolous pursuits, he is knowledgeable about such matters because such knowledge helps him influence others.
Zilchus teaches that the desire for power, prestige, influence, and money can be overwhelming in the world of mortals, but this desire must be tamed in one's own life so that it can be more easily exploited in others. The profit motive is viewed as something that improves the quality of all endeavours.
Zilchus' favored weapon is the dagger.
Divine Domains
Power, Prestige, Money, Business, Influence.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Zilchus' symbol is a pair of hands clutching a heavy purse of gold.
Tenets of Faith
Worshipers of Zilchus should strive to recognize the opportunities to increase their power, prestige, money, and influence and seize hold of them in order to one-up the competition. Zilchus teaches that politics and war are only aspects of trade, using words or lives as currency rather than precious metal, and should therefore be approached in the same way. One's own currency, whatever its form, should be spent more wisely than ones' rivals spend theirs.
Temporal power is regarded among the faith of Zilchus as a sign of one's personal worth.
Zilchus' clerics are ruthless in business, often viewed by others as emotionless souls. They involve themselves heavily in both business and politics, conducting deals above or below the table depending on their dispositions. They might work for powerful merchants, trade and crafts guilds, politicians, or nations, making transactions for their employers and accumulating prestige and currency for both their employers and themselves. Many are themselves merchants or nobles, or in some other position of temporal power. His priests are listened to by most rulers because of their honesty and diplomatic skills. Neophyte clerics are given less glamorous positions, such as managing caravans or remote businesses, or being hired as smugglers or adventurers.
Services to Zilchus involve incense burning, small offerings of goods, sermons, and homilies.
Comments