Deities and Gods

Deities in the Obscured Seas work on the basis that belief brings power. The belief in concept of powers, and the subsequent pairing of this concept or power to an imaginary being can give live to such a being and actually grant them power over the associated concept or power. The power and thus presence of a deity waxes and wanes in tandem with the number of believers a deity has. The more believers, the more powerful the possible manifestation of the deity within the world. In short, deities are a personified force or concept, empowered and personified by the belief in them.
The seeds of deities are as numerous as bacteria, but without anyone to believe they do not wield any power and are unable to manifest. This baseline of 'slumbering gods' consists of two categories: gods that never had any power, and gods that have been forgotten and have lost their powers. Above these stand the Small Gods, the Lesser Deities, the Intermediate Deities, and the Greater Deities.

Greater Deities

Greater deities are the personifications of great powers, concepts, or places, or the collection of several lesser such powers. They are commonly known, and have followers all over the world.

• Akadi
  Elemental air, movement, speed. TN. Portrayed as a large air elemental. Its sigil is a cloud.
• Asmodeus
  Sin. LE. Portrayed as a tall, red-skinned humanoid with horns and glowing eyes. Its sigil is three inverted triangles arranged in a long triangle.
• Bane
  Hatred, fear, and tyranny. LE. Portrayed as a being clad in dark and shadowy armor, with a jeweled gauntlet. Its sigil is an upright black right hand, thumb and fingers together.
• Chauntea
  Agriculture, farmers, gardeners, summer. NG. Portrayed as a woman made of plants, carrying a tall scythe. Its sigil is a sheaf of grain.
• Cyric
  Murder, lies, intrigue, strife, deception, and illusion. CE. Portrayed as a petty and self-centered man, carrying a long thin sword. Its sigil is a white jawless skull.
• Grumbar
  Elemental earth, solidity, changelessness, oaths. TN. Portrayed as a massive earth elemental. Its sigil is a mountain.
• Istishia
  Elemental water, purification, wetness. TN. Portrayed as a massive water elemental. Its sigil is a wave.
• Kelemvor
  Death. LN. Portrayed as a robed being carrying a mask of ever-changing faces. Its sigil is a skeletal arm upholding scales in balance.
• Kossuth
  Elemental fire, purification. TN. Portrayed as a massive fire elemental. Its sigil is a flame.
• Lathander, the Morninglord
  Spring, dawn, birth, youth, vitality, athletics. NG. Portrayed as a massive bronze-skinned man wearing white clothes. Its sigil is a road traveling into a sunrise.
• Lolth
  Drow, spiders, darkness, chaos, evil, assassinations. CE. Portrayed as a beautiful Drow woman. Its sigil is a spider.
• Mystra
  Magic, spells. LN. Portrayed as a robed, beautiful, short-haired peasant girl radiating multi-colored light. Its sigil is a blue-white star.
• Oghma
  Knowledge, invention, inspiration, bards. TN. Portrayed as a handsome adventuring bard and scholar. Its sigil is a blank scroll.
• Selûne
  Moon, stars, navigation, prophecy, questers, non-evil lycanthropes. CG. Portrayed as a woman in many different forms, matching the shape of the moon at the time. Its sigil is a pair of eyes surrounded by seven stars.
• Shar, Mother Night
  Dark, night, loss, forgetfulness, unrevealed secrets, caverns, dungeons, the Underdark. NE. Portrayed as an armoured woman with black hair. Its sigil is a black disk with a border.
• Silvanus
  Wild nature, druids. TN. Portrayed as a tree-like humanoid being, covered in bark and carrying a staff. Its sigil is an oak leaf.
• Sune
  Beauty, love, passion. CG. Portrayed as a woman with draping red and curled hair, wearing a near transparent and revealing gown. Its sigil is the face of a beautiful red-haired woman.
• Talos
  Storms, destruction, rebellion, conflagrations, earthquakes, vortices. CE. Portrayed as a muscular bearded man wearing half-plate over black leather and an eye patch. Its sigil is three pointed lightning bolts radiating from a point.
• Tempus
  War, battle, warriors. TN. Portrayed as a massive humanoid in hulking armour, riding an armoured boar. Its sigil is an upright flaming sword.
• Torm
  Duty, loyalty, obedience, paladins. LG. Portrayed as a humanoid in shining armour, riding a golden dragon. Its sigil is a white right gauntlet.
• Tyr
  Justice. LG. A muscular, one-handed and blinded man with long white hair and beard, with a halo above the head. Its sigil is a balanced scales resting upon a warhammer.
• Ubtao
  Creation, jungles, dinosaurs. TN. Portrayed as a ghostly spirit wearing a large and elaborate mask. Its sigil is a round maze.

Intermediate deities

Intermediate deities are the personifications of generally greater powers, concepts, or places, or collections of several lesser such powers. They are generally known, and have followers all over the known world.

• Auril
  Cold, winter. NE. Portrayed as a pale and gaunt woman, frost following her steps. Its sigil is a six-pointed snowflake.
• Bahamut
  Good dragons, wind, wisdom, justice. LG. Portrayed as a massive platinum dragon. Its sigil is a dragon's head in profile.
• Beshaba
  Bad luck, misfortune, mischief, accidents. CE. Portrayed as a wild and mischievious woman, fey-like in appearance. Its sigil is a pair of black antlers.
• Gond
  Artifice, craft, construction, smithswork. TN. Portrayed as a clockwork craftsman. Its sigil is a toothed cog with four spokes.
• Helm
  Guardians, protectors, protection. LN. Portrayed as a large man, covered in plate armor, wearing a large shield. Its sigil is a staring eye on an upright left gauntlet.
• Ilmater
  Endurance, suffering, martyrdom, perseverance. LG. Portrayed as a burly man wearing only a loincloth, his body bearing many scars and wounds. Its sigil is a pair of white hands bound with a red cord.
• Loviatar
  Pain, hurt, agony, torment, suffering, torture. LE. Portrayed as a pale woman in a black dress with leather accents. Its sigil is a nine-tailed barbed scourge.
• Mask
  Thieves, thievery, shadows. CN. Portrayed as a shadow wearing a black, featureless mask. Its sigil is a black mask.
• Mielikki
  Forests, forest creatures, rangers, dryads, autumn. NG. Portrayed as a fey-like woman with a unicorn's horn. It's sigil is a unicorn's head.
• Raven Queen
  Desolation, death, void, fate. TN. Portrayed as an Elven woman carrying a cloak of Raven feathers. Its sigil is a Raven in profile, holding a red thread in its beak.
• Tiamat
  Evil dragons, evil reptiles, greed. LE/CE. Portrayed as a massive five-headed chromatic dragon. Its sigil is a dragon head with five claw marks.
• Tymora
  Good fortune, skill, victory, adventurers. CG. Portrayed as an ever-smiling woman, fey-like in appearance. Its sigil is a face-up coin.
• Umberlee
  Oceans, currents, waves, sea winds. CE. Portrayed as a vain woman, ever-changing. Its sigil is a wave curling left and right.
• Waukeen
  Trade, money, wealth. TN. Portrayed as an enterprising woman made of pure gold, wearing elaborate clothing. Its sigil is a coin with her profile facing left.

Lesser Deities

The lesser deities are the personification of stronger powers, places, and concepts, as well as amalgamations of several lesser of these. The lesser deities have decently sized followings that are spread out over several countries. Many of the lower arch-fey are lesser deities.

• Azuth
  Wizard, mages, spellcasters. LN. Portrayed as an old man with a white beard, tiny glasses, and carrying a large scroll. Its sigil is a left hand pointing upward, outlined in fire.
• Deneir
  Literature, art, knowledge, glyphs, images, cartography. NG. Portrayed as a laid-back scholar, clothes more practical than academic. Its sigil is a lit candle above an open eye.
• Eldath
  Peace. NG. Portrayed as a calm and pretty woman made out of pure flowing water. Its sigil is a waterfall plunging into a still pool.
• Ladies Three
  Forests, mountains, and waters of Barovia. TN. Portrayed as beautiful women, with a fey-like appearance.
• Lliira
  Joy, happiness, dance, festivals, freedom, liberty. CG. Portrayed as a joyful if quickly distracted young woman in a short, flowery dress. Its sigil is a triangle of three six-pointed stars.
• Lurue
  Intelligent beasts, talking beasts. CG. Portrayed as a majestic and intelligent unicorn. Its sigil is a unicorn horn before a waning moon.
• Malar
  The hunt, evil lycanthropes, bestial savagery, bloodlust. CE. Portrayed as a broad-shouldered man wearing furs, with claws for hand and feet. Its sigil is a clawed paw.
• Milil
  Poetry, song, eloquence. NG. Portrayed as an Elven bard with tasteful clothing, carrying a harp. Its sigil is a five-stringed harp made of leaves.
• Shaundakul
  Wind, portals, travel, exploration, caravans. CN. Portrayed as a bearded man wearing a traveler's cape, carrying a greatsword. His sigil is a wind-walking depiction of himself.
• Talona
  Poison, disease. CE. Portrayed as an old leper woman carrying a cauldron. Its sigil is three teardrops on a triangle.
• Tenebrous, the Eternal
  The secret of eternity. LE. Portrayed as a lich dressed in ornate robes.
• Vampyr, the Immortal
  Immortality. LE. Portrayed as a handsome, pale nobleman.
• Zhudun, the Corpse Star
  True resurrection. NE. Portrayed as a single red star in an empty black sky.

Small Gods

Small Gods are the power and presence of slightly significant places, concepts, and powers. They stand a tier above the slumbering gods, but not much. They are often associated with a single concept, power, or place, and have light personifications. Small Gods can rely solely on a single worshiper to sustain themselves, but require a decently large amount of worshipers to become a lesser deity. Many small gods are household gods, localized beliefs, and wayshrines. Even more solely exist due to the belief of a few people, and have no place of worship other than the Temple of the Many.

• Dahlver-Nar, He of the Many Teeth
  Consequent resurrection. CE. Portrayed as a small impish creature amidst piles of teeth.
• Delban, the Star of Ice and Hate
  Deadly cold. NE. Portrayed as a lone star, radiating red and white waves.
• Drizlash, the Nine-Eyed Spider
  Vermin. NE. Portrayed as a giant spider, a closed ninth eye on the middle of its head.
• Eratia
  Writing block. LG. Portrayed as a panicked yet resigned thin student with heavy glasses, suffering from both farsightedness and nearsightedness.
• Father Gnaws
  Hunger. LE. Portrayed as a malnourished man, skin and bones.
• Fekre, Queen of Poxes
  Disease. NE. Portrayed as a leper woman, stricken with many illnesses.
• Great Taar Haak, the Five-Headed Destroyer
  Raw strength. CE. Portrayed as a massive, hulking creature with five heads.
• Guttergod
  Gutters. TN. Portrayed as a small fat man made out of grey ooze, its contents ever-changing.
• Khirad, the Star of Secrets
  Divination. NE. Portrayed as a lone star, ever-shifting in color.
• Norganas, the Finger of Oblivion
  Passing. CE. Portrayed as a shadow with red eyes, leaving tar wherever it shifts.
• Savnok the Inscrutible
  The mind. LE. Portrayed as an old warlock in tattered robes, with empty sockets where eyes should be.
• Seriach, the Hell Hound Whisperer
  Companionship. CE. Portrayed as a large, hound-like creature with sulfurous smoke rising from its body.
• Shami-Amourae, the Lady of Delights
  Persuasion. CE. Portrayed as an attractive creature, both male and female.
• Sykane, the Soul Hungerer
  Souls. LE. Portrayed as an bloated yellowish man, looking long since deceased.
• Tarakamedes, the Grave Wyrm
  Flight. NE. Portrayed as a great undead dragon.
• The Miser
  Saving gold. TN. Portrayed as a thin, malnourished man in tattered clothing, clutching a sack of coin to his chest.
• Vaund the Evasive
  Evasion. CE. Portrayed as a twitchy and nervous man, ratlike in appearance.
• Yog the Invincible
  Physical resilience. CE. Portrayed as a mountain of a man, covered in black fur all over.
• Yrrga, the Eye of Shadows
  True sight. NE. Portrayed as an expressionless woman, starry voids where her eyes ought to be.
• Zantras, the Kingmaker
  Power of personality. LE. Portrayed as an old, pockmarked king wearing a worn crown.
• Zrin-Hala, the Howling Storm
  Lightning. NE. Portrayed as a tall, scorched man followed by great storms, one half of its face sagging.