Forgotten realms gods3/18/2023 ![]() ![]() Gondar of mainland Faerûn nominally acknowledge Danactar, but due to his distance few pay him much heed. The current Lantar is the Gondar cleric Bloenin. They usually receive his edicts from the Lantar (the travelling envoy of Lantan). Lantanese expatriate merchants along the southern seas of Faerûn follow Danactar's rule. Danactar is the highest ranking mortal cleric of Gond he is the supreme voice in ecclesiastical matters and he serves in Lantan's ruling council, the Ayrorch. This monastery is run by Danactar the High Artificer, Most Holy Servant of Gond. The heart of Gond's church is the High Holy Crafthouse of Inspiration in the city of Illul in Lantan. Periodically, an invention of the followers of Gond will have an adverse economic effect, resulting in hostility from other faiths. Merchants cultivate relationships with Gond's clergy in the hope of profiting from trading in Gondar inventions. The church of Mystra opposes Gond, believing he holds technology above magic, but in truth he views magic as a tool to further his creativity. In Durpar, Estagund, and Var the Golden, he is known as Zionil, patron of craftfolk, inventors and creators. He has an increasing following in rock gnome communities. Members are found in both good and evil aligned human populations. The church of Gond is tolerated across Faerûn. Gond's faith is the state religion of Lantan. Gond's avatars are rarely seen outside his temple he prefers to manifest before mortals in a lesser manner. He wields a mighty hammer called Craftmaster, which he uses for smith work and as a weapon. He wears a scorched smith's smock over leather clothes. In all his avatars he has sharp, dark eyes, a forge-scarred face, and alert, inquisitive features. Gond sometimes appears as a short, slight man with straw-blond hair, other times as a burly, red-faced smith, and other times as a gnome. His only enemy is Talos, whose indiscriminate destructiveness threatens Gond's dominion over creation and devices of destruction. ![]() Gond is friendly with Lathander, Waukeen and Tempus, for his inventions benefit their portfolios. His independence leads many to forget his relationship with his superior. Gond is an enigmatic deity who serves under Oghma and alongside Deneir and Milil as a Deity of Knowledge and Invention. Gond is worshipped by gnomes, who know him as Nebelun, and humans. He cares only for the act of creation and pays no heed to the consequences of his inventions. Gond is the deity of invention: he transforms ideas into form and inspires mortals to create new things. Ed Greenwood created Gond for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, very loosely inspired by the Greek deity Hephaestus. Gond is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. ![]()
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