Waglin

Deity: Waglin

Alignment: Lawful Good

Portfolio: Peasantry, family, farming, harvest, tradition, animal husbandy, hunting, folk medicine

Symbol: A ram’s horn

Worshippers: Humans, halflings, farmers, hunters, healers. A favourite god of the common folk.

Favoured Weapon: Staff

Description
''Generally pictured as a very ugly and unkempt hermit-type, Waglin is one of the most important gods for the common people of Pendria. Waglin is a god of nature, but of tamed and mastered nature – he’s a craftsman and a labourer, a god who toils in the mud. He despises pretention and falseness above all else.''

''Waglin has a benign, grandfatherly image; unimpeachably nice, but not the first deity you’d turn to in times of crisis. Peasants keep charms and icons of Waglin in their homes, but when they march to war they prefer to consult sterner gods.''

''Waglin’s clergy are considered quite conservative and his followers tend to follow the old ways. Waglin favours strong family ties and abhors divorce, but many legends are told of the homely god’s own involuntary bachelorhood (see the Yentish myth cycle in which Waglin makes eight wives of mud, only for Tobb to steal each wife with ruses and trickery).''

Waglin is said to favour humans and halflings over other creatures that don’t work the soil.

Priesthood
Waglin is one of the five state gods of Medland, and a “high church” of Waglin exists there, with grand buildings and official hierarchies. But most priests, in Medland and elsewhere, belong to the low church – a simple, decentralised, handed-down tradition, almost totally oral – many priests of Waglin are illiterate. Temples are humble, even barnlike.

In many villages, the local priest of Waglin is a vital community leader. Despite his gentle reputation, priests of Waglin are often trained in combat; it’s quite common for them to lead the defence of their village in times of war. They wear plain garb and can usually be identified by the ram’s horn worn in a strap around the neck.

Cleric Special Abilities: Clerics of Waglin can use Turn Undead to turn mundane (but not magical animals; these animals are never destroyed, only turned.

Cleric Restrictions: Clerics might invoke Waglin’s disapproval by:


 * Putting on airs; elevating oneself above ordinary people; humiliating others
 * Unnecessary lying
 * Laziness; letting others labour without helping
 * Damaging family or community bonds, or standing idly by while communities disintegrate
 * Reckless destruction of nature; unsustainable waste of resources communities depend on