Kalkin (Judge of the Dead, Lord Death, the Tomb Lord)
| Divine Rank/Status: |
Greater Power |
| Symbol: |
Ankh |
| Home Plane - Demesne: |
Acheron - Tombspire/Halls of the Dead |
| Superior: |
None |
| Portfolio: |
Death, the Dead, Proper Burial, Tombs |
| Alignment: |
LN |
| Avatar Appearance: |
- A cloaked, hooded warrior in gray plate armor
carrying an ankh-like war hammer in his left hand and an urn in
his
right. - A giant mist-shrouded war hammer - A giant ankh |
| Cleric Alignments: |
Any non-chaotic |
| Domains: |
Death, Deathless, Exorcism, Law, Protection, Repose,
Spirit |
| Favored Weapon: |
War Hammer (Ankh) |
| Major Houses of Worship: |
Hall of Tombs |
| Militant Orders: |
N/A |
| History & Relationships: |
Kalkin is one of the oldest 'deities' on Ghoraja
Juun, only Aldamar and Thempys are older. Before the Gods Fall
Wars he was very nearly a different deity. At that time he was the
God of Life and Death as well as Light, Peace and Good and a much
more martial entity. He and his priesthood strove mightily against
the various forces of evil. But during the course of those
terrible conflicts he became disenchanted with fighting and grew
more and more concerned with the disposition of the souls of all
those who died, not only in the battles of the Gods Fall Wars, but those who passed in
more mundane ways as well. He grew angry with the darker powers who
plundered various graveyards, tombs, etc. to bolster there forces.
So in time he elevated one of his High Priestesses (Yranna)
to deity status and granted her some of his portfolios (Life, Light,
Peace & Good), then he inherited or took others (the Dead, Burial, Tombs).
He taught his clergy improved ways of combating the undead and
guiding other restless souls to a peaceful afterlife.
His stance on the undead is clear, the are an aberration and
should be destroyed whenever possible, and here is where his
former martial tendencies reassert themselves. He commands his
clergy to seek out and destroy any undead where possible,
regardless of alignment. This often puts him at odds with Dyrge,
and they have thus far remained civil, but with an extremely
hostile overtone. He has at times come to contention with various
other deities, usually over the dispensation of the souls of the
dead.
Kalkin is often thought of as aloof by his fellow deities, but
this is not the case. He simply cares for little else but seeing
that the souls of the dead reach their proper place in the outer
planes. |
| Dogma: |
TBD |
* References Forgotten RealmsTM domains
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