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  1. GOOD ALIGNED
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  4. Sylvannas: The Fey Goddess of Dreams, Nature, and Traveling.
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  6. Holy Symbol: A butterfly whose wings resemble the night sky itself.
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  8. Depiction: A giant woman in a large dress. Her large wings resemble the cosmos itself; dark, with swirling galaxies and twinkling stars.
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  10. Sylvanas appreciates her worshipers traveling through unexplored territory. Her worshipers often leave marks or messages in their travels, to aid fellow adventurers in finding their way. Worshipers are cartographers, the Fey, and general adventurers.
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  14. Murielle: Angel of Mercy, Justice, and Purity.
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  17. Holy Symbol: Her scythe.
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  19. Depiction: A giantess with pure white skin and hair, surmounted by a pair of large, angelic wings. She's never depicted without her legendary scythe.
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  21. Murielle's worshipers work to spread mutual benevolence throughout the world; in their attempts at keeping peace, they also cleanse creatures deemed unholy. Unholy creatures include demons and the undead. Worshipers are chivalrous folk such as paladins or priests.
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  24. Xalon: The Messenger of Valor, and Honorable combat.
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  26. Holy Symbol: A trio of intersecting blades.
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  28. Depiction: Xalon is depicted as a man marred with an uncountable amount of battle scars. He's always depicted with either his trusty bow, or a pair of straight swords.
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  30. Xalon appreciates honorable fighters and general combat prowess. Overcoming stronger foes is a very important to Xalon's faithful. Worshipers are usually sellswords and mercenaries.
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  36. Rath: The Accidental God of Freedom and Ale.
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  38. Holy symbol: A flagon.
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  40. Depiction: Rath is often depicted as a man wielding a blade in one hand, and a flagon in the other. At his side is his trusty griffon.
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  42. Followers are actually free to seek their own means of honoring Rath, be it something such as freeing slaves or creating a good drink. The creation of fine wine and spirits is considered holy to the church. Worshipers include bartenders, sellswords, and freedom fighters.
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  46. NEUTRAL ALIGNED
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  50. Amelia: The Matriarchal Goddess of Creation and the Heavens.
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  52. Holy symbol: A trio of pillars with a sun rising over the top.
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  54. Depiction: Amelia is depicted as a levitating woman with deformed, elephantine feet. Her skin is often described as multiple strips of grey skin that take a humanoid shape. Beneath these strips are said to be her true form, which, like her name, is unable to be revealed to mortal man.
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  56. Amelia is seen as the godhead of all the major deities, and as such is worshiped by just about anyone. However, she appreciates creativity in her followers out of everything, making her popular among playwrights and storytellers.
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  60. Natina: The All-knowing Goddess of Prophecy and Fate.
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  63. Holy Symbol: An hourglass.
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  65. Depiction: A gaunt, emaciated woman wearing a blindfold. She's often depicted being crucified to a scale.
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  67. Natina appreciates helping others find their fortune, and is said to provide powerful divination skills to her worshipers. Also appreciates the destruction of the undead, as they're considered mockeries of her work. Followers are often, as a result, soothsayers or fortune tellers, but warriors dedicated solely to eradicating necromancy are quite common.
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  73. Helvian: The Mad God of Magic.
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  75. Holy Symbol: A mask. One side is dark black with a frown, and the other white with a smile.
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  77. Depiction: A masked man with one half of his body constantly fizzling and popping from excess magical energy.
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  79. Appreciates the research of all manner of knowledge, particularly the creation, study, or use anything magical. Helvian is quite unreliable, due to his chaotic and random nature. Worshipers are general mages or researchers.
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  84. Aletrod: The Craftsman of Law and Order.
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  86. Holy Symbol: A set of scales.
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  88. Depiction: A handsome man dressed in a set of golden armour. Always depicted with a crossbow.
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  91. Aletrod appreciates upholding the law in all forms. Also associated with craftsmanship, as it was Aletrod who aided Amelia in creating the palace of the Gods. Worshipers are judges, law enforces, or craftsmen.
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  96. Zen'Ari: The Charioteer of Death. Also known as the 'Grim Reaper'
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  99. Holy Symbol: A frozen skull.
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  101. Depiction: A man with frostbitten skin, riding atop a chariot with two horses. Often alongside his beloved, Caia.
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  104. Zen'Ari is more of an omen than a god to worship; though those that do follow Zen'Ari are generally warrior-priests that seek to purge the undead, and work closely alongside Natina's faith. It is said that one can hear his chariot approaching at the final moments of death.
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  107. Tarnathwen: The Lady of Vengeance, beauty, and the taboo.
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  109. Holy Symbol: A masquerade mask.
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  111. Depiction: A woman often wielding a dagger, surmounted by insectoid wings.
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  113. Tarnathwen's faithful are a rebellious bunch. Her worship is outlawed in many places due to her doctrines. Tarnathwen appreciates blood shed in her name -- particularly the blood of those who wronged the worshiper or known betrayers. Bounty boards are often erected in her name. Worshiped by the Sylvan, the vengeful, and thieves.
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  118. EVIL ALIGNED
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  122. Belial: Devil God of Tyranny, Sin, and Punishment.
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  124. Holy Symbol: An upside down star (pentagram); often depicting Belial's horned face.
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  126. Depiction: A man who's hoofed legs are depicted to be made of molten, crackling rock. He has a mans body and face, with flaming hair surmounting his scalp. He's often depicted wielding a flaming mace in one hand, and a contract in the other.
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  128. Patron God of Zerif. Worshipers of Belial seek to mercilessly hunt down the guilty; in his eyes, the sinful are deemed as his 'property'. Criminals or villains are sacrificed in his name on an almost daily basis. Worshipers include warrior-priests, certain law enforcers, and executioners.
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  133. Heron: The Masked Goddess of Murder and Secrecy.
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  135. Holy Symbol: Three symbols for each sect; A playing card with a dagger stabbed into the center(Thievery)
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  137. A blood soaked skull with a dagger plunged through the top. (Murder)
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  139. Three white masks, each depicting different emotions on their face. (Ordered secrecy/Assassination)
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  141. Depiction: A black garbed, grey skinned woman with a blank sheet of skin for a face.
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  143. Appreciates murder done in her name, as well as thievery and extortion. Her true motifs are unknown however, and her worshipers are often seen as blind followers. Worshipers include thieves, deranged murderers, and assassins.
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  147. Lamashtu: The Demon Goddess of Monsters, Madness, and Nightmares.
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  150. Holy Symbol: A three-eyed goat's head.
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  152. Depiction: A winged humanoid with a body that constantly fizzles and pops with black sludge. Mouths, pustules, and eyes constantly form and unform along the body.
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  154. Lamashtu appreciates the perversion and corruption of something pure. Enjoys spreading chaos and discord, and accepts blood sacrifices in her rituals. Unexplained pregnancies or birth defects are often associated with, or blamed on Lamashtu.
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  158. Andrax: The Vicarious Watcher of Pestilence and Plagues.
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  160. Holy Symbol: A locust with bloodstained wings.
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  162. Depiction: An humanoid with insect-like traits; most noticeably the exoskeleton. His head is half a human skull, topped off with chattering mandibles.
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  165. Works in mysterious ways, and is often sought out of desperation more than anything else. Appreciates the spreading of diseases; in exchange, terminally ill worshipers are said to gain an unholy resistance to plague and decay. Worshipers are almost exclusively the ill.
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  171. Rhysvial: The Dragon God of Destruction and Wrath.
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  173. Holy Symbol: A black dragon's open maw.
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  175. Depiction: A large black dragon who's head has a row of three eyes at either side.
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  177. Hates the current state of this world. Seeks to destroy and restructure everything under his rule. Appreciates needless slaughter or destruction, as well as submitting oneself to all dragon kind. Worshipers are deranged lunatics, seekers of Darkweaving, or dragons who wish for the old ways.
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  182. Alron: Fallen God of Pain and Loss.
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  184. Holy Symbol: Three skulls connected with a barbed chain through each eye socket.
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  186. Depiction: A giant man with tight-fitting leather to expose his bleeding wounds. Hooked chains and small cages dangle from his exposed ribs. He wears a blindfold, with blood crusting the fabrics. More often than not he's depicted with a dull, heavily curved sword almost large as himself.
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  188. Appreciates blood spilled in his name, though dislikes a quick death. Alron is said to grant premonitions and omens to his worshipers through the screams of their victims. Worshipers are sadists or deranged lunatics.
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  193. LESSER GODS/ OUTSIDE THE PANTHEON
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  196. Aegir Stormbeard: Dwarven God of the Sea.
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  198. Holy symbol: A gigantic cauldron.
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  200. Depiction: A mighty Dwarf with a white beard extending far past his chest. Always depicted with his great cauldron; which is said to once contain the world's waters.
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  204. Galdrin Caskflayer: Dwarven God of the Forge
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  206. Holy Symbol: An anvil
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  208. Depiction: Galdrin is depicted as a mighty Dwarven smith standing over a gigantic sphere. This depicts him hammering out Erilen for its life to live on, so that his brother, Aegir, may fill the dents and basins with water.
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  211. Toan Caskflayer: God of fine Cuisine
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  213. Holy symbol: A helm flipped upside down and filled with soup, with a knife and fork crossing over it from above.
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  215. Depiction: Toan is depicted as a rather large beast of a Dwarf covered in a variety of battle scars, often depicted with an oversized meat tenderizer.
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  220. Yuridea: The Screaming God of Music
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  222. Holy symbol: A trumpet
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  224. Depiction: A disheveled old man that's always depicted to scream. It is said that Yuridea is the source of the world's beautiful music and sound, and if he were to stop screaming, the world would fall silent.
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