Baklunish Pantheon

Baklunish Pantheon

See also: [ Powers of Oerth ] [ Baklunish | Flan | Oeridian | Olman | Suel | Touv ]

One of the Pantheons of Oerth

CHARACTER: The Baklunish are a sophisticated, golden-skinned people from the northwest of the Flanaess, renowned for their intellectual traditions, nomadic horse culture, and strong sense of community. They’re typically deeply spiritual, and worship a pantheon which mixes local powers with some more widely-known across Oerth—although these gods tend to adopt local names and identities in Baklun.

The leader of this group of powers is Istus, the mysterious goddess of fate and destiny. Pelor is known here too, as Al’Asran, and Boccob is called Al’Zarad. Geshtai, the power of fresh waters is deeply revered, and Mouqol, while being worshipped mainly in Baklun on Oerth, is known throughout the planes as his realm of trade and commerce the Cafila visits many of the Outer Planes.

Baklunish faiths often revolve around temples and shrines devoted to fate, water, and trade, and their clerics—known as rashaws—possess spell traditions unique to the region, often venerating idols rather than conventional holy symbols.

NAME	PORTFOLIO	REALM / NOTES	PRONOUNS	ALIGNMENT	POWER LEVEL
Al’Akbar	Guardianship; faithfulness; dignity; duty	Mount Celestia / Mertion / Soqed Hezi	He/Him	LG	Demipower
Al’Asran	see Pelor (Flan Pantheon)
Al’Hatha ‡	Sun; oaths; truth	Mount Celestia	He/Him	LG	Greater
Al’Zarad	see Boccob
Al’Ydor ‡	War; wine; lust	Limbo / Eternal Gardens of Delight ‡	She/Her	CN	Lesser
Azor’alq	Light; purity; courage; strength	Prime / Oerth / Pinnacles of Azor’alq	He/Him	NG	Hero-deity
Banlasa ‡	Healing; redemption	Mount Celestia	He/Him	LG	Lesser
Daoud	Humility; clarity; immediacy	Unknown	He/Him	N	Hero-deity
Duhl Parath ‡	Deceit; corruption; poison	Gehenna / Chamada / Amethyst Palace ‡	He/Him	NE	Greater
Geshtai	Lakes; rivers; wells; streams	Outlands / Nature’s Rest	She/Her	N	Lesser
Hadyan ‡	Magic; knowledge; scholarship	Outlands / Hinterlands / Tower of Arcana ‡	He/Him	N	Lesser
Hasnat ‡	Poetry; music; song	Bytopia / Wandering	She/Her	NG	Lesser
Istus	Fate; destiny; the future; honesty	Outlands / Web of Fate	She/Her	N	Greater
Kadar ‡	Fire; destruction; greed	Acheron / Avalas / Entropy’s Forge ‡	She/Her	LE	Lesser
Malakim	Law; arbitration; proper procedure	Mount Celestia	He/Him	LN	Demipower
Malthebaal ‡	the Moon (Luna)	Prime / Oerth / Luna / Halls of Shining Night ‡	He/Him	LN	Lesser
Mat’ur ‡	Rain; compassion; sleep	Limbo / The Kindly Eye ‡	She/Her	CN	Greater
Mouqol	Trade; negotiation; ventures; appraisal; reciprocity	Wandering / the Cafila	He/Him	N	Lesser
Nasri ‡	Murder; assassination; banditry; terror	Pandemonium / Phlegethon / Skull Palace ‡	She/Her	CE	Lesser
Suwat ‡	Mountains; stone; metal	Elemental Earth / Warrens of Paradise ‡	She/Her	NE	Lesser
Tharoth the Reaper	see Nerull (Flan Pantheon)
Waadi ‡	the Moon (Celene); snakes; the sky; wind	Elemental Air / the Castle of the Wandering Moon ‡	She/Her	CG	Lesser
Winarim ‡	Plants; trees; animal; birds	Beastlands	He/Him	NG	Lesser
Xan Yae	Twilight; shadows; stealth; meantal power	Outlands / Tower of Iron Will	She/Her	N	Lesser
Ya’huth ‡	Slavery; oppression; injustice	Baator / Minauros / Jangling Hiter	She/Her	LE	Lesser
Zuoken	Physical and mental mastery	Prime / Oerth	He/Him	N	Demipower

A Who’s Who of the Baklunish Powers of Oerth

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• Geshtai
  Being the Baklunish Power of Oases, Fresh Waters and Cool Streams
• Mouqol
  Being a Nomadic Power of Trade and Negotiation
• Xan Yae
  Being the Power of Shadows and Mind Over Matter

Realms of the Baklunish Powers of Oerth

Canonical Source: On Hallowed Ground [2e] p60-63; Greyhawk wiki

Sources: Jon Winter-Holt, with many thanks to Talktoh who is far more knowledgeable than me about all things Greyhawk. ‡ Also some great additional homebrew by Don Twistbuck, you can find the details here.

Culturewatch: To help cutters unfamiliar with Greyhawk lore picture these powers, you can do a rough mental translation of these folk to a mixture of Central Asian steppe culture and Middle Eastern traditions. The Baklunish were inspired by historical Arab cultures, medieval Islamic societies, and the nomadic horse tribes of Central Asia such as the Turks and Mongols.