The Flan Pantheon
See also: [ Powers of Oerth ] [ Baklunish | Flan | Oeridian | Olman | Suel | Touv ]
One of the Pantheons of Oerth
CHARACTER: The Flan are the original human inhabitants of the eastern Flanaess. They typically have bronze or deep brown skin tones. Although a culturally diverse people, they’re generally described as hardy hunters, fishers, and farmers with strong ties to the natural world and to the ancient tradition of their people. The Flan revere a broad pantheon known as the Old Faith, reflecting their respect for nature and its cycles of life and death—but also a contrasting Dark Faith, which represents more sinister and secretive powers. And cutter, you’d better believe the Flanaess is responsible for some of the most dangerous bloods who’ve escaped the Prime and out into the Planes—Kyuss and Vecna, for starters. The thing that worries me is, who’s the third…?
The Flan pantheon includes powers such as Beory the Earth Mother, Pelor the Shining One, Rao the Mediator, and Obad-Hai (nature). Many of these powers have expanded their influence beyond the Flan peoples all the way across the continent, with many Flan gods considered “common” throughout the Flanaess. Historically, their faith has undergone assimilation and transformation through conquest by Oeridians and Suloise, and the resulting churn of pantheons is what makes religion in Oerth so rich and complex.
| NAME | PORTFOLIO | REALM | PRONOUNS | ALIGNMENT | POWER LEVEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allitur | Ethics; propriety | Mount Celestia / Mertion / Empyrea | He/Him | LG (LN) | Lesser |
| Beory | Oerth mother; nature; rain | Prime / Oerth | She/Her | N | Greater |
| Berei | Home; family; agriculture | Elysium / Amoria / Principality | She/Her | NG | Lesser |
| Earth Dragon | Earth; weather; hidden treasures | Prime / Oerth / Mount Drachenkopf | Unknown | LE | Demipower |
| Krovis | Protecting the Flanaess | Prime / Oerth / Drachensgrab Hills | He/Him | N | Quasipower |
| Kyuss | Decay; undeath; apocalypse | Abyss / Wormblood / The Pit of Rot | He/Him | NE | Great Old One |
| Myhriss | Love; romance; beauty | Elysium / Thalasia / River Amiel | She/Her | NG | Lesser |
| Nerull | Death; darkness; murder | Carceri / Othrys or Agathys / the Crypt | He/Him | NE | Greater |
| Obad-Hai | Nature; woodlands; freedom | Outlands / The Hidden Wood | He/Him | N | Intermediate |
| Pelor | Sun; light; strength; healing | Elysium / Thalasia / Fortress of the Sun | He/Him | NG | Greater |
| Rao | Peace; reason; serenity | Mount Celestia / Mercuria / Sweet Reason | He/Him | LG | Greater |
| Red Fox | Crafts; thievery | Beastlands | He/Him | CG | Lesser |
| The Serpent Mok’slyk | Arcane magic | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vathris | Lost causes; anguish; revenge | Prime / Oerth / Bright Desert | He/Him | LN | Hero-deity |
| Vecna | Destructive and evil secrets; magic; intrigue; hidden knowledge | Currently unknown | He/Him | NE | Lesser |
| Zodal | Mercy; hope; benevolence | Elysium / Eronia / Morninglory | He/Him | NG | Lesser |
A Who’s Who of the Flan Powers of Oerth
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- KyussThe Worm that Walks
- Obad-HaiBeing the Wild Man Power of Nature, Freedom and Hunting
- VecnaThe Arch-Lich, the Chained God, the Maimed God, Master of the Spider Throne, the Whispered One, the Dying King, the Lord of the Rotted Tower, the Undying King
Realms of the Flan 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. ‡
Culturewatch: To help cutters unfamiliar with Greyhawk lore picture these powers, you can do a rough mental transposition of the Flan folk to ancient tribal Celtic and Native American societies, merged with later cultures after invasion and mingling, in a similar way to how their real-world analogues were transformed in waves over time.