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The Forgotten Realms are abundant in Gods and deities, both malicious and kind. There are a wide variety of Gods in the Forgotten Realms, in some cases some Gods from all kinds of pantheons. However, it seems that for the time being – while in Early Access – Baldur’s Gate 3 will only be seeing the Gods originally from the Forgotten Realms. So sadly, you won’t be able to be a Cleric of Thor or a Paladin of Hades anytime soon. Instead, you’ll meet these new Gods each with their own different set of abilities and dominions.
If you’ve been playing the Early Access Baldur’s Gate 3 you might have noticed that Selune, Shar, Mystra, and Vlaakith are at the forefront of the game. But because BG3 is set right after the events of Descent into Avernus, we’ll likely be seeing more of The Dead Three (Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul). In fact, there’s a large number of Gods who’ve already made their worship known. But if you want to know more about all of these Gods, then you’ve come to the right place! Here we’ll go through all the Gods you’ll find mention of in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Bane
Bane is a dark paragon of hate, fear, and tyranny. He ascended to godhood alongside Bhaal and Myrkul but loathes them both for taking power he believes is rightfully his.
Bane was the God of tyrannical oppression, terror, and hate. He was the face of pure evil and despotism. Bane was a wholly malevolent and brutal deity that distanced himself from mere mortals, preferring to reign over his followers from afar. He savored the terror he instilled in others and the hatred that formed in mortals’ hearts, utilizing this strife to gain greater control over the Realms.
Title(s)
- Lord Bane
- Lord of Darkness
- The Dark One
- The Black Lord
- The Black Hand
- Bane the Accursed
Alignment
Lawful evil
Symbol
Upright black right hand, thumb and fingers together
Portfolio
Ambition, control, tyranny
Domains
Order, War
Worshipers
Conquerors, dictators
Bhaal
Bhaal is the notorious god of murder, reborn after each of his descendants was viciously slain. He has a tenuous alliance with Myrkul and Bane, the three having attained divinity in a bargain with the fallen god Jergal.
Bhaal is known to be the God of violence and ritualistic murder. In some extreme cases, Bhaal’s mortal Bhaalspawn children could actually turn into creatures said to be one of the listed avatars after Bhaal himself died, but these incarnations were even more monstrous and inhuman in shape, acting as little more than powerful killing machines.
Title(s)
Alignment
Neutral evil
Symbol
Skull surrounded by ring of bloody droplets
Portfolio
Murder
Domains
Death
Worshipers
Assassins, compulsive killers
Corellon Larethian
Creator of the Elves, Corellon Larethian oversees the elven pantheon as a whole, providing blessings to those who study art, magic, and nature. Corellon, or more fully Corellon Larethian, whose titles included Creator of the Elves and the Protector, was the patron god of all elves. He was the creator and preserver of the Tel’Quessir, governing those things held in the highest esteem among elves, such as magic, music, arts, crafts, poetry, and warfare.
Title(s)
- Coronal of Arvandor
- Ruler of All Elves
- Creator of the Elves
- Father of Elvenkind
- First of the Seldarine
- Preserver of Life
- The Protector
- The Big Fairy (derogatory)
- Lord of Cowardice (derogatory)
Symbol
Quarter moon or starburst
Home Plane
Arborea
Realm
Arvandor
Portfolio
Art, magic
Domains
Arcana, Life, Light, War
Eilistraee
Eilistraee is the goddess of good-aligned Drow, beauty, song, and freedom. The Dark Maiden desires balance between all races, and struggles against her mother Lolth’s corrupt aims. Eilistraee was the chaotic good drow goddess of beauty, song, dance, freedom, moonlight, swordwork, and hunting, within the drow pantheon known as the Dark Seldarine. She was the patroness and protector of the few dark elves who longed to return to the surface and live there, at peace with other races, and to abandon the endless conflicts and intrigues that dominated the lives of most drow.
Title(s)
- The Dark Maiden
- The Dark Dancer
- The Dancing Goddess
- Lady of the Dance
- Lady Silverhair
- The Masked Lady
Alignment
Chaotic good
Symbol
Unclad female drow with long hair dancing before a full moon with a silver bastard sword
Portfolio
Beauty, dance, freedom, hunting, moonlight, song, swordwork
Domains
Light, Nature, Life
Worshipers
Drow exiles; drow seeking an alternative to their society
Garl Glittergold
The Watchful Protector is the king of gnomish gods – a deity of humor, gemcutting, protection, and trickery. Garl led the Lords of the Golden Hills as the deity of luck, protection, and trickery. Garl was the most popular of the gnomish deities, and honored, in one way or another, by nearly all gnomes. His clerics, known as Glitterbrights, wore war helms and gold belts.
Title(s)
- The Joker
- The Priceless Gem
- The Sparkling Wit
- The Watchful Protector
- The Father of All Gnomes
Alignment
Lawful good
Symbol
Gold nugget
Portfolio
Primary god of gnomes
Domains
Trickery
Helm
The Watcher is an eternal sentry among the gods, representing guardians across the planes. After more than a century of fading worship, Helm’s power was restored with the Second Sundering. Helm, also known as the Vigilant One and The Watcher, was the god of guardians, protection, and protectors. He was worshiped by guards and paladins both, long being seen as a cold and focused deity who impartially took the role of defender and sometimes also enforcer.
Title(s)
- He of the Unsleeping Eyes
- God of Guardians
- The Great Guard
- The Watcher
- The Vigilant
- The Vigilant One
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Symbol
Staring eye on upright left gauntlet
Portfolio
Watchfulness
Domains
Life, Light, Twilight
Worshipers
Guards, fighters, paladins, clerics, mercenaries
Ilmater
The Crying God protects the oppressed and persecuted. His clergy is sworn to alleviate suffering even if that means taking on that pain personally. Ilmater was an intermediate deity of the Faerûnian pantheon whose portfolio included endurance, martyrdom, perseverance, and suffering. He was the god of those who suffered, the oppressed, and the persecuted, who offered them relief and support, encouraged them to endure, and who encouraged others to help them, to take their burdens or take their places.
Title(s)
- The Crying God
- The Broken God
- The Lord on the Rack
- The One Who Endures
- The Rack-Broken Lord
Alignment
Lawful good
Symbol
Hands bound at the wrist with red cord
Portfolio
Endurance, suffering, martyrdom, perseverance
Domains
Life, Twilight
Kelemvor
Fair but distant, Kelemvor guides the dead to their appropriate plane in the afterlife. His clergy provides last rites across Faerun, but also destroy undead that have escaped Kelemvor’s judgment. Fair yet cold, Kelemvor was the god of death and the dead—the most recent deity to hold this position, following in the footsteps of Jergal, Myrkul, and Cyric. Unlike these other deities, whose rule as gods of the dead made the afterlife an uncertain and fearful thing, Kelemvor promoted that death was a natural part of life and should not be feared as long as it was understood.
Title(s)
- Lord of the Dead
- Judge of the Damned
- The Great Guide
- Master of the Crystal Spire
- Lord of the Crystal Spire
- Lord Death
- Death Lord
- God of Death
Alignment
Lawful neutral
Symbol
Skeletal arm holding up scales in balance
Portfolio
The Dead
Domains
Death, Grave
Laduguer
The Exile is the tyrannical patron of the duergar. His Clerics are the unquestioned rulers of duergar society, enforcing cold and callous behavior among his worshippers. Laduguer, also known as The Exile, the Gray Protector, and Master of Crafts was the lawful evil dwarven deity of the duergar. Ever since he was cast out from the rest of the Morndinsamman, Laduguer has harbored a bitter resentment, viewing the rest of the pantheon as layabouts more concerned with outdated tradition than with progress.
Title(s)
- The Exile
- The Gray Protector
- Master of Crafts
- The Slave Driver
- The Taskmaster
- The Harsh
Alignment
Lawful evil
Symbol
Broken arrow
Portfolio
Duergar, magic, crafts
Domains
Arcana, Death
Worshipers
Duergar
Lolth
The much-reviled matriarch of the Drow pantheon, Lolth holds sway over spiders, the Underdark, and the infernal creatures of the Demonweb Pits. Her primary goal is to corrupt all Drow, transforming them into heartless cultists. Lolth was a goddess of cold cruelty not out of place in the darkest depths of the endless Abyss, reveling in betrayal and bloodshed and toying with everyone from her minions to her victims.
Title(s)
- Queen of Spiders
- Demon Queen of Spiders
- Queen of the Demonweb Pits
- Queen of Darkness
- Dark Mother
- Mother of Lusts
- The Lady of Shadows
- The Lady of Chaos
- The Mistress of Lies
- Weaver of Destiny
- Weaver of Webs
- The Weaver
- Fleshcarver
- Spider Bitch
Alignment
Chaotic evil
Symbol
Spider
Home Plane
The Abyss
Realm
Demonweb Pits
Portfolio
Drow, spiders
Domains
Trickery, War
Moradin
The All-Hammer is a dwarven god worshipped by smiths, artisans and miners alike. He and Laduguer are constantly at odds. Moradin was the lawful good god of the dwarves and the chief deity in their pantheon. A harsh but fair judge, he was strength and force of will embodied. He inspired dwarven inventions and constantly sought to improve their race, encouraging a good natured, intelligent, and harmonious existence with other good races while battling their pride and isolationist tendencies.
Title(s)
- The All-Father
- Dwarffather
- The Soul Forger
Alignment
Lawful good
Symbol
Hammer and anvil
Portfolio
Creation, Dwarf crafts, Protection
Domains
Forge, Knowledge
Worshipers
Dwarves
Myrkul
A member of the Dead Three with Bhaal and Bane, Myrkul is a cruel necromancer turned god, inspiring the fear of death in mortals. He often clashes with Kelemvor, the even-handed judge of fallen souls. Myrkul, also known as the Lord of Bones, the Lord of the Dead and the Reaper, was a god of the dead in the Faerûnian pantheon. He was originally a mortal man, a necromancer named Myrkul Bey al-Kursi, who ascended to godhood alongside Bhaal, the god of murder, and Bane, god of fear, hatred, and tyranny.
Title(s)
- Crown Prince of Murghôm
- Lord of the Dead
- Lord of Bones
- Old Lord Skull
- The Reaper
- The Deathless Lord of Death
Alignment
Neutral evil
Symbol
White human skull
Portfolio
Death, decay, old age, exhaustion, dusk, autumn
Domains
Death
Mystra
As the mother of all magic, Mystra oversees the Weave and spreads arcane knowledge to mortal spellcasters. Her clerics preserve ancient lore and protect bastions of magical energy. As a goddess, Mystra could shape change at will and mortals who saw her reported she changed constantly. Others described her appearing in a form resembling a multicolored will-o’-wisp. When Mystra revealed herself to Midnight just before the gods were forced to walk the land of Toril, she was at first just a dark figure surrounded by an aura of blue-white light.
Title(s)
The Lady of Mysteries
The Mother of All Magic
Our Lady of Spells
The Mother of Mystery
Lady Magic
Lady of Magic
One True Spell
Goddess of Magic
Alignment
Lawful neutral
Symbol
Blue-white star
Portfolio
Magic
Oghma
Oghma is the god of inspiration and invention, sharing knowledge with the world through his Bards and Clerics. Unlike many other Deities, Oghma accepts all moral alignments into his clergy. Oghma was known to appear as a handsome, dark-skinned man in bright, resplendent, and stylish clothes. Typically his outfit included a tabard with projecting, ornamented shoulder plates, a cummerbund with an exquisitely beautiful scene painted on its medallion-shaped buckle, and open meshwork, point-toed boots with crystal teardrops dangling from the end of uppers, almost enough to touch the upraised toes.
Title(s)
- The Binder
- The Binder of What is Known
- Patron of Bards
- Lord of Knowledge
- The Wise God
- Lord of All Knowledge
- God of Wisdom
- The Wise
- The Bard
Alignment
Neutral
Symbol
A blank scroll
Served By
Deneir, Milil
Domains
Knowledge
Worshipers
Artists, bards, cartographers, clerks, inventors, sages, scribes, wizards
Selune
The Lady of Silver presides over the moon, stars, and navigation. Her power over the heavens is constantly challenged by her sister Shar, who seeks to plunge the world into eternal shadow. Selûne, also known as Our Lady of Silver, the Moonmaiden, and the Night White Lady, was the goddess of the moon in the Faerûnian pantheon. She held the portfolios of the moon, stars, navigation, navigators, wanderers, questers, seekers, and non-evil lycanthropes. In the time of ancient Netheril, when she was a greater goddess, she held the portfolios of the moon, moonlight, and stars; beauty and purity; love and marriage; navigation and navigators; tracking, wanderers, and seekers; diviners and dreams; good and neutral lycanthropes; and autumn. Hers was the moon’s mysterious power, the heavenly force that governed the world’s tides and a mother’s reproductive cycles, caused lycanthropes to shift form, and drew one to the brink of madness, and back again.
Title(s)
- Our Lady of Silver
- The Moonmaiden
- The Night White Lady
- She Who Guides
Alignment
Chaotic good
Symbol
Pair of eyes surrounded by seven stars
Domains
Knowledge, Life, Twilight
Shar
As the greater deity of darkness, Shar is feared for her power over the night, secrets, and loss. She is locked in eternal conflict with her twin sister Selune, goddess of the moon. Shar was the Faerûnian goddess of darkness and night, the malevolent twin counterpart to the goddess of the moon, Selûne. She was also the creator of the Shadow Weave, a dark counterpart and attack upon the Weave of Mystryl and her successors, before both of the Weaves fell into ruin during the Spellplague.
Title(s)
- Mistress of the Night
- The Nightbringer
- Nightsinger
- Singer of Eternal Night
- Dark Lady
- Dark Goddess
- Lady of Loss
- Goddess of Loss
- Mistress of Pain
- God of Thieves
- Greater Power of the Gray Waste
Alignment
Neutral evil
Symbol
Black disk with a purple border
Portfolio
Darkness, loss, night, secrets, forgetfulness
Domains
Death, Trickery
Worshipers
Miners, those seeking to forget
Tempus
Tempus is the Lord of Battles, overseeing war and its soldiers. He is the embodiment of honorable combat, and condemns needless bloodlust. Tempus, also known as the Lord of Battles, was the god of war. His dogma was primarily concerned with honorable battle, forbidding cowardice, and encouraging the use of force of arms to settle disputes.
Title(s)
- Foehammer
- Lord of Battles
- The Usurper (by worshipers of Garagos)
- The Battle Lord
Alignment
Neutral
Symbol
Upright flaming sword
Portfolio
War
Domains
War
Worshipers
Soldiers
Tyr
The Blind God rules over law and justice, encouraging valiant acts from his followers and relentlessly pursuing oathbreakers. An interloper deity, Tyr was the same power as the god of the same name in the Norse pantheon, although in the Realms he was worshiped only as a god of justice and not as a god of war.
Title(s)
- The Even-Handed
- God of Justice
- Grimjaws
- The Maimed God
- The Evenhanded
- God of Justice
- Blind, Blind Tyr
- Wounded Tyr
- The Lord of Justice
- The Just God
- The Blind Overlord
- The Wounded One
- The One-Handed
- Blind One
- The Eyeless One
Alignment
Lawful good
Symbol
Balanced scales resting on a warhammer
Portfolio
Justice
Domains
Order, War
Worshipers
Judges, knights
Vlaakith
The Lich Queen is the sole respected leader of the Githyanki. She encourages their worship and unquestioning devotion, essentially acting as a Deity.
Alignment
Evil
Yondalla
As the mother of the Halfling pantheon, Yondalla is known for her kindness and open mind, encouraging her followers to protect the home, hearth, and nature. Yondalla was the creator of the halfling race and matriarch of not only the halfling pantheon, but the whole race itself. With her charming personality and friendly demeanor she was an example to all halflings; who almost all shared her curiosity, loyalty and sense of mischief.
Title(s)
- The Protector and Provider
- The Nurturing Matriarch
- The Blessed One
Alignment
Lawful good
Symbol
Cornucopia on a shield
Portfolio
Fertility, protection
Domains
Life, Twilight
Worshipers
Halflings
That’s all of the Gods in BG3 for you.
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