RITHEREON
(THE SUMMONER)
Lesser god, CG - Individuality, Self-protection, Liberty, Retribution
Trithereon, "The Summoner," is the deity of individuality and the right of self-protection. His symbol, the rune of pursuit, indicates many things, including the need to strive for liberty and to seek to bring to an end those who are bent on abridging life or freedom.
When upon the Prime Material Plane, Trithereon appears as a tall, well-built young man with red-gold hair and gray eyes. He is typically clad in pale blue or violet garb, with a shirt of golden chainmail often visible. He carries a broad-bladed spear, a broadsword, and a scepter in his broad girdle of gold-studded leather.
The spear is called Krelestro ("the Harbinger of Doom"). It returns to Trithereon's hand swiftly after being thrown. His sword is called "Freedom's Tongue." It can cause fear in all opponents of its wielder. The scepter is the Baton of Retribution. It can locate any enemy, anywhere, unless some extremely powerful magical protection against location exists. The scepter also permits its wielder to summon certain creatures, as detailed later. Merely possessing the Baton of Retribution allows the possessor to travel to any place on any plane of existence not protected by some magic to prevent such entrance.
When held and wielded, the baton will, upon desire, cause the surrounding area to become a strange plane, unfamiliar to those opposing the wielder of the device. Thus it could be a barren desert of purple rock and green skies, a swamp of milk-colored water with red plants, a featureless plain of gray anti black whose ground glows as if it were translucent fire and whose heavens are black and opaque. At each such place, Trithereon must be answered one question truthfully, or else the creature in question will be consigned to the strange world for 100 years, barring some means of escape.
As "The Summoner," Trithereon is able to call up three creatures, one at a time, to pursue and combat those guilty of enslavement, abridgment of liberty, and similar crimes. The three creatures are:
Nemoud the Hound
Harrus the Falcon
Ca'rolk the Sea LizardThe summoned creature will follow orders to the best of its ability.
Trithereon also can summon (through gates) any type of deva. He will do so only to combat great evil, of course.
Priests of Trithereon wear dark blue or purple robes, silver or gold trimmed. During special ceremonies they wear cassocks of golden red, emblazoned with the rune of pursuit. Curates and superiors are allowed the use of spears. Patriarchs and superiors can employ broadswords.
The followers of this deity are common in large towns and cities and in certain states in the Flanaess, notably the Yeomanry and the Shield Lands. Services include ceremonial flames, bells, and iron vessels and symbols of various types.
