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The next Deep Dive Q&A takes place tomorrow—Wednesday, February 11 at 6 PM Pacific Time. It will be held on the Threshold Stage channel of the Eberron Discord. Don't worry if you can't make it to the live event -- the recording will be posted here in about a week.

Our topic this month is Religions of Eberron, along with anything to do with deities or the divine. People have raised a lot of good questions in the main question thread, but feel free to ask more here!

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David Byrd

Were there any faiths similar to the Blood of Vol in the age of monsters on Khorvaire? I’ve created one for my Eberron and am curious if you’ve done so as well or at least have any suggestions you can brainstorm real quick

MikeZ

In the Thir faith, the Sovereigns are believed to be dragons who achieved divinity. Do we know any of their original draconic names? We know Ourelonastrix as the dragon associated with Aureon—are there similar names or examples for other Sovereigns?

Carlton Anderson

We know the Qabalrin were necromancers, that they created vampires, and that their practices and beliefs influenced the much later beliefs of the line of Vol, which in turn led to conflict with the Undying Court. Since the destruction of the line of Vol, have such beliefs been similarly expunged from the people and culture of Aerenal, or are there still Aereni who (perhaps secretly) practice Qabalrin necromancy and/or its derivatives?

Jarrod Taylor

Magic of Eberron introduces mournlode ore from the Field of Ruins, an ore that excels at combating undead, noting that purple mournlode is the most well known. I doubt 4 years is a lot of time for several variations to be discovered, but if you were to use other kinds of mournlode (especially as holy symbols), what effects might they have?

Jarrod Taylor

Are there any Greensingers counted among the dragons of Argonnessen? It is easy to picture the druids among other humanoids and giants, but would the dragons engage with the fey on that kind of footing?

Ben

Given how 3.5e has undead as pretty resistant to psionics (immunity to mind-affecting effects) and that they manifest in the bodies of the dead or as incorporeal spirits, would the Path of Inspiration have any particular view on undead beyond simply thinking of them as another kind of altavar worth sicking the Edgewalkers on? Would an undead arising from the corpse of a Riedran show that they were a false follower of the Path of Inspiration?

Inquisitor Thomas

Do/Did the Gith have their own versions/equivalents of the Sovereigns/Silver Flames/Divinity Within or are these unique manifestations of the current version of reality?

Sims

Love this. I asked this in a Patreon question probably last year, but there’s a lot of different listed names and variations of deities in Eberron, like Bally-Nur for Balinor. I believe it was actually another member who gave the published list. However with that concept in mind, what are different Kanon interpretations of faiths like the Sovereign Host. For example, we have the dominant Pyrene Creed in Khorvaire and the more widespread Cazhaak Creed in Droaam, or Three Face Cults. But what about other Creeds? Such as the Talenta or Shadow March versions?

Micaerys

In Races of Eberron a very old Tairnadal ruin from the Age of Monsters, Taer Dalan, is mentioned as a hidden location that the Keepers of the Past and the Dalan Rae (Near Dead) want to find. Given the name, with that term we have only found among the Valenar, I have a question: Do the Tairnadal have their own equivalent of Shae Mordai? Could it be that the mysterious Taer Dalan was a fortress for the dead, but in this case the dead were specifically the idea of spiritual ancestor sustained by the deeds of their successors?

Leann Davis

Let's say a new god came into being in a Eberron, one whose portfolio doesn't necessarily conflict with any mainstream religions and isn't evil. What would the reactions be from the people of Khorvaire, Aerenal, or the dragons of Argonessan?

The Bard Himself

While no one can prove or disprove the existence of The Sovereign Host, the Queen of the Dead, the Bone King, The Totems and other greater powers of the Planes are very real beings. How aren't these entities gods? And why do the people of Eberron seemingly not form relgions around these beings. Or, what people DO form Religions around them? Is it possible the drug of faith isn't exclusive to The Dominions of Syrania?

Zachary Butler

What happened to temples and followers of the Silver Flame outside of Thrane after it became a theocracy? Wouldn't the nations at war with Thrane have responded in some way? I'm trying to detail Wroat for an adventure and there is a prominent temple just a few hundred feet from Brokenblade Castle. I have to assume that the Crown would have at least seized the building. Looking at the section on Fairhaven, Aundair "ordered the cathedral closed, and its clerics fled rather than face arrest." Over 80 years later, it still stands abandoned. Would this have been normal?

Stephen

The cult of The Becoming God has had very little written about them. How would you use them as NPCs in a Mournland campaign? And how do they interact with the followers of the Lord of Blades, who also reside in the Mournland?

Benjamin Tucker Marcus

My party's pantheist changeling cleric just tried to invent a new religion that worshiped abstractions of the Five Nations, based on the theory that nationalist fervor was close enough to faith to have created an as-of-yet untapped Divine Power Source, kind of like the Kanon Lord of Blades clerics. In your Eberron, would you see this kind of thing coming out of the Maze of Faith's research? And do you see it actually being able to catch on among the denizens of Nations themselves?

PT MacKim

In the January Q&A you mentioned that you have your own way of preparing adventures in a way that helps you improvise in the moment, but which doesn’t lend itself to traditional pre-written adventure format. Having played in the Threshold campaign I can say it works very well, even with a rotating cast of players! Can you say a little more about your method of sketching out and prepping your adventures/campaigns?

Matt Dance

Are there any Druidic traditions in the Mror Holds, perhaps among the Droranath? The Droranath have been called out specifically for rangers, so there is obviously some small acquaintance with primal magic in the Holds. Just wondering if it rises to either full primal casters (mechanically) and/or a small local religious tradition (in terms of lore).