Gendwar Argrim

Greyhawk Deity

Gendwar Argrim
Title:	The Doomed Dwarf
Home plane:	Unknown
Power level:	Hero-deity
Gender:	Male
Class:	Unknown
Alignment:	Lawful neutral
Portfolio:	Fatalism and Obsession
Domains:	Law, War
Superior:	Clanggedin Silverbeard

Gendwar Argrim is the dwarven hero-god of Fatalism and Obsession. His symbol is a waraxe bearing the dwarven rune for destruction.

Description

The Doomed Dwarf's appearance is said to be unremarkable except for his sandy blond hair and beard. His dwarven waraxe, Forgotten Hope', screams every time a community of dwarves is attacked. He is in many ways the picture of a dwarven stereotype: dour, taciturn, and focused on the destruction of evil humanoids above all else.

Relationships

Gendwar acheived hero-deity status thanks to the patronage of Clanggedin Silverbeard, god of war and battle.

Dogma

Gendwar preaches nothing less than utter destruction of the enemies of the dwarven race. Honor, glory, wealth, and love are all meaningless in the face of this crusade. His followers expect fully to one day die in battle, but strive to take a thousand foes with them to the grave.

It is against the creed of the faith to retain more than 1,000 gp of wealth unless it is being saved to purchase better armaments.

Worshipers

Clergy

Gendwar's clerics seek out and destroy evil humanoids and giants, particularly (though not exclusively) if they threaten dwarven settlements. These clerics help train warriors in tactics, search for new enemies and their weaknesses, and help fortify the stronghold against attacks.

History

As a young dwarf, Gendwar Argrim was traveling to another clan to begin his apprenticeship as a silversmith when his birth clan was wiped out by an invasion of giants and orcs. Because of the great distance he had traveled, he did not find out about the tragedy for a year. When the news finally came, he abandoned his apprenticeship and swore to keep no wealth and take no wife until every foe of dwarvenkind was slain. Although he fully expected to die long before his Quixotic quest was complete, instead he found immortality under the patronage of the god Clanggedin, after a quest in which he slew a divinely-descended fire giant and her minions.

References

Bibliography

• Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[1]
• Reynolds, Sean K., Frederick Weining, and Erik Mona. "Blood of Heroes." Living Greyhawk Journal #3. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

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Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Gendwar Argrim The Doomed Dwarf	Deity		Living Greyhawk Journal #3	10, 11, 19