Draconic pantheon

The draconic pantheon was the dragon pantheon of gods.

Members
The pantheon consisted of the gods worshiped mostly by dragons, though some of these deities also had among their worshipers half-dragons, kobolds, lizardfolk, troglodytes, spellscales, and even humans and dragonborn.


 * Asgorath: The leader of the draconic pantheon, he (or she) was presumably not only a god, but also a primordial. Regarded as the creator of all dragonkind and, in some sources, of the multiverse. Known as Io in the Outer Planes.
 * Astilabor: Goddess of acquisitiveness and wealth.
 * Bahamut: God of enlightened justice and good dragonkind, he became a member of the Faerûnian pantheon sometime after the Spellplague.
 * Garyx: God of fire, destruction, and renewal.
 * Hlal: Goddess of humor, inventiveness, and pleasure, and also the messenger of Asgorath. Known in the Outer Planes as Aasterinian.
 * Kereska: Goddess of dragon magic.
 * Lendys: God of harsh justice.
 * Null: God of death and dead dragons.
 * Sardior: God of gem dragons and psionics.
 * Tamara: Goddess of mercy and healers.
 * Task: God of greed.
 * Tiamat: Goddess of vengeance and evil dragonkind, she was also part of the Untheric pantheon and became a member of the Faerûnian pantheon during the Time of Troubles.
 * Zorquan: God of dragonkind and "dragonness" (the essence of what it was to be a dragon).

Known dead powers

 * Azharul: A dragon god who lived in Dragon Eyrie. Killed by Tiamat in 1371 DR.
 * Kalzareinad: A demigod of magic, found dead in 1358 DR.
 * A deity of mating.
 * A deity of protection of hatchlings.
 * A deity of vengeance upon enemies.

Unknown powers

 * Zotha: An unknown being mentioned in the red dragon's creation myth.

History
The draconic pantheon was one of the oldest pantheons of gods on Toril, being worshiped by dragonkind since the creation of their race in -30000 DR. Dragons of that time were devout followers of their gods, and such devotion sparked intense wars over philosophical differences not only between different species but also within species.

An example of the later was one related to Bahamut that divided the usually monolithic gold dragon culture. As the precepts of Bahamut became more popular, the younger golds began to forsake the worship of Lendys and Tamara, that they regarded as old fashioned and inconsistent, to embrace the faith of the Platinum Dragon, an attitude that put them at odds with older gold dragons, who worshiped those two dragons gods with fanatical devotion. Although this conflict never degenerated into outright violence, religious intolerance became quite widespread among gold dragons, something that had no precedent until that time and never happened ever since.

The debate over Asgorath's alignment and nature was responsible for the most far-reaching holy wars of dragonkind. Every species of dragon believed Asgorath represented the pinnacle of their particular race. While silver dragons could grudgingly accept the gold dragons' insistence that Asgorath was a lawful good gold dragon, neither could tolerate the red dragons' claim that Asgorath was a chaotic evil red. At one time the resulting wars threatened the entire dragon race with extinction.

Over time, draconic philosophers came to the conclusion that all of the fighting was wasteful and that gods who allowed such behavior were not worthy of their worship. Some believe this behavior was influenced by the god Zorquan as a way to stop the dragon wars. Whatever the truth, eventually most dragons turned away from the war and from religion in general. This started the dragon's apathy toward their gods, which lasted for thousands of years. It was speculated that several members of the original draconic pantheon just died and vanished from the multiverse due to the lack of worship. Only the followers of Bahamut and Tiamat didn't lost their faith toward their gods, and continued fighting in what was known as the Dragonfall War.

After the last Rage of Dragons, in 1373 DR, the dragon population of Faerûn was greatly reduced in number. That realization sparked the need of dragons to look for the help of their gods, marking the prophesied "turning of the Great Cycle", an ancient myth that foretold the return of draconic religious fervor. The dragon gods who survived the long years without worshipers received a great influx of power from their new draconic followers. However, this also threatened Faerûn with the possibility of a new battle in the Dragonfall War.

Although members of the draconic pantheon had personal lairs and domains in many of the outer planes, their own plane was the Dragon Eyrie. However, this plane was destroyed by the Spellplague in 1385 DR, and the draconic deities drifted to the domains of other gods.