Arvoreen

Arvoreen, also known as The Defender or The Wary Sword is the closest the halflings have to a war god but he was actuality the halfling deity of defence, guardians and watchers. . He was strict and professes aggressive watchfulness but only to reacts to aggression not to start engagement unless to stop Evil practises. Arvoreen never attacks first, and dont hold thieving to be dishonourable as long as it is against a foe. Its extremely forbidden to steal from hin or allies.

Worshipers
The faith of Arvoreen is strong in like-minded Strongheart halflings and halfling isolationists. The devoted follows procedures of military drills, training regiment, traps, signal beacons and also fortifications and there temples are special keeps and so forth. This mix, with some ideals that the enemies to the hin community comes from enemies inherited by mixing with other cultures make them less popular to the Lightfoot halfling, exempt in times of war.

The Devoted also taught blade work to the young especially the deity's favoured weapon the short sword. The clergy pray before dawn an thus before patrol and if able they will also pray before battle with the battle hymn Of The keepers a oral depiction of halfling military victory's dating back centuries.

The vestments of the priesthood of the defender was silver coloured chain mails and helmet and dark blue tabards with the holy symbol. They also wore a amulet of a small silver buckler.

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Appearing as a handsome young muscular halfling dressed in light clothing and chain mail, his weapons of choice range from two short swords to a short sword and shield. Always accompanied by a keeper, he sometimes appear to go on patrol with his worshipers.

Specialist priest and worshipers
Novices of the chrich where called "Shieldbearers" and the ranks ascended as such: Shieldbearers, Warder, Guardian, defender, protector, magistrate, sheriff, Marshals (Full priest) and High Marshal.
 * Trueswords - Special priest skilled in short sword, engineering and reading and writing.
 * Arvoreens Keepers - Commanders and militia leaders and also sentinels and "road-sheriffs". They use a code of ethics as guidelines and so are wiling to bend to rules to defend the small folk.
 * Arvoreens Warder - A militaristic branch of the religion with less spell casting ability's whom make up this handicap with tenacity and skills.

Holy Days

 * Ceremony of Remembrance - took place during Feast of the Moon where they remember the fallen in the defence of the halfling community.

Affiliated Orders

 * Arvoreens Marchers - Known for keeping anarchy from spreading during the Tethyrian Interregnum, they then became a recognised knightly order. During this time they where active in the Purple hills under the leadership of Estermal talltankard. They gained a chapter house near Barrowsmorn (Keeperstone), and they patrolled the Purple marches.

Relationships
The defenders enemies are naturally the evil deities such as the goblinoid pantheon, Bane, Cyric and the Deities of Fury. His closest allies where the other of the hin pantheon most closly woth Yondalla, Cyrrollalee and Urogalan, but he disaproved of the behavior of Brandobaris.

Trivia
There is a "Sling of Arvoreen" found in the game in a beholder den that states falsely that Arvoreen is a female.

In the game Neverwinter Nights 2, Daeghun Farlong has in a chest in his room a "Arvoreen's Amulet of Aid". Daeghun never mentions the amulet or how he's gotten it, it is known that arvoreen grants gifts to defenders of hin communities and that might be how he gained this item.