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{{Deity
| image               = SekolahAvatar.png
| caption             = An avatar of Sekolah, the Shark-Father, surrounded by [[sahuagin]] worshipers.
| name                = Sekolah
| title               = The Great Shark<ref name="DoFp95">{{cite book/Defenders of the Faith|95}}</ref><br/> The Shark-Father<ref name="BGII.SoA">{{Cite game/Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn}}</ref><br/> The Joyful Hunter<ref name="DoFp95" /><br/> The Caller from the Depths<ref name="DoFp95" />
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'''Sekolah''' ({{Pronounce|SEK|o|la|refs=<ref name="D93-APG-p28">{{Cite dragon/93/Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd|28}}</ref>}}) was the [[shark]] [[god]] of the [[sahuagin]].<ref name="MM-p93" />
{{quote
|Before you leave, at least one of you will grace my stomach.
|Sekolah to new arrivals in [[Stygia]].<ref name="TOTOP74">{{Cite book/Tales of the Outer Planes|74}}</ref>
}}

==Description== 
Sekolah's [[avatar]] was a huge great white shark.<ref name="tSD-p42-43" /><ref name="MM-p93" />

==Personality==
Sekolah cared little for his followers, instead encouraging them to be self-sufficient.<ref name="tSD-p42-43" />

==Powers==
Sekolah's avatar emitted an aura of fear and was able to swallow a man whole. It was immune to fear and other forms of pacification of itself.<ref name="tSD-p42-43" />

==Divine Realm==
Sekolah resided in [[Stygia]] in the realm of [[Sheyruushk]] in [[Baator]].<ref name="tSD-p42-43" />

==Activities==
Sekolah rarely sent his avatar forth to assist his followers unless victory over their enemies seemed inevitable. He would do so to sate his own bloodlust on gargantuan creatures of the sea however.<ref name="tSD-p42-43" /><ref name="MM-p93" /> The sahuagin believed Sekolah traveled all oceans, from Stygian's frozen depths to the Stormy Sea around [[Gloomwrought]] in the [[Shadowfell]].<ref name="TPTBL">{{Cite dungeon/193/Tavern Profile:The Beached Leviathan|33}}</ref>

==Relationships==
Sekolah had an ongoing rivalry with [[Demogorgon]], which carried over to his followers' rivalry with the ray-like race of [[ixitxachitl]].<ref name="tSD-p42-43" />

==Worshipers==
[[File:Sahuaginpriestess.jpg|thumb|220x220px|''A priestess of Sekolah.'']]
Sekolah's relation to his priests, like all sahuagin, was uncaring and standoffish. Although he did grant them [[spell]]s, he was not opposed to his priests having temporary pacts with other evil deities.<ref name="tSD-p42-43" />

==History==
One of Sekolah's most influential followers was [[Iakhovas]], also known as "He Who Swims With Sekolah".

==Rumors & Legends==
Legend had it that Sekolah discovered the sahuagin race after he had defeated a great enemy in the sea. Sekolah was singing a victory song that echoed off a great rift in the sea floor. A seashell arose from the rift and Sekolah found it full of sahuagin. In his joy, he adopted the race as his own and scattered them throughout the seas to multiply on their own.<ref name="tSD-p42-43" />

==Appendix==
{{Incomplete}}
===Further Reading===
* ''[[The Threat from the Sea]]''
* ''[[Ghosts of Saltmarsh]]''

===Notes===
{{Notes}}

===References===
{{refs}}

===Connections===
{{Monster deities}}
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[[Category:Intermediate deities]]
[[Category:Nature deities]]
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[[Category:Lawful evil deities]]
[[Category:Evil domain deities]]
[[Category:Law domain deities]]
[[Category:Ocean domain deities]]
[[Category:Strength domain deities]]
[[Category:Tyranny domain deities]]
[[Category:War domain deities]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of Stygia]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of the Nine Hells]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of the Outer Planes]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of the Great Wheel planes]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of the Fated Depths]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of the Fiendish Planes]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of the World Tree planes]]
[[Category:Nature domain deities]]