Dammar (The Denied)Source Divine Mysteries pg. 314In the Age of Creation, the first time a soul was plucked from the River of Souls and returned to life, a
psychopomp usher of life and resurrection emerged. Dammar the Denied is that first piece of resurrection magic made manifest, the psychopomp usher of life and journeys back from the Boneyard, and they ensure mortals don’t make that journey too often or too easily. Alongside souls returning from the grave, Dammar presides over medicine, doctors who stave off death before it even arrives, alcohol (particularly, though not exclusively, used in medical preparations), and the unyielding tenacity of cockroaches and other insects who look upon death and refuse.
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the Universe, Dammar is worshipped by gamblers, physicians, brewers, and vintners, and by those rare mortals who defy the laws of death. Boneyard lore holds that the Denied created hangovers for mortals so they could look beyond the veil of life and death. Their preferred form is stout and androgynous, face and body shrouded behind layers of opulent silks, with six insectile legs; they manifest arms only as they are needed, sometimes dozens at a time.
Category Monitor Demigods
Edicts Respect the cycle of souls, heal the sick and injured, experience a hangover after drinking
Anathema Create undead, waste medicines instead of using them, harm an innocent insect
Areas of Concern Liquor, luck, medicine
Religious Symbol One horizontal line crossed by two vertical lines, surrounded by four dots
Sacred Animal Cockroach
Sacred Color(s) Brown
Devotee Benefits
Divine Attribute Constitution or Wisdom
Divine Font healDivine Sanctification none
Divine Skill MedicineFavored Weapon shortswordDomains healing,
indulgence,
luck,
soulAlternate Domains protection,
swarm