Kord, the Stormfather

Titles: The Stormfather, Heaven’s Champion, the Storm Fury, the Iron Bull Home: Mount Celestia

Alignment: Chaotic neutral

Portfolio: Strength, athletics, competition, storms, battlefield prowess

Domains: Tempest, war

Symbol: A clenched fist holding a lightning bolt

Favored Weapon: Javelins

Teachings

 * Be strong, but do not use your strength for wanton destruction.
 * Be brave and scorn cowardice in any form.
 * Prove your might in battle and competition to win glory and renown.

Followers and Clergy
Kord is popular among warriors and athletes. Soldiers pray for his strength before battle, and athletes pray for the same before competitions. He also has a sizeable following among sailors, fishermen, caravaneers, and others who seek his protection from storms and ill weather.

Kord’s clerics are often renowned for their strength, boisterous personalities, easily riled tempers, and friendly sportsmanship. They often organize competitive events among communities, and they especially enjoy competition with the followers of other gods.

Traditions and Practices
Kord’s followers are expected to maintain a standard of physical excellence. They follow strict diets and exercise regimens, and avoid alcohol or other recreational substances, except for the purposes of competition or festivals. This standard of physical excellence extends outwards, leading many of Kord’s clergy to serve as healers and physicians. They are not tender doctors and nurses, however, and those who receive healing at the hands of Kord’s followers often must undertake difficult trials to receive that healing. Additionally, Kord’s clerics avoid the use of healing spells as a quick fix, instead guiding the injured through physical rehabilitation.

Clothing and Symbols
Lightning and storm motifs are unsurprisingly popular among Kord’s followers, and many of his worshippers get elaborate tattoos, undergoing the physical pain as a testament of their belief.

Places of Worship
Among civilized society, Kord is generally worshipped within fighting rings, racing arenas, and other fields of athletic competition. Hospitals often feature a small chapel to him, and most barracks and fortresses bear a shrine as well. Small shrines and statues dot the wilderness, especially in difficult to reach locations such as mountain tops, cliff sides, or remote islands.