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What are all the Gods in Baldur's Gate 3?

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Last Updated: March 29th, 2022

The Forgotten Realms are abundant in Gods and deities, both malicious and kind. There are a wide variety of Gods in the Forgotten Realms, in some cases some Gods from all kinds of pantheons. However, it seems that for the time being – while in Early Access – Baldur’s Gate 3 will only be seeing the Gods originally from the Forgotten Realms. So sadly, you won’t be able to be a Cleric of Thor or a Paladin of Hades anytime soon. Instead, you’ll meet these new Gods each with their own different set of abilities and dominions.

If you’ve been playing the Early Access Baldur’s Gate 3 you might have noticed that Selune, Shar, Mystra, and Vlaakith are at the forefront of the game. But because BG3 is set right after the events of Descent into Avernus, we’ll likely be seeing more of The Dead Three (Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul). In fact, there’s a large number of Gods who’ve already made their worship known. But if you want to know more about all of these Gods, then you’ve come to the right place! Here we’ll go through all the Gods you’ll find mention of in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Bane

Bane is a dark paragon of hate, fear, and tyranny. He ascended to godhood alongside Bhaal and Myrkul but loathes them both for taking power he believes is rightfully his.

Bane was the God of tyrannical oppression, terror, and hate. He was the face of pure evil and despotism. Bane was a wholly malevolent and brutal deity that distanced himself from mere mortals, preferring to reign over his followers from afar. He savored the terror he instilled in others and the hatred that formed in mortals’ hearts, utilizing this strife to gain greater control over the Realms.

Title(s)

Lord Bane
Lord of Darkness
The Dark One
The Black Lord
The Black Hand
Bane the Accursed

Alignment

Lawful evil

Symbol

Upright black right hand, thumb and fingers together

Portfolio

Ambition, control, tyranny

Domains

Order, War

Worshipers

Conquerors, dictators

Bhaal

Bhaal is the notorious god of murder, reborn after each of his descendants was viciously slain. He has a tenuous alliance with Myrkul and Bane, the three having attained divinity in a bargain with the fallen god Jergal.

Bhaal is known to be the God of violence and ritualistic murder. In some extreme cases, Bhaal’s mortal Bhaalspawn children could actually turn into creatures said to be one of the listed avatars after Bhaal himself died, but these incarnations were even more monstrous and inhuman in shape, acting as little more than powerful killing machines.

Title(s)

Lord of Murder
Dread Lord

Alignment

Neutral evil

Symbol

Skull surrounded by ring of bloody droplets

Portfolio

Murder

Domains

Death

Worshipers

Assassins, compulsive killers

Corellon Larethian

Creator of the Elves, Corellon Larethian oversees the elven pantheon as a whole, providing blessings to those who study art, magic, and nature. Corellon, or more fully Corellon Larethian, whose titles included Creator of the Elves and the Protector, was the patron god of all elves. He was the creator and preserver of the Tel’Quessir, governing those things held in the highest esteem among elves, such as magic, music, arts, crafts, poetry, and warfare.

Title(s)

Coronal of Arvandor
Ruler of All Elves
Creator of the Elves
Father of Elvenkind
First of the Seldarine
Preserver of Life
The Protector
The Big Fairy (derogatory)
Lord of Cowardice (derogatory)

Symbol

Quarter moon or starburst

Home Plane

Arborea

Realm

Arvandor

Portfolio

Art, magic

Domains

Arcana, Life, Light, War

Eilistraee

Eilistraee is the goddess of good-aligned Drow, beauty, song, and freedom. The Dark Maiden desires balance between all races, and struggles against her mother Lolth’s corrupt aims. Eilistraee was the chaotic good drow goddess of beauty, song, dance, freedom, moonlight, swordwork, and hunting, within the drow pantheon known as the Dark Seldarine. She was the patroness and protector of the few dark elves who longed to return to the surface and live there, at peace with other races, and to abandon the endless conflicts and intrigues that dominated the lives of most drow.

Title(s)

The Dark Maiden
The Dark Dancer
The Dancing Goddess
Lady of the Dance
Lady Silverhair
The Masked Lady

Alignment

Chaotic good

Symbol

Unclad female drow with long hair dancing before a full moon with a silver bastard sword

Portfolio

Beauty, dance, freedom, hunting, moonlight, song, swordwork

Domains

Light, Nature, Life

Worshipers

Drow exiles; drow seeking an alternative to their society

Garl Glittergold

The Watchful Protector is the king of gnomish gods – a deity of humor, gemcutting, protection, and trickery. Garl led the Lords of the Golden Hills as the deity of luck, protection, and trickery. Garl was the most popular of the gnomish deities, and honored, in one way or another, by nearly all gnomes. His clerics, known as Glitterbrights, wore war helms and gold belts.

Title(s)

The Joker
The Priceless Gem
The Sparkling Wit
The Watchful Protector
The Father of All Gnomes

Alignment

Lawful good

Symbol

Gold nugget

Portfolio

Primary god of gnomes

Domains

Trickery

Helm

The Watcher is an eternal sentry among the gods, representing guardians across the planes. After more than a century of fading worship, Helm’s power was restored with the Second Sundering. Helm, also known as the Vigilant One and The Watcher, was the god of guardians, protection, and protectors. He was worshiped by guards and paladins both, long being seen as a cold and focused deity who impartially took the role of defender and sometimes also enforcer.

Title(s)

He of the Unsleeping Eyes
God of Guardians
The Great Guard
The Watcher
The Vigilant
The Vigilant One

Alignment

Lawful Neutral

Symbol

Staring eye on upright left gauntlet

Portfolio

Watchfulness

Domains

Life, Light, Twilight

Worshipers

Guards, fighters, paladins, clerics, mercenaries

Ilmater

The Crying God protects the oppressed and persecuted. His clergy is sworn to alleviate suffering even if that means taking on that pain personally. Ilmater was an intermediate deity of the Faerûnian pantheon whose portfolio included endurance, martyrdom, perseverance, and suffering. He was the god of those who suffered, the oppressed, and the persecuted, who offered them relief and support, encouraged them to endure, and who encouraged others to help them, to take their burdens or take their places.

Title(s)

The Crying God
The Broken God
The Lord on the Rack
The One Who Endures
The Rack-Broken Lord

Alignment

Lawful good

Symbol

Hands bound at the wrist with red cord

Portfolio

Endurance, suffering, martyrdom, perseverance

Domains

Life, Twilight

Kelemvor

Fair but distant, Kelemvor guides the dead to their appropriate plane in the afterlife. His clergy provides last rites across Faerun, but also destroy undead that have escaped Kelemvor’s judgment. Fair yet cold, Kelemvor was the god of death and the dead—the most recent deity to hold this position, following in the footsteps of Jergal, Myrkul, and Cyric. Unlike these other deities, whose rule as gods of the dead made the afterlife an uncertain and fearful thing, Kelemvor promoted that death was a natural part of life and should not be feared as long as it was understood.

Title(s)

Lord of the Dead
Judge of the Damned
The Great Guide
Master of the Crystal Spire
Lord of the Crystal Spire
Lord Death
Death Lord
God of Death

Alignment

Lawful neutral

Symbol

Skeletal arm holding up scales in balance

Portfolio

The Dead

Domains

Death, Grave

Laduguer

The Exile is the tyrannical patron of the duergar. His Clerics are the unquestioned rulers of duergar society, enforcing cold and callous behavior among his worshippers. Laduguer, also known as The Exile, the Gray Protector, and Master of Crafts was the lawful evil dwarven deity of the duergar. Ever since he was cast out from the rest of the Morndinsamman, Laduguer has harbored a bitter resentment, viewing the rest of the pantheon as layabouts more concerned with outdated tradition than with progress.

Title(s)

The Exile
The Gray Protector
Master of Crafts
The Slave Driver
The Taskmaster
The Harsh

Alignment

Lawful evil

Symbol

Broken arrow

Portfolio

Duergar, magic, crafts

Domains

Arcana, Death

Worshipers

Duergar

Lolth

The much-reviled matriarch of the Drow pantheon, Lolth holds sway over spiders, the Underdark, and the infernal creatures of the Demonweb Pits. Her primary goal is to corrupt all Drow, transforming them into heartless cultists. Lolth was a goddess of cold cruelty not out of place in the darkest depths of the endless Abyss, reveling in betrayal and bloodshed and toying with everyone from her minions to her victims.

Title(s)

Queen of Spiders
Demon Queen of Spiders
Queen of the Demonweb Pits
Queen of Darkness
Dark Mother
Mother of Lusts
The Lady of Shadows
The Lady of Chaos
The Mistress of Lies
Weaver of Destiny
Weaver of Webs
The Weaver
Fleshcarver
Spider Bitch

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Symbol

Spider

Home Plane

The Abyss

Realm

Demonweb Pits

Portfolio

Drow, spiders

Domains

Trickery, War

Moradin

The All-Hammer is a dwarven god worshipped by smiths, artisans and miners alike. He and Laduguer are constantly at odds. Moradin was the lawful good god of the dwarves and the chief deity in their pantheon. A harsh but fair judge, he was strength and force of will embodied. He inspired dwarven inventions and constantly sought to improve their race, encouraging a good natured, intelligent, and harmonious existence with other good races while battling their pride and isolationist tendencies.

Title(s)

The All-Father
Dwarffather
The Soul Forger

Alignment

Lawful good

Symbol

Hammer and anvil

Portfolio

Creation, Dwarf crafts, Protection

Domains

Forge, Knowledge

Worshipers

Dwarves

Myrkul

A member of the Dead Three with Bhaal and Bane, Myrkul is a cruel necromancer turned god, inspiring the fear of death in mortals. He often clashes with Kelemvor, the even-handed judge of fallen souls. Myrkul, also known as the Lord of Bones, the Lord of the Dead and the Reaper, was a god of the dead in the Faerûnian pantheon. He was originally a mortal man, a necromancer named Myrkul Bey al-Kursi, who ascended to godhood alongside Bhaal, the god of murder, and Bane, god of fear, hatred, and tyranny.

Title(s)

Crown Prince of Murghôm
Lord of the Dead
Lord of Bones
Old Lord Skull
The Reaper
The Deathless Lord of Death

Alignment

Neutral evil

Symbol

White human skull

Portfolio

Death, decay, old age, exhaustion, dusk, autumn

Domains

Death

Mystra

As the mother of all magic, Mystra oversees the Weave and spreads arcane knowledge to mortal spellcasters. Her clerics preserve ancient lore and protect bastions of magical energy. As a goddess, Mystra could shape change at will and mortals who saw her reported she changed constantly. Others described her appearing in a form resembling a multicolored will-o’-wisp. When Mystra revealed herself to Midnight just before the gods were forced to walk the land of Toril, she was at first just a dark figure surrounded by an aura of blue-white light.

Title(s)

The Lady of Mysteries
The Mother of All Magic
Our Lady of Spells
The Mother of Mystery
Lady Magic
Lady of Magic
One True Spell
Goddess of Magic

Alignment

Lawful neutral

Symbol

Blue-white star

Portfolio

Magic

Oghma

Oghma is the god of inspiration and invention, sharing knowledge with the world through his Bards and Clerics. Unlike many other Deities, Oghma accepts all moral alignments into his clergy. Oghma was known to appear as a handsome, dark-skinned man in bright, resplendent, and stylish clothes. Typically his outfit included a tabard with projecting, ornamented shoulder plates, a cummerbund with an exquisitely beautiful scene painted on its medallion-shaped buckle, and open meshwork, point-toed boots with crystal teardrops dangling from the end of uppers, almost enough to touch the upraised toes.

Title(s)

The Binder
The Binder of What is Known
Patron of Bards
Lord of Knowledge
The Wise God
Lord of All Knowledge
God of Wisdom
The Wise
The Bard

Alignment

Neutral

Symbol

A blank scroll

Served By

Deneir, Milil

Domains

Knowledge

Worshipers

Artists, bards, cartographers, clerks, inventors, sages, scribes, wizards

Selune

The Lady of Silver presides over the moon, stars, and navigation. Her power over the heavens is constantly challenged by her sister Shar, who seeks to plunge the world into eternal shadow. Selûne, also known as Our Lady of Silver, the Moonmaiden, and the Night White Lady, was the goddess of the moon in the Faerûnian pantheon. She held the portfolios of the moon, stars, navigation, navigators, wanderers, questers, seekers, and non-evil lycanthropes. In the time of ancient Netheril, when she was a greater goddess, she held the portfolios of the moon, moonlight, and stars; beauty and purity; love and marriage; navigation and navigators; tracking, wanderers, and seekers; diviners and dreams; good and neutral lycanthropes; and autumn. Hers was the moon’s mysterious power, the heavenly force that governed the world’s tides and a mother’s reproductive cycles, caused lycanthropes to shift form, and drew one to the brink of madness, and back again.

Title(s)

Our Lady of Silver
The Moonmaiden
The Night White Lady
She Who Guides

Alignment

Chaotic good

Symbol

Pair of eyes surrounded by seven stars

Domains

Knowledge, Life, Twilight

Shar

As the greater deity of darkness, Shar is feared for her power over the night, secrets, and loss. She is locked in eternal conflict with her twin sister Selune, goddess of the moon. Shar was the Faerûnian goddess of darkness and night, the malevolent twin counterpart to the goddess of the moon, Selûne. She was also the creator of the Shadow Weave, a dark counterpart and attack upon the Weave of Mystryl and her successors, before both of the Weaves fell into ruin during the Spellplague.

Title(s)

Mistress of the Night
The Nightbringer
Nightsinger
Singer of Eternal Night
Dark Lady
Dark Goddess
Lady of Loss
Goddess of Loss
Mistress of Pain
God of Thieves
Greater Power of the Gray Waste

Alignment

Neutral evil

Symbol

Black disk with a purple border

Portfolio

Darkness, loss, night, secrets, forgetfulness

Domains

Death, Trickery

Worshipers

Miners, those seeking to forget

Tempus

Tempus is the Lord of Battles, overseeing war and its soldiers. He is the embodiment of honorable combat, and condemns needless bloodlust. Tempus, also known as the Lord of Battles, was the god of war. His dogma was primarily concerned with honorable battle, forbidding cowardice, and encouraging the use of force of arms to settle disputes.

Title(s)

Foehammer
Lord of Battles
The Usurper (by worshipers of Garagos)
The Battle Lord

Alignment

Neutral

Symbol

Upright flaming sword

Portfolio

War

Domains

War

Worshipers

Soldiers

Tyr

The Blind God rules over law and justice, encouraging valiant acts from his followers and relentlessly pursuing oathbreakers. An interloper deity, Tyr was the same power as the god of the same name in the Norse pantheon, although in the Realms he was worshiped only as a god of justice and not as a god of war.

Title(s)

The Even-Handed
God of Justice
Grimjaws
The Maimed God
The Evenhanded
God of Justice
Blind, Blind Tyr
Wounded Tyr
The Lord of Justice
The Just God
The Blind Overlord
The Wounded One
The One-Handed
Blind One
The Eyeless One

Alignment

Lawful good

Symbol

Balanced scales resting on a warhammer

Portfolio

Justice

Domains

Order, War

Worshipers

Judges, knights

Vlaakith

The Lich Queen is the sole respected leader of the Githyanki. She encourages their worship and unquestioning devotion, essentially acting as a Deity.

Alignment

Evil

Yondalla

As the mother of the Halfling pantheon, Yondalla is known for her kindness and open mind, encouraging her followers to protect the home, hearth, and nature. Yondalla was the creator of the halfling race and matriarch of not only the halfling pantheon, but the whole race itself. With her charming personality and friendly demeanor she was an example to all halflings; who almost all shared her curiosity, loyalty and sense of mischief.