Editing Ing

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{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Ing
|Symbol = The Futhark Rune "Ing"
|Aliases = The Divine Man
|Alignment = Lawful Good
|Divine Rank = Demigod
|Pantheon = Anglo-Saxon
|Portfolio = Son and Servant of [[Nerthus]] and [[Mannus]]
|Domains = As per Nerthus priest, Mannus priest, or Anglo-Saxon priest
|Home Plane = Prime Material
|Worshippers = Anglo-Saxons
|Favoured Weapon = Dagger
}}
'''Ing''' is the Anglo-Saxon God of the Divine Order in [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Like the rest of his pantheon, he was introduced to the D&D [[multiverse]] in the article "Hearth & Sword" in [[Dragon Magazine]] #263 for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition.

The son of the divine matriarch and patriarch of the Anglo-Saxon pantheon, Ing has a... confusing place in the pantheon himself. He is basically a glorified servitor for his parents, and as such has no specific clergy devoted to him - his role is to walk amongst humanity and carry the wisdom of [[Nerthus]] and [[Mannus]] to people they can't (or won't) go to themselves, and so he is worshipped as the worker of the wild of the gods within the mortal world by the the Anglo-Saxons as a whole, and honored alongside his parents by the priests specifically devoted to those gods. In fact, during the Modranect festival, vows are often taken in the name of Ing rather than of [[Mannus]].

Of course, trying to serve two gods at once isn't easy; [[Nerthus]] and [[Mannus]] don't always agree, forcing Ing to try and juggle his activities to avoid offending them. He typically appears as a warrior-scholar, clean-shaven but with long chestnut tresses, bearing a spear, a seax (shortsword) and a shield with his namesake rune engraved on it.

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