Faunus

Faunus is the name of both an Immortal of Mystara and a god of its forerunner setting Blackmoor.

Mystaran Faunus

Faunus
Drinking horn with ram's horns
Aliases	Cernuinn, Inuus, Lupercus
Alignment	Chaotic Neutral
Divine Rank	Temporal Immortal
Pantheon	Mystara (Matter)
Portfolio	Forest creatures, hedonism, nature
Domains	Animal, Chaos, Matter
Home Plane	Grandfather Oak (Arborea), Seelie Court
Worshippers	Fauns, forest-dwelling races, satyrs, shepherds
Favoured Weapon	Club

Faunus in Mystara is the Immortal patron, and progenitor, of fauns and the various forest-dwelling races.

History

Faunus is among the older Immortals who have forgotten their own origins. He vaguely remembers being a goat-like being that was mutated by magic and slowly becoming more and more human and intelligent. He spent much of his long mortal life indulging in the various earthly pleasures, tending flocks of sheep and rams, and bringing forth the fauns. He eventually stumbled onto the path to Immortality and achieved it under the sponsorship of Terra.

Appearance

Faunus appears either as a man with the head or antlers of a deer, or as a faun or satyr that is either young and handsome, or old, drunk, and fat.

Personality

Faunus is incredebly self-centered, lazy, and lacking any real ambition, as evidenced by the fact that he's relatively weak compared to his age. He rarely interacts with mortals, only caring about the forest-dwelling races and herd animals. Because of his personality, he has no real enemies, and is only allies with Eiryndul and Zirchev, both of whom are also patrons of sylvan races.

Blackmoor Faunus

Faunus
Crown of Thorns
Aliases	King of the Divine Forest, Lord of the Wilds
Alignment	Chaotic Neutral
Divine Rank	Greater God
Pantheon	Blackmoor (Elven)
Portfolio	Animals, plants
Domains	Animal, Chaos, Esteem, Plant
Worshippers	Elves, druids, farmers, hunters, rangers, woodsmen
Favoured Weapon	Thyrrhas (Longbow)

Faunus in Blackmoor, is the the other head of the elven pantheon, the father of all animals, plants, and monsters in the world.

Appearance

Faunus never appears the same whenever he manifests, but always appears as a mighty, towering elf with animalistic features, with these features changing with every manifestation.

Worshippers

Faunus is worshipped similiarly by both the Cumasti and the Westryn elves. They both consider druids to be the only priests of the god, and worship him in secluded groves and places of untouched nature. Followers of the Lord of the Wilds seek to only take as much as they need for sustenance, pray to him for good crops and harvest, speak his name every time nature's bounty is harvested.