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	The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V. The Church of the Lawgiver preaches strict social stratification, harsh laws, and absolute obedience. The human form is considered perfect, with demi-humans being cursed, the disfigured being shunned, and body modification being seen as willful degeneracy. Arcane magic is considered evil, being the poisoned "gift" of the religion's Satan figure, Mytteri.		The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V. The Church of the Lawgiver preaches strict social stratification, harsh laws, and absolute obedience. The human form is considered perfect, with demi-humans being cursed, the disfigured being shunned, and body modification being seen as willful degeneracy. Arcane magic is considered evil, being the poisoned "gift" of the religion's Satan figure, Mytteri.

			The Lawgiver's faith is henotheistic at best; other gods are seen either as servants to the Lawbringer (Erza and Hala, for example, being his concubines) or as lies. The irony here is that the church of the Lawgiver is in actuality one of the weakest churches to get its own writeup. It is only worshipped in two Domains; one of which, Nova Vaasa, is so poor and squalid that even ''Barovians'' look down on it, and in the other (Hazlan), it's a purely political move and everyone knows it. Hazlik, Darklord of Hazlan, enforces the Lawgiver's worship to reinforce Hazlan's slave culture, but your average citizen probably practices at least ''something'' the Lawgiver would consider a sin (the Rashemani consider tattooing to be the cornerstone of beauty, and Hazlik himself is a wizard). The church has gained no other footholds, because even in the Demiplane of Dread nobody wants to worship an asshole.

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	\|Pantheon = Ravenloft		\|Pantheon = Ravenloft
	\|Portfolio = Law, Fate, Judgement, Obedience, Order, Rulership, Tyranny		\|Portfolio = Law, Fate, Judgement, Obedience, Order, Rulership, Tyranny
	\|Domains = Bindings, Death, Evil, Law, War		\|Domains = Bindings, Curse, Death, Evil, Law, War
	\|Home Plane = Demiplane of Dread		\|Home Plane = Demiplane of Dread
	\|Worshippers = Vaasi, Hazlani		\|Worshippers = Vaasi, Hazlani

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	The '''Lawgiver''' is a deity worshipped in the domains of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. His clerics say that to speak his true name would strike a mortal dead, so he is only called the Lawgiver, the Iron Tyrant, and the Black Lord. His church enforces the rigid stratification of Vaasi culture, to the point where they frown on intermarriage and don't fraternize with fellow clergy of different social status. When the Lawgiver fell silent during the Grand Conjunction, a schism grew in his clergy; some believe that he was incapacitated or even killed, and that all they worship are empty lies. The official church stance is that the silence was simply a test of faith and [[heresy]] is ruthlessly purged.		The '''Lawgiver''' is a deity worshipped in the domains of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. His clerics say that to speak his true name would strike a mortal dead, so he is only called the Lawgiver, the Iron Tyrant, and the Black Lord. His church enforces the rigid stratification of Vaasi culture, to the point where they frown on intermarriage and don't fraternize with fellow clergy of different social status. When the Lawgiver fell silent during the Grand Conjunction, a schism grew in his clergy; some believe that he was incapacitated or even killed, and that all they worship are empty lies. The official church stance is that the silence was simply a test of faith and [[heresy]] is ruthlessly purged.

	The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V.		The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V. The Church of the Lawgiver preaches strict social stratification, harsh laws, and absolute obedience. The human form is considered perfect, with demi-humans being cursed, the disfigured being shunned, and body modification being seen as willful degeneracy. Arcane magic is considered evil, being the poisoned "gift" of the religion's Satan figure, Mytteri.

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	{{Infobox Deity		{{Infobox Deity
	\|Name = The Lawgiver		\|Name = The Lawgiver
	\|Symbol = ~~A stout iron spear bound in bronze coils~~		\|Symbol = [[File:Lawbringer Symbol.jpg\|150px]]
	\|Alignment = Lawful evil		\|Alignment = Lawful evil
	\|Divine Rank = Unknown		\|Divine Rank = Unknown

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	The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V.		The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V.
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	~~[[Category: Gods]] [[Category: Ravenloft]]~~

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	\|Symbol = A stout iron spear bound in bronze coils		\|Symbol = A stout iron spear bound in bronze coils
	\|Alignment = Lawful evil		\|Alignment = Lawful evil
	\|Divine Rank =		\|Divine Rank = Unknown
	\|Pantheon =		\|Pantheon = Ravenloft
	\|Portfolio = Obedience, ~~the rule of the strong and submission of the weak~~		\|Portfolio = Law, Fate, Judgement, Obedience, Order, Rulership, Tyranny
	\|Domains = Death, Evil, Law, War		\|Domains = Bindings, Death, Evil, Law, War
	\|Home Plane =		\|Home Plane = Demiplane of Dread
	\|Worshippers = Vaasi, Hazlani		\|Worshippers = Vaasi, Hazlani
	\|Favoured Weapon = Whip		\|Favoured Weapon = Whip, Flail
	}}		}}
	The '''Lawgiver''' is a deity worshipped in the domains of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. His clerics say that to speak his true name would strike a mortal dead, so he is only called the Lawgiver, the Iron Tyrant, and the Black Lord. His church enforces the rigid stratification of Vaasi culture, to the point where they frown on intermarriage and don't fraternize with fellow clergy of different social status. When the Lawgiver fell silent during the Grand Conjunction, a schism grew in his clergy; some believe that he was incapacitated or even killed, and that all they worship are empty lies. The official church stance is that the silence was simply a test of faith and [[heresy]] is ruthlessly purged.		The '''Lawgiver''' is a deity worshipped in the domains of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. His clerics say that to speak his true name would strike a mortal dead, so he is only called the Lawgiver, the Iron Tyrant, and the Black Lord. His church enforces the rigid stratification of Vaasi culture, to the point where they frown on intermarriage and don't fraternize with fellow clergy of different social status. When the Lawgiver fell silent during the Grand Conjunction, a schism grew in his clergy; some believe that he was incapacitated or even killed, and that all they worship are empty lies. The official church stance is that the silence was simply a test of faith and [[heresy]] is ruthlessly purged.

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	The '''Lawgiver''' is a deity worshipped in the domains of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. His clerics say that to speak his true name would strike a mortal dead, so he is only called the Lawgiver, the Iron Tyrant, and the Black Lord. His church enforces the rigid stratification of Vaasi culture, to the point where they frown on intermarriage and don't fraternize with fellow clergy of different social status. When the Lawgiver fell silent during the Grand Conjunction, a schism grew in his clergy; some believe that he was incapacitated or even killed, and that all they worship are empty lies. The official church stance is that the silence was simply a test of faith and [[heresy]] is ruthlessly purged.		The '''Lawgiver''' is a deity worshipped in the domains of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. His clerics say that to speak his true name would strike a mortal dead, so he is only called the Lawgiver, the Iron Tyrant, and the Black Lord. His church enforces the rigid stratification of Vaasi culture, to the point where they frown on intermarriage and don't fraternize with fellow clergy of different social status. When the Lawgiver fell silent during the Grand Conjunction, a schism grew in his clergy; some believe that he was incapacitated or even killed, and that all they worship are empty lies. The official church stance is that the silence was simply a test of faith and [[heresy]] is ruthlessly purged.

	The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V.		The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V.
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	{{Infobox Deity		{{Infobox Deity
	\|Name = ~~What the god is called.~~		\|Name = The Lawgiver
	\|Symbol = ~~What special marking worshippers use to signal their faith.~~		\|Symbol = A stout iron spear bound in bronze coils
	\|Alignment = ~~Does this need explaining?~~		\|Alignment = Lawful evil
	\|Divine Rank = ~~How the god ranks amongst its own kind.~~		\|Divine Rank =
	\|Pantheon = ~~What group(s) of gods this god belongs to.~~		\|Pantheon =
	\|Portfolio = ~~What this god is responsible for.~~		\|Portfolio = Obedience, the rule of the strong and submission of the weak
	\|Domains = ~~What [[Cleric Domain]]s it bestows.~~		\|Domains = Death, Evil, Law, War
	\|Home Plane = ~~Place of residence in the multiverse.~~		\|Home Plane =
	\|Worshippers = ~~Who actually worships this god.~~		\|Worshippers = Vaasi, Hazlani
	\|Favoured Weapon = ~~What faithful worshippers consider best to protect themselves with.~~		\|Favoured Weapon = Whip
	}}		}}

	The '''Lawgiver''' is a deity worshipped in the domains of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. It is ~~one~~ of ~~several deities who were created for~~ the ~~3rd edition run~~ of the ~~game to minimize direct references to other settings~~, ~~having~~ originally ~~begun as~~ the [[Forgotten Realms]] ~~deity~~ [[~~Bane~~]]. ~~Its~~ church is expanded upon in ~~two issues of~~ the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]]; volumes I and V.		The '''Lawgiver''' is a deity worshipped in the domains of Hazlan and Nova Vaasa in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. His clerics say that to speak his true name would strike a mortal dead, so he is only called the Lawgiver, the Iron Tyrant, and the Black Lord. His church enforces the rigid stratification of Vaasi culture, to the point where they frown on intermarriage and don't fraternize with fellow clergy of different social status. When the Lawgiver fell silent during the Grand Conjunction, a schism grew in his clergy; some believe that he was incapacitated or even killed, and that all they worship are empty lies. The official church stance is that the silence was simply a test of faith and [[heresy]] is ruthlessly purged.

			The Lawgiver was originally [[Bane]], a deity from the [[Forgotten Realms]]. Terms of the licensing deal between [[White Wolf]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] meant that White Wolf couldn't directly reference IPs from any other D&D setting, so Bane got a name change. His church is expanded upon in the [[Ravenloft Gazetteer]] volumes I and V.

	[[Category: Gods]] [[Category: Ravenloft]]		[[Category: Gods]] [[Category: Ravenloft]]