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	==Dogma==		==Dogma==
	The state of all things is mandated from above and is not to be questioned. As Yutow himself suffered to protect his charges so must his worshippers uncomplainingly undergo ~~trails~~ in this life to prove themselves worthy of his devotion. Those who do will be given immortality as a natural spirit; those who do not are reincarnated to suffer again until they learn their lesson. Those who live as rebels or lawbreakers will be annihilated, their spirits dispersed into the Mists. Those who worship Yutow will be protected from nature's fury and granted good harvests and plentiful game. Those who do not will face nature in all its untamed splendor, red in tooth and claw. Unnatural things - arcane magic, corporeal undead and so forth - are the worst forms of blasphemy.		The state of all things is mandated from above and is not to be questioned. As Yutow himself suffered to protect his charges so must his worshippers uncomplainingly undergo trials in this life to prove themselves worthy of his devotion. Those who do will be given immortality as a natural spirit; those who do not are reincarnated to suffer again until they learn their lesson. Those who live as rebels or lawbreakers will be annihilated, their spirits dispersed into the Mists. Those who worship Yutow will be protected from nature's fury and granted good harvests and plentiful game. Those who do not will face nature in all its untamed splendor, red in tooth and claw. Unnatural things - arcane magic, corporeal undead and so forth - are the worst forms of blasphemy.

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1d4chan>The Hat That Was: /* Church */

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	It's a well-known fact that the moarnekone tend to disappear, either mysteriously or just by being torn apart by panthers. The faithful of Yutow believe that moarnekone who grow too strong in their faith are summoned in body or spirit by Yutow to attend him on the moon. More educated outsiders just look at the obvious tells on Baron Kharkov and his Black Leopards and keep their skepticism to themselves.		It's a well-known fact that the moarnekone tend to disappear, either mysteriously or just by being torn apart by panthers. The faithful of Yutow believe that moarnekone who grow too strong in their faith are summoned in body or spirit by Yutow to attend him on the moon. More educated outsiders just look at the obvious tells on Baron Kharkov and his Black Leopards and keep their skepticism to themselves.

	Each Yutow church is missing its roof over the nave, allowing each night's moonlight to fall upon the icon of Yutow stored there. Such icons depict ~~Yutrow~~ as a green-skinned man with yellow eyes who has been horribly beaten; his face is creased in pain, his body covered in bruises and open wounds, and his broken legs trail uselessly behind him, forcing him to support himself upright on one hand whilst the other hand is uplifted in a gesture of protection. At the base of the icon is covered the holy words: "That which is dead cannot suffer still".		Each Yutow church is missing its roof over the nave, allowing each night's moonlight to fall upon the icon of Yutow stored there. Such icons depict Yutow as a green-skinned man with yellow eyes who has been horribly beaten; his face is creased in pain, his body covered in bruises and open wounds, and his broken legs trail uselessly behind him, forcing him to support himself upright on one hand whilst the other hand is uplifted in a gesture of protection. At the base of the icon is covered the holy words: "That which is dead cannot suffer still".

	A moarnekone, regardless of alignment, always has the power to Turn Undead. They pray for their spells when the moon reaches its zenith, and hold their services at moonrise. Multiclassed moarnekones typically take levels in [[Druid]].		A moarnekone, regardless of alignment, always has the power to Turn Undead. They pray for their spells when the moon reaches its zenith, and hold their services at moonrise. Multiclassed moarnekones typically take levels in [[Druid]].

1d4chan>Biggus Berrus at 11:17, 7 June 2018

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	==Dogma==		==Dogma==
	The state of all things is mandated from above and is not to be questioned. As Yutow himself suffered to protect his charges so must his worshippers uncomplainingly undergo trails in this life to prove themselves worthy of his devotion. Those who do will be given immortality as a natural spirit; those who do not are reincarnated to suffer again until they learn their lesson. Those who live as rebels or lawbreakers will be annihilated, their spirits dispersed into the Mists. Those who worship Yutow will be protected from nature's fury and granted good harvests and plentiful game. Those who do not will face nature in all its untamed splendor, red in tooth and claw. Unnatural things - arcane magic, corporeal undead and so forth - are the worst forms of blasphemy.		The state of all things is mandated from above and is not to be questioned. As Yutow himself suffered to protect his charges so must his worshippers uncomplainingly undergo trails in this life to prove themselves worthy of his devotion. Those who do will be given immortality as a natural spirit; those who do not are reincarnated to suffer again until they learn their lesson. Those who live as rebels or lawbreakers will be annihilated, their spirits dispersed into the Mists. Those who worship Yutow will be protected from nature's fury and granted good harvests and plentiful game. Those who do not will face nature in all its untamed splendor, red in tooth and claw. Unnatural things - arcane magic, corporeal undead and so forth - are the worst forms of blasphemy.

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	~~[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Gods]] [[Category: Ravenloft]]~~

1d4chan>The Hat That Was at 09:04, 12 May 2018

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	{{Infobox Deity		{{Infobox Deity
	\|Name = Yutow~~, the Peacebringer, the Dead God~~		\|Name = Yutow
	\|Symbol = A silver circle split by a vertical diamond		\|Symbol = A silver circle split by a vertical diamond
	\|Alignment = Lawful Neutral		\|Alignment = Lawful Neutral

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	\|Symbol = A silver circle split by a vertical diamond		\|Symbol = A silver circle split by a vertical diamond
	\|Alignment = Lawful Neutral		\|Alignment = Lawful Neutral
	\|Divine Rank = Unknown~~, he may not even exist~~		\|Divine Rank = Unknown
	\|Pantheon = ~~None (Deity of [[~~Ravenloft~~]])~~		\|Pantheon = Ravenloft
	\|Portfolio = Law, ~~obedience~~, ~~fate~~, ~~order~~, ~~nature~~, ~~fertility~~, ~~protection~~, the ~~moon~~, ~~cats~~		\|Portfolio = Law, Obedience, Fate, Order, Nature, Fertility, Protection, the Moon, Cats
	\|Domains = Animal, Law, Plant, Protection, The Moon		\|Domains = Animal, Law, Plant, Protection, The Moon
	\|Home Plane = [[Demiplane of Dread]]		\|Home Plane = Demiplane of Dread
	\|Worshippers = ~~The~~ Valachani		\|Worshippers = Valachani
	\|Favoured Weapon = Sickle		\|Favoured Weapon = Sickle
	}}		}}

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	\|Favoured Weapon = Sickle		\|Favoured Weapon = Sickle
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	'''Yutow the Peacebringer''' is a minor deity from the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. He is the patron god of the land of Valachan, and has no influence anywhere outside of that domain.		'''Yutow the Peacebringer''' is a minor deity from the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. He is the patron god of the land of Valachan, and has no influence anywhere outside of that domain.

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	==Dogma==		==Dogma==
	The state of all things is mandated from above and is not to be questioned. As Yutow himself suffered to protect his charges so must his worshippers uncomplainingly undergo trails in this life to prove themselves worthy of his devotion. Those who do will be given immortality as a natural spirit; those who do not are reincarnated to suffer again until they learn their lesson. Those who live as rebels or lawbreakers will be annihilated, their spirits dispersed into the Mists. Those who worship Yutow will be protected from nature's fury and granted good harvests and plentiful game. Those who do not will face nature in all its untamed splendor, red in tooth and claw. Unnatural things - arcane magic, corporeal undead and so forth - are the worst forms of blasphemy.		The state of all things is mandated from above and is not to be questioned. As Yutow himself suffered to protect his charges so must his worshippers uncomplainingly undergo trails in this life to prove themselves worthy of his devotion. Those who do will be given immortality as a natural spirit; those who do not are reincarnated to suffer again until they learn their lesson. Those who live as rebels or lawbreakers will be annihilated, their spirits dispersed into the Mists. Those who worship Yutow will be protected from nature's fury and granted good harvests and plentiful game. Those who do not will face nature in all its untamed splendor, red in tooth and claw. Unnatural things - arcane magic, corporeal undead and so forth - are the worst forms of blasphemy.
			{{D&D-Ravenloft-Deities}}
	[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Gods]] [[Category: Ravenloft]]		[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Gods]] [[Category: Ravenloft]]

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	\|Pantheon = None (Deity of [[Ravenloft]])		\|Pantheon = None (Deity of [[Ravenloft]])
	\|Portfolio = Law, obedience, fate, order, nature, fertility, protection, the moon, cats		\|Portfolio = Law, obedience, fate, order, nature, fertility, protection, the moon, cats
	\|Domains = Animal, Law, Plant, Protection		\|Domains = Animal, Law, Plant, Protection, The Moon
	\|Home Plane = ~~The Moon~~ [[Demiplane of Dread]]		\|Home Plane = [[Demiplane of Dread]]
	\|Worshippers = The Valachani		\|Worshippers = The Valachani
	\|Favoured Weapon = Sickle		\|Favoured Weapon = Sickle

1d4chan>QuietBrowser at 06:28, 30 April 2018

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	'''Yutow the Peacebringer''' is a minor deity from the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. He is the patron god of the land of Valachan, and has no influence anywhere outside of that domain.		'''Yutow the Peacebringer''' is a minor deity from the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Ravenloft]]. He is the patron god of the land of Valachan, and has no influence anywhere outside of that domain.

	This is, not unsurprisingly, probably tied into how confusing and illogical his theology is - only the Valachani, who take a perverse cultural pride in shunning book-learning and being as uneducated as possible, are able to take the tenets of Yutow's faith and swallow them without struggling with the contradictions. Given the resemblance to the Home Faith of [[Ezra]] and [[The ~~Lawbringer~~]] in terms of its influence of society - namely, teaching the peasants to sit down, shut up, and don't complain about their "divinely mandated" lot in life - and its veneration of panthers, it might even be a fictitious religion created by the efforts of Baron von Kharkov, the [[Darklord]] of Valachan.		This is, not unsurprisingly, probably tied into how confusing and illogical his theology is - only the Valachani, who take a perverse cultural pride in shunning book-learning and being as uneducated as possible, are able to take the tenets of Yutow's faith and swallow them without struggling with the contradictions. Given the resemblance to the Home Faith of [[Ezra]] and [[The Lawgiver]] in terms of its influence of society - namely, teaching the peasants to sit down, shut up, and don't complain about their "divinely mandated" lot in life - and its veneration of panthers, it might even be a fictitious religion created by the efforts of Baron von Kharkov, the [[Darklord]] of Valachan.

	==Theology==		==Theology==
	Yutow was originally a demigod or [[archfey]] who was guardian of the original tribal people of Valachan's forests and the animals of the forest, served by legions of [[fey]] servitors. When a race called the Vaasi began invading his forest and putting the natives to the slaughter, Yutow was desperate to help his people, but could not think of a way to do so. It was the wisest of the animals, the panther, who told him how he could stop the battles, and Yutow gave up his life to merge Vaasi and natives together into a single new people, with the strengths of both. Now dead, he departed the forest to dream upon the moon, using clerics, fey, and animal spirits to watch over his children and guide them. Of these spirits, the panther spirits are the most favored, and mortals who bear their bloodline are to be respected (which neatly allows Kharkov to disguise his loyal [[therianthrope\|werepanther]] secret police as something holy).		Yutow was originally a demigod or [[archfey]] who was guardian of the original tribal people of Valachan's forests and the animals of the forest, served by legions of [[fey]] servitors. When a race called the Vaasi began invading his forest and putting the natives to the slaughter, Yutow was desperate to help his people, but could not think of a way to do so. It was the wisest of the animals, the panther, who told him how he could stop the battles, and Yutow gave up his life to merge Vaasi and natives together into a single new people, with the strengths of both. Now dead, he departed the forest to dream upon the moon, using clerics, fey, and animal spirits to watch over his children and guide them. Of these spirits, the panther spirits are the most favored, and mortals who bear their bloodline are to be respected (which neatly allows Kharkov to disguise his loyal [[therianthrope\|werepanther]] secret police as something holy).

	Yutow's religion is monotheistic - or at least at that weird midpoint between monotheism and henotheism that you see in Catholic Christanity. Yutow is considered the only god, and the ultimate source of all magical power, as only he has authority over life and death. However, he has many fey and animal spirit servitors, and these are also worthy of respect. Other deities are either misinterpretations of Yutow caused by the "unhealthily" sedentary and educated lifestyle of non-Valachani, or else are spirit trickery. Needless to say, Yutow's faith rather irks worshippers of [[Ezra]] and [[The ~~Lawbringer~~]], whose religions likewise claim that their god of choice is the only true god and other gods are falsehoods.		Yutow's religion is monotheistic - or at least at that weird midpoint between monotheism and henotheism that you see in Catholic Christanity. Yutow is considered the only god, and the ultimate source of all magical power, as only he has authority over life and death. However, he has many fey and animal spirit servitors, and these are also worthy of respect. Other deities are either misinterpretations of Yutow caused by the "unhealthily" sedentary and educated lifestyle of non-Valachani, or else are spirit trickery. Needless to say, Yutow's faith rather irks worshippers of [[Ezra]] and [[The Lawgiver]], whose religions likewise claim that their god of choice is the only true god and other gods are falsehoods.

	One of the more blatant absurdities of Yutow's theology is that the Valachani fear and loathe [[wizard]]s and other arcanists, deriding their powers as "unnatural"... whilst at the same time claiming that they receive these powers ''from'' the fey and nature spirits who serve Yutow!		One of the more blatant absurdities of Yutow's theology is that the Valachani fear and loathe [[wizard]]s and other arcanists, deriding their powers as "unnatural"... whilst at the same time claiming that they receive these powers ''from'' the fey and nature spirits who serve Yutow!