Talona
| Talona | ||
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 2E/3E: Three golden amber teardrops on a purple equilateral triangle with point upward 5E: Three teardrops in a triangle |
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| Aliases | Lady of Poison, Mistress of Disease, Mother of all Plagues, The Plague-crone | |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil | |
| Divine Rank | Lesser Goddess | |
| Pantheon | Faerûn | |
| Portfolio | Disease, Poison | |
| Domains | 3E: Blightbringer, Chaos, Destruction, Envy, Evil, Suffering 4E: Destruction, Poison 5E: Death |
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| Home Plane | Great Wheel: Palace of Poison Tears (Carceri) World Tree / World Axis: Palace of Poison Tears (Banehold) |
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| Worshippers | Assassins, druids, healers, rogues, the diseased and ill | |
| Favoured Weapon | A scabrous hand (unarmed strike) | |
Talona is the Goddess of Poison and Disease in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons. Ed Greenwood has stated that, like Loviatar, Talona was inspired by the Finnish pantheon's presence in the Deities & Demigods Cyclopedia for OD&D, and she was based upon Kiputytto, a Finnish Goddess of Disease. Perhaps in homage of this, old lore for Talona claims that Kiputytto was a rival disease-goddess that challenged Talona, lost, and was slain by her for the affront.
| The Deities of Forgotten Realms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawful | Neutral | Chaotic | |
| Good | Ilmater • Nobanion • Torm • Tyr | Chauntea • Deneir • Eldath • Enlil • Gwaeron Windstrom • Lathander • Mielikki • Milil • Mystra • Shiallia | Lliira • Lurue • Selûne • Sharess • Sune • Tymora • Valkur |
| Neutral | Azuth • Helm • Hoar • Jergal • Kelemvor • Red Knight • Savras • Siamorphe • Ulutiu | Akadi • Ao • Auppenser • Gond • Grumbar • Istishia • Karsus • Kossuth • Oghma • Silvanus • Tempus • Ubtao • Waukeen | Finder Wyvernspur • Ibrandul • Leira • Mask • Shaundakul • Uthgar |
| Evil | Asmodeus • Bane • Gargauth • Gilgeam • Iyachtu Xvim • Loviatar | Auril • Bhaal • Myrkul • Shar • Velsharoon | Beshaba • Cyric • Garagos • Malar • Moander • Talona • Talos • Umberlee |