Officiating Priest: Pina Muteheart. Although her avatar was not seen during the Godswar, sightings before that time reported that she cast spells as both a wizard and a cleric, choosing spells from any school or sphere. Rather than fly she chose to walk on air, levitating and appearing to take strides as she moved. Waukeen’s clerics travel the world aiding merchants and working with temple moneylenders, coin changers, safe storers, and covert fences. You should check them out. Glory of Gold: This +1 dagger was crafted several decades ago in Amn at the behest of a wealthy arms merchant. Magic is highly regulated in Amn and the use of unregulated magic is a serious crime. And there was much rejoicing. After falling into obscurity in the wake of the fall of Myth Drannor, the church of Shaundakul has been greatly revitalized since the Time of Troubles. Waukeen was driven to accomplish a goal and move on to the next one and, rather than being frustrated when the usual business practices failed to work out a solution, she was willing to try alternate methods. Waukeen’s clerics travel the world aiding merchants and working with temple moneylenders, coin changers, safe storers, and covert fences. Through a twisted chain of contacts she managed to call in a favor from Celestian, the God of Wanderers from the sphere of Oerth. All attempts at divination failed to reveal anything clear or useful. Her portfolio included everything related to commerce and the accumulation of wealth through free and fair trade, as well as the beneficial use of wealth to improve civilization. Her awareness extended to include any business deal, contract, exchange, sale, theft, or destruction of a merchant’s property that impacted at least five hundred people in scope. The most prominent religion in Amn. Graz’zt of course never planned on honoring the deal struck with Waukeen. Waukeen was portrayed as a slender, young woman with long, lustrous golden hair; always splendidly dressed. Maybe part of the holy words he chants are the amount of gold owed to the church of waukeen, you could take this even farther by having a ledger of all transactions in any shrine/temple of waukeen. Somewhere in the midst of her quarter Waukeen had an opulent golden palace that contained a portal to Lliira’s realm in Brightwater on the plane of Arborea. Waukeen's clergy members are under orders to donate 25% of their monatery income to the church, to invest in all enterprises that have any reasonable hope of succeeding if they are run by devout worshippers of the deity, and to consider other investments if approached by entrepreneurs willing to make substantial offerings to the deity. Her avatar was 10 ft (3 m) tall and typically had eyes that appeared as solid gold. Then came the Time of Troubles, when she nearly lost her admirers, her church, her divinity, her freedom, and her life. This openness to innovation has led her to embrace many of Gond’s “new-fangled gadgets” long before other deities thought them wise. Waukeen is the Forgotten Realms mercantile goddess. Waukeen was a relatively late addition to the Faerûnian pantheon, joining sometime after Tyr who first appeared in −247 DR. Her portfolio included everything related to commerce and the accumulation of wealth through free and fair trade, as well as the beneficial use of wealth to improve civilization. During her long absence, referred to as the Interdeium of Waukeen, the church suffered an alarming amount of attrition and had to be built back up. Vibrant and vivacious, Waukeen(wah-keen) is a relatively young, hardworking deity who loves wealth not for itself but for what can be done and acquired with it. She naturally had an unending hatred and thirst for revenge against the demon lord Graz’zt who broke a deal, took advantage of her weakened state, and held her captive during the Avatar Crisis. When Waukeen returned and the church was well on the road to recovery, the aged patriarch's thoughts turned toward retirement, and many sought the honor of replacing him when he did step down. Known as the Golden Lady, Waukeen is one of the more enthusiastic goddesses, who is said to enjoy the ebb and flow of goods via commerce. As luck would have it, the first being she met was the avatar of Lliira and the two goddesses decided to stick together while they worked out a plan of action. Her clerics and other worshipers traveled the trade routes aiding merchants and caravans or worked in the opulent temples as hosts for wealthy donors, moneylenders, currency exchangers, venture capitalists, warehousers, fences (covertly, of course) and, most importantly, security guards. “I apologise… You were a child that I thought well of, but I already had a deal with Mystra, and I need to play by the book…” Waukeen pulled at Jeffries as she moved backwards, speaking calmly and with grace. Unfortunately his son invested much of the family's money in an expedition to Maztica which sank before ever reaching that land's shores, and he had to sell the dagger in order to keep the family businesses running. Bless deals, oversee contracts. After her return from imprisonment in the Abyss she was known to have added rogue skills to her avatar while still being a formidable cleric and wizard. It is organized in a loosely hierarchical manner, and all temples of Waukeen in Faerûn answer to one head of the church who holds the title of Holycoin. Prominent members: Barasta Cleeith Waukeen (pronounced wau-KEEN or wah-KEEN) was a lesser deity of the Faerûnian pantheon known as the Merchant’s Friend, Liberty’s Maiden, and the Golden Lady. Waukeen, the Merchant's Friend. Many of Waukeen's former temples have now been reconsecrated to Lliira. After the Spellplague, Brightwater was no more and the Marketplace Eternal moved to the plane of Eternal Sun where it sprawled around Amaunator’s Palace of the Four Suns. Waukeen is a vibrant and vivacious deity with a will to get things done. The front of it was smeared with black paint, all over the sign. Being intimately familiar with illicit trade as well as legitimate commerce, Waukeen decided to smuggle herself back to the Outlands by way of the Astral plane and a circuitous route through the Lower Planes by making deals, calling in favors, and bribery. At some point, her church was infiltrated and she was kidnapped to the Nine Hells by the Demon Lord Grozzit. Waukeen’s church is wealthy not because it hoards money, but because it invests wisely and uses its wealth to gain popularity, power, and renown. Shaundakul was also an ally of the Merchant’s Friend as his portfolio touched hers in areas such as long-range traders, and caravans. The coin cloud acted like a magic evil outsider bane nunchaku. When Lord Ao cast nearly all the Faerûnian d… Celestian was then able to shift her into the Astral plane for the next leg of her journey. Collectively, her worshipers were known as Waukeenar. One of the key demographics is the Church of Waukeen (the coin god). Waukeen (pronounced wau-KEEN or wah-KEEN) was a lesser deity of the Faerûnian pantheon known as the Merchant's Friend, Liberty's Maiden, and the Golden Lady. He is revered by farmers, merchants, and nomads who follow the seasons and the turning of the celestial clock, as well as paladins who battle undead. Waukeen's clergy members are under orders to donate 25% of their monetary income to the church, to invest in all enterprises that have any reasonable hope of succeeding if they are run by devout worshipers of the deity, and to consider other investments if approached by entrepreneurs willing to make substantial offerings to the deity. Waukeen was also the goddess of illicit trade and the patron of many smugglers, fences, black marketeers, and “businessmen” on the shady side of commerce. Waukeen was a lesser deity of the Faerûnian pantheon known as the Merchant's Friend, Liberty's Maiden, and the Golden Lady. A daring band of adventurers set out climbing the Celestial Staircase, made it to the Abyss, and heroically rescued Waukeen from numerous minions of Graz’zt, returning her via the Staircase to her realm in the Outlands. Specialty priests of the faith are known as goldeyes because their pupils turn that blazing hue due to the touch of the goddess. When Lord Ao cast nearly all the Faerûnian deities into mortal avatar form and scattered them across the surface of Toril, Waukeen was among them, and like the majority of the fallen gods, wanted most to return home (and the sooner she could reclaim her realm and marshal her resources, the quicker she could influence unfolding events in her favor). You should check them out. Could allow for some cool unplanned stories! Out of options, Waukeen gambled that it was her divinity that was tied to the plane and not the vessel carrying it, so Lliira graciously agreed to hold Waukeen’s power and portfolio in stewardship until Waukeen could reclaim it. Then of they take too long to pay up, the temple sends out collectors (paladins of waukeen). The church of Waukeen has no church-affiliated knightly orders. Her weapon of choice was a pummeling stream of gold coins that emitted from either hand (the coins did not disappear, so they could also be given as a boon). They continued to be limited to first- and second-level spells and received no inkling of guidance from the Golden Lady. The decade-long absence of Waukeen and near collapse of her church in the wake of the Avatar Crisis caused many merchants, particularly caravaneers, to turn to Shaundakul for a time. one can ask for the favour of waukeen and the priest may relay her answer to the merchant. Alas, nothing that Waukeen or the Lady of Joy offered Helm could entice the God of Guardians to shirk his duty, so they retreated to the Cormanthor forest rather than face his wrath. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. The military of Amn is known as The Shield of Ucerin. - the church of Waukeen in Sembia has dealt with a great deal of resistance in the countryside from the Harpers, led by Llira (which probably explains Lefaric's reaction) Later in the journal, Lefaric is thrilled to mention that the goddess has chosen him and other high-ranking Guildmasters to bear a portion of her power, so that they can bring healing (at a price) to those who need it. Lord Neverember’s primary supporter is the church of Waukeen whose temple, The Counting House, is located in the Halls of Justice. Once she arrived in the heart of his realm he had no trouble detaining the mortal form of the Golden Lady and told her she would be his “guest” while they renegotiated the deal previously agreed upon, knowing full well she would not alter a closed contract. Although many merchants have since returned to the church of the Waukeen, others, particularly those infected with wanderlust, have stayed faithful, and the church has continued t… Her portfolio included everything related to commerce and the accumulation of wealth through free and fair trade, as well as the beneficial use of wealth to improve civilization. Ascendant campaigns can view previous versions of their pages, see what has changed (and who did it), and even restore old versions. Most clergy of waukeen is skilled negotiators, and well versed in trade laws. 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