save hide report. The Raven Queen is the unaligned goddess of death, fate and doom. She is the seasonal goddess of winter and patron deity of the shadar-kai. 2) Kelemvor judges souls to put them in their proper places, with souls ethically akin to themselves, to then live an afterlife (neither tortured nor knowing joy). This thread is archived. Watch for the cults of Orcus and stamp them out whenever they arise. What is the relationship between Kelemvor and the Raven Queen? The Raven Queen would later solidify her power base during the War of Winter, when she demanded the portfolio of winter in exchange for slaying the rebel goddess Khala. Many sages believe she’s insane. Auril, goddess of Winter. Kelemvor was made Lord of Death upon his arrival in Hades. The Demon Prince of the Undead seeks to claim the Raven Queen’s throne. share. Basically all Paladins of the Raven Queen and Kelemvor are all about that shit. When Kelemvor, the former god of the dead, abdicated his throne in Yr 500, he passed his duties to his most trusted ex-arch, Lancaster. I'm confused on the relationships between Raven Queen and Myrkul. Fair yet cold, Kelemvor was the god of death and the dead—the most recent deity alongside the Raven Queen (who during this time was deposing another rival god of death, Nerul) to hold this position, following in the footsteps of Jergal, Myrkul, and Cyric. He hates all forms of undead. Raven Queen Goddess of Death and Fate (Lawful Neutral) ... She would hold dominion over the moment of transition from life to death, and ensure that a soul is both brought before Kelemvor, and then to its destined eternal plane. The Raven Queen is primarily a force of inscrutability, a being who will sometimes help the forces of good in the multiverse and other times might seem to be assisting the forces of evil and other times not helping either very much in a way like Mordenkainen, who gives his name to this book, is a figure of the balance. They sound like they have a very similar job description - they both are the one you see when you die, and they both like to scare people about that. This was the birth of the Raven Queen. - #158043428 added by schneidend at D&D Racism 5 comments. He chose to split the role with a friend and former lover, Melia, who became the Raven Queen. Bring down the proud who try to cast off the chains of fate. (Raven Queen patron also has Finger of Death, which is a flavour disconnect, but I'm hoping the published version addresses that). Kelemvor holds the dead in high regard and so has made it his duty to be their protector. She is most often depicted as a tall woman with skin as white as bleached bone and midnight-black hair, wearing either dark courtly dress or a long cowled black robe. Aspects. Sort by. As the instrument of the Raven Queen, you must punish hubris where you find it. Kelemvor is a god of the dead who judges the souls of those who have recently been collected by the Raven Queen for the Plutarei from his realm of Fugue. The Raven Queen appears most often in the form of a human woman. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I have seen a fellow player push this to its logical extreme and have his cleric of Kelemvor refuse to use any spell from the school of necromancy or dealing necrotic damage, because of the connection to undeath. Does the Raven Queen replace Myrkul? The Raven Queen thus joined the ranks of those gods who control the seasons, the others being Corellon (spring), Pelor (summer) and Sehanine (autumn). Kelemvor, god of fate. 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