Mandrur - The God of Mountains

Background

Mandrur was one of the primordial Old Gods, embodying the mountains, sheer cliffs, unyielding defence, and the impenetrable barriers of the earth. To the ancient peoples of Nokadran, Mandrur was the living shield of the world: impassable, immovable, and eternal. He had a strict quirk of refusing to ever step foot below the tree line, viewing the lowlands and their petty political squabbles with quiet disdain. If mortals wished to ask for his protection, they had to endure freezing ascents to the highest ridges to prove their resilience. Another of his famous quirks was his fluid stature; while he often walked the high passes as a towering Goliath, he could swell in size until he became a colossal giant whose shoulders brushed the storm clouds and whose body blocked entire mountain passes. When the first rumblings of the Ascension Wars began and mortal armies started carving tunnels through his peaks for war, a sudden, unnatural stillness fell over the northern ranges. The mountain gales ceased, and expeditions to his high altars found them completely abandoned. How or why an immovable god vanished from the peaks remains an unsolved mystery.

Mandrur is depicted as a massive, Goliath-like figure with a heavily muscled, toned, and sharply veined physique that pulses with the slow heat of the earth's core. He stands with his arms crossed like anliving fortress wall, mimicking an unbreakable shield. His symbol is a jagged, three-peaked mountain silhouette superimposed over a heavy stone shield.

Domains: Nature, War, and Forge
Alignment: Lawful Neutral