50% Upvoted. 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. He hates all forms of undead. Aspects. Sort by. 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. The Raven Queen is the unaligned goddess of death, fate and doom. 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. Far from being devoid of feeling, the Raven Queen collects memories and strong emotions, usually those associated with loss and tragedy. 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). As her ascension was similar to Kelemvor's, the gods determined that they would share dominion over the dead. Kelemvor, god of fate. up vote 4 down vote favorite. Watch for the cults of Orcus and stamp them out whenever they arise. Many sages believe she’s insane. This was the birth of the Raven Queen. Auril, goddess of Winter. 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. What is the relationship between Kelemvor and the Raven Queen? The Raven Queen thus joined the ranks of those gods who control the seasons, the others being Corellon (spring), Pelor (summer) and Sehanine (autumn). As the instrument of the Raven Queen, you must punish hubris where you find it. Does the Raven Queen replace Myrkul? They share similar domains but the Raven Queen seems to use undead in certain circumstances. 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). She is the seasonal goddess of winter and patron deity of the shadar-kai. 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. This thread is archived. 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. Lancaster, however, sensed that Kelemvor’s great failing was his disdain of the souls he judged. 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. Basically all Paladins of the Raven Queen and Kelemvor are all about that shit. 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. Kelemvor was made Lord of Death upon his arrival in Hades. 5 comments. 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