Saint Arkeos

Lesser Deity

Symbol: Stone Arch

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Portfolio: Architecture, Stone, Civilization, Public Works

Worshippers: Stonemasons, architects and their patrons, people who live in buildings

Cleric Alignments: LG, LN, LE

Domains: Artifice, Earth, Protection

Favored Weapon: Light Hammer (but please, watch the masonry)

Description:

Saint Arkeos, Patron of Architecture, appears as a stately human male in white robes. He teaches his followers that greatness is achieved only through the act of creation, and that quality architecture is the greatest creation of all. He honors all those who design and build great architectural works, though he himself never carries any tools or equipment; as an immortal lord of the cosmos, he is comfortable with a more supervisory position.

Dogmatically, Sain Arkeos is fairly lax for a Lawful Neutral god. He demands that his followers contribute to the creation of grand works (especially cathedrals dedicated to him) and teaches them never to destroy a quality building, no matter how reproachable its inhabitants might be. Clerics of Arkeos often gather around the walls of a fortress during a seige and pray to the God of Architecture for reprieve. Often they are crushed by falling chunks of the wall (see also: The_God_Of_Irony).

Saint Arkeos is archenemies with Kyrb, an Orcish god with an irrational hatred for architecture and a god-sized club to back it up.