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Trithereon "The Summoner," is the deity of individuality
and the right of self-protection. His symbol, the rune of pursuit, indicates many things, including the need to strive for
liberty and to seek to bring to an end those who are bent on abridging life or freedom. When on the Prime Material Plane,
Trithereon appears as a tall, well-built young man with red-gold hair and gray eyes. He is typically clad in a pale blue or
violet garb, with a shirt of golden chainmail often visible. He carries a broad-bladed spear, a broadsword, and a septer in
his broad girdle of gold-studded leather. The spear is called Krelestro ("the Harbringer of Doom"). It returns to Trithereon's
hand swiftly after being thrown. His sword is called "Freedom's Tongue." It can cause fear in all opponents of its wielder.
The septer is the Baton of Retribution. It can locate any enemy, anywhere, unless some extremely powerful magical protection
against location exists. The septer also permits its wielder to summon certain creatures, as detailed later. Merely possessing
the Baton of Retribution allows the possessor to travel to any place on any plane of existence not protected by some magic
to prevent such entrance. When held and wielded, the baton will, upon desire, cause the surrounding area to become a strange
plane, unfamiliar to those opposing the wielder of the device. Thus it could be a barren desert of purple rock and green skies,
a swamp of milk-colored water with red plants, a featureless plain of gray and black whose ground glows as if it were translucent
fire and whose heavens are black and opaque. At each such place, Trithereon must be answered one question truthfully, or else
the creature in question will be consigned to the strange world for 100 years, barring some means of escape. As "The Summoner,"
Trithereon is able to call up three creatures, one at a time, to pursue and combat those guilty of enslavement, abridgment
of liberty, and similar crimes. The three creatures are: Nemoud the Hound, Harrus the Falcon, and Ca'rolk the Sea Lizard.
The summoned creature will follow orders to the best of its ability. Trithereon also can summon (through gates) any type of
deva. He will do so only to combat great evil, of course. Priests of Trithereon wear dark blue or purple robes, silver or
gold trimmed. During special ceremonies they wear cassocks of golden red, emblazoned with the rune of pursuit. Curates and
superiors are allowed the use of spears. Patriarchs and superiors can employ broadswords. The followers of this deity are
common in larg towns and cities and in certain states in the Flanaess, notably the Yeomanry and the Shield Lands. (Both of
which have been overruned.) Services include ceremonial flames, bells, and iron vessels and symbols of various types.
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