Nomog-Geaya
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| Game background | |
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| Title(s) | The General |
| Home plane | Infernal Battlefield of Acheron |
| Power level | Lesser |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| Portfolio | War, authority |
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In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Nomog-Geaya is the hobgoblin deity of War and Authority. He is the patron deity of hobgoblins, but hobgoblins are also known to worship Maglubiyet. His symbol is a crossed longsword and handaxe.
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[edit] Publication history
Nomog-Geaya was first detailed in Roger E. Moore's article "The Humanoids: All About Kobolds, Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Gnolls," in Dragon #63 (TSR, 1982).[1]
Nomog-Geaya was detailed in the book Monster Mythology (1992), including details about his priesthood.[2] His role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in On Hallowed Ground (1996).[3]
[edit] Description
Nomog-Geaya appears as a huge, powerful goblin with rough, ash-gray skin, cold orange eyes, and teeth like a shark’s. He almost always has his broadsword in one hand, and his hand axe in the other. He is said to have no expressions other than a grim, tight-lipped look of domineering authority. He is quiet and only speaks when he must.
[edit] Relationships
Nomog-Geaya is subservient to Maglubiyet, and detests Khurgorbaeyag, the patron deity of goblins.
[edit] Realm
Maglubiyet allows Nomog-Geaya and Khurgorbaeyag to live in his realm of Clangor on the plane of Acheron, to better keep an eye on them.
[edit] Dogma
The Five Directives of the Soldiers of the Last Order are:
- Arm yourself with fire and steel.
- Rally all hobgoblin tribes under your banner.
- Hunt elves and goblins and put them to the sword.
- Burn prisoners alive in sacrifice to Nomog-Geaya. Nomog-Geaya will accept no other sacrifice.
- Honor no god above Nomog-Geaya.
[edit] Worshippers
Nomog-Geaya is the patron deity of hobgoblins, second only to Maglubiyet in hobgoblin religion.
[edit] Clergy
[edit] Associated orders
The fanatic, heretical cult known as the Soldiers of the Last Order was founded by Galtai, a messianic cleric of Nomog-Geaya. This cult, active in Western Oerik, seeks to follow five directives given to them by their founder. If they do these things, they believe Nomog-Geaya himself will appear on Oerth and bring about a new age. Nomog-Geaya grants members of this cult spells, but he is reluctant to support them too openly for fear that Maglubiyet may deem them a threat to his rule. In Western Oerik, Nomog-Geaya also grants the domain of Fire.
[edit] References
- ^ Moore, Roger E. "The Humanoids: All About Kobolds, Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Gnolls." Dragon #63 (TSR, July 1982)
- ^ Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology (TSR, 1992)
- ^ McComb, Colin. On Hallowed Ground (TSR, 1996)
[edit] Additional reading
- Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[1]
- Pramas, Chris. "The Sundered Empire: Soldiers of the Last Order." Dragon #315. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, January 2004.
