Gorum's center of worship?


Lost Omens Campaign Setting General Discussion


In some nations Gorum is venerated above or at the same level as other gods, but I was wondering if there was a place in the Inner Sea Region of Golarion that would be considered a center of worship in some way, something with a large number of religious figures in one location. They don't necessarily make edicts that the people follow or anything, but they do have a noticeable and powerful presence among the population.

I was thinking Brevoy might be a good start, and so are the River Kingdoms. Belkzen is nice but it's too Orc-centric. Lastwall's devotion is greatly overshadowed by devotion to Iomedae. Numeria and the Mammoth Lords are too scattered I think. Mendev might also be a good place, but again it might suffer from the Lastwall syndrome.

Any ideas or thoughts on the matter?

Liberty's Edge

Well, this sounds like a great question for the ask James Jacobs forum. But a number of countries list Gorum worship as prominent in the country, like most of the barbaric nations, as well as Nirmathas, the river kingdoms, and possibly a few others. So those are all good places to find shrines to Gorum. The best answer I have though is that Gorum's altar is the battlefield, and that's where you'll find his truly devoted.


I don't see Gorum as a deity who cares for centralized faith. He's about battle, the clangor of steel on steel, life for the winner and death for the loser, he does not need a formalized chirch, he just needs war.

Talking about temples is a different thing though. For example we know Gorum was born out of the wars between humans, orcs and dwarves during the age of darkness. I suppose there could be a huge temple of Gorum standing on the battlefield where the armies of man, dwarf and orc clashed finally giving birth to him.

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