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Can anyone point me to a Golarion deity who is an analog to the Forgotten Realms deity Helm?
Specifically, I'm thinking of when Helm stood guard at the celestial stairway at the beginning of the Time of Troubles. He was assigned by AO the task of preventing the "avatar-ed" deities from re-ascending to their deific realms.
I'm envisioning an almost immovable and nigh-indestructible warrior who stands vigil at a tear in the material plane who keeps invaders from coming through to Golarion and keeps evildoers from going into the crack from Golarion.
I'm wondering what deity should that guardian follow and be inspired by? Iomedae seems like an obvious choice, but I'm not interested in making the obvious choice. He's not a dwarf, so Torag is also probably out. I thought about Gorum possibly, but he doesn't seem like the vigilant/guardian type.
Thanks.
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Plenty of non-dwarves worship Torag.
But also, you definitely want to check out:
Trudd, Arqueros, Vineshvakhi, and maybe Folgrit.
And remember: This is a majority polytheist society! It's easy to take inspiration from all these dieties in life.
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Plenty of non-dwarves worship Torag.
But also, you definitely want to check out:
Trudd, Arqueros, Vineshvakhi, and maybe Folgrit.And remember: This is a majority polytheist society! It's easy to take inspiration from all these deities in life.
Of those deities you presented, Trudd would seem to be the most appropriate despite the fact he's also a Dwarven deity.
The guardian in question, in case you're curious, is the son of an Empyreal Lord and Elliandra from Pulura's Fall in Sarkoris.
He is, therefore, a 1e Nephilim who wields a Large dorn-dergar, so I guess there is at least *some* sort of tie to Dwarves.
Thank you.
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I would echo that Torag has plenty of non-dwarf followers, including every single Hellknight of the Godclaw.
I think Abadar is kind of Helmy, god of banks , gods of civilization and the guardian at the gate.
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Torag is considered a core 20 diety, so sees wide worship from all peoples. Also, your nephillim (in 2e at least) could be part dwarf part celestial, or could have just been raised in a Dwarven community (if you don't want to them to be a dwarf, the adopted ancestry can give you some Dwarven flavor without being one)
But I will also throw out Iomedae, the Inheritor. She definitely has that defender at the gates vibe, even though she's primarily a lead from the front type.