Dominions 5 - Warriors Of The Faith V5.17 Hack Activation Code
Tyler Janicke
When he wished to wander the mortal world, he usually took the appearance of an old human or demihuman wizard dressed in peasant robes accompanied by seven canaries[37][38][29] or other songbirds.[39] This persona came to be known among mortals as Fizban the Fabulous.[40] Some sages believed Bahamut used this humanoid guise to not frighten non-dragon beings. They also believed that while Bahamut was fond of his old man guise, he had other guises as well. Other recorded guises included that of a prince with a carriage drawn by seven horses, an urchin accompanied by seven friends, a beggar followed by seven dogs,[36] a humble fisher or a young monk who bear the title of the "Grandmaster of Flowers",[39][41][42] a title that was also used by the monks of the Monastery of the Yellow Rose.[43]
Bahamut was stern and very disapproving of evil, always arguing with Asgorath about his crusade against it. He accepted no excuses for evil acts, and didn't tolerate even minor offenses by evil creatures.[7][17]
In spite of his stance, he was also considered one of the most compassionate beings in the multiverse. He had limitless empathy for the downtrodden, the dispossessed, and the helpless.[7] He usually preferred to polymorph those who had offended him instead of killing them,[17] although it was also said that Bahamut loathed to sully himself with the blood of evil creatures.[36]
By draconic standards, Bahamut was neither vain nor desirous of treasure. He valued wisdom, knowledge, prophecies, and songs instead.[17] He used the great wealth he had amassed over the ages to help those in need, while using the magic items he had gathered to further his goals.[36] However, he also pursued viciously (usually sending his champions and followers) those who tried to steal the hoard from his palace as, after all, he was a god of justice.[44]
Bahamut also liked to prove the strength and worthiness of his followers by battling against them in his dragon form, halting the combat when his followers were injured or when they overcame him. However, he was prone to get carried away by his zeal, and had powerful healers on hand in case he had gravely injured one of his followers in those battles.[37][35]
Bahamut disdained combat, and he preferred to talk with his opponents and convince them to surrender using his legendary diplomatic skills.[45] Bahamut spoke many languages, including Draconic, Celestial, Auran, and Common, although he had the ability to speak to any intelligent creature[46] thanks to his ever-present, receptive form of telepathy.[36]
Despite his aversion to battle, he was easily capable of defending himself.[38] Along with all the standard powers and godly senses of a deity of his rank, as well as the natural abilities of an ancient dragon, those who saw him fight claimed that he had two breath weapons, one a powerful cone of cold, the other a vapor that turned his enemies into gaseous forms. A third special attack was his roar, which was so powerful that it could disintegrate creatures or objects within 100 feet (30 meters). If facing off against more powerful creatures, this roar would still permanently deafen those who weren't turned to dust.[38] He was also capable of breathing the holy winds of Mount Celestia, which allowed him to heal his allies and even resurrect his fallen comrades.[47] On top of that he was more powerful than any mortal dragon,[35] and was also reputed to know every arcane and divine spell.[38] Few things in the mortal world could cause him lasting harm.[47]
Bahamut was able to create aspects of himself from the willing sacrifice of a powerful metallic dragon worshiper. While the dragon died during the ritual, the newly created aspect remembered all of its previous life and was utterly bound to Bahamut's will forever after.[44] Unlike normal divine aspects of other gods, aspects of Bahamut were not extensions of Bahamut's self but rather independent beings. They were not as powerful as Bahamut's normal avatars, however.[48]
Bahamut disliked creating aspects in this way, as he preferred that his dragon worshipers remained as dragons rather than sacrifice themselves, but he sometimes asked one of his dragon worshipers to become an aspect when it was needed, to act as an emissary, to become a long-term guardian, or to chase evil beings way too powerful for his mortal followers to face.[44] Bahamut was also willing to create aspects if a worshiper performed a great sacrifice, such as offering their own life or a great treasure.[47]
Occasionally, aspects of Bahamut arose spontaneously on Celestia or a closely related plane. Unlike Bahamut's normal aspects, these spontaneous aspects were short-lived, biological echoes of Bahamut's divine will. These aspects usually faded to nothingness within a day. These aspects were usually the ones who answered the magical summons of Bahamut's worshipers.[48]
According to some sages, aspects of Bahamut physically combined elements of all kinds of metallic dragons, and were big enough to tower even the greatest of the mortal ancient dragons.[47] Aspects of Bahamut were fearless, surprisingly intelligent combatants who cared nothing for their continued existence, something that made them far more dangerous than mortal dragons because of their coldly calculated rage and battle acumen. Aspects of Bahamut usually fought to the death unless their existence was more important than any tactical gain they could get from a battle. Despite this, aspects of Bahamut were more willing to converse with mortals and deal diplomatically with them than most divine aspects, though they only spoke from positions of superiority due to them as representatives of the Platinum Dragon.[48]
Myths claimed that the great fortified castle that Bahamut called home was somewhere "behind the east wind" and many scholars believed Bahamut's castle was located on the Elemental Plane of Air.[34] Others believed his palace was located "behind the north wind", this being the origin of his "Lord of the North Wind" title.[46] However, "Bahamut's Palace" was actually located on the plane of Celestia.[15]
He spent the rest of his time holding court in his shining palace on Celestia. Good-aligned clerics and paladins usually took pilgrimages to his castle, seeking to receive the blessings of the Platinum Dragon.[29][37]
Bahamut was ever watchful against the machinations of Tiamat,[17] and never interfered in the affairs of mortal creatures unless his actions could also stop her evil schemes.[29][50] However, when he confronted her, he always took the necessary actions to stop the spread of her influence and to undo whatever damage she had done.[51]
Bahamut was unable to turn his back on any good creatures that were in need, however, even if Tiamat wasn't involved. Even so, he preferred to help them in indirect ways, such as giving them useful information, needed advice that bordered on prophecy, a safe refuge or healing, and bolstering them with his powerful magic.[51][52]
Bahamut was a servant deity to Torm, occupying an equivalent position to that of a knight.[54] As a comrade in arms of Torm, both deities had battled side-by-side against evil gods and devils on many occasions.[55]
Bahamut's antithesis was Tiamat,[14] as both of them represented opposing values,[30] and this enmity was reflected in the attitude of each deity's worshipers as well.[7] He was also at odds with his brother Null.[56]
As Bahamut was active in the Material plane, he needed less divine servants than other deities. The best known of his few exarchs was Kuyutha, a dragonborn demigod.[37] As of 1479 DR, the King of Justice Tamarand was one of his few Chosen.[57]
Some claimed these wyrms were reincarnations of dead kings, renowned for their sense of justice and returned to life to serve the Platinum Dragon.[38] Gold dragons, however, believed that Bahamut chose among the most noble and courageous among them to serve him in this capacity, and they considered a position in his court to be the most prestigious of all. According to gold dragon traditions, Bahamut chose them through secret, elaborate, and dangerous tests that challenged their mettle.[58] Once appointed to a position in his court, that gold dragon served Bahamut until dead or until it was too old or infirm to aid their god.[52][58]
The majority of Bahamut's worshipers prior to the Spellplague were metallic dragons. While he was revered by all good dragons, gold, silver, and brass dragons held him in particularly high regard.[50]
His worship grew in the decades following the Time of Troubles, when he regained his divine status, as non-dragons began to take interest in his teachings.[59] When he became a subservient deity to Torm, after the Spellplague, many Tormites also paid homage to Bahamut as well, and it wasn't uncommon for both gods to lend their strength to worshipers of either deity at the same time.[60]
Followers of Bahamut often took quests to oppose the schemes of Tiamat and to stop or destroy her followers.[45] They were allies of worshipers of Torm,[60] Moradin, Yondalla, and other lawful good deities.[45]
Bahamut accepted only clerics of good alignments. Whether they were dragons, dragonborn, half-dragons, or other beings attracted to his philosophy, clerics of the Platinum Dragon always had to strive to take constant but subtle actions on behalf of good while trying to do as little harm in the process as possible.[50]
Dragon clerics were usually nurtured from birth, trained by a senior dragon cleric, usually a parent or close friend of their parents, although it was not unusual that a dragon of any age heard the call of Bahamut and sought out clerical training. As with any dragon deity, dragons who wanted to become clerics of Bahamut had to first acquire an appropriate holy symbol. This holy symbol became the most prized item of their hoards after that, as it was a symbol of their status in dragon society and of the cleric's devotion to Bahamut, and to lose it was considered a blasphemy. If a dragon cleric didn't try to recover a stolen or lost holy symbol, he or she would lose their investiture. Usually a dragon had to acquire his or her holy symbol on their own, but Bahamut also bestowed a holy symbol to a dragon he wanted to be his cleric.[61]
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