Urdlen

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Dungeons & Dragons Deity


Urdlen
Title(s)	The Crawler Below, the Evil One
Home Plane	Infinite Layers of the Abyss
Power Level	Intermediate
Alignment	Chaotic Evil
Portfolio	Greed, blood
Domains	Chaos, Earth, Evil (also Gnome and Hatred in Forgotten Realms)
Superior

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Urdlen is the gnome deity of greed and blood.

In many campaign settings, the gnome pantheon of gods consists of the leader Garl Glittergold, as well as Baervan Wildwanderer, Baravar Cloakshadow, Flandal Steelskin, Gaerdal Ironhand, Nebelun, Segojan Earthcaller, and Urdlen.

1 Description
2 Relationships
3 Realm
4 Clergy
- 4.1 Temples, rituals, and holy days
5 Other versions
6 References

[edit] Description

Urdlen manifests as an enormous blind mole.

[edit] Relationships

Urdlen is the enemy of the gnomish and halfling pantheons. The hero-deity Roykyn was formerly a priestess of the Crawler Below.

[edit] Realm

Urdlen's realm is the Worm Realm, located on the 399th layer of the Abyss. There, Urdlen tunnels through the ground, completely unconcerned with his petitioners, who dig in the tunnels he leaves behind. The petitioners, mostly evil gnomes, have no society whatsoever; they simply pursue their own greed in the ore-rich earth.

[edit] Clergy

Urdlen's priests wear white cloaks. Its sacred animal is the white mole.

[edit] Temples, rituals, and holy days

Urdlen is worshipped in underground caverns. Sacrifices of blood and jewels are made to it annually. Its holy day is the winter solstice.

[edit] Other versions

Races of Stone includes a similar deity, a god of disaster and greed known as the Glutton and visualized as a massive badger or wolverine. His domains are Chaos, Evil, Destruction, and Strength, and his favored weapon is the heavy mace. His clerics stuff themselves with food while they pray.