| Game background | |
|---|---|
| Title(s) | Merchant's Friend |
| Home plane | Brightwater |
| Power level | Intermediate |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| Portfolio | Trade, Money, Wealth |
| Design details | |
Waukeen (pronounced (Wau-KEEN)[1] or wah-KEEN[2]), is the fictional goddess of coins and wealth in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
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Waukeen was created by one of Jeff Grubb's players, and added to the Forgotten Realms by Grubb. She was named after the Walking Liberty Half Dollar.[3]
Waukeen appeared as one of the major deities for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Set's "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).[1]
Waukeen was described in the hardback Forgotten Realms Adventures (1990),[4] and Faiths & Avatars (1996).[5]
Her role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in On Hallowed Ground (1996).[6]
Waukeen was the subject of the adventure module, For Duty and Deity (1998).[7]
Waukeen appears as one of the major deities of the Forgotten Realms setting again, in Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2001),[2] and is further detailed in Faiths and Pantheons (2002).[8]
Waukeen or the Merchant's Friend, is the goddess of coins and wealth. She rules over deals done above and below the table and believes that mercantile trade is the best road to enrichment. Waukeen frowns upon destroying fine trade goods and favors those who oppose the propagation of malicious rumors that could harm someone's commerce.
During the Time of Troubles, Waukeen was captured and enslaved in the Abyss by the demon lord Graz'zt. Lliira, the Goddess of Joy, took on Waukeen's portfolio and saw to her followers from that time until Waukeen's eventual escape. After more than a decade of isolation from her followers, Waukeen was freed from her prison by a band of adventurers in 1370 DR.[7]
Waukeen has no enemies besides Mask and the demon lord that held her captive during the Time of Troubles, Graz'zt.
Waukeen's faithful travel the world aiding merchants or staff temples in large cities that serve as moneylenders and change houses. Waukeenar believe in investing in any enterprise that has any chance of succeeding.