Vordo

Vordo
Fan art of the broken symbols of Ethedok and Vordo, by Cyarna Trim.
Deity information
Type	Deity
Title	The Fateshaper The Golden Weaver
Province	Fate and Order
Home plane	Tengar (originally)
Worship
Associated domains	Order[presumed]
Appearances
First seen	"Axiom Shaken" (3x43), mentioned only
Last seen	"Predathos Awakened" (3x119)
Stream	Campaign 3 (2 episodes)

Vordo, the Fateshaper, or The Golden Weaver, was the god of fate and order and one of the deities that founded the world of Exandria.

Description

Fan art of Imogen and Vordo, by ClarissDraws.

Vordo's power manifested as golden geometric patterns with their own mathematical meaning. After thousands of years inside of Predathos, fueling it with their power, Vordo had become a humanoid-looking specter of translucent skin revealing their bones, surrounded by a golden aura that maintained some of its divine spark, but was like a massive constellation slowly disappearing.

History

Background

Vordo was among the deities that left the Eternal Palace and entered reality, arriving on Exandria and forming a pantheon in which they became the god of fate and order. At some point before the Schism, thousands of years before the Calamity, the entity called Predathos came to Exandria tracking the refugees from Tengar, and was able to consume both Vordo and Ethedok, another deity. This caused the rest of the main pantheon, as well as the elemental titans, to join forces to create a prison for Predathos to ensure it would not harm them or anyone else.

Campaign Three: Bells Hells

As of 843 PD Vordo was nearly forgotten, and other gods had control over their divine portfolio. Only a few documents in Vasselheim acknowledged the existence of the two devoured deities, but the authorities of the Dawn City wanted to keep that knowledge hidden and forgotten, not only to maintain the faith of the followers of the Prime Deities, but also to protect Predathos's prison. Thus, when Janina, Baryn Vestisho, and Arnold Drot of the Grim Verity stole those documents, Vasselheim sent judicators to chase those who possessed such dangerous information.

Bells Hells later learned from members of the Grim Verity about both Ethedok and Vordo. Many weeks later, when Imogen Temult was captured inside Predathos as the entity's reluctant vessel, she noticed strange specters in the darkness and discovered that some divine sparks of the devoured deities remained, empowering the God Eater even in such a state. After failing to make Vordo react by calling them by their name, asking for an alliance to escape together, and promising to become their follower and failing, she ended their suffering by casting Shocking Grasp through their thread of fate, absorbing their last spark (giving her some energy) while the rest of their essence moved on, released to the Annals of the Forgotten and depriving Predathos of their power.

Character information

Abilities

Beyond the usual powers all deities manifest, the Fateshaper had abilities connected to fate and order. While drained by Predathos, those abilities manifested in the following ways:

• Skein of the Golden Order: A shining light filled with geometric equations fills the area, dealing radiant damage and causing those affected to be relocated as the user sees fit.
• Exploit Fate: By using their connection to the threads of fate, the user makes successful attacks more likely to miss (1d4 subtracted from the roll), while the user themself is more likely to resist aggressions from enemies affected (1d4 bonus to saving throws).

Appearances and mentions

• Campaign Three: Bells Hells
  • "Axiom Shaken" (3x43), mentioned only
  • "Faith or Famine" (3x60), mentioned only
  • "The Cradle's Convocation" (3x104) (first appearance) (in a vision)
  • "Under the Arch Heart's Eye" (3x107), mentioned only (unnamed)
  • "Predathos Awakened" (3x119)
  • "A New Age Begins" (3x121), mentioned only (unnamed)

Trivia

• This article uses "they/them" pronouns for Vordo until further confirmation of gender.
• According to the documents, Vordo was the second of the two gods Predathos consumed.
• Vordo's name resembles the name "Vord" (connected to both Highbearer Vord and Lady Kima).
• Their epithet, "the Golden Weaver", presumably refers to the skein of fate, which manifests as golden threads.
• With the exception of certain authority figures in Vasselheim, the only ones who know of Vordo's existence are members of the Grim Verity, Bells Hells (except Dorian Storm), and their new allies (Deni$e and Prism). Bor'Dor, a member of the Ruby Vanguard pretending to be the adventurers' ally, also learned about the Fateshaper, but he died without spreading knowledge about them.
• When Vordo existed, the different deities hadn't separated yet between Prime Deities and Betrayer Gods and still worked together. Chetney speculated that given their divine attributions, the Fateshaper would likely have aligned as a Prime Deity, but Baryn Vestisho corrected him, saying that at the time the god existed, matters were not so binary.

  

  Fan art of the Raven Queen, the current goddess of fate, by Mikael.

• Vordo's portfolio seems to have been taken by other gods after their demise: as of the late Era of Reclamation, the Raven Queen was the goddess of Fate, while several deities (like Erathis, Bahamut, Asmodeus, and Bane) controlled different aspects of the Order domain. The Raven Queen claimed some of the provinces of her predecessor for her own portfolio, but the other gods kept her from claiming the remainder. Presumably, that predecessor had in turn inherited the province of Fate from Vordo.

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