![]() On the occasions where they did convene they were slow to act, not because of deliberation but because of conflict between each other. However, the leaders rarely (if ever) convened to carry out their duties. The aforementioned Circle of Greater Powers regulated the deities according to the rules as set by Ao, the overgod of Toril to whom all pantheons worshiped on Toril were subject to. When it expanded its physical sphere of influence, it usually did so at the expense of other pantheons. This fractious nature was believed to be the source of the pantheon's adaptability and its ability to expand. The Faerûnian pantheon was a very fractious one that fought among themselves and had no overarching goal. ![]() It was assumed that the exact nature of such arrangements varied with the personalities of the involved deities. The reason they did this, or to be more precise the reason why the highest deity did not just kill the lower-ranking ones and assumed their places, was surmised to be either a bargain where the lower-ranking deity helped the higher-ranking one at increasing its influence in return of protection, or blackmail where the higher-ranking one bullied the lower-ranking ones into giving them their divine energy and servitude. A unique trait of the Faerûnian pantheon was that deities with similar portfolios clustered in a hierarchic relationship. Apart from this, there was little hierarchy in the Faerûnian pantheon except for the one the gods created among themselves. The leadership was a loose matter and was more of administrative nature. The Circle of Greater Powers were the ones who led the pantheon. ![]() In the Faerûnian pantheon's case the believers' shared characteristic was a geographic one, people who lived in those parts of the continent Faerûn where other pantheons did not hold sway were the believers. Pantheons were a group of deities who were worshiped by people who shared one characteristic, for example sharing the same cultural or racial background. ![]() The Faerûnian pantheon was a pantheon of deities. ![]()
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