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 Known Icons include:
 * '''Joobur''': A Cleric of Opal who believed knowledge resided in the brain and, thus, the skull was sacred. Possibly explored methods of creating undeath and extending life.
 * '''The Green Lady:''' An Illithid and Cleric of Opal who had light green skin. She popularized the belief that Clerics of Opal should tend to the spiritual needs of the living as well as the dead.

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 Known Icons include:
 * '''The Green Lady:''' An Illithid and Cleric of Opal who had light green skin. She popularized the belief that Clerics of Opal should tend to the spiritual needs of the living as well as the dead.
 * '''John the Barber''': A Cleric of Emerald who studied anatomy as a way of enhancing divine healing powers.
 * '''Gijima the Sacred Courier:''' A Cleric of Obsidian and founder of the Order of the Sacred Courier, a world-wide delivery service that ushered in an age of communication and exchange between the peoples of Krystallos.
 * '''Rahoru the Bright-shining:''' The first Pharaoh of the Citrine Kingdom and, therefore, an Icon of Citrine. Tradition held that his soul would return time after time to possess a new body. Thus, each new Pharaoh of the Citrine Kingdom was also named Rahoru. While Rahoru's status as an Icon is undisputed, few outside of the Citrine Wastes believe the Pharaohs that followed Rahoru were actually the Icon given flesh.
 * '''Ausar the Green-scaled:''' A Cleric of Opal who developed the funeral rites and mummification techniques used by the ancient Citrines.
 * '''Dina, Lady of Butterflies:''' A Cleric of Diamond. So moved was she by the plight of refugees fleeing the Great Invasion that she went to her Totem and kneeled in supplication for nine days, begging that they be given a home. So still was she, butterflies by the hundreds came to perch on her. By the tenth day, Dina was so covered in butterflies that she could not be seen. Her prayers were answered and the simple Grand Temple of Diamond became the center of a new Diamond City, a place for the refugees to live.
 * '''Zizash the Smooth-Fingered:''' A kobold Cleric of Ruby who discovered the process for manufacturing glass.
 * '''Lady Dervish:''' A Cleric of Quartz who realized that to survive, art and beauty must be protected. She developed a martial style that combined dance and weapons.

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 ===The Totems of Krystallos===
 [[image:Amethysttotem.jpg|thumb|right|The Amethyst Totem]]While the Totems all belong to the same pantheon there is a fairly wide range of religious practices throughout Krystallos. Since the Totems exist as physical forms they aren’t generally imagined as having organic forms. The Totems aren’t seen as personalities but, rather, elemental forces that influence the world. They do choose and empower members of their clergy as Clerics, Healers and Paladins and they have been known to answer the prayers of their followers. A Totem is always the primary deity within their own territory – Amethyst in the Kingdom of Amethyst, Sapphire in the Sapphire Forest, and so forth. However, the other Totems are usually venerated within their spheres of influence. All sailors, for instance, offer prayers to Tanzinite for safe passage on the seas no matter where they are from. The main temple of each Totem is centered around the Totem itself. However, there are multiple smaller temples throughout the lands – each containing a small gem shard chipped from the Totem that serves as a link. Clerics and the faithful often have small shards of the Totems as well.
 ===Organization===

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	Different peoples have different notions of the afterlife. The kobolds, halflings and most human nations believe in the twin lands of Elysium and Gehenna and that souls go to one or the other upon death depending on the quality of one’s life. Exactly what constitutes good deeds and bad might change from culture to culture. The dwarves believe that one’s soul is absorbed by the totem and held in trust until the time comes to be reborn in this world – into either a higher or lower caste depending on one’s life. The elves have a complex afterlife where one is judged moment by moment in a personal ledger and sent to any one of a dozen places of punishment or reward. The gnomes believe there is no afterlife and, so, life must be lived fully in the here and now.		Different peoples have different notions of the afterlife. The kobolds, halflings and most human nations believe in the twin lands of Elysium and Gehenna and that souls go to one or the other upon death depending on the quality of one’s life. Exactly what constitutes good deeds and bad might change from culture to culture. The dwarves believe that one’s soul is absorbed by the totem and held in trust until the time comes to be reborn in this world – into either a higher or lower caste depending on one’s life. The elves have a complex afterlife where one is judged moment by moment in a personal ledger and sent to any one of a dozen places of punishment or reward. The gnomes believe there is no afterlife and, so, life must be lived fully in the here and now.
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−	~~{\| style="width:60%;border-collapse:collapse; border:0px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"~~
−	~~\|- style="background:red;color:white;font-weight:bold;" colspan="4"~~
−	~~\|+ <div style="width:100%;background:red;color:white;font-weight:bold;padding-top:3px;padding-bottom:3px;">Totems of Krystallos</div>~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;"~~
−	~~\|\|Totem\|\|Alignment\|\|Domains\|\|Favored Weapon~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Amethyst\|\|Lawful Good\|\|Law, Trade\|\|Halberd~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Tourmaline\|\|Chaotic Good\|\|Cold, Luck\|\|Battleaxe~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Alexandrite\|\|Chaotic Neutral\|\|Creation, Retribution\|\|Rapier~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Iolite\|\|True Neutral\|\|Earth, Family\|\|Club~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Scapolite\|\|Lawful Good\|\|Glory, Purification\|\|Flail~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Onyx\|\|Lawful Neutral\|\|Knowledge, Mysticism\|\|Scythe~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Pearl\|\|Chaotic Neutral\|\|Competition, Liberation\|\|Scimitar~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Citrine\|\|Neutral Good\|\|Artifice, Wrath\|\|Kopesh~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Thulite\|\|Lawful Neutral\|\|Celerity, Strength\|\|Longspear~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Topaz\|\|Chaotic Neutral\|\|Darkness, Illusion\|\|Gnome Hooked Hammer~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Sapphire\|\|Lawful Neutral\|\|Plant, Portals\|\|Elven Curve Blade~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Peridot\|\|Lawful Neutral\|\|Chaos, Dreams\|\|Kermbit~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Amazonite\|\|True Neutral\|\|Force, War\|\|Two-bladed Sword~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Ruby\|\|Lawful Good\|\|Craft, Fire\|\|Warhammer~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Emerald\|\|Neutral Good\|\|Hearth, Healing\|\|Sling~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Jade\|\|Lawful Good\|\|Air, Nobility\|\|Katana~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Quartz\|\|Chaotic Neutral\|\|Charm, Weather\|\|Bladed Scarf~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Chalcedony\|\|Lawful Neutral\|\|Lust, Protection\|\|Longsword~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Garnet\|\|Lawful Good\|\|Cavern, Metal\|\|Dwarven Waraxe~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Turquoise\|\|Neutral Good\|\|Animals, Pacts\|\|Halfling Sling Staff~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Zirconian\|\|Neutral Good\|\|Good, Fate\|\|Sickle~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Diamond\|\|True Neutral\|\|Balance, Community\|\|Quarterstaff~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Tanzinite\|\|Neutral Good\|\|Courage, Water\|\|Trident~~
−	~~\|- style="background:beige;"~~
−	~~\|\|Opal\|\|Chaotic Good\|\|Mind, Repose/Death\|\|Kukri~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|\|Obsidian\|\|Neutral Good\|\|Oracle, Travel\|\|Hunga Munga~~
−	\|}

	===Pantheon of Evil===		===Pantheon of Evil===

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 Known Icons include:
-* The Green Lady: An Illithid and Cleric of Opal who had light green skin. She popularized the belief that Clerics of Opal should tend to the spiritual needs of the living as well as the dead.
+* '''The Green Lady:''' An Illithid and Cleric of Opal who had light green skin. She popularized the belief that Clerics of Opal should tend to the spiritual needs of the living as well as the dead.
-** '''Associated Subdomain''': Ancestors
+** ''Associated Subdomain'': Ancestors
-* John the Barber: A Cleric of Emerald who studied anatomy as a way of enhancing divine healing powers.
+* '''John the Barber''': A Cleric of Emerald who studied anatomy as a way of enhancing divine healing powers.
-** '''Associated Subdomain''': Restoration
+** ''Associated Subdomain'': Restoration
-* Gijima the Sacred Courier: A Cleric of Obsidian and founder of the Order of the Sacred Courier, a world-wide delivery service that ushered in an age of communication and exchange between the peoples of Krystallos.
+* '''Gijima the Sacred Courier:''' A Cleric of Obsidian and founder of the Order of the Sacred Courier, a world-wide delivery service that ushered in an age of communication and exchange between the peoples of Krystallos.
-** '''Associated Subdomain''': Exploration
+** ''Associated Subdomain'': Exploration
-* Rahoru the Bright-shining: The first Pharaoh of the Citrine Kingdom and, therefore, an Icon of Citrine. Tradition held that his soul would return time after time to possess a new body. Thus, each new Pharaoh of the Citrine Kingdom was also named Rahoru. While Rahoru's status as an Icon is undisputed, few outside of the Citrine Wastes believe the Pharaohs that followed Rahoru were actually the Icon given flesh.
+* '''Rahoru the Bright-shining:''' The first Pharaoh of the Citrine Kingdom and, therefore, an Icon of Citrine. Tradition held that his soul would return time after time to possess a new body. Thus, each new Pharaoh of the Citrine Kingdom was also named Rahoru. While Rahoru's status as an Icon is undisputed, few outside of the Citrine Wastes believe the Pharaohs that followed Rahoru were actually the Icon given flesh.
-** '''Associated Subdomain''': Artifice
+** ''Associated Subdomain'': Artifice
-* Ausar the Green-scaled: A Cleric of Opal who developed the funeral rites and mummification techniques used by the ancient Citrines.
+* '''Ausar the Green-scaled:''' A Cleric of Opal who developed the funeral rites and mummification techniques used by the ancient Citrines.
-** '''Associated Subdomain''': Psychopomp
+** ''Associated Subdomain'': Psychopomp
-* Dina, Lady of Butterflies: A Cleric of Diamond. So moved was she by the plight of refugees fleeing the Great Invasion that she went to her Totem and kneeled in supplication for nine days, begging that they be given a home. So still was she, butterflies by the hundreds came to perch on her. By the tenth day, Dina was so covered in butterflies that she could not be seen. Her prayers were answered and the simple Grand Temple of Diamond became the center of a new Diamond City, a place for the refugees to live.
+* '''Dina, Lady of Butterflies:''' A Cleric of Diamond. So moved was she by the plight of refugees fleeing the Great Invasion that she went to her Totem and kneeled in supplication for nine days, begging that they be given a home. So still was she, butterflies by the hundreds came to perch on her. By the tenth day, Dina was so covered in butterflies that she could not be seen. Her prayers were answered and the simple Grand Temple of Diamond became the center of a new Diamond City, a place for the refugees to live.
-** '''Associated Subdomain''': Home
+** ''Associated Subdomain'': Home
-* Zizash the Smooth-Fingered: A kobold Cleric of Ruby who discovered the process for manufacturing glass.
+* '''Zizash the Smooth-Fingered:''' A kobold Cleric of Ruby who discovered the process for manufacturing glass.
-* Lady Dervish: A Cleric of Quartz who realized that to survive, art and beauty must be protected. She developed a martial style that combined dance and weapons.
+* '''Lady Dervish:''' A Cleric of Quartz who realized that to survive, art and beauty must be protected. She developed a martial style that combined dance and weapons.
-* Mildred the Quiet: A Cleric of Emerald who took a vow of poverty so that she would never lose sight of her mission. She wandered the world, helping the destitute and poor. The Cult of the Quiet Hand continues her work today.
+* '''Mildred the Quiet:''' A Cleric of Emerald who took a vow of poverty so that she would never lose sight of her mission. She wandered the world, helping the destitute and poor. The Cult of the Quiet Hand continues her work today.
 ===Personal Totems===

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 ||Ruby||Lawful Good||Craft, Fire||Warhammer
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-||Emerald||Neutral Good||Greed, Healing||Sling
+||Emerald||Neutral Good||Hearth, Healing||Sling
 |- style="background:beige;"
 ||Jade||Lawful Good||Air, Nobility||Katana