Chef Rokon

 Chef Rokon 

[God of Perfectionism and Food]

Alignment: LG

Pantheon: Minor Deities

Areas of Concern: Fancy cooking, Preparation and study, Obsession, Sustainable fishing

Domains: Artifice, Glory, Good, Law

Subdomains: Archon, Honor, Hubris, Judgment, Toil

Favored Weapons: Traveling kettle, Fishing tackle, Khopesh

Symbol: A winking face, trapped between two slices of bread

Sacred Animals: Whatever is currently for dinner

Sacred Color: Steel gray

Obedience: Spend an hour cooking. Take a single bite of whatever you have made. If it’s the best version of that dish you’ve ever made, you may enjoy your success—otherwise you must give it away to the poor, the hungry, or throw it on the ground for the birds.

Lore: Once a mortal chef, Rokon often struggled financially, as he would often spend years tinkering with recipes, refusing to cook for anyone else until he perfected his technique. On the day he cooked his first perfect six-course meal, he was invited to prepare a special feast for the gods—after which, the entire pantheon agreed that he wouldn’t be allowed to return to the mortal world.

Chef Rokon’s followers strive to perfect a trade, whatever it is (though it’s usually cooking), in order to bring joy to the world—but will accept nothing short of perfection. His clergy are often somewhat tormented, as the god’s commandments to cook the best possible food are often at odds with his prohibition against using any ingredients or materials that were not harvested ethically, or whose origins might have resulted in violence or crime.

There are certain spice markets with Yartar where, if you visit at the right time of day, you can see a paladin of Chef Rokon standing in the shadows, shaking their head and sighing with anguish