Atlau

Alignment: LG

Pantheon: Major Deities

Areas of Concern: Athletics, Justice, Being a moron

Domains: Community, Good, Law, Protection, Strength

Subdomains: Archon (Law, Good), Competition, Defense, Education, Fist, Loyalty, Purity, Resolve, Self-Realization

Favored Weapons: Unarmed Strike, Hurlbat, Warhammer

Symbol: His handsome face

Sacred Animal(s): Himbos, Drop Bear, Kangaroo

Sacred Color(s): Gold

Obedience: Dress yourself in the heaviest set of metal armor you own or bring yourself to your heavy load. Shout your oath of loyalty to Atlau at the top of your lungs, punctuating each pause for breath by smashing your weapon against a shield or against your armor-clad body. After your oath is done, kneel on one knee with your weapon resting against your shoulder. Recite your victories be they in battle or competitions in a sonorous voice until the time for your obedience is done. If you should be attacked while conducting your obedience, slay the creature who dared test your might. (You may be assisted by allies, but you must strike the killing blow.) Gain a +4 sacred or profane bonus on Strength checks and Strength based skill checks. The type of bonus depends on your alignment—if you’re neither good nor evil, you must choose either sacred or profane the first time you perform your obedience, and this choice can’t be changed.

Lore: The god of athletes and competition, he prides himself on honesty and justice. He constantly parades his success, boasting to show every other person in his pantheon his own strength at all times not to show off but more-so to give off the aura of perfection so that they too may strive to reach his level of perfection.

Atlau was born a mortal man, but mortal is used very lightly here. It is said that he was already very ripped as a new-born, having already a six-pack and large biceps as a baby. He was so ripped and strong that, as a newborn, he could already walk. By the age of 6, he could already wrestle with a bear and win. By the age of 20, he was so strong and beautiful, it is said that men would turn gay by looking at him, and women would throw themselves at his feet in admiration.

As a mortal man, Atlau quickly put his body to good use, enrolling in the military by the age of 7, and becoming an officer by the age of 10. He would always boast his victories, be them small or big, and make sure everyone knows why they succeeded. Even then, he still managed to keep the morale of his troops up, motivating them hard to train and play sports, as he would keep claiming that the body is a machine that is best kept well-oiled, both on the inside and the outside. Of course, people would laugh about it, but he never paid it any mind.

Through sheer competitiveness and ripeness, he managed to rise to the top of the military organization he was part of, but it was not enough for him. When he saw that he could not climb higher in the military, he left it and instead started organizing tournament and sport events, always trying to improve himself and become better, and encouraging others to do the same.

After a few years, he realized that wrestling and competing with mortals was not enough to give him a challenge, so he started challenging archons, inevitables and devils to wrestling and weight-lifting competition, winning even against them. At one point, he ended up competing with the previous deity of strength, and waged his deific title on the competition. Of course, Atlau won, and that’s how he ascended to godhood. It is said that even today, he challenges other deities to competitions and organizes tournaments, but most deities ignore him. He also hates elves.

Divine Fighting Technique: See Irori’s Perfected Fist (This divine fighting technique can be used with Unarmed Strikes, Hurlbats and Warhammers, instead of only Unarmed Strikes. Also, LG brawlers or monks may replace a bonus feat with the benefits of this divine fighting technique instead of LN ones).