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{{Deity
|image      = [[Image:Keoghtom01.jpg|180px]]
|caption    = Keoghtom, as depicted in ''Dragon'' #71 (1983).
|name       = 
|titles     =  The Pulse of the Living Land
|home       = Wanders
|rank         = Hero-deity
|gender     = Male
|class      = Cleric 14/Magic-user 18/Illusionist 16/Monk 10/Bard 12
|alignment  = Neutral good
|portfolio  = Secret Pursuits, Natural Alchemy, Extraplanar Exploration
|domains    = Good, Knowledge, Travel
|alias      = 
|super      = [[Fharlanghn]]
}}
'''Keoghtom''' is the hero-god of Secret Pursuits, Natural Alchemy, and Extraplanar Exploration. His symbol is a round disk, bisected by an upward-pointing arrow.

A jack of all trades, Keoghtom has mastered hunting, alchemy, and the [[Old Lore]] of the bards. He has traveled throughout the [[Flanaess]] and now walks the boundaries and trails of the [[Outer Planes]].

==Description==
Keoghtom most often appears as a young human male of slight build, wearing [[Elf|elven]] leathers or fine clothes of silk.

==Relationships==
As a member of the [[Company of Seven]], Keoghtom is great friends with [[Zagyg]] and [[Murlynd]]. He is close to the archmage [[Mordenkainen]] and the hero-deity [[Heward]] (who are kin), and is an associate of [[Celestian]], the Far Wanderer. He was sponsered to godhood by [[Fharlanghn]].

Keoghtom is on bad terms with [[Nolzur]], who has accused him of stealing one of his alchemical formulas to help him create ''Keoghtom's ointment''. The disagreement between the two ended up breaking up the Company of Seven. Keoghtom remains on good terms with the rest of the band. 

==Realm==
Keoghtom is seldom, if ever, found on the [[Material Plane]] in the present day, preferring to roam the [[Astral Plane]] and similar planes and to visit the various demiplanes where [[Murlynd]] and his other associates dwell. He believes by traveling the planes, he will one day find enlightenment.

==Dogma==
Keoghtom teaches that the natural world has a pattern that can be discerned to those attuned to it, a pattern which natural phenomenon, the various planes of existence, and every soul is a part. His followers seek to discover this secret in nature, alchemy, and exploration.

==Worshipers==
Keogtom has few followers, though they are found nearly anywhere, and are from a variety of backgrounds and ideologies. He is especially popular among alchemists.

==History==
Keoghtom is believed to have been born in the [[Sheldomar Valley]] some 300 years following the [[Great Migrations|Great Migrations]]. As a mortal, Keoghtom dabbled in the [[Old Faith]], the [[Faerie Mysteries]], and the secrets of the [[Silent Ones]], yet never became fully indoctrinated by any of them. His travels eventually brought him into the service (and friendship) of Fharlanghn, and into the [[Company of Seven]], an adventuring band led by [[Zagig Yragerne]]. After Zagig attained godhood, Keoghtom retreated to the [[Celadon Forest]], and then from [[Oerth]] entirely.

==Magic items==
===Keoghtom's ointment===
''Keoghtom's ointment'' is a magic item, a small jar of magical unguent. When rubbed on an affected area, this ointment cures poison, diseases, and wounds.

===Keoghtom's spidery map===
After perusing the ''Oerthdisc'' of Fharlanghn, Keoghtom created this magical map that shows the most direct destination of any location on the current plane of existence.

===Keoghtom's staff of purification===
This magical staff was created by Keoghtom from a "staff of affliction" taken from the vanquished [[Weird of the Cold Heath]]. After studying it, Keoghtom figured out how to reverse its disease-causing effects, creating a staff that heals, restores, removes curses, and purifies food and drink.

==Creative Origins==
"Keoghtom" is an anagram of the name of Gary Gygax's close friends, Tom Keogh.  They were friends as teenagers and Keogh helped found [[TSR]], providing funding for the original print run of ''Dungeons & Dragons''.  Keogh died unexpectedly when he was very young of an undiagnosed heart condition, which is thought to be why Gygax included ''Keoghtom's Ointment'' as a healing salve with the ability to cure the user of all diseases.

==References==
=====Citations=====
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