Daoud

The Mendicant, Unraveller of Deceptions

Daoud
General information
Portfolio:	Humility, Clarity, Immediacy
Home:	Unknown
Alignment:	Neutral
Gender:	Male
Class:	Priest
Superior:	Istus
Rules items
Domains:	Magic, Travel

Daoud is the Baklunish hero-deity of Humility, Clarity, and Immediacy. His symbol is a multi-colored patch of cloth or tangle of yarn, with seven threads, one of each color of the spectrum, extending from the bottom.

Description

Daoud is depicted as an old man with leathery skin and heavy, dark brows. His eyes are black and piercing. He wears the simple, worn clothing of a shepherd, a turban wrapped around his head and a staff in his hands.

Relationships

Daoud was a priest of Istus.

Dogma

When Daoud was stripped of his wealth, he decided that the Four Feet of the Dragon which define Baklunish society - piety, honor, generosity, and devotion to family - were mere ostentation. In their place he proposed four superior virtues: honesty, humility, piety, and endurance. He called this new philosophy the Path of the Seeker.

Daoud's followers are urged to seek out both good fortune and bad in order to unravel the threads of destiny. They strive to be content with what Fate allows and demands of them, no more and no less. They cut lies with sharp words.

Worshippers

Clergy

Clerics of Daoud, known as Daoudahs, live in voluntary poverty, abandoning rank and title. They are known for their brutal honesty and contempt for claims based on mere social position. Despite their humble lives, they manipulate the strings of Fate, bringing down the mighty and uplifting the humble, scattering whole tribes in their inscrutable ways.

History

Daoud was once the philosopher-pasha of Tusmit, a wealthy and well-respected man in his youth. In middle age, however, he lost everything, reduced to begging on the streets far from his homeland. He became a mendicant priest of Istus and contemplated the harshness of Fate before arriving at his radical new philosophy.

Iggwilv plundered the wealth of his legendary Vault (surely a relic of his more prosperous days) in Lopolla in the third century of the Common Year calendar, apparently making off with his Wondrous Lanthorn at that time.

Artifacts

Daoud is associated with Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn, a creation of gold, gems, and crystals fueled by precious jewels. The Lanthorn curses its owner with possessiveness and paranoia.

Creative origins

Daoud appeared in the name of the Wondrous Lanthorn artifact in the adventure The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth by Gary Gygax. The name is the Arabic cognate of "David."

References

Bibliography

• Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online: [1]
• Gygax, Gary. The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1982.
• Reynolds, Sean K., Frederick Weining, and Erik Mona. "Blood of Heroes." Living Greyhawk Journal #3. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Daoud	Deity		Dragon magazine #299	101
Daoud	Deity		Living Greyhawk Journal #3	3, 10, 19
Daoud	Deity		Living Greyhawk Journal #5	21
Daoud	Deity		Oerth Journal #27	41
Daoud Pasha	Non-player character		Living Greyhawk Gazetteer	116
Daoud Quoin	Settlement	Defensive Structure,	Living Greyhawk Journal #5	21
Daoud's Other Lanthorn	Item	Artifact,	El Raja Key Archive (Standard Edition)	69
Daoud's Wondrous Lantern	Item	Artifact,	Arms and Equipment Guide, D&D 3.0	149, 150
Daoud's Wondrous Lantern	Item	Artifact,	S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book Two	20, 21, 29
Daouds Wondrous Lantern	Item		Dragon magazine #299	101
Daouds Wondrous Lantern	Item		Living Greyhawk Journal #5	21
Daouds Wondrous Lantern	Item		S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book One	2, 29, 30