Dalt

Greyhawk Divinity

Dalt
Dalt's symbol, as depicted in The Scarlet Brotherhood (1999).
Names and titles
Title(s):	The Opener of Ways
General information
Portfolio:	Portals, Door, Enclosures, Locks, Keys
Home:	Outlands
Alignment:	Chaotic good
Gender:	Male
Rules items
Domains:	Chaos, Good, Protection, Travel, Trickery
Divine rank:	Lesser

Dalt is the Suel deity of Portals, Doors, Enclosures, Locks, and Keys. His holy symbol is a locked door with a skeleton key beneath it.

Description

Dalt is usually depicted as either a white-haired old man with piercing eyes or as a young red-haired thief.

In Maure Castle, in the "Greater Halls", are two portraits with images of Dalt owned by the Maure family. They are of unknown provenance or veracity. The subject labeled as Dalt is a young boy with light olive-toned skin, brilliant blue eyes, and a dispassionate stare. In one image he wears a light blue robe and in the other, a black one. Both robes are covered with occult symbols in an arcane language known as Strands. Almost impossible and potentially deadly to translate, the symbols mean "The Stars are my guides, the Voids of space my brethren, and Chaos my sire." Also, "an occult symbol ... used by the temple priests of Fharlanghn" (a stylized F) is the largest amongst the symbols seen on Dalt's robes.

Relationships

Dalt is the brother of Vatun, the Suel god of Winter and Cold. Due to his brother's imprisonment, Dalt is not on good terms with Telchur. He is on good terms with Mordenkainen, to whom Dalt sometimes lends his favored relic, The Silver Key of Portals.

Realm

Dalt wanders the Outlands, having no permanent realm of his own.

Dogma

Dalt is the god of finding innovative solutions to problems and obstacles, teaching his followers to simultaneously be better mice even as they fabricate better mousetraps.

Worshipers

Dalt is a lesser deity, almost forgotten on the world of Oerth but slowly gaining more followers. He is primarily worshipped by the Suloise people in the southeastern Flanaess.

Clergy

Dalt's clerics are a mix of those who seek to keep things locked and those who seek to open those locks. Both aspects of Dalt's church values the other, and most of his temples will contain both sorts. Dalt's clerics work to build locks and traps, then his clerics figure out ways to defeat them. They act as instructors for locksmiths, masons, carpenters, and thieves, though they will only teach those who have the greater good in mind. Dalt's clerics believe that goods should be liberated from the selfish and protected for the deserving. They often wander the Flanaess, seeking out worthy tests for their skills.

Rituals

Dalt's name is used to bless fortresses, jails, and locked boxes, as well as anything that is meant to be secure from thieves, such as dwellings.

Myths

In Castle Maure, the portrait of the demon lord Fraz-Urb'luu, the Prince of Deception, occasionally shifts and changes to depict young boy, dressed in light blue robes emblazoned with various symbols of Fharlanghn. The boy appears similar to the other depiction present labeled with Dalt's name and title (as above in "Description"). The painting changes scenes when touched, showing the boy being directed by a mysterious red-haired, green-eyed woman to enter a magical portal that transports him into a dark void only lit by his blazing blue eyes. A dark presence seemingly attached to her shadow, then leaves the woman. Because this image is part of the portrait of the Prince of Deception, the accuracy or veracity of these images is in unknown.

References

Bibliography

• Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
• 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. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
• Kuntz, Robert J. "Maure Castle: The Greater Halls." Dungeon #139. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2006 (p. 77).
• Kuntz, Robert J., and Gary Gygax. Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1984.
• Perkins, Christopher. Warriors of Heaven. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.
• Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.
• Sargent, Carl. Ivid the Undying. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. Published online. PDF by William Allman with maps. Original RTF archived:Wizards.com. WGR7 or WGRx

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
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Dragon magazine #299	101, 103
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e	25, 67
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Living Greyhawk Gazetteer	169, 185
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Living Greyhawk Journal #3	18
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Oerth Journal #10	67
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Oerth Journal #14	34
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Oerth Journal #15	4
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Oerth Journal #23	27,30,31,35
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Oerth Journal #25	16,19
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Oerth Journal #27	6
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	Player's Guide to Greyhawk	20
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	The Scarlet Brotherhood	11, 12, 80, 82
Dalt	Deity	Worshipped by: Human (Suel),	WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure	30
Dalta Gwyn	Non-player character	Female, Human, [Rog1/Ftr1],	Dungeon magazine #114	30