God of the Sea and Winds
Intermediate Deity
Symbol: Gold coin
Home Plane: Asgard
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: Commerce, sea, wind
Worshippers: Sailors, fishermen, those who depend on the sea for a living
Cleric Alignments: CG, LG, NG
Domains: Air, Good, Water
Favoured Weapon: Longspear
Those who seek wealth or abundance in fishing pray to Njord. A Vanir deity, he is the father of Frey and Freya. Njord married the female giant Skadi while among the Aesir, though they later divorced. As a deity of the mountains, she was uncomfortable on the coastlines, so they could never agree where to live. Their movements between homes created the seasons.
Where Aegir’s cult threatens and glowers, Njord’s cult smiles. This cult supports those who make a living from the bounty of the sea through trade, fishing, shipbuilding or supplying the needs of the other three. Njord’s cult numbers many prominent businesspeople among its members. When Aegir’s cultists mock them for their relatively mean tables and their preference for sailing within sight of the shore, Njord’s worshippers only look at their growing treasuries and smile.
Njord’s clergy are most common near the sea, but can also be found along navigable rivers and lakes with connections to the sea. Most display weathering and scars from lives spent in, on and around the water. They are popular with fishermen and merchants.
Njord’s temples are sturdy structures meant to withstand the trials of coastal weather. They generally sit right on the water and have their own docks. Most temples have storage for sail canvas, ropes, tar, paint and other boating supplies. Those in larger urban centres often have secret vaults containing wealth gleaned from the sea and fees charged for aiding in business negotiations.
Visitors to Njord’s temples find the fare plain but filling. Clergy and faithful draw owners of seagoing vessels into conversation. Others are largely ignored unless they bring information about shoals, currents, weather or other conditions hazardous to ships.
Source: Deities and Demigods (Page 184)