I am creating a female druid Aasimar character and am working out the details about her past, namely how she sees her guide. Only knowing her human mother (and with the tales she's been told of her conception), I thought it would be cool to have her relate to her celestial guide as her father, given his parental and kind nature.
Though I get that it might not seem important in the long run, or even be a consideration for other Aasimar characters, I still would like to pick a male deva as her guide. With my choices in Volo being Tadriel, Myllandra, Seraphina, Galladia, Mykiel, or Valandras as a guide, I went searching to see if WotC has any additional info on them such as history or genders.
I'm pretty sure that Myllandra, Seraphina, and Gallandia are female and Mykiel is male, but when it comes to Tadriel and Valandras, it could go either way...
So anyone has any info that could help identify the gender and history of even these two devas?
(Note: Given the name deva, I'm surprised any are male....)
In the original hindi, deva is masculine, with the female form of the term being devi. Per the forgotten realms wiki, devas can present as either gender. Try googling the names to find out which Jewish, Wiccan, Hindi, or other religion the writers borrowed the name from if you want to learn more about the original name bearer's gender, role, etc. Or you can just pick one or make one up. After all, the ones given in Volo's are starting suggestions, not a limit.
If you want to hew closer to WotC canon, the forgotten realms wiki is a great amalgation of info from official sources.
Generally the celestial transcend sex and may manifest a physical presence to themselves or other beings as they deem appropriate. The celestial guardian could interact with your character, including a defined sex or gender characteristics, in the way it believes will be most impactful. Remember, the spirit guardians are typically representatives to a pantheon, a god or possibly an ethos, not a god themselves. So your concept can be as you wish with the spirit guardian revealing in dreams or such however you (and maybe the DM) want.
Angels (and celestials in general) are super underdeveloped in the D&D world.
Sometimes, a book or two will try to develop them in the same manner as the devils and demons are; well, okay, I've only seen the Book of Exalted Deeds try and do it, but I've never seen anyone implement it. I imagine there might be something from Planescape as well, but no clue where to look for it offhand.
But, all in all, pretty much every book kinda does its own thing. I don't think there's any support for these new angels in Volo's book. So, you're going to have to fill in the blanks yourself or with your group.
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I am creating a female druid Aasimar character and am working out the details about her past, namely how she sees her guide. Only knowing her human mother (and with the tales she's been told of her conception), I thought it would be cool to have her relate to her celestial guide as her father, given his parental and kind nature.
Though I get that it might not seem important in the long run, or even be a consideration for other Aasimar characters, I still would like to pick a male deva as her guide. With my choices in Volo being Tadriel, Myllandra, Seraphina, Galladia, Mykiel, or Valandras as a guide, I went searching to see if WotC has any additional info on them such as history or genders.
I'm pretty sure that Myllandra, Seraphina, and Gallandia are female and Mykiel is male, but when it comes to Tadriel and Valandras, it could go either way...
So anyone has any info that could help identify the gender and history of even these two devas?
(Note: Given the name deva, I'm surprised any are male....)
In the original hindi, deva is masculine, with the female form of the term being devi. Per the forgotten realms wiki, devas can present as either gender. Try googling the names to find out which Jewish, Wiccan, Hindi, or other religion the writers borrowed the name from if you want to learn more about the original name bearer's gender, role, etc. Or you can just pick one or make one up. After all, the ones given in Volo's are starting suggestions, not a limit.
If you want to hew closer to WotC canon, the forgotten realms wiki is a great amalgation of info from official sources.
Generally the celestial transcend sex and may manifest a physical presence to themselves or other beings as they deem appropriate. The celestial guardian could interact with your character, including a defined sex or gender characteristics, in the way it believes will be most impactful. Remember, the spirit guardians are typically representatives to a pantheon, a god or possibly an ethos, not a god themselves. So your concept can be as you wish with the spirit guardian revealing in dreams or such however you (and maybe the DM) want.
Angels (and celestials in general) are super underdeveloped in the D&D world.
Sometimes, a book or two will try to develop them in the same manner as the devils and demons are; well, okay, I've only seen the Book of Exalted Deeds try and do it, but I've never seen anyone implement it. I imagine there might be something from Planescape as well, but no clue where to look for it offhand.
But, all in all, pretty much every book kinda does its own thing. I don't think there's any support for these new angels in Volo's book. So, you're going to have to fill in the blanks yourself or with your group.