So i have a Paladin who worships Lucifer, believing him to still be an Angel and i personally wanted to know specifically the name/the names of the god who created him.
"Satan was created the most powerful and brilliant angel of a deity of many names, who tasked him with testing the morality of mortal men."
I can't seem to find any names or lore about this 'deity'. Is this just conjecture/fanfic in a sense or is there actual lore about this deity and a name?
Any info would be appreciated. Please and thank you.
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The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head. He went galumphing back.
The God Ao would be a strong contender for the creator of angels, as he is the creator of everything in forgotten realms. The other side could be angels arose naturally as part of the balance of light and dark in the multiverse.
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"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
According the present editions Monster Manual, [Tooltip Not Found] "Angels are formed from the astral essence of benevolent gods and are thus divine beings of great power and foresight" (emphasis mine). This could vary from setting to setting, but in the RAW there isn't a specific god who created angels. Rather, angels are created by benevolent gods (from those gods' respective essences) to serve them as agents. There isn't really any more to it than that.
The Fandom wiki you cite is really sloppy in its effort to handle the literary/mythological Lucifer/Satan as fallen angel story, its scant presence in D&D lore products over the editions, and the allegations of Satanism put on D&D during the Satanic Panic. Lucifer and Satan don't really show up in D&D all that much (that's why other than the 3e Book of Vile Darkness most of the sources cited are Ed Greenwood in Dragon Magazine explaining why Lucifer and Satan don't show up in his Dragon magazine articles on Devils). Asmodeus's story is a decent D&D reflection of the Lucifer/Satan fall derived from Dante, Milton, etc. which are great reading for a Dungeon Master to inspire world building as much as prior editions old lore.
So in your game, Lucifer's origins, or existence, is really up to your Dungeon Master. If your DM has particular designs for how the Outer Planes, and particularly the Lower Planes work, he may work with you so your Paladin makes more sense (and is your Paladin an Oathbreaker? or Conquest? Most of the Palladin Oaths are pretty much in opposition to the values of Asmodeus, so if I were your DM we'd probably have a sit down on how the cosmos or multiverse works in my game). If the Outer Planes are basically out of touch in the DMs game, the DM may well "whatever you say" the matter as far as the character's allegiance since it's not going to affect the story or mechanics and sort of becomes your own "head canon".
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Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
So i have a Paladin who worships Lucifer, believing him to still be an Angel and i personally wanted to know specifically the name/the names of the god who created him.
According to the D&D fandom wiki https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Satan it says,
"Satan was created the most powerful and brilliant angel of a deity of many names, who tasked him with testing the morality of mortal men."
I can't seem to find any names or lore about this 'deity'. Is this just conjecture/fanfic in a sense or is there actual lore about this deity and a name?
Any info would be appreciated. Please and thank you.
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head. He went galumphing back.
The God Ao would be a strong contender for the creator of angels, as he is the creator of everything in forgotten realms. The other side could be angels arose naturally as part of the balance of light and dark in the multiverse.
"Where words fail, swords prevail. Where blood is spilled, my cup is filled" -Cartaphilus
"I have found the answer to the meaning of life. You ask me what the answer is? You already know what the answer to life is. You fear it more than the strike of a viper, the ravages of disease, the ire of a lover. The answer is always death. But death is a gentle mistress with a sweet embrace, and you owe her a debt of restitution. Life is not a gift, it is a loan."
According the present editions Monster Manual, [Tooltip Not Found] "Angels are formed from the astral essence of benevolent gods and are thus divine beings of great power and foresight" (emphasis mine). This could vary from setting to setting, but in the RAW there isn't a specific god who created angels. Rather, angels are created by benevolent gods (from those gods' respective essences) to serve them as agents. There isn't really any more to it than that.
The Fandom wiki you cite is really sloppy in its effort to handle the literary/mythological Lucifer/Satan as fallen angel story, its scant presence in D&D lore products over the editions, and the allegations of Satanism put on D&D during the Satanic Panic. Lucifer and Satan don't really show up in D&D all that much (that's why other than the 3e Book of Vile Darkness most of the sources cited are Ed Greenwood in Dragon Magazine explaining why Lucifer and Satan don't show up in his Dragon magazine articles on Devils). Asmodeus's story is a decent D&D reflection of the Lucifer/Satan fall derived from Dante, Milton, etc. which are great reading for a Dungeon Master to inspire world building as much as prior editions old lore.
So in your game, Lucifer's origins, or existence, is really up to your Dungeon Master. If your DM has particular designs for how the Outer Planes, and particularly the Lower Planes work, he may work with you so your Paladin makes more sense (and is your Paladin an Oathbreaker? or Conquest? Most of the Palladin Oaths are pretty much in opposition to the values of Asmodeus, so if I were your DM we'd probably have a sit down on how the cosmos or multiverse works in my game). If the Outer Planes are basically out of touch in the DMs game, the DM may well "whatever you say" the matter as far as the character's allegiance since it's not going to affect the story or mechanics and sort of becomes your own "head canon".
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
It would seem all gods should be able to create angels in D&D.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt