Crunor

Crunor is the Tibian god of nature, trees, plants and fertility.

Personality and Godhood

Crunor is described as creative and being full of charm and vitality. He loves his own shape, but he is wiser than Fafnar and possesses the gift of modesty. Inspired by the creation, Crunor bore from himself all the plants, small and large, after his own image. Thus, Crunor is revered as the god of nature. For this reason, he is also called the Lord of The Trees and the Great Tree. He is considered to be a good and benevolent god.

History

Birth

After Tibiasula died, Fardos and Uman bound her body to the Column of Time and so created the elements. Uman then united himself with the element of Tibia (earth), and the earth bore him Crunor, the Lord of the Trees.

The Creation

When asked, Crunor agreed to help his cousin Nornur, the god of fate, get a firm body of his own. Although they ultimately failed, Crunor suggested to Nornur that he should create some living beings so that Nornur could manifest himself in his servants. This is how the spiders were created.

When Zathroth and his minions started attacking Tibia with new evil races, the lesser gods stood up to defend their creations. Crunor created the wolves in order to protect his forests against the orcs. However, the orcs proved too strong and were too numerous. The wolves fled into the depths of the forests. Only here in the deepest forests and in wild herds the wolves learned to defeat their bipedal opponents.

When the age of the wars of the unliving began, the battles were furious and bloody, and for a long time no side was apparently winning. Some humans then turned to Crunor, in order to serve from then on as druids. It is said that together with Crunor, they created many of the creatures that populate the wilderness today. However, a variety of these creatures were extinguished in the wars of that time.

Worship

As Crunor is responsible for the first druids, among of all human vocations he is worshipped by them the most. Crunor is also worshipped by the Dryads.

Carlin

As the city of Thais relied heavily on the support of sorcerers in their army, certain agreements were made in favour of the sorcerer guild, weakening both the political and religious position of druids in Thais. So, when Carlin broke away from the rule of Thais, the Church of Crunor and the druids under it relocated to Carlin, making this city the centre for druid activity. Crunor is therefore one of Carlin's favoured gods.

Elves

Historically, like other Tibian gods, Crunor is worshipped by the elves. At one point of time, most elves lost their faith in the "human" gods. Some elves still worship Crunor, however, and will react positively when he is brought up. Crunor, whom the elves call the Treefather, is the only god of the "human" gods who is still being worshipped by some elves; all other gods elves worship are specific to elven society.

Some elves worship the raw elemental forces instead. Especially in the Kuridai caste the earth cult is more prominent than Crunor. Moreover, other elves worship the celestial paladin Nera, the lady of spring, who completely replaces Crunor for some elves.

Trivia

• According to Lavirias, some humans see Crunor in the elves' Ashar'Tel.
• The Symbol of Crunor represents Crunor with the symbol of a tree.
• An in-game depiction of Crunor can be found in the form of the Crunor Idol.
• A legend says that the Emerald Sword was made for Crunor.
• It is said that squirrels used to be small, but grew to their current size after eating nuts from Crunor's "blessed trees of life".
• Aside from squirrels, other creatures are sometimes associated with Crunor as well. Some priests believe that the Sandstone Scorpions are favoured by Crunor and work on his behalf. Others believe that Water Buffaloes are protected by Crunor himself.
• Crunor, together with Nurnor, is responsible for the Druid Familiars.
• The organisations and places Crunor's Finest Warehouse, Crunor's Caress and Crunor's Cottage are named after the deity.