Ioun

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Ioun ( ) is the unaligned goddess of knowledge, prophecy and skill, and is a patron of the study of magic and mental power. She is revered by wizards, scholars and tacticians. Ioun is a member of the 4th edition core pantheon.
Publication history
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)
Ioun appears as one of the deities described in the Players Handbook for fourth edition (2008).
Her name apparently derives from the ioun stone, a magical, levitating stone that bestows some enhancement on the user when it is allowed to orbit his head. The ioun stone appeared in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (Dungeon Master's Guide), and itself derives from a magical device in Jack Vance's 1973 story "Morreion."(See.)
History
In the time before the Dawn War, Ioun's dominon in the was a vast lagoon, surrounded by beaches of white sand, used by Ioun as a scrying pool. As the conflict between the gods and the primordials erupted, Ioun fused her dominion with those of Erathis and Pelor, forming the Bright City of Hestavar. The primordial Heur-Ket lay siege to the city shortly after.
After the war Ioun relinquished her rule of Hestavar and retreated into the Hall of Enlightenment at the Swan Tower of Kerith-Ald.
Ioun is an ally of Corellon, Erathis and Pelor. She is the antithesis of Vecna, as she urges her followers to share all knowledge that he would keep hidden.
Temples
Ioun is worshiped in the Temple of the Mind of Zerthadlun alongside Corellon, Vecna and the Raven Queen. Ioun has a shrine in the Temple of Erathis in Fallcrest.
Worshippers
Ioun is the second most popular deity among metallic dragons, second only to Bahamut. Among Ioun's exarchs is the Athearsauriv, known as the Eye of Heaven.

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