Bralm
Bralm is a goddess of Insects and Industriousness. Her symbol is a giant wasp in front of an insect swarm.
Bralm is depicted as a middle-aged woman with dark blonde hair, sometimes with insect wings on her back. She fights with a magical staff. She also takes the form of an ankheg, giant wasp, or giant scorpion.
Realm
Bralm’s realm, known as the Hive Fortress, is in the Infernal Battlefield of Acheron, in the layer of Avalas.
Dogma
Bralm teaches that everyone in society has their proper position that people are obligated to master even if they don’t understand their importance in the greater scheme. She instructs her followers to obey those with higher social positions and greater knowledge. She urges contentment in hard labor and compares her followers to insects in a hive.
Worshipers
Bralm is prayed to for aid and blessings in various sorts of labor, especially those kinds that involve large numbers of people such as construction, farming, and mining. She is worshipped both by slave drivers and by slaves who hope to be rewarded for their service in the afterlife. She is a major deity in the Empire of the Scarlet Brotherhood and the Hold of the Sea Princes, and her faith is strongest in hot regions such as Hepmonaland and the Vast Swamp. Suel nomads in the Sea of Dust hold her in high regard. Bralm is popular with farmers both because of her patronage of labor and her control over harmful insects.
Some of Bralm’s churches worship insects or keep giant insects as pets.
Clergy
Bralm’s priests dress in robes of dull brown or yellow, decorated with insect designs. Jewelry of gold, black, or green metal is common on ceremonial occasions. They act as overseers in complex tasks: in the military, in farms and mines, as slave drivers and so on. Within the Scarlet Brotherhood, a priest of Bralm speaks at the groundbreaking of anything larger than a private home. They enjoy imposing order for its own sake, especially on independent-minded folk. Their favored weapon is the quarterstaff. They never use fire-related spells.
Clerics of Bralm work with wizards of the Scarlet Brotherhood in their monster-breeding programs and in summoning sea monsters to attack enemy ships.
Based on:
https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/index.php?title=Bralm
