Church of Bahamut

[Rask]

Is Bahamut a deity yet in this timeline the server is in, or is he a Celestial Paragon at this time? I've now seen two conflicting things suggesting each of these things...one DM told me Bahamut was not yet a deity, and then i saw screen shots of an event depicting a half-gold dragon cleric of Bahamut. So now I am confused and would like clarification from DM's in possible.

[Luna]

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[Katzenjammer]

Did some looking, and here's the rest of the story:

It was during this time that the Untheric empire began and with it, their pantheon became prominent. Tiamat was worshiped by a cult of Untheric humans, forced underground because of her status as nemesis of the gods, especially Gilgeam, whilst Bahamut had an aspect in the form of Marduk who was more widely worshiped. A second front in the Dragonfall war had opened between the humans and the two gods fought each other personally, with neither being able to gain the upper hand. In 1071 the Untheric pantheon went to war with the Orc pantheon and, in a fight known as the Battle of the Gods, while Gilgeam fought with Ilneval, Tiamat saw her chance to strike, but before she could kill the God-king, Marduk struck a wild, lethal blow at Tiamat, saving Gilgeam's life at the expense of his own.

With both of their Untheric aspects dead, Tiamat and Bahamut were both stripped of their divine power. Marduk's church was eradicated and Bahamut was reduced to the status of Celestial paragon. He was forced to stay like this, with not enough followers to worship him as a god, living in the Upper planes or wandering the Material plane, doing whatever good he could until 1359 DR, when Gareth Dragonsbane and his party returned from the Abyss after destroying the Wand of Orcus

So, he isn't considered a diety in truth until after 1359. So, in about 12 years. The Dragons of Faerun contains more detail.

[Mulciber]

The half-dragon you speak of was from one of my events. He was a member of a "draconic brotherhood" that followed Bahamut's ideals. I set up the group as a political organization based out of Waterdeep to monitor the area for evil threats. They'll be showing up again soon.