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Kyra, iconic cleric.

Domains are broadly defined as divine concepts worthy of devotion, the source of all divine magic. Some divine scholars theorize that each domain is further divided into two or more subdomains, and that a cleric may find herself bonding with such a subdomain within her deity's portfolio instead of its parent domain. This further 'specialization' is reported to grant the cleric a somewhat different array of divine powers than those received by clerics who devote themselves to the parent domain. Adherents of this theory further believe that a particular deity's control of a domain does not necessarily grant that deity control over each of its subdomains. Gozreh, for instance, is reported to command the Water subdomain of Oceans but not that of Ice, and has no authority whatsoever over the Animal subdomains of Feather and Fur. It has been further observed that a few of the 'known' subdomains appear to belong to more than one domain.

Apocryphal subdomains

Apocryphal subdomains associated with a particular deity are rare, only accessible via obscure texts called apocrypha and often only utilized by extreme members of a faith. In the articles below, apocryphal subdomains are clearly marked with a superscript ^apocryphal to distinguish them from standard subdomains.

Structure of this article

This article has three main components:

• A list of all the known subdomains granted by the deities of Golarion
• A list of domains and the subdomains with which they are associated
• A categorized list of the deities of Golarion with the particular subdomains which they are able to grant to their followers

Known subdomains

Aeon Agathion Alchemyapocryphal Ambush Ancestors Arcane Archon Aristocracy Arson Ash Azata Blood Cannibalism Captivationapocryphal Catastrophe Caves Chivalry Cloud Competition Construct Cooperation Corruption Curse Daemon Dark Tapestry Day Decay Deception Defense Demodand Demon Devil Divine Dragon	Duels Education Entropy Espionage Exploration Family Fate Fear Feather Ferocity Fist Flotsam Flowing Fortifications Freedom Friendship Fur Greed Growth Hatred Heroism Home Honor Hubrisapocryphal Ice Imagination Industry Inevitable Innuendo Insanity Insectapocryphal Isolation Judgment	Kyton Language Leadership Legendapocryphal Legislation Light Lightningapocryphal Loss Love Loyalty Lust Martyr Medicineapocryphal Memory Metal Monsoonapocryphal Moon Murder Night Nightmare Oceans Petrificationapocryphal Plague Portalapocryphal Protean Psychopomp Purity Qlippoth Radiation Rage Redemption Resolve Restoration Resurrection	Revelation Revelry Revolution Riot Ritesapocryphal Rivers Saurian Seasons Self-Realizationapocryphal Shadow Slavery Smoke Solitude Sovereignty Stars Souls Storms Tactics Thievery Thirstapocryphal Thornsapocryphal Thought Toil Torture Trade Transformation Trap Truthapocryphal Tyranny Undead Venom Wards Whimsy Wind

Subdomains and their parent domains

The following are the known subdomains capable of being granted by the gods of Golarion if a god has dominion over its associated parent domain (domains are shown in boldface):

Air Cloud, Lightningapocryphal Wind Animal Feather, Fur, Insectapocryphal Artifice Alchemyapocryphal Construct, Industry, Toil, Trap Chaos Azata, Demon, Demodand, Entropy, Protean, Qlippoth, Revelry, Riot, Transformation, Whimsy Charm Captivationapocryphal Love, Lust Community Cooperation, Education, Family, Home Darkness Loss, Moon, Night, Shadow Death Murder, Psychopomp, Plague, Shadow, Undead	Destruction Catastrophe, Hatred, Rage, Torture Earth Caves, Metal, Petrificationapocryphal Radiation Evil Cannibalism, Corruption, Daemon, Demodand, Demon, Devil, Fear, Kyton, Plague, Qlippoth Fire Arson, Ash, Smoke Glory Chivalry, Heroism, Honor, Hubrisapocryphal Legendapocryphal Good Agathion, Archon, Azata, Friendship, Redemption Healing Medicineapocryphal Restoration, Resurrection Knowledge Aeon, Education, Espionage, Memory, Thought	Law Archon, Devil, Inevitable, Judgment, Kyton, Legislation, Loyalty, Slavery, Sovereignty, Tyranny Liberation Freedom, Revolution, Self-Realizationapocryphal Luck Curse, Fate, Imagination Madness Insanity, Nightmare, Truthapocryphal Magic Alchemyapocryphal Arcane, Divine, Ritesapocryphal Nobility Aristocracy, Hubrisapocryphal Leadership, Martyr Plant Decay, Growth, Thornsapocryphal Protection Defense, Fortifications, Purity, Solitude Repose Ancestors, Psychopomp, Souls Rune Language, Legislation, Wards	Scalykind Dragon, Saurian, Venom Strength Competition, Ferocity, Fist, Resolve, Self-Realizationapocryphal Sun Day, Light, Revelation Thirstapocryphal Travel Exploration, Portalapocryphal Trade Trickery Ambush, Deception, Espionage, Greed, Innuendo, Thievery, Transformation Void Dark Tapestry, Isolation, Stars War Blood, Duels,Tactics Water Flotsam, Flowing, Ice, Oceans, Rivers Weather Monsoonapocryphal Seasons, Storms

Gods and their subdomains

The following are the known subdomains granted by the individual deities of Golarion (deities are shown in boldface):

Major deities

Inner Sea region The twenty core deities of the Inner Sea region may grant their servants access to the following subdomains: Abadar Aristocracy, Defense, Fortifications, Inevitable, Leadership, Legislation, Martyr, Metal, Portalapocryphal Trade Asmodeus Arcane, Ash, Deception, Devil, Divine, Legislation, Ritesapocryphal Smoke, Sovereignty Calistria Azata, Captivationapocryphal Curse, Deception, Innuendo, Lust, Memory, Thievery Cayden Cailean Azata, Competition, Exploration, Ferocity, Love, Lust, Resolve, Revelry Desna Azata, Curse, Exploration, Fate, Freedom, Imagination, Revelry, Revolution Erastil Archon, Cooperation, Education, Family, Feather, Fur, Growth, Home Gorum Blood, Duels, Ferocity, Fist, Legendapocryphal Protean, Rage, Resolve, Tactics Gozreh Cloud, Decay, Flowing, Growth, Lightningapocryphal Monsoonapocryphal Oceans, Seasons, Wind, Iomedae Archon, Chivalry, Day, Duels, Heroism, Honor, Hubrisapocryphal Judgment, Light, Redemption, Revelation, Sovereignty, Tactics Irori Competition, Education, Fist, Inevitable, Language, Medicineapocryphal Memory, Restoration, Resolve, Self-Realizationapocryphal Thought Lamashtu Deception, Demon, Ferocity, Insanity, Nightmare, Riot, Thievery, Truthapocryphal Nethys Aeon, Arcane, Catastrophe, Divine, Defense, Education, Ritesapocryphal Solitude, Thought, Wards Norgorber Alchemyapocryphal Captivationapocryphal Daemon, Deception, Espionage, Memory, Murder, Shadow, Thievery, Thought Pharasma Ancestors, Flowing, Ice, Memory, Psychopomp, Resurrection, Souls, Thought Rovagug Blood, Catastrophe, Demon, Lightningapocryphal Protean, Rage, Storms Sarenrae Agathion, Day, Heroism, Light, Medicineapocryphal Redemption, Restoration, Resurrection, Revelation, Thirstapocryphal Shelyn Agathion, Captivationapocryphal Cloud, Defense, Fate, Imagination, Love, Purity Torag Archon, Caves, Construct, Defense, Fortifications, Industry, Judgment, Metal, Toil Urgathoa Blood, Daemon, Divine, Ferocity, Murder, Plague, Self-Realizationapocryphal Shadow, Undead Zon-Kuthon Catastrophe, Devil, Loss, Murder, Night, Shadow, Sovereignty, Undead	Dragon Empires The twenty core deities of Tian Xia, may grant their servants access to the following subdomains: Abadar see left Daikitsu Construct, Family, Fur, Growth, Home, Industry, Monsoonapocryphal Seasons Desna see left Fumeiyoshi Blood, Daemon, Souls, Rage, Tactics, Undead General Susumu Blood, Devil, Heroism, Honor, Hubrisapocryphal Leadership, Legendapocryphal Tactics Hei Feng Catastrophe, Cloud, Lightningapocryphal Monsoonapocryphal Oceans, Protean, Storms, Wind Irori see left Kofusachi Azata, Captivationapocryphal Exploration, Fate, Imagination, Love, Lust, Revelry, Trade Lady Nanbyo Ash, Catastrophe, Decay, Demon, Rage, Smoke Lamashtu see left Lao Shu Po Curse, Daemon, Fur, Loss, Night, Thievery Nalinivati Arcane, Aristocracy, Captivationapocryphal Divine, Leadership, Love, Lust, Ritesapocryphal Wards Pharasma see left Qi Zhong Agathion, Alchemyapocryphal Divine, Medicineapocryphal Memory, Purity, Restoration, Resurrection Shelyn see left Shizuru Ancestors, Archon, Chivalry, Day, Heroism, Honor, Legendapocryphal Light, Revelation Sun Wukong Deception, Exploration, Freedom, Innuendo, Protean, Revolution, Thievery Tsukiyo Ancestors, Archon, Insanity, Moon, Night, Souls Yaezhing Construct, Deception, Devil, Murder, Toil, Undead Yamatsumi Ash, Caves, Defense, Fist, Flowing, Ice, Resolve, Smoke, Solitude

Minor deities

Osirian pantheon The Osirian pantheon grants the following subdomains: Anubis Ancestors, Defense, Inevitable, Metal, Purity, Souls Apep Catastrophe, Demon, Dragon, Entropy, Fear, Night Bastet Deception, Defense, Fur, Lust, Protean, Thievery Bes Agathion, Caves, Defense, Family, Home, Imagination Hathor Azata, Cloud, Exploration, Love, Revelry, Trade Horus Day, Feather, Inevitable, Leadership, Light, Wind Isis Agathion, Arcane, Divine, Family, Love, Resurrection Khepri Agathion, Day, Deception, Freedom, Revolution, Toil Maat Inevitable, Judgment, Purity, Seasons, Stars, Thought Neith Agathion, Construct, Feather, Fur, Oceans, Tactics Nephthys Cooperation, Defense, Lust, Night, Protean, Purity Osiris Ancestors, Archon, Growth, Restoration, Resurrection, Souls Ptah Ash, Construct, Metal, Smoke, Thought, Trade Ra Day, Heroism, Honor, Inevitable, Leadership, Light Sekhmet Ash, Blood, Protean, Rage, Restoration, Revelry Selket Ancestors, Azata, Defense, Purity, Restoration, Souls Set Daemon, Loss, Murder, Nightmare, Storms, Undead Sobek Blood, Ferocity, Protean, Resolve, Rivers, Saurian Thoth Arcane, Language, Inevitable, Memory, Moon, Wards Wadjet Archon, Defense, Exploration, Purity, Rivers, Trade	Outer Gods The Outer Gods grant the following subdomains: Azathoth Catastrophe, Dark Tapestry, Insanity, Light, Nightmare, Stars Nyarlathotep Arcane, Divine, Memory, Thought, plus two more associated with the fifth domain and Ritesapocryphal Shub-Niggurath Dark Tapestry, Decay, Feather, Fur, Growth, Stars, Thornsapocryphal Yog-Sothoth Dark Tapestry, Exploration, Memory, Night, Portalapocryphal Stars, Thought Other minor deities Other deities and powers may also grant their followers subdomains, including the following: Achaekek Blood, Deception, Devil, Insectapocryphal Murder, Tactics, Thievery Alseta Arcane, Defense, Home, Inevitable, Portalapocryphal Besmara Deception, Duels, Innuendo, Oceans, Protean, Tactics, Thievery, Storms Brigh Alchemyapocryphal Construct, Industry, Metal, Smoke, Thought Groetus Catastrophe, Insanity, Loss, Night, Protean, Stars, Truthapocryphal Gyronna Demon, Insanity, Nightmare, Rage Hanspur Exploration, Murder, Protean, Trade Milani Azata, Defense, Freedom, Purity, Restoration, Revolution, Riot Naderi Love, Lust, Oceans, Souls Sivanah Aeon, Deception, Innuendo, Insanity, Memory, Protean, Ritesapocryphal Thought, Truthapocryphal Wards Zyphus Blood, Catastrophe, Daemon, Decay, Murder, Thornsapocryphal Undead

Non-human pantheons

Deities of the various non-human pantheons whose subdomains are known are shown below:

Draconic pantheon The draconic pantheon grants the following subdomains: Apsu Archon, Construct, Dragon, Exploration, Judgment, Toil, Trade Dahak Catastrophe, Deception, Demon, Dragon, Rage, Thievery Dwarven pantheon The dwarven pantheon grants the following subdomains: Angradd Archon, Ash, Smoke, Tactics Bolka Family, Love, Lust, Restoration Droskar Construct, Daemon, Deception, Espionage, Loss, Toil, Thievery Kols Inevitable, Leadership Magrim Ancestors, Inevitable, Souls, Wards Trudd Agathion, Competition, Defense, Martyr, Resolve	Elven pantheon The elven pantheon grants the following subdomains: Findeladlara Azata, Cloud, Construct, Home Ketephys Azata, Feather, Fur, Growth, Seasons, Storms Yuelral Agathion, Arcane, Construct, Divine Giant pantheon The giant pantheon grants the following subdomains: Bergelmir Ancestors, Education, Family, Home, Memory Minderhal Construct, Devil, Ferocity, Metal, Petrificationapocryphal Resolve, Toil Urazra Blood, Demon, Ferocity, Fur, Resolve, Tactics	Goblin Hero-Gods The Goblin Hero-Gods grant the following subdomains: Hadregash Blood, Devil, Ferocity, Slavery Venkelvore Daemon, Catastrophe, Torture, Undead Zarongel Arson, Daemon, Fur, Smoke Zogmugot Demon, Flotsam, Thievery, Oceans Halfling gods The halfling pantheon grants the following subdomains: Chaldira Zuzaristan Agathion, Duels, Fate, Friendship, Tactics Orc pantheon and cults The orc pantheon and orc cults grant the following subdomains: Rull Lightningapocryphal Monsoonapocryphal Orc cults Blood, Catastrophe, Ferocity, Rage

Demigods

These demigods grant the following subdomains:

General demigods Erecura Deception, Espionage, Leadership, Memory, Thought Ghlaunder Catastrophe, Cloud, Demon, Fur, Insectapocryphal Plague, Rage, Wind Kitumu Insectapocryphal Kurgess Agathion, Competition, Cooperation, Family, Fate, Home, Resolve, Self-Realizationapocryphal Trade Archdevils The Archdevils grant the following subdomains: Baalzebul Devil, Murder, Undead, Wind Barbatos Arcane, Devil, Divine, Portalapocryphal Trade Belial Catastrophe, Devil, Lust, Rage Dispater Deception, Devil, Hubrisapocryphal Leadership, Legislation, Sovereignty, Thievery Geryon Devil, Ferocity, Oceans, Resolve Mammon Construct, Devil, Metal, Toil Mephistopheles Devil, Language, Memory, Thought Moloch Ash, Devil, Smoke, Tactics Infernal dukes Lorthact Arcane, Deception, Devil, Thievery Ruzel Devil, Murder, Undead, Thievery Malebranche Alichino Deception, Devil, Insanity, Thievery Queens of the Night Ardad Lili Devil, Dragon, Love, Lust Eiseth Blood, Catastrophe, Devil, Rage Doloras Catastrophe, Devil, Souls, Rage Mahathallah Deception, Devils, Thievery, Undead	Demon lords and nascent demon lords Demon lords grant the following subdomains: Abraxas Arcane, Demon, Education, Memory, Ritesapocryphal Thought Aldinach Insectapocryphal Thirstapocryphal Andirifku Curse, Deception, Demon, Thievery Angazhan Decay, Demon, Fur, Growth Areshkagal Deception, Demon, Thievery, Wind Baphomet Demon, Ferocity, Fur, Resolve Cyth-V'sug Caves, Decay, Demon, Growth, Plague Dagon Catastrophe, Demon, Oceans, Rage Deskari Blood, Catastrophe, Demon, Insectapocryphal Tactics Gogunta Demon, Murder, Undead, Oceans Haagenti Alchemyapocryphal Self-Realizationapocryphal Jezelda Fur, Demon, Deception, then Moon or Night Jubilex Catastrophe, Demon, Ice, Oceans Kostchtchie Demon, Ferocity, Ice, Tactics Mazmezz Catastrophe, Demon, Fur (replace beast shape I with vermin shape I), Insectapocryphal Rage Nocticula Demon, Loss, Lust, Night, Shadow Nurgal Ash, Day, Demon, Smoke, Thirstapocryphal Orcus Demon, Divine, Murder, Undead Pazuzu Cloud, Deception, Demon, Wind Shax Demon, Leadership, Martyr, Rage Shamira Demon, Leadership, Love, Lust Sifkesh Truthapocryphal Sithhud Demon, Ice, Storms, and Undead Socothbenoth Demon, Exploration, Trade Lust Treerazer Catastrophe, Decay, Demon, Rage Urxehl Ash, Catastrophe, Demon, Storms Xoveron Caves, Demon, Entropy, Ferocity, Petrificationapocryphal Zura Blood, Demon, Murder, Undead The Eldest The Eldest grant the following subdomains: Count Ranalc Exploration, Loss, Martyr, Night Green Mother Caves, Decay, Growth, Lust, Thornsapocryphal Imbrex Family, Home, Metal, Resolve Lantern King Deception, Love, Lust, Thievery Lost Prince Ancestors, Insanity, Martyr, Memory Magdh Curse, Fate, Thought, Wards Ng Exploration, Seasons, Thought, Trade Ragadahn Ancestors, Dragon, Oceans, Saurian Shyka Arcane, Catastrophe, Divine, Insanity	Elemental lords Elemental lords grant the following subdomains: Ayrzul Caves, Metal, Petrificationapocryphal Hshurha Clouds, Wind Kelizandri Ice, Oceans Ymeri Ash, Smoke Empyreal lords Empyreal lords grant the following subdomains: Andoletta Archon, Defense, Education, Memory, Purity Arqueros Fortifications, Good, Law, Protection, War Arshea Agathion, Freedom, Love, Lust, Self-Realizationapocryphal Ashava Ancestors, Azata, Moon, Night Bharnarol Agathion, Construct, Cooperation, Education, Thought Black Butterfly Azata, Freedom, Revolution, Stars Dalenydra Medicineapocryphal Eritrice Agathion, Education, Leadership, Memory, Thought Falayna Self-Realizationapocryphal Immonhiel Azata, Growth, Medicineapocryphal Restoration, Resurrection Irez Agathion, Fate, Language, Wards Jaidz Hubrisapocryphal Kelinahat Archon, Espionage, Moon, Night, Thought Korada Agathion, Medicineapocryphal Purity, Restoration, Resurrection Lalaci Thirstapocryphal Marishi Azata, Competition, Resolve, Restoration, Revelry Olheon Hubrisapocryphal Ragathiel Archon, Leadership, Martyr, Rage Shei Agathion, Education, Family, Freedom, Resurrection Self-Realizationapocryphal Sinashakti Azata, Exploration, Fate, Trade Soralyon Construct, Caves, Defense, Petrificationapocryphal Purity Svarozic Community, Education, Fire, Good, Law Valani Azata, Growth, Seasons, Storms Winlas Good, Knowledge, Law, Legislation, Protection Ylimancha Agathion, Feather, Oceans, Wind Apocalypse Riders (Four Horsemen or archdaemons) The Apocalypse Riders grant the following subdomains: Apollyon Catastrophe, Daemon, Loss, Plague, Night Charon Daemon, Ice, Memory, Undead Szuriel Blood, Daemon, Ferocity, Tactics Trelmarixian Daemon, Decay, Insanity, Seasons Great Old Ones The Great Old Ones grant the following subdomains: Bokrug Catastrophe, Oceans, Rage, Storms Cthulhu Dark Tapestry, Insanity, Nightmare, Stars Hastur Dark Tapestry, Language, Stars, Wards Mhar Ash, Catastrophe, Caves, Smoke Orgesh Alchemyapocryphal Xhamen-Dor Decay, Deception, Murder, Undead Qlippoth lords Qlippoth Lords grant the following subdomains: Isph-Aun-Vuln Cloud, Deception, Qlippoth, Wind Yamasoth Caves, Metal, Qlippoth, Transformation

The Fallen, False, and Forgotten

The Fallen, False, and Forgotten grant the following subdomains:

Aroden

None

Great Old Ones

Dark Tapestry, Insanity, Language, Memory, Nightmare, Stars

Lissala

Devil, Hubris^apocryphal Language, Leadership, Legislation, Memory, Sovereignty, Thought, Wards

Peacock Spirit

None

Razmir

None

Ydersius

Demon, Hubris^apocryphal Leadership, Martyr, Saurian, Tactics