Dionus, God of Strategy

Dionus is the God of Strategy. He is the only child of Caius and Iella.

Origins and Creations
Dionus was born to Caius and Iella during the First Era. Whereas his father's domain (warfare) covers more of the physical combat of war, Dionus is a master of the application of careful planning and foresight to warfare, using plans and strategy to win battles before they are even fought.

Appearance
Dionus does not often directly appear on the Prime Material Plane of Somara, but when he does, he often takes the form of a typical Anduvian human. He has dark hair, strong facial features, and is well-built. He wears anduvian-style plate mail, and carries a longsword at his hip. His pet owl Noctua is often with him.

Personality
Dionus is serious and thoughtful, and suffers neither foolishness nor trite conversation. Everything he does - from his actions, to his words - is carefully and meticulously calculated to fulfill a purpose or bring home a point. Nothing angers Dionus more than one who wastes his time.

Dionus is a master tactician, and an even more capable teacher. He expects his followers to carefully plan before battles, sharply rebuking those who rush fool-hardy into combat. If Dionus believes one of his followers poorly commanded a force in battle, he will sometimes transport them to a demiplane of his creation and will walk through the battle with them over and over until he is satisfied that the mistake will not be made again.

Despite many believing to the contrary, Dionus is not a cruel master. Rather, he wishes to improve his followers to become master generals and tacticians, and believes that coddling and comfort are merely a waste of everyone's time. He expects his followers to be constantly looking to improve, and will heap great rewards on a general who remains faithful to him.

Worship
Most of Somara does not worship Dionus, believing him to be a harsh, unforgiving master, which, to some extent, can be true. Those that do worship him tend to be great leaders and generals who lead their forces in military campaigns. Dionus will accept followers of any race, so long as they present ample demonstration of thought and a basic understanding of tactics and strategy.

Most followers of Dionus tend to be fighters, though clerics or paladins are not uncommon. Oftentimes, military leaders will have a paladin or cleric of Dionus on their staff in order to pay respects and better communicate with him. His clerics tend to unanimously fall under the War Domain, while his paladins may swear an Oath of Conquest or Crown.

Worship of Dionus tends to be popular among Anduvians, due to their military-based society. Otherwise, he tends to find plenty of followers among Orogs (orcs with exceptional intellect) and hobgoblins.