Stuteg

Stuteg, the Verdant Shepherd, is the neutral good deity of life, healing, and natural flourishing. Revered in rural communities and druidic circles alike, Stuteg embodies the quiet strength of the earth—the patient rhythms of seed and season, the resilience of the herd, and the unseen alchemy of root and bloom. They appear in varied forms—sometimes a bearded farmer, other times a matronly healer, or an androgynous steward of fields—all sharing the same radiant calm and earthy wisdom. Regardless of appearance, Stuteg always carries symbols of nurturing: a staff carved from living wood, a garland of herbs, or hands calloused by honest work.
Stuteg’s domains include plant care, animal husbandry, alchemy (excluding poison), and the preservation of all natural life. Their followers, often known as Wardens of the Greenlight, serve as rural healers, midwives, herbalists, and shepherds. Temples are rare, but groves, spring-fed wells, and farmstead altars serve as places of quiet devotion. Magic granted by Stuteg leans toward restoration, fertility, protection from disease, and the repelling of corruption. It is said that their blessing can calm a dying animal, turn spoiled seed fertile again, or cleanse a blighted grove with a whispered prayer.
Undeath is anathema to Stuteg, who sees it as a perversion of the life-death cycle. Their clergy are sworn to destroy necromantic forces, not out of vengeance, but with solemn compassion—laying disturbed spirits to rest and returning the unnatural to the soil. Stuteg teaches that all things have a time, and to delay death is a mistake—but to preserve, nourish, and heal while life remains is the greatest good. Festivals honoring Stuteg are quiet affairs—feasts of the harvest, communal plantings, or the blessing of newborn livestock—celebrations of life's endurance, not its conquest.