Ahl

Appearance
Depicted as a giant being whose skin is interweaving blue/red patterns. No gender. Mane of white hair.

Religious Practices
Ahl is worshipped across the continent for its role in forming the land itself, nourishing the beings on it, and choosing them in the first place. Devout worshippers claim Ahl is also the singular deity that created all else in the Forgotten Realms.

Mythology
The god which formed Ahl’Rakan. It was said they scooped chosen creatures up in their arms, carried the creatures into the ocean, then laid itself down to form the content on which those creatures could live. The shape of the continent is supposed to resemble Ahl curled up in a fetal position.

Ahl had countless children born of its parts. Locks of hair turned to spirits, pinky turns to demigod, etc. With expertise knowledge comes knowledge of the smaller deities.