God of Fire is actually one of the good gods of the setting

>god of Fire is actually one of the good gods of the setting

Can it be done right?
Can it be done at all?

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Sure, make him like 4e's Everflame. A Fire Titan who represents fire as the clearing away of the deadwood and rot.
Or a god the represents fire as a bastion of civilization, that lights up the dark nights, lets people survive the cold, cooks food and smelts metal. Maybe throw in a few cautionary tales about what terrible consequences of misusing this gift, and you're basically set.

>having one and only one god of fire

Make him the Sun God, which has always been associated with royalty and power.

Sure, fire brings with it heat, cooking, light, and is a fundamental building block of civilized life.

I don't know.

Fire opens up an inhospitable, unsanitary world to cold, vulnerable humans.

Depending on the setting, maybe they can imagine that the sun is a ball of fire, and any terrestrial fires can be seen as smaller verisions of the warmth and lifegiving sun.

You're a fucking brainlet if you can't come up with a benevolent fire deity.

Not a direct fire-god but the titan Prometheus is a good frame work whith the gift of fire stolen from the gods bringing the spark of civilisation.

heat and light are one of the biggest concerns for humans. fire god could be a god of progress/civilization.

Fire makes a good servant but an awful master.

Hello proles.

>Fire makes food safe
>Fire makes light
>Fire keeps the cold away
>Fire lets you make metals and pottery
>Fire kills your enemies

Fire gods are always the good gods. as been said in this thread multiple times already: fire is pretty much synonymous with humanity and civilization and is therefore only as bad as you make it.

Vulkan/Hephesteus was a pretty nice guy. Also this The idea of mono-aspect gods and each aspect only having one god is very uncommon in paganism. Just look at Ares and Athena for one example.

Yes?

Next question.

You ever hear of Prometheus? The divine spark/gift of fire being one of the greatest gifts of the gods to mortals

Look up Agni. He is Hindu god of fire and survived under the same name into Slavic mythology as well. He purges the unclean and brings sacrifices burnt by men to gods and their prayers, he acts as a divine witness of human deeds where the fire is lit. He is a messenger and protector.

>Just look at Ares and Athena for one example
I really like the story of Thanatos being captured by man and so nobody can die anymore. It ends when Ares finally gets bored because he can't kill people anymore and goes to ask his dad to fix this shit. He is a god of brutal war and brutalities associated with it while Athena is a goddess of sophisticated war (duh) and strategy.

Fucking Gandalf is basically an angel of fire.

The God(des) is the deity of light and fire, and all that it brings. Fire, and the light it brings, keeps us warm and keeps the night away. Fire allows us to cook food and boil water, keeping us healthy. Fire lets us work metal, and through that metal we reshape the world around us. The Deity of Fire is the patron deity of humanity and civilization.

Make him opposed to the Evil with a capital E god of ice and winter.

>gods are inherently good or evil
No, it can't be done right.

Fire is mankind's friend. When ravenous beasts seek to consume us, fire helps us fight back. When sun forsakes us to survive beneath the moon and stars, fire pushes back the dark. When the frigid cold threatens to annihilate us, fire keeps us warm. When we hunger, fire cooks our food. When it's time for steel, it is with fire that we smelt it. When we respect fire, it becomes our closest ally, our dearest helper, our fiercest weapon, and our most stalwart shield. Fire may have wild disposition, but so does mankind itself. The seeking of fire and the development of man are inextricably linked. Without fire, we would be not but husks of what we are with it.

Take a que from Avatar, fire isn't just destruction it's life and it matters more who weilds it than anything else

Kossuth.
I'm like, 99% sure he's the fucking Chosen undead, given the existence of black flame zealots, but whatever?.

How many times have you seen a bad god of fire???

Most mythologies rarely portray fire God's as antagonistic. This is because fire is incredibly important to civilization. Yes, it's potentially destructive but only if you fuck around with it. People we're never really afraid of fire. Personifying fire as capricious and violent is a modern thing, a product of no longer living in an age where open flames are crucial to your livelihood.

Contrast with the sea, which was universally feared by everyone. Especially sailors. Guess which gods typically were prickly motherfuckers demanding constant sacrifice?

Ahura-Mazda is literally this in real world mythology.

>Take a que from Avatar

¿Que?

I think you mean "take a cue." A cue is like a pointer.

of course
a little bit of Prometheus, a little bit of Hestia, a little bit of Hephaestus, simple recipe

the Way of White in Dark Souls

Like most people said before. Fire begets civilization.

You could check out lamplighter quest for another interesting take on the premises. Basically earth, darkness, and witches vs sun, light, and lamplighters. Depravity and horror vs civilization and hope.

"IGNIS gives his gift freely, but whether you use it for good or for ill is of your own choice, and know that you shall answer for it in the end of ends."

"A blacksmith took the gift of fire, and used it to forge weapon and tool. In this, he respected the power of fire to mold and forge, and thus IGNIS welcomed him at the end of ends."

"A chef used the power of fire to cook, and thought it a trivial matter. But in this she used fire to create a sort of art, and it delighted IGNIS to see the woman create with his gift."

"A criminal used fire to burn, using the terrible inferno to distract while he stole. Thus, IGNIS, at the end of ends, placed him in a burning maze with no exit, and he wanders, parched and burned, for all eternity."

"A sorcerer, pressed and desperate, begged IGNIS' forgiveness as he hurled a fireball into the midst of attacking hordes bent on rape and pillaging. 'I will burn forever', thought he, 'but may my family and friends be spared!'"

"But at his end of ends, IGNIS said to him, 'oh troubled soldier, thy deeds are grim but righteous, for what is a rapist and a thief but filth, and what are you to do with filth but burn it lest it spread disease?' And so he was made to serve the noble position, stoking the creation-forges."

"Thus we have two who used fire to destroy, yet they found two different ends. Learn from this, and know that whether you use air, fire, earth or water, thy works and deeds shall be measured."

sauce on this? I like it a lot

Prometheus literally did nothing wrong.

Seconding this - Zoroastrianism is a real religion that was followed by the Persians and is still practiced by some today.

It comes with it all, two opposing forces and a sacred fire that's carried and everything. I'm guessing it's where George RR Martin got the idea for the lord of light n that from.

It's a pretty cool religion. Shame it got its shit pushed in by Islam.

The world is in an ice age. The God of fire is looked to as a saviour who brings warmth as well as life and fire temples are left untouched by war out of respect.

Are you fucking nuts or just baiting? It is Planescape:Torment.

A man with singularly good tastes.

Glorantha had a major good of fire who is good in the eyes of his followers, but the followers of the storm Parthenon think that he's a huge count/evil, but have their own fire good who is a 10/10 bro.

I've never heard of this.

Fire is the basis of metalworking, cooking, and quite a bit of technology in general. The god of fire can therefore easily be a god of progress; a god of improvement.

Fire is good, fire cooks food. Fire keeps you warm and alive during winter.
Its also, you know. The sun, helps crops grow. Flowers, pretty things. Pretty things are good

What is Zoroastrianism

Fire makes fertile ground.

This. He ALSO represents the negative aspects of fire that OP was probably talking about - he's got two heads, one young and optimistic, the other old and scarred, because duality.

>Titan worshiping
RRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hestia
Phoenix/Thunderbird
I’d say yes (from a human perspective at least) would be considered good

Ask the hawaiians They seem to like fire.

The fire brings warmth, light, defenses. But the symolisms of fire is consumption, knowledge, food and wealth are also things that the fire god brings to his followers. It is a god of life, a god who knows the cold and damp and will not stand it.

Then you add a dark side too it like how you need to burn things to get the warmth and this manifests in live sacrifices and terrible eternal firedead who will never stop burning and consuming

You could always do the ol' "Fire god of rebirth and resurrection" aka the Phoenix.

Que should be fine in relevant contexts though

No, it isn't.

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zoroaster

Was the prophet, Ahura-Mazda was the god.

Mazda is more of a light god than a fire god. Zoroastrianism has deities (or angels if you prefer) more closely and specifically associated with fire.

Of course, being a god of light includes being a god of fire since it was historically mankind's main light source.

It's already been done.

It was done in our own fucking world in multiple civilizations so yes, I'm fairly certain that a morally good god of fire is entirely plausible.