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{{Canon Deity
|name=Ye'Cind
|title=The Bard
|home=Arvandor
|power=Demigod
|alignment=[[Chaotic Good]]
|portfolio=Music, Magical Songs
|domains=Chaos, Good, Knowledge, Magic
|settings=Greyhawk
}}
{{Tsrwotc}}

In the core ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' [[campaign setting]] for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[role-playing game]], '''Ye'Cind''' is the [[Elf|elven]] demigod of Music and Magical Songs. Ye'Cind teaches that music is an inherent part of the patterns of the multiverse, and that magic and music together can create something superior to either one alone. Ye'Cind's holy symbol is a [[Wikipedia:Recorder|recorder]].

==Description==
Ye'Cind is shown as an attractive androgynous elf wearing blue and green clothing.

==Relationships==
Ye'Cind's allies include [[Olidammara]], [[Lydia]], and the good deities of the [[Seldarine]].  He opposes the gods who represent evil magic.

==Artifacts==
This deity created the artifact, the ''[[Recorder of Ye'Cind]]''.

==Clergy==
Ye'Cind's clerics are scholars of music, who know how to play many different musical instruments.  Many clerics are also talented composers who can weave subtle magics into their songs and music.

==Creative origins==
Ye'Cind harkens back to [[Wikipedia:J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s [[Middle_Earth_Campaign_Setting_(4e_Campaign_Setting)/Mythology#Ilúvatar|Ilúvatar]], who created the multiverse via [[Middle_Earth_Campaign_Setting_(4e_Campaign_Setting)/Mythology#The_Music_of_the_Ainur|music]].  [[Dungeons & Dragons|D&D]] creator [[Canon:Gary_Gygax|Gary Gygax]] derived the name ''Ye'Cind'' from the name of one of his daughters, Cindy.  (The name ''[[Wikipedia:Cindy_(given_name)|Cindy]]'' is itself a diminutive of an epithet of the Greek moon goddess [[Wikipedia:Selene|Selene]].)

==References== 
*{{Cite_Pub|Living Greyhawk Gazetteer}} 

==External links==
There is an article about [http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ye'Cind Ye'Cind] at [[greyhawk:Main Page|the Great Library of Greyhawk]].

{{Wikipedia|Ye'Cind}}


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