![]() After Kazgaroth was slain by Tristan Kendrick and his allies, Bhaal sought to personally ravage and corrupt the Moonshae Isles. It even used its powers to corrupt some of the Northmen, turning them into blood warriors who were bloodthirsty and extremely loyal to Kazgaroth. Bhaal's shapeshifting avatar Kazgaroth, which emerged from a Darkwell, attempted to combine the firbolgs and Northmen into a conquering army set on destroying all the realms of the Ffolk. Godhood īhaal's reign of terror in the Moonshae Isles in the Year of the Bloodbird, 1346 DR, was a prime example of his cruelty and malice. Finally, Bhaal chose the divine province of death. Myrkul, coming second, chose rule over the dead, the ultimate fate for all of Bane's minions. He claimed the domains of hatred, strife and tyranny as his own. The three played a game of knucklebones, and Bane emerged as the victor. Upon Jergal's suggestion, the three divided his power, deciding how to divide it based on the outcome of a game. Upon their arrival, Jergal willingly offered his realm to the Dark Three, though they couldn't decide amongst themselves who would rule. After defeating one of the Seven Lost Gods, the three were able to travel to Jergal's domain, the Castle of Bone in the Gray Waste. Along with his companions Bane and Myrkul Bey al-Kursi, he sought to attain the portfolio of the God of the Dead Jergal. History Mortal īefore his ascension to godhood, Bhaal was a power-hungry adventurer on Toril. Bhaal's essence had been preserved in his half-mortal children, the Bhaalspawn, and after the death of the last two Bhaalspawn, Bhaal was revived. For a while after the Bhaalspawn crisis, it was believed his essence had been locked away on the Upper Planes, preventing his resurrection permanently. Deathstalkers ĭuring the time that he was dead, Bhaal had many scattered cultist groups, the most infamous being the Deathstalkers of Bhaal, who attempted to bring him back to life. ![]() Each cleric of Bhaal was expected to perform at least one murder every tenday, in the darkest moment in the dead of night. Collectively, they believed that murder was both a duty to their god and a game for their enjoyment. Together they were a disorderly network of local hierarchies, with the urban and rural branches maintaining distant relations from one another. The clergy of Bhaal in Faerûn were known as Bhaalists or Bhaalyn, the latter being used more commonly in the lands east of the Dragon Reach. ![]() ĭuring his godhood he was served by the imp "butler" Cespenar. Bhaal was served by the goddesses Talona and Loviatar, and he in turn served Bane. Relationships Ī wholly evil, debased and sadistic god, Bhaal was reviled by a majority of the pantheon his divine foes included Chauntea, Helm, Ilmater, Lathander, Lliira and Tyr. In the centuries before the Time of Troubles, Bhaal’s divine realm was the Throne of Blood on Khalas, the first layer of the outer plane of Gehenna. He was at all times a cruel, violent and hateful being, though his behavior could vary from cold and calculating ruthlessness to a savage thirst for blood. Personality īhaal only lived to hunt and kill, the presence of the living instilling in him an overpowering desire for death and destruction. While powerful, they were weaker than a true god's avatars. In some extreme cases, Bhaal's mortal Bhaalspawn children could actually turn into creatures said to be one of the listed avatars after Bhaal himself died, but these incarnations were even more monstrous and inhuman in shape, acting as little more than powerful killing machines. Kazgoroth form was simply a shape-shifting monstrosity. The Ravager meanwhile was a 30 feet (9.1 meters) monster with a twisted, grimacing face that featured a flowing beard and mane, 7 feet (2.1 meters) horns and eyes full of the flames of Gehenna he assumed that form when visiting the rural regions of Toril. The Slayer resembled a male, humanoid corpse with a feral face and ivory skin inset with deep lacerations that flowed with black ichor he preferred to assume it when in urban areas. Bhaal had three avatar forms: the Slayer, the Ravager, and Kazgoroth.
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