![]() After the events of the Second Sundering, all three were restored to normal, with Myrkul being brought back to life in the process. Bhaal played it straight, turning his 'church' into a cult of assassins. Averted with Bane and Myrkul, who took on some 'legitimate' aspects of their domains (Bane is worshipped as a god of authority and order, and Myrkul as the caretaker of the dead).The Realms might have been better off if he'd taken their challenge. Rage Against the Heavens: They originally gained their godhoods by attempting to kill Jergal.God of Evil: Bane is the god of strife (reimagined as tyranny, fear and hatred), Bhaal the god of death (reimagined as murder), and Myrkul god of the dead (he was a colossal dick about it).Luckily for them, Jergal was bored with his power, and gave it up willingly, making Bane the god of strife, Bhaal the god of death, and Myrkul the god of the dead. The three sought out Jergal, Lord of the End of Everything, hoping to kill him and divide his power. Deity of Human Origin: Is one of the earliest examples in the Forgotten Realms mythos.Dark Is Evil: All three of them use black and darkness heavily in their motifs, and all three are irredeemably evil.To no surprise, all three were brought back after this, though the means of each were different. Character Death: All of them were slain during the Time of Troubles.However, they still are Physical Gods, mind you. Brought Down to Badass: In 5e, they seemingly got downgraded to quasi-deities and cursed to Walk the Earth.Ambition Is Evil: Being gods wasn't enough for them, so they stole artifacts belonging to Ao and kickstarted the Time of Troubles.The Dead Three caused the Time of Troubles by stealing Ao's tablets of fate, a caper that saw all three of them slain by the end. Not a pantheon, but a group of evil humans-turned-into-gods. Top God: His actual title is Overgod, meaning a god of gods.Most such cults tended to suffer misfortune and disband in short order after their creation, indicating that someone seems to be discouraging Ao worship. Few mortals even know he exists at all, as his existence was completely hidden to them before the Time of Troubles, making worshiping him the domain of mystery cults rather than organized worshipers. Stop Worshipping Me: Ao has no domain over the lives of mortals at all and provides no benefits or afterlife to mortal worshipers.The Older Immortal: As the creator of the universe, he's older than everything else, including the previous older immortals, Shar and Selûne.The idea of an entity able to effortlessly force every single deity into mortal form and exile them to the mortal world just to teach them a lesson took everyone by surprise. Prior to that only the gods had known of his existence and (possibly under his instructions) had never mentioned him to anyone else. Outside-Context Problem: To mortals during the Time of Troubles.Grandpa God: He has appeared as an old man with a beard at times, although it's strongly implied to just be A Form You Are Comfortable With.He has no counterpart in this role and as such disobeying the laws will not go well for any offending deities. God of Order: His role in the pantheon is basically to lay down the law for gods and make sure the rules of gods are obeyed.Unlike all the other gods, he doesn't need any worship to survive, and doesn't even want anyone to worship him. Gods Need Prayer Badly: A notable subversion.Godzilla Threshold: Ao only intervenes when things are inconceivably bad.God Is Neutral: As Overgod, Ao is only a hands-off boss of the other gods, and discourages worship.Ao exists beyond the alignment system and thus has no official alignment at all. Character Alignment: invoked A noted exception. ![]() All-Powerful Bystander: His entire deal - he's the most powerful divine entity around, but avoids direct interference with the universe.Ao's primary duty (that we know of) is overseeing the deities, making sure the rules of divinity are followed. Ao rarely gets involved in the affairs of Abeir or Toril, having only directly intervened in the Tearfall, the Times of Trouble, and the Second Sundering. The creator of Abeir-Toril and its associated realms.
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