Forgotten Realms Deity
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Title(s)	The Black Lord, the Black Hand, the Lord of Darkness
Homeplane	Acheron, Black Bastion, Barrens of Doom and Despair
Power Level	Greater
Alignment	Lawful Evil
Portfolio	Strife, hatred, tyranny, fear
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Alias(es)
Superior

Bane (also known as the Black Hand and the Black Lord), is the god of hatred, fear, and tyranny in the fictional Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, Forgotten Realms. Ed Greenwood created Bane for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, loosely inspired by the Babylonian deity Druaga. In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Acheron, also known as The Infernal Battlefield of Acheron, is a lawful neutral/lawful evil-aligned plane of existence. ... Barrens of Doom and Despair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Michelangelos depiction of God in the painting Creation of the Sun and Moon in the Sistine Chapel Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, one of the manifestations of the ultimate reality or God in Hinduism This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... For the emotion Hatred please see Hate Hatred (Nenavist) is a Soviet film of 1975 directed by Samvel Gasparov. ... For other uses, see Fear (disambiguation). ... A tyrant (from Greek τυραννος) is a usurper of rightful power, possessing absolute power and ruling by tyranny. ... For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ... A campaign setting is a fictional fantasy world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame. ... The Forgotten Realms second edition logo. ... Ed Greenwood (born 1959) is a Canadian library clerk who invented the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. ... A Babylonian deity, who was ruler of the devil world. ...

Bane is a Lawful Evil Greater Power whose symbol is Green rays squeezed forth from a black fist, and whose divine realm is the Black Bastion in the Barrens of Doom and Despair. His Third Edition D&D domains are Evil, Destruction, Hatred, Law, and Tyranny. In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment refers to the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... The phrase Greater Power denotes a ranking of deities in both role playing games including Dungeons & Dragons and various mythologies. ... Barrens of Doom and Despair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

History

In the indefinite past, Bane was a member of the Dead Three, a triad of mortals sworn to achieve godhood. After the three approached the god Jergal and were granted the chance to compete for different godly domains, Bane won command of the forces listed above. For centuries, he ruled in the heavens with power feared by all. The Black Lord's church was strong, and he was feared by all mortals. In the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, the Dead Three were a triad of evil gods known as Bane, Myrkul, and Bhaal. ... Divinity is seen as the existence of some entity or entities which are greater than humankind. ... History of the Dead Three: Knucklebones, skull bowling, and the empty throne Categories: Forgotten Realms stubs | Forgotten Realms deities ...

During the Time of Troubles, however, when he was trapped in his vulnerable avatar form, Bane was slain by the demigod Torm outside of Tantras. For a time, it looked as if the world was rid of the Black Hand, as his portfolio was divided among the newly-ascendant gods Cyric and Iyachtu Xvim, Bane's half-demonic son. Bane's priests either converted to one of the two new deities, and it seemed that all traces of the Dead Three were gone from the Faerûnian Pantheon. The Time of Troubles, also known as the Godswar or Avatar Crisis, was a cataclysmic time period in the chronology of the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. ... Look up avatar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A demigod, a half-god, is a modern distinction, often misapplied in Greek mythology. ... Torm, the True, is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... The Tantra (Looms or Weavings), refer to numerous and varied scriptures pertaining to any of several esoteric traditions rooted in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy. ... Cyric is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, a branch of Dungeons & Dragons. ... In the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, Iyachtu Xvim was the half-demonic son of the god Bane and temporary holder of his portfolio. ... The Forgotten Realms is a fictional world created by author and game designer Ed Greenwood for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ...

The return of Bane through Iyachtu Xvim

However, on Midwinter night, 1372 DR, all former priests of Bane received a vision of Iyachtu Xvim being consumed by a hellish fire, and of the Black Lord rising from the charred husk of his son. Over the past few months, Bane has been reorganizing his forces and rebuilding his strength. Meanwhile, all of Faerûn is bracing for a returning evil. Image File history File links Bane. ... Image File history File links Bane. ... DR redirects here. ...

Bane's Servants

Bane prefers to keep to the shadows, allowing his servants to carry out his intricate plans. He has no tolerance for failure and seldom thinks twice about submitting even a loyal servant to rigorous tortures to ensure complete obedience to his demanding, regimented doctrine.

Relationships

Bane is a ruthless, calculating, power-hungry deity ever obsessed with expanding his power. Since the deaths of Bhaal and Myrkul, his only true allies among the gods, he has forged alliances with the less powerful Loviatar, Mask, and Talona. Bane holds a special enmity toward Torm, Mystra, and Cyric. This last Bane sees as a loathsome usurper, and his entire following is mobilizing for a holy war against the Black Sun. Bhaal, Lord of Murder, is a fictional deity of the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, created by Ed Greenwood. ... Myrkul was the fictional God of the Dead in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting based upon the Dungeons & Dragons universe. ... For the Finnish Goddess see Loviatar (Mythology) Loviatar is an evil goddess of agony and pain in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. ... Mask is the calculating, mysterious god of shadows, thievery, and thieves in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons and Dragons setting. ... Talona is the goddess of poison and disease in the fictional Forgotten Realms universe of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... Mystra is a fictional goddess in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. ... Cyric is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, a branch of Dungeons & Dragons. ... Cyric is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, a branch of Dungeons & Dragons. ...

External links

• History of the Dead Three: 'Knucklebones, skull bowling, and the empty throne'

References

• Boyd, Eric L, and Erik Mona. Faiths and Pantheons (Wizards of the Coast, 2002).
• Martin, Julia, and Eric L Boyd. Faiths & Avatars (TSR, 1996).