Bhaal, Lord of Murder, is a fictional deity of the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, created by Ed Greenwood. The name Bhaal is almost certainly derivative of Baal. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... The The Forgotten Realms third edition logo. ... For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ... Ed Greenwood (born 1959) is a Canadian library clerk who invented the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. ... Baal is a Semitic title and honorific meaning lord that is used for various gods, spirits and demons particularly of the Levant. ...

One of the Dead Three, Bhaal was originally a mortal, who along with Bane and Myrkul took the portfolios of the ancient deity Jergal. Despite his most common title, Bhaal was the god of death, but he especially favoured violent or ritual deaths. In the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, the Dead Three were a triad of evil gods known as Bane, Myrkul, and Bhaal. ... 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. ... Myrkul was the fictional God Of the Dead in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting based upon the Dungeons & Dragons universe. ...

Patron of Assassins, Bhaal was feared throughout Faerûn - especially in the island realm of the Moonshaes. A wholly evil, debased and sadistic god, Bhaal was served by the goddesses Talona and Loviatar and in turn served Bane (Myrkul, to a lesser extent, was also his master). The Island Kingdoms of Faerûn are fictional island realms, spread out across the continent of Faerûn. ... Talona is the goddess of poison and disease in the fictional Forgotten Realms universe of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... Loviatar is an evil goddess of agony and pain in the Forgotten Realms campaing setting. ...

He was a Lawful Evil Intermediate Power, and his symbol was a skull encircled by a counterclockwise orbit of drops of blood. His divine Realm was the Throne of Blood (in Third Edition D&D, part of the Barrens of Doom and Despair). The Lost Empires of Faerun Forgotten Realms supplement gives his 3.5 edition D&D domains as Death, Destruction, Evil and Retribution. 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 Intermediate Power denotes a ranking of deities in both role playing games including Dungeons and Dragons and various mythologies. ... A clockwise motion is one that proceeds like the clocks hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back to the top. ... Human blood smear: a - erythrocytes; b - neutrophil; c - eosinophil; d - lymphocyte. ... Barrens of Doom and Despair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Despite his power, during the Time of Troubles, when the gods were forced to walk Faerûn, Bhaal was slain by the upstart mortal Cyric using the avatar of Mask (a sword named "Godsbane"), who then stole Bhaal's divinity and portfolio elements. 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. ... Cyric is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, a branch of Dungeons & Dragons. ... Mask is the calculating, mysterious god of shadows, thievery and thieves in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons and Dragons setting - created by Ed Greenwood. ... In several Forgotten Realms novels, Godsbane was a magical sword which was actually a manifestation of the deity Mask and was wielded by the then-mortal Cyric during the Time of Troubles. ...

However, much like Myrkul - who invested his divine essence in the artifact known as the Crown of Horns - Bhaal was not utterly removed from Faerûn. Part of his divinity remains in the Winding Water, around Boarskyr Bridge where he was slain, his blood having flowed into the river. More importantly, Bhaal foresaw his death and impregnated many mortal women - creating his heirs, the Bhaalspawn. The Bhaalspawn were involved in a series of conflicts along the Sword Coast, with one standing above the others. The tale of the Bhaalspawn is recounted in the Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II computer games; in the novelizations of these games, the protagonist is named as Abdel Adrian. The Crown of Horns is an evil, intelligent artifact of great power from the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. ... In the fictional universe of Forgotten Realms, Bhaalspawn is a name given to all children of the fictitious Bhaal, Lord of Murder, who foresaw his own death during the Time of Troubles and fathered children who could one day be sacrificed for his own return. ... The Sword Coast is a fictional region in Northwest Faerûn, of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. ... Baldurs Gate is a popular series of computer role_playing games that take place along the Sword Coast, a location from Dungeons & Dragonss Forgotten Realms campaign setting. ... Baldurs Gate is a popular series of computer role-playing games that take place along the Sword Coast, a location from Dungeons & Dragonss Forgotten Realms campaign setting. ... A novelization (or novelisation in British English) is a work of fiction that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work. ... The protagonist is the central figure of a story, and is often referred to as a storys main character. ...

Of all the dead deities of Abeir-Toril, Bhaal most likely has the most scattered cultists, the worst known as deathstalkers, attempting to bring him back to 'life'. Categories: Forgotten Realms | Fictional planets | Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings | Game stubs ...

Literature

Bhaal features prominently in the following Forgotten Realms novels: The List of Forgotten Realms novels is a listing of the many works of fantasy fiction that are based in the role-playing game setting of the Forgotten Realms. ...

• Moonshae Trilogy series of novels, by Douglas Niles
  • Darkwalker on Moonshae (1987)
  • Black Wizards (1988)
  • Darkwell (1989)
• The Avatar Series novels
  • Shadowdale (1989), by Scott Ciencin
  • Tantras (1989), by Scott Ciencin
  • Waterdeep (1989), by Troy Denning
• Novelizations of the Baldur's Gate series of computer role-playing games
  • Baldur's Gate (1999), by Philip Athans
  • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000), by Philip Athans
  • Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001), by Drew Karpyshyn.

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External links

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

References

• Martin, Julia, and Eric L Boyd. Faiths & Avatars (TSR, 1996).