Kelemvor

Kelemvor (pronounced: /ˈkɛlɛmvɔːr/ KELL-em-vor), formerly Kelemvor Lyonsbane, also known as the Lord of the Dead and Judge of the Damned, was the god of death and the dead, and master of the Crystal Spire in the Fugue Plane.

In his mortal days, Kelemvor was a skilled mercenary and adventurer, with the heart of a noble paladin concealed under rude manners and thwarted by his mysterious family curse. When he was killed by the mortal Cyric atop Blackstaff Tower, Kelemvor's soul was absorbed into Cyric's sentient sword, Godsbane—in fact Mask, the God of Thieves in disguise. Hidden away in a prison for ten years, his soul became a pawn in Mask's scheme to undo the now-divine Cyric. Kelemvor ultimately escaped, led a revolt of the denizens of the City of the Dead and defeated the Mad God, and was acclaimed by the deceased souls as the new god of death and the dead.

Fair yet cold, Kelemvor was the god of death and the dead—the most recent deity to hold this position, following in the footsteps of Jergal, Myrkul, and Cyric. Unlike these other deities, whose rule as gods of the dead made the afterlife an uncertain and fearful thing, Kelemvor promoted that death was a natural part of life and should not be feared as long as it was understood.

There have been many Lords of Death who cast judgement upon souls lost and found alike. Among them was Kelemvor, a hard man of harder convictions. As a mortal man he was a mercenary with a paladin's stoic beliefs hidden under a crust of scowls and grumbles. As Lord of Death, he was forced to mellow both aspects of himself, for the impulses of a man and a god are not consummate. Mortals are allowed caprice, but immortality wears that stone smooth quickly, and Kelemvor chose cool prudence over cold malice.

— — A passage from Judge of the Damned, a book by Iphigen Mohgros on Kelemvor.

Titles	Adjectives	Aspects & Aliases	Portfolio	Domains
Lord of the Dead Judge of the Damned The Great Guide Master of the Crystal Spire Lord of the Crystal Spire Lord Death Death Lord God of Death The Usurper (Derogatory)	Kelemvorite	None	The Dead	Death Grave

Gender	Alignment	Symbol	Worshipers	Channel Divinity
Masculine	Lawful Neutral	Skeletal arm holding up scales in balance	No established worshipers	Touch of death Path to the grave

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