Memnor Character in The Forgotten Realms | World Anvil

Memnor

Memnor was the giant deity of pride and control. He schemed to usurp Annam All-Father as the head of the Ordning, but was unsuccessful.

Personality

Memnor was known to be charming, intelligent, cultured, subdued. His greatest flaw was his strong sense of pride, though he was also known to be deceitful and intensely cruel. Many of the stories within giant society that recounted his exploits emphasized his charisma and manipulative nature.

Worshipers

Generally, giants who worshiped Memnor were of an evil alignment. His most prevalent worshipers were cloud giants, though many within the race rejected him due to his deceitful nature. Benign cloud giants typically revered him for his charm, intellect, and persuasiveness. While those who leaned more towards evil were known to embrace his selfishness and imitate his trickster ways.

After a priest of Memnor was accepted into the clergy of the Ordning by the Stormazîn, the god's own high priests would visit the initiate and subject them to a secret ceremony. During this ceremony they would be made to pledge to uphold the secrecy of Memnor's plans from the uninitiated and to aid him in whatever way they could.

Priests of Memnor typically were well dressed and had a regal manner to them They often covertly communicated signals or warnings to each other by means of touching their left wrist with their right index finger.

Priests of Memnor were known to be gifted the spells forget, suggestion, magic jar, and speak with wyvern. Those who reached the highest echelon of their faith were typically gifted a wyvern servant. They also received a leather necklace with a talon charm. This special necklace allowed them to summon their wyvern servant to them three times per day.

Divine Domains

Death, Trickery

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Memnor's holy symbol was a thin black obelisk.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Ancient depictions of Memnor often portrayed him as wearing a two-faced mask.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Back when he was but a child, Memnor's mischievous acts of "play" with his brother Grolantor led to a minor war between the Jotunbrud and the ogres. This incident was one of many things that ultimately led Annam to forbid his children from meddling in the affairs of the Material Plane's giants.

When Annam eventually exiled himself from Gudheim, Memnor and Grolantor went and convinced their siblings Stronmaus and Hiatea that Annam's decree was no longer valid. From that day onward, Memnor and his brother would go on to continually meddle in the affairs of the mortal giants. At times their antics got so bad that Stronmaus and Hiatea felt they had no choice but to intervene and put an end to their games.

Social

Family Ties

Divine Classification
Intermediate deity
Religions
Alignment
Neutral evil
Children

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