Ilmater
The Crying Guard (a.k.a. The Broken God)
Ilmater was an intermediate deity of the Faerûnian pantheon whose portfolio included endurance, martyrdom, perseverance, and suffering. He was the god of those who suffered, the oppressed, and the persecuted, who offered them relief and support, encouraged them to endure, and who encouraged others to help them, to take their burdens or take their places.
He was called the Crying God, the Broken God, the Lord on the Rack, and the One Who Endures.
Divine Domains
Life & Twilight
Tenets of Faith
Life is sacred and suffering is holy.
All injustices should be challenged.
Spiritualism of life over materialism and the physical body.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
In avatar form, Ilmater appeared as a short man with a burly build and wearing only a breechcloth, with a plain but kind and comforting face, balding head, and a hairy body. But this body bore the marks of mutilation and torture on the rack, covered with open cuts, closed scars, burns, and a range of other wounds. Ilmater's joints were broken, his limbs were ravaged, and his hands were smashed yet still functional. Moving caused him a great deal of pain as he dragged himself around. No matter how much his avatar healed, it still showed these terrible wounds.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Ilmater was an older god and an obscure deity in the 3rd century before Dalereckoning.
Together, Ilmater, Torm, and Tyr formed the Triad, a long-lasting alliance of good and lawful deities.
Accomplishments & Achievements
An ancient and unsupported legend told that the human Khala of Imaskar had devoted themselves to the god Bane the Black Lord and perpetrated numerous atrocities. For their deeds, the gods of law inflicted curses upon them. Among them, Ilmater accused the Khala of tormenting their victims and tearing heart and soul from them. Thus he cursed them with an unnatural hunger, to devour the hearts of their prey so they might live. Out of all the gods' curses was born the peryton, a vicious, stag-headed, eagle-bodied beast. The female peryton needed to devour the heart of a humanoid to become fertile—some considered it ironic that Ilmater's curse drove the peryton to further murder and savagery.
Morality & Philosophy
Ilmater was the incarnation of compassion, and the eternal foe of suffering. He sought to offer aid and relief and words of comfort to those in pain, who were oppressed, or otherwise in great need. He encouraged them to endure their pain, suffering, and abuse, for good things came to those who waited. He encouraged his faithful to halt and relieve the suffering of others, and to take it on themselves if they must. Ilmater was himself a willing sufferer, taking one's place to bear their burden, seeking to endure any pain if it would lessen the pain of another.
Personality Characteristics
Personality Quirks
He had a good if rather rustic sense of humour, and liked to hear funny stories.
Divine Classification
God
Religions
Alignment
Lawful Good
Church/Cult
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Celestia
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