Cult of Myrkul (mer-call)
The worship of Myrkul was never popular in Faerûn, his influence inspired through the fear of death. He wasn't widely worshiped so much as dreaded, and even blamed for the natural difficulties that accompanied growing old.
His worshipers, who were often undertakers in one form or another, were a morose, secretive lot, reticent to share their faith with those outside his meager and unorganized church.[4] These Myrkulytes were tasked with ensuring the people of Toril both feared and respected death. To aggrandize Myrkul's power they would propagate rumors that merely touching one of his priests would bring certain death.
Following the Avatar Crisis, Myrkul's worship continued on in part due to the efforts of the horned harbingers, those beings that each came into contact with a remnant of the god's divinity
