Kelemvor
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Kelemvor)
“Death is but part of life: fear it not, evade it not, and view it not as evil. To fear death delivers you into the hands of those who can bring death down upon you. Die with dignity, neither raging nor seeking to embrace undeath. Do honor to the dead, for their strivings in life brought Faerun to where it is now, and to forget them is to forget also where we are now—and why.”
— Kelemvor's charge to novitiates
Fair yet cold, Kelemvor was the god of death and the dead. Kelemvor promoted that death was a natural part of life and should not be feared as long as it was understood. As a result of his deep respect for life and death, he held the undead in the uttermost contempt. Kelemvor crafted the transparent Crystal Spire, its translucency representing that no more should Death be a frightening mystery. While faithful souls would be claimed by their respective deities, faithless souls and those with a false faith that his or her god did not want, were judged before the God of Death.
As the Judge of the Damned Kelemvor is lenient with those Faithless and False who were virtuous and honorable in life, while the ones who were cowardly or capricious are severely punished. Those souls judged as noble by Kelemvor are sent to the merrier and heaven-like parts in the City of Death, such as the Singing City or Pax Cloister, while for thieves and cowards there were hell-like parts of the City such as the Acid Swamps.
He has many titles including: 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.
Description
Kelemvor has two known forms. In the first he appears to be a human warrior with a dark, tanned face, piercing green eyes, a square-jaw, and a black, wild mane with a grey streaks and is the protector of the veil between life and death. He is clad in chainmail and dark leather, and always wore a wide belt with a large, cabochon-cut cat's eye jewel in the front. His second form is that of the Judge of the Damned with his hair turned to silver, his eyes pupiless, his appearance aged, his armor tattered and black, and he donned a silver death mask. In this form he impartially judges the fate of the souls of the dead. His symbol is a skeletal arm holding up scales in balance. Like most gods in the Tiresian Archives world, gods have the ability to change their appearances at will, so Kelemvor could present himself as various genders and various races according to the person he's talking to.
The Mysta of Kelemvor
The Mysta of Kelemvor is a religious organization devoted to Kelemvor in Kauvet.
Notable Followers of Kelemvor
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