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| Phantom_Lord |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 16:04:40 When did Torm ascend to godhood and how so? I know he had a kingdom somewhere in the dales, all tormites are supposed to try and find it ala the grail.
Anyone?
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| The Sage |
Posted - 23 Aug 2005 : 14:13:13 I think it was in 267 DR -- when Bane, Myrkul, and Bhaal slew Borem.
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| Asgetrion |
Posted - 23 Aug 2005 : 09:54:08 quote: Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
I beleive Torm was a paladin serving Tyr, and Tyr is the god that allowed him to ascend to demi-god status. That would mean that Torm was a mortal sometime after Tyr first arrived in the Realms, and while I don't have my timelines handy right now, that would narrow down when Torm wandered Toril as a mortal.
Bane got his godhood from Jergal, who was still worshipped in Netheril, so there is your Bane timeline as well. Sorry I didn't run the numbers, just doing this from memory.
Bane, Bhaal and Myrkul all ascended to godhood after slaying a "quasi-deity"/demigod called Borem of the Lake of Boiling Mud with an artifact known as "The Jhaamdath Dagger" (see 'Faiths and Pantheons').
I do have my books at hand right now, so I cannot remember if F&P mentions any date when this happened.
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| warlockco |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 21:16:24 quote: Originally posted by Misericordia
Details of Torm's life before ascending to godhood are not well known, I think. Probably he was a paladin, and lived near the Border Kingdoms.
One thing is certain, the Kingdom that Torm served was either very obscure or so ancient, that the knowledge was lost/forgotten, even to his own Church. |
| Phantom_Lord |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 17:08:51 Good stuff, now if only I can pin point Bane and Torm in one timeline, that'd be great. |
| Misericordia |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 17:06:06 I've read that Torm was mortal soon after the fall of Netheril (-329DR). Tyr arrived in Faerun only in -247DR, so probably Torm was devoted to another god (maybe Ilmater?). |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 16:45:54 I beleive Torm was a paladin serving Tyr, and Tyr is the god that allowed him to ascend to demi-god status. That would mean that Torm was a mortal sometime after Tyr first arrived in the Realms, and while I don't have my timelines handy right now, that would narrow down when Torm wandered Toril as a mortal.
Bane got his godhood from Jergal, who was still worshipped in Netheril, so there is your Bane timeline as well. Sorry I didn't run the numbers, just doing this from memory. |
| Phantom_Lord |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 16:38:32 I see.
By any chance do you know if Bane was a mortal around the same time as he?
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| Misericordia |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 16:36:10 Details of Torm's life before ascending to godhood are not well known, I think. Probably he was a paladin, and lived near the Border Kingdoms. |