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Phantom_Lord
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 Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 16:04:40
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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?
Thanks :)
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Misericordia
Seeker
Italy
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Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 16:36:10
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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. |
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Phantom_Lord
Seeker
Pakistan
92 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 16:38:32
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I see.
By any chance do you know if Bane was a mortal around the same time as he?
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 16:45:54
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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. |
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Misericordia
Seeker
Italy
66 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 17:06:06
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| 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?). |
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Phantom_Lord
Seeker
Pakistan
92 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 17:08:51
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| Good stuff, now if only I can pin point Bane and Torm in one timeline, that'd be great. |
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 21 Aug 2005 : 21:16:24
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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. |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
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Posted - 23 Aug 2005 : 09:54:08
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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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The Sage
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Torm the mortal
