Talona

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Forgotten Realms Deity

Talona
Title(s)	Lady of Poison, Mistress of Disease, Mother of All Plagues
Homeplane	The Barrens of Doom and Despair
Power Level	Lesser
Alignment	Chaotic Evil
Portfolio	Disease, poison
Superior	None

Talona (tah-low-nah), The Lady of Poison, Mistress of Disease and Mother of All Plagues is the fictional goddess of poison and disease in the Forgotten Realms universe of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Ed Greenwood created Talona for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, inspired by the Finnish deity Kiputytto.

1 Overview
2 Worship
- 2.1 Followers of Plague
- 2.2 Churches
3 Trivia
4 Literature
5 References

Overview

Talona is depicted as an old crone who walks bringing misfortune and death. Talona is the goddess of plague and disease, her followers are expected to go about quietly and seek out new diseases. Talona allies with Loviatar and despises Chauntea, Mielikki, Kelemvor, and Tyr. She dislikes Ilmater for the cures he finds.

Priests of Talona carry daggers dipped in poison. In the R.A. Salvatore series The Cleric Quintet, the formula to the concoction known as the "Chaos Curse" was given to Aballister Bonaduce by an imp which the avatar of Talona had told Aballister about.

Worship

Followers of Plague

Followers of Talona take pain as if it were pleasure. They believe death is more powerful than life, though they are equal in balance. Work in her name and let your doings be subtle or spectacular^{[original research?]}.

Churches

The House of Night's Embrace, located in Tashluta^[vague].

Trivia

In the Second Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Talona originally came from Earth. This was omitted from the Third Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. [1]

Literature

The Lady of Poison, by Bruce Cordell is the first book in the Forgotten Realms series, The Priests. It is about the worshippers of Talona.

Viper's Kiss, by Lisa Smedman is the first book in the House of Serpents trilogy. It has a few chapters on the membership requirements of Talona's worship.