Torm
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- TORM may also refer to Dampskibsselskabet TORM, a shipping company, or a creature from The Wheel of Time novels. "Torm" is also a song by Terminaator.
| Forgotten Realms Deity | |
|---|---|
| Torm | |
| Title(s) | The True, the True Deity, the Loyal Fury |
| Homeplane | The House of the Triad/Celestia |
| Power Level | Lesser |
| Alignment | Lawful Good |
| Portfolio | Duty, loyalty, obedience, paladins and truth |
| Superior | Tyr |
Torm, the True, is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
He is described as being the god of duty, loyalty, obedience, paladins and truth. He is usually depicted as a knight riding a golden wyrm.
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Overview
Torm is a Lawful Good lesser deity. His symbol is a gauntlet, much like the symbol of Helm and also that of Bane, though specifically Torm's symbol is a right-hand gauntlet held upright with palm forward. [1]
Worshippers
Torm's clergy are described as being sworn to the Duty of Penance, a body of debts to be repaid to other deities, implemented after the Time of Troubles, requiring them to take part in activities such as rooting out corruption in institutions and destroying cultists of Bane and Cyric.
In addition to clerics and paladins, martial warriors and other individuals who adhere to the ideals of Torm's portfolio such as good fighters, knights, guardians and loyal courtiers are also depicted as common worshippers of Torm. [1]
History & Relationships
Prior to the Time of Troubles Torm was a relatively obscure minor demipower who served Tyr. Torm gained considerable attention and praise during the Godswar when his faithful helped keep one of the missing Tablets of Fate safe, and his own avatar battled and completely destroyed the avatar of Bane outside Tantras, seemingly killing the god who has already been weakened by Mystra and her servant Elminster. Torm died in the conflict too, but because of his loyalty to his portfolio was resurrected by the overdeity Ao at the end of the Time of Troubles, with his power increased to that of a lesser deity. [1]
Torm is one of the three deities of similar interests known as the Triad, along with the more powerful Ilmater and Tyr, whom he serves. Torm has a friendship with Helm too, though the two deities' priesthoods are cold to one another. Torm has many enemies amongst the foul deities, but the return of his arch nemesis Bane has forced Torm to concentrate his efforts again. [1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Boyd, Eric L. and Erik Mona (2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.
- Martin, Julia, and Eric L Boyd. Faiths & Avatars (TSR, 1996).
