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The avatar of the Lord of Bones. One of the best character inthe adventure, I'd say.
He is the avatar of the god ogf the dead so he is pratically a skeleton too.

Myrkul, also known as the Lord of Bones, is the god of the dead, as opposed to the god of death and murderers, which is the province of Bhaal.

Myrkul has a cold, malignant intelligence, and speak in a high whisper. As a deity he was always alert, never slept, and was never suprised. He was never known to lose his temper or be anything other than coldly amused when a mortal succeeded in avoiding his directives or chosen fates. His influence in Faerûn was imposed through fear, and he was a master of making mortals terrified of him through his words and deeds. At times, just to remain unpredictable, he seemed almost kind and caring. His cowled skull head was known in nightmares all over Faerûn, and he was the one deity that almost all human mortals could picture clearly. Myrkul took care that all mortals thought of him often - he was even known to materialize beside open graves, scythe in hand, just to gaze around at gathering mourners for a few silent seconds before fading away, in order to remind everyone that he was waiting for them all.

At the beginning of the adventure Myrkul allies himself with Bane and the two dark gods conspire to steal the Tablets of Fate from the overgod Ao, in hopes that the loss of these tablets would weaken the overgod enough that he could be overthrown. The overgod responde to the theft by casting all the gods from the planes and into Toril, stripping their divine powers in the process. Only Helm was allowed to keep his divine abilities, and the God of Guardians stood watch over the Celestial Stairways, where he barred all deities from entering the planes, and waited for the tablets to be recovered and delivered to him and Ao.
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Tsuki222's avatar
Great picm The Lord of Bones is one of the more interesting deities