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| {{Forgotten Realms Deity| | |||
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| name=Talos| | |||
| title=The Destroyer, the Storm Lord| | |||
| home=2E: Towers of Ruin (])<br>3E: ]| | |||
| power=Greater| | |||
| alignment=]| | |||
| portfolio=Storms, destruction, rebellion, conflagrations, earthquakes, vortices| | |||
| domains=Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Fire and Storm<ref name="FAP"/>| | |||
| alias=Bhaelros, Kozah, Malyk, Gruumsh| | |||
| super=None| | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Talos''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɑː|l|oʊ|s}} {{respell|TAH|lohs}})<ref name="FRCS1E"/> is the ]ian deity of storms and destruction in ]'s ] ] of the '']'' ]. Talos' dogma is self-serving, demanding utter obedience from his priests and instructing them to spread destruction where they may. He is known as '''Bhaelros''' to the ] and '''Kozah''' to the ]. Followers of Talos are known as '''Talassans'''. | |||
| Talos appears as a broad shouldered, bearded man with one good eye. He wears half plate armor over black leather armor, and black leather gloves. His empty eye socket is filled with whirling stars and covered with a dark eye patch. When he appears as Bhaelros in ], he often takes the form of a dusky skinned, turbaned genie rising out of a sandstorm{{Or|date=January 2008}}. | |||
| ==Publication history== | |||
| ] created Talos for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, set in Greenwood's ] world. Greenwood states that all of the weather gods from the original '']'' book seemed too powerful, so he combined from them the features he desired, into Talos.<ref name="Dragon 54">], Dragon magazine #54 - "Down-to-earth divinity" (October 1981)</ref> | |||
| ===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)=== | |||
| Talos first appeared within Dungeons & Dragons as one of the deities featured in Ed Greenwood's article "Down-to-earth Divinity" in '']'' #54 (October 1981). Talos is introduced as The Destroyer, the Raging One, god of storms and destruction, a chaotic evil greater god from the plane of ]. The article described Talos as "A storm god commanding powers of rain, gale, lightning, and earthquake." Talos is described as one of “The Gods of Fury,” which is what these four gods are known as collectively: "Talos is served by ], ], and ]." Talos is commonly worshipped by chaotic evil ], ], ], ], and ], and is placated by farmers and sailors.<ref name="Dragon 54"/> | |||
| Talos later officially appeared as one of the major deities for the ] ], in the ''Forgotten Realms Campaign Set'''s "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).<ref name="FRCS1E">{{cite book | isbn =0-88038-472-7 | title = Forgotten Realms Campaign Set | author = Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb and Karen S. Martin | year = 1987 | publisher = Wizard of the Coast}}</ref> | |||
| ===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)=== | |||
| Talos was described in the hardback '']'' (1990),<ref>] and ]. '']'' (], 1990)</ref> the revised ''Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting'' (1993) in the "Running the Realms" booklet,<ref>{{cite book | title=Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting | author = Ed Greenwood | year = 1993|id = ASIN B000K06S2E }}</ref> and '']'' (1996).<ref>], and Eric L Boyd. '']'' (TSR, 1996)</ref> His clergy was further detailed in '']'' (1996),<ref>Terra, John. '']'' (], 1996)</ref> and ''Prayers from the Faithful'' (1997).<ref>] and Stewart, Doug. ''Prayers from the Faithful'' (], 1997)</ref> | |||
| The '']'' supplement notes that Talos is known to the Bedine as Kozah, their god of tempests. The Bedine say he vents his wrath by causing sandstorms, which show his fury at the faithlessness of his wife ], as she enters ]'s tent night after night (a metaphor for sunset).<ref>]. '']'' (], 1991)</ref> | |||
| His role in the cosmology of the ] campaign setting was described in ''On Hallowed Ground'' (1996).<ref>McComb, Colin. ''On Hallowed Ground'' (], 1996)</ref> | |||
| Talos is introduced as once having been known as '''Kozah''' in the ancient history of the Realms, in ''Netheril: Empire of Magic'' (1996).<ref>Slade and Jim Butler. '']'' (], 1996)</ref> | |||
| His relationships with the nonhuman deities in the Forgotten Realms was covered in '']'' (1998).<ref>Boyd, Eric L. '']'' (], 1998)</ref> | |||
| ===Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)=== | |||
| Talos appears as one of the major deities of the Forgotten Realms setting again, in ''Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting'' (2001),<ref>{{cite book | title = Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting | author = Ed Greenwood| year = 2001 | publisher = Wizard of the Coast | isbn = 0-7869-1836-5 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> and is further detailed in '']'' (2002).<ref name="FAP">Boyd, Eric L, and ]. '']'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)</ref> | |||
| <!--===Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)=== | |||
| Did he appear anywhere in 3.5?--> | |||
| <!--===Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)=== | |||
| Let's wait and see who's in the new Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting--> | |||
| ==History== | |||
| Talos was formed from the first battle between ] and ]. He leads the other Deities of Fury: ], ], and ]. He has a close relationship with Auril, a relationship with Umberlee characterized by flirtation and rivalry, and a grudging alliance with Malar, who would kill him if he could. Talos is known for elevating mortals to divinity and forcing them to deplete themselves in his service (one who managed to escape this fate is ]), and for brazen attempts to grab power{{Who|date=January 2008}}. He once assumed the alias '''Malyk''' and attempted to gain dominion over wild magic, but was foiled by ]. | |||
| He hates deities that promote building, learning, nature, and the altering of weather. Chief among his enemies are ], ], ], Mystra, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. | |||
| According to Oghma, Talos has often suggested the destruction of the moon as a solution to problems presented to the Pantheon in Cynosure. | |||
| ==Church and dogma== | |||
| The church of Talos is small by the standards of a ], and almost universally despised. Followers of Talos are fanatical in their love of destruction. Priests of Talos are fond of extorting sailors and farmers, threatening that Talos will bring destructive storms upon them if they do not placate the angry god. | |||
| Talos inspires worship in those who fear the destructive power of nature. His followers are ] ], ], or ]. Worshippers include ]s, ]s, ]s, and ]s. They believe in grabbing what they can when they can, for Talos may take their lives at any time. They believe in fearlessly embracing ]; in doing so they demonstrate the power of Talos, who protects them from harm. They preach that only worship of Talos can protect against natural disasters, and at Talos' whim they hurl such disasters at foes.<ref name="FAP"/> | |||
| Talos wishes for more worshippers, and his clerics are committed evangelists who seek to gain converts through fear or the enticement of raw power. They are wont to pursue wealth, luxury and wantonness. Many indulge in acts of random or spiteful violence, pillage and banditry. Talassan clerics attack in groups to raze settlements that attempt to resist them.<ref name="FAP"/> | |||
| Worship of Talos is outlawed in many countries. Most Talassan holy sites are secret because of the church's reputation. Public churches often take the form of castles or fortified strongholds that lie on earthquake fault lines or in the path of storms or lava; Talos ensures they remain unscathed. The clergy has no formal hierarchy; obedience is enforced through might.<ref name="FAP"/> | |||
| Clerics of Talos celebrate Talassan festivals with ceremonies that summon lightning and storms. Their most sacred ritual, ''Calling Down the Thunder'', involves the sacrifice of an intelligent being by lightning. The most frequent cleric ritual is the ''Fury'', in which the cleric prays, makes berserk attacks to wreak as much destruction as possible in a small amount of time, then prays again. Clerics of Talos are nicknamed "doom crows" because of their formal dress: they wear black robes and cloaks shot through with teardrops and jagged lines of gold and silver. High clergy wear blue-white ceremonial robes streaked with crimson. All clerics wear an eye patch. Talassan clerics generally multiclass to barbarian, ], the stormlord ], and ].<ref name="FAP"/><ref name="CD">Noonan, David. Complete Divine (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).</ref> | |||
| ==Orders== | |||
| The existence of orders allied to Talos is shrouded in mystery and rumor.<ref name="FAP"/> | |||
| ;Lords of the Tempest: The Lords of the Tempest are a group of wizards who owe allegiance to Talos and specialize in exotic combinations of elemental magic. | |||
| ;Liches: Some say Talos has sponsored certain ] into ]. | |||
| ;Circle of Rust and the Worm: The Circle of Rust and the Worm is a cabal of crazed sages and mystics of assorted disciplines, both religious and secular, intent on bringing about the end of the world. They have obtained Talos' patronage. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| {{D&D deities}} | |||
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