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'''Bhaal''', Lord of Murder, is a deity of the ] '']'' '']'' campaign setting, created by ]. The name Bhaal is almost certainly derivative of ].{{Fact|date=January 2008}}

One of the ], Bhaal was originally a mortal, who along with ] and ] took the portfolios of the ancient deity ]. Despite his most common title, Bhaal was the god of Murder, but he especially favoured violent or ritual deaths.

Patron of Assassins, Bhaal was feared throughout Faerûn - especially in the island realm of the ]. A wholly evil, debased, and sadistic god, Bhaal was served by the goddesses ] and ].

He was a ] ], and his symbol was a skull encircled by a ] orbit of drops of ]. His divine Realm was the Throne of Blood (in Third Edition D&D, part of the ]). The ''Lost Empires of Faer­ûn'' Forgotten Realms supplement gives his 3.5 edition D&D domains as Death, Destruction, Evil and Retribution ('']'' magazine issue #322 instead gives his domains as Death, Destruction, Evil, Hatred and Law).

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Despite his power, during the ], when the gods were forced to walk Faerûn, Bhaal was slain by the upstart mortal ] using the avatar of ] (a sword named "]"), who then stole Bhaal's divinity and portfolio elements.

However, much like ] - who invested his divine essence in the artifact known as the '']'' - Bhaal was not utterly removed from Faerûn. Part of his divinity remains in the Winding Water, around Boarskyr Bridge where he was slain, his blood having flowed into the river. More importantly, Bhaal foresaw his death and impregnated many mortal women - creating his heirs, the ]. The Bhaalspawn were involved in a series of conflicts along the ], with one standing above the others. The tale of the Bhaalspawn is recounted in the '']'' and '']'' computer games; in the ]s of these games, the ] is named as Abdel Adrian.

Of all the dead deities of ], Bhaal most likely has the most scattered cultists, the worst known as deathstalkers, attempting to bring him back to 'life'.

== Literature ==

Bhaal features prominently in the following ]:

* ''Moonshae Trilogy'' series of novels, by ]
** ''Darkwalker on Moonshae'' (1987)
** ''Black Wizards'' (1988)
** ''Darkwell'' (1989)
* ] novels
** ''Shadowdale'' (1989), by ]
** ''Tantras'' (1989), by Scott Ciencin
** ''Waterdeep'' (1989), by ]
* Novelizations of the ] of ]s
** '']'' (1999), by ]
** '']'' (2000), by ]
** '']'' (2001), by ].

== External links ==

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== References ==
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* Martin, Julia, and Eric L Boyd. '']'' (TSR, 1996).


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