Bhaalspawn crisis

The Bhaalspawn Crisis, also known as the War of the Bhaalspawn, was a great conflict that broke out on the Sword Coast and the Lands of Intrigue in the.

"So long as Bhaal's Throne of Blood stands empty, chaos shall reign."

- Unknown.

Description
The conflict arose as a result of the Time of Troubles of the, when the gods of Faerûn were forced to walk the Realms as mortals. The deity Bhaal was given forewarning about his death during the world-changing event, and spawned a score of half-divine children with mortals of different races. Five of the most powerful of these Bhaalspawn banded their respective armies to slay their lesser siblings and wreak havoc across the Realms in Bhaal's name.

Location
It originated along the southern stretch of the Sword Coast, but came to a head in the realm of Tethyr to the south. The war's most horrific battle centered on the prolonged siege of the city of Saradush, but smaller conflicts broke out in Amn to the north and even across the Calim Desert in the small monastery town of Amkethran in Calimshan.

History
"There are others I can show you....please!"

- An unnamed Bhaalspawn pleading for his life to Sarevok.

The conflict began some time before ____, as an alliance formed by five powerful Bhaalspawn, each of whom was capable of great harm on their own, but when brought together could truly rain destruction upon the Realms. Yaga-Shura and his fire giant marched across Tethyr from his keep in the Marching Mountains, the dragons of Abazigal wreaked havoc across the eastern lands from his enclave, and the drow sorceress Sendai struck out from her subterranean enclave, a few hours travel south of the Forest of Mir.

As the forces set out upon the civilized lands of the south, tensions grew within nearby cities and innocent Bhaalspawn were identified and promptly banished for fear of the destruction wrought by the Five.

Siege of Saradush
As fear tightened its grip over the Realms, the half-orc Bhaalspawn ruler of Saradush known as Gromnir Il-Khan, became so paranoid he would be the next target of the Five he locked down the city and would not allow anyone venture outside or enter beyond its walls. A local priestess by the name of Melissan made every effort to gather all the exiled Bhaalspawn she could from across the lands and offered them shelter in the city, "inadvertently" gathering them together like lambs for the slaughter.

During the siege, the Bhaalspawn adventurer from Baldur's Gate Abdel Adrian was magically transported into the city by a guiding solar acting from within an aspect of Bhaal's realm. He and his fellow adventurers were rapidly brought up to speed about the ever-worsening situation by Melissan in order to undo Gromnir's suffocating hold on the city and break the giants' siege. While the adventurers defeated Gromnir and his Bhaalspawn devotees.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (game)
 * Novels
 * Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (novel)