Withers

Withers was the name given to a mysterious being that was interred within an ancient temple of Jergal on the Sword Coast and who remained there until the late 15 century DR.

"Fate spins along as it should."

- Withers.

Description
Withers appeared as a decrepit humanoid corpse, partially wrapped in bandages and clothed in priestly garments, wearing a unique form of metallic adornment across its head and chest. To those attuned as such, Withers gave off an aura of both divinity and eternal, inescapable death.

Abilities
Withers was capable of "mending the threads" between life and death, in effect offering a form of resurrection.

He possessed an aspect of divine power, comparable to that of a god's chosen.

Possessions
He carried a simple quarterstaff.

Activities
In Withers' own words he was an "arbiter of certain matters" and a "servant to obligation".

History
"So he has spoken and so thou standest before me. Right as always...Now I have a question for thee: what is the worth of a single mortal's life."

- Withers to an adventurer that appeared before his crypt.

Withers was interred within the temple of Jergal many years before the era of the Second Sundering, in a sarcophagus designed for the "Guardian of Tombs". As of the, Withers was tasked with assisting those that emerged from a crashed nautiloid on the Sword Coast of west Faerûn. He was forced to accept and had no choice in the matter.

Background
Withers is implied to be the god Jergal in a post-credits scene.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III