Bhaal's avatar, the Slayer, manifesting a collection of bone daggers.
The Slayer was one of the avatars of Bhaal, the Lord of Murder.[1]
Name[]
The Slayer was called "duk-tak" (unholy executioner)[2] and "elgg-hor" (destroyer)[3] in drow language.[4][note 1]
Description[]
The Slayer resembled a massive corpse with a feral face, pale white skin and gaping wounds that continuously wept dark ichor.[1]
While Bhaal rarely took avatar form in the Realms, he preferred his Slayer form when appearing in urban environments.[1]
Possessions[]
The Slayer kept an impressive array of bone-hewn daggers upon his person, and could readily conjure them out of nothingness. It could also animate up to a half dozen of these daggers at will, after which they would independently strike out at a victim of its choosing.[1]
Any mortal wounded by one of the Slayer's bone daggers would see their appendage wither away off their body. Anyone slain by the weapons could―as the Slayer wished―be raised as a zombie. It could then be detonated at the Slayer's will, exploding in a mass of bone shards and viscera. Any undead creature animated by the Slayer had to follow its every command.[1]
Powers[]
The Slayer moved in complete silence, with the ability to levitate and even walk through air.[1]
It also had the ability to incite attraction in others, and remove any negative feelings they felt, or compel an urge to slay in any intentionally malevolent being, whenever it chose.[1]
If needed, the avatar could defend itself by manifesting a blade barrier of bone shards that surrounded its physical form.[1]
History[]
A lesser form of the Slayer appeared in Faerûn during the Avatar Crisis, in the Year of Shadows, 1358 DR, alongside avatars of other gods of the Realms.[5] When that avatar was slain, the essence of Bhaal possessed the mortal man Kae Deverell,[6][page needed], before being slain by the mortal Cyric wielding Godsbane, and forever tainting the waters of the Winding Water beyond the Boareskyr Bridge.[1]
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Notes[]
- ↑ This information could be revealed if Minthara Baenre was a companion of the Dark Urge in Baldur's Gate III.
See Also[]
- Ravager
Appearances[]
Card Games
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), p. 45. ISBN 978-0786903849.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (August 1994). Starless Night. (TSR, Inc), p. 221. ISBN 1-56076-880-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore, Michael Leger, Douglas Niles (1992). Menzoberranzan (The Houses). Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc), p. 25. ISBN 1-5607-6460-0.
- ↑ Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), p. 72. ISBN 978-0786903849.
- ↑ Troy Denning (August 1989). Waterdeep. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-88038-759-9.