Those Who Sleep Below were a group of mysterious[1][2] and malevolent[2] deities that dwelled in the deep, sunless reaches of the Trench of Lopok in the Inner Sea.[1][2] They were imprisoned within those depths,[3] ever diligently being watched over by the Triton Protectorates of the Inner Sea,[2][3] who prevented anyone from accessing the Trench.[3] The tritons were very unforthcoming on the matter,[2][3] admitting only that they watched against "Those Who Sleep Below"[2] and that their guardianship was some sacred duty.[3]
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Worship[]
Many among the kuo-toa and morkoth believed these entities to be the dark gods of their ancient myths.[3] The early morkoth theocracies in particular believed their gods to be asleep within the Trench of Lopok and that only fervent prayer could one day awaken them.[5] Outside of these beliefs, some legends claimed that the Trench of Lopok was allegedly where both races arose.[2]
They were directly served and worshiped by some krakens[6] and morkoths.[7]
History[]
In −1453 TS (−1523 DR), Kyron the deposed king of Thalorlyn along with his exiled loyalists sought to create a new center of power for himself.[8] Having been driven mad years ago by the whispers of Dagon,[9] he and his loyalists constructed the temple of Vynagyr along the slopes of the Nalaan Plateau and dedicated it to Those Who Sleep Below.[8][note 1]
Sometime in the Year of the Gauntlet, 1369 DR, Those Who Sleep Below commanded their devout kraken servant Qol'in'taroq,[6] along with his morkoth ally Vlantir,[7] to take over the abandoned city of Voalidru for unknown reasons. They only specified that they wished to prevent Voalidru's former merfolk citizenry from ever reclaiming it and its many treasures.[6]
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Notes[]
- ↑ In the original text the temple is referred to as being dedicated to "long forgotten evil powers". With Dagon retconned in Grand History of the Realms as a member of Those Who Sleep Below and as the reason behind Kyron's madness, it retroactively suggests that the temple is dedicated to them.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Steven E. Schend (1999). Sea of Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 60. ISBN 0-7869-1393-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Steven E. Schend (1999). Sea of Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 156. ISBN 0-7869-1393-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Steven E. Schend (1999). Sea of Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 40. ISBN 0-7869-1393-2.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (1999). Sea of Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 49. ISBN 0-7869-1393-2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Matthew G. Adkins (March 2000). “The Akriloth”. Dungeon #79 (Wizards of the Coast) (79)., p. 59.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Matthew G. Adkins (March 2000). “The Akriloth”. Dungeon #79 (Wizards of the Coast) (79)., p. 72.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Steven E. Schend (1999). Sea of Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 161. ISBN 0-7869-1393-2.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.