Urdlen

A depiction of Urdlen.

Basic information

Title(s)

The Crawler Below^[1]
The Glutton^[2]

Adjective(s)

Urdlenian^[3]

Gender

Neuter

5e
3e
2e

5th Edition Statistics^[4]^[5]^[6]^[2]

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Symbol

White-clawed mole emerging from ground

Portfolio

Bloodlust, evil, greed, murder

Domains

Death, War

Channel divinity

Touch of death
Guided strike
War god's blessing

3rd Edition Statistics^[1]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Power Level

Intermediate deity

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

Home Plane

Hammergrim^{[note 1]}

Portfolio

Greed, Bloodlust, Evil, Hatred, Uncontrolled impulse, Spriggans

Domains

Chaos, Greed, Earth, Envy, Evil, Gluttony, Gnome, Hatred

Worshipers

Assassins, Blackguards, Gnomes, Rogues, Spriggans

Worshiper
alignments

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Favored weapon

Great Claw (Claw Bracer)

2nd Edition Statistics^[11]

Power Level

Intermediate deity

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Symbol

White mole

Home Plane

The Abyss/399th layer

Realm

The Worm Realm

Portfolio

Greed, bloodlust, blood, evil, hatred, uncontrolled impulses, spriggan

Avatar

Fighter	33
Thief	30
Illusionist	28
Wizard	28
Cleric	18

Urdlen (pronounced: /ˈɜːr d l ɛ n/ URD-len^[1]), also known as the Crawler Below, was a chaotic evil gnome deity. It took the form of a white mole, blind, hairless, sexless, but with claws of steel. A mindless force of evil and destruction, Urdlen was the only evil gnome deity. It was allowed to remain part of that pantheon by its leader Garl Glittergold as a reminder to all gnomes of the dangers of greed and bloodlust.^[1]

Relationships[]

Urdlen hated all the other gnomish deities, and they had no particular love for it either. Its actions also earned the wrath of the gods of halflings, dwarves, and kobolds, as well as Grumbar.^[1]

Worshipers[]

Worship of Urdlen was limited to either secretive cults or a lurking threat on the margins of society. Its clerics waged war on the clergy of other gnome deities, or spent their time stealing works of art and other objects of great value and destroying or defacing them.^[1]

Some tanar'ri priests were known to pledge themselves to Urdlen's service.^[12]

Dogma[]

Urdlen insisted that all living things had to be killed, and that all things created by the living had to be destroyed. It exhorted its followers to hate, covet, ruin, and destroy; to succumb to bloodlust; to revel in orgies of destruction and exult in killing. It claimed the strong would survive and subjugate the weak, and demanded that its followers appease it so it would not come to them.^[1]

History[]

In the Year of Three Ships Sailing, 1492 DR, nobles of Arabel found themselves in a conflict with the cultists of Urdlen. The conflict was stated to had been prolonged according to the reporting on the pages of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette.^[13]

Appendix[]

Notes[]

↑ There is a discrepancy or possible misprint in Faiths and Pantheons. On page 137 it states that Urdlen's home plane is the Golden Hills. The Player's Guide to Faerûn corrects this on page 156. Also note that in the Great Wheel cosmology, Urdlen lived in the Worm Realm in the 399th layer of the Abyss.

Gallery[]

Appearances[]

Video Games: Referenced only; Baldur's Gate III

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Edited by Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 137. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (May 29, 2018). Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 110, 112. ISBN 978-0786966240.
↑ Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 160. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.
↑ Steve Kenson, et al. (November 2015). Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 24, 115. ISBN 978-0-7869-6580-9.
↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0786965622.
↑ Ed Stark, James Jacobs, Erik Mona (June 13, 2006). Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 109, 156. ISBN 0-7869-3919-2.
↑ Hal Maclean (September 2004). “Seven Deadly Domains”. In Matthew Sernett ed. Dragon #323 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 65.
↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 189. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 156. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
↑ Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 158. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.
↑ Colin McComb (July 1996). “The Chant of the War”. In Ray Vallese ed. Hellbound: The Blood War (TSR, Inc.), p. 51. ISBN 0-7869-0407-0.
↑ Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.

Connections[]

The Lords of the Golden Hills

The gnome pantheon

Baervan Wildwanderer • Baravar Cloakshadow • Callarduran Smoothhands • Flandal Steelskin • Gaerdal Ironhand • Garl Glittergold • Nebelun • Segojan Earthcaller • Urdlen

Deities

Deities of the Post–Second Sundering Era

Deities of the Post-Spellplague Era

Deities of the Era of Upheaval

Deities of the Age of Humanity

[7] There is a discrepancy or possible misprint in Faiths and Pantheons. On page 137 it states that Urdlen's home plane is the Golden Hills. The Player's Guide to Faerûn corrects this on page 156. Also note that in the Great Wheel cosmology, Urdlen lived in the Worm Realm in the 399th layer of the Abyss.

[FP-p137-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Edited by Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 137. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.

[MTF5e-p110,112-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (May 29, 2018). Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 110, 112. ISBN 978-0786966240.

[DD-p160-3] Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 160. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.

[SCAG5e-p24,115-4] Steve Kenson, et al. (November 2015). Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 24, 115. ISBN 978-0-7869-6580-9.

[PHB5e-p62-5] Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.

[DMG5e-p96-97-6] Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0786965622.

[FC13e-p109,156-8] Ed Stark, James Jacobs, Erik Mona (June 13, 2006). Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 109, 156. ISBN 0-7869-3919-2.

[D323-65-9] Hal Maclean (September 2004). “Seven Deadly Domains”. In Matthew Sernett ed. Dragon #323 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 65.

[PGtF-p189-10] Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 189. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.

[PGtF-p156-11] Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 156. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.

[DD-158-12] Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 158. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.

[H.TBW-p51-13] Colin McComb (July 1996). “The Chant of the War”. In Ray Vallese ed. Hellbound: The Blood War (TSR, Inc.), p. 51. ISBN 0-7869-0407-0.

[bg3-14] Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.

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Urdlen

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