Death of Bhaal

Religious event

Bhaal, intermediate god of murder, was slain by the young mortal Cyric with the sword Godsbane. However, Bhaal had foreseen his own death, and had populated Faerûn with his progeny, the Bhaalspawn, in a bid to resurrect himself.

During the Time of Troubles, when Ao the overgod forced the gods to walk among their mortal followers, Bhaal foresaw his own death. So the god of assassins enacted a plan to escape his doom. After adopting mortal form, Bhaal mated with many females throughout Toril. These unions conceived the Bhaalspawn, beings imbued with a spark of their sire’s divine essence. The offspring were gifted with unusual powers and unnaturally long lives and were behaviorally inclined toward violence and murder. Such feelings were particularly strong when the spawn were around each other, as Bhaal had envisioned. From the outset, the Lord of Murder had intended for his spawn to kill one another, with each surviving offspring absorbing more and more of Bhaal’s divine essence.