Hey @TheEdVerse can you tell me what Elminster has told you about the relationship between Myrkul and Velsharoon is now a days? Like how are they different, or how do they see each other’s role in the pantheon?
— Leslie Courtney (@LeslieCourtne14) April 4, 2020
1)
Myrkul is the god of the dead, and some of his worshippers are powerful undead (liches, vampires, and the like), whom he works with and champions the aims/causes of.
Velsharoon is the god of necromancy, and is feared or 2)
…detested by many undead; most of his worshippers are living mortal necromancers (who of course will also worship Myrkul and all other deities they know of).
In Elminster’s view, Myrkul is (or was; there’s a chance that all of…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 5, 2020
3)
…the Dead Three returned after the Sundering more sharply limited in power than many other returning deities—though Velsharoon may well also be sharply limited) more powerful than Velsharoon, and more autonomous (Velsharoon 4)
…obeys Azuth, Myrkul obeys no one but is influenced by Bhaal and Bane, and all of the Dead Three are likely heavily manipulated by Jergal).
No one knows how gods see other gods except by what mortals can infer from what deities…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 5, 2020
5)
…and their avatars and senior servitors say and do, and if a mortal doesn’t observe such behavior directly, they should always be aware that clergy habitually ‘spin’ what they report to lay worshippers, and spread as rumor, 6)
…to often be more propaganda to raise the profile and importance of ‘their’ deity, than it is truth.
However, Elminster believes, from his own past observations, that Myrkul dismisses Velsharoon as a ‘grasping mortal’ of barely…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 5, 2020
7)
…divine power, and otherwise seeks to ignore him. And Velsharoon sees Myrkul as a do-little has-been, no longer of consequence in the affairs of the world.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 5, 2020
