The group pushes forward and enters yet another natural cavern-like room full of graves and...
A marble statue in the center of this large cavern depicts a guant, alien-looking creature with bulbous eyes, an insect's mandibles, and an elongated oval head. More graves are craved into the stone walls all around.
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Statue is representation of Jergal -
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Lord of the End of Everything, Scribe of the Doomed, Seneschal of the Crystal Spire, the Forgotten One, the Pitiless One[/SIZE]
Demipower (formerly Greater) of Hades, LN
PORTFOLIO: Fatalism, order in death, proper burial, guardian of tombs, protector of the names of the dead
ALIASES: Nakasr
DOMAIN NAME: Oinos/Crystal Spire
SUPERIOR: Kelemvor (formerly Cyric, and previous to that Myrkul)
ALLIES: Amaunator (now dead)
FOES: Cyric, Velsharoon
SYMBOL: A jawless skull and a writing quill resting on a scroll
WOR. ALIGN.: LG, NG, LN, N, LE, NE
Jergal (JER-gull), Lord of the End of Everything, is responsible for keeping records on the final disposition of all the spirits of the dead. He is the fatalistic undertaker who strives for order in death, anticipating the ever-encroaching termination of all things living. Jergal strives for an orderly accounting of the fate of the world as it slowly sinks into death. Few mortals are even aware of Jergal's existence except for a few sages studying ancient history.
Jergal was Myrkul's predecessor as Lord of the Dead, although he apparently voluntarily relinquished that position to the Lord of Bones many centuries ago. Some sages believe Jergal held the portfolios of Bhaal and Bane at that time, as well, and was venerated as Nakasr by the Netherese survivor states. After stepping down from his position, Jergal becamse the Seneschal of Bone Castle, assisting Myrkul in the execution of his duties. In the intervening centuries, Jergal has become the Forgottem One and faded into Myrkul's shadow.
In the aftermath of Velsharoon's divine ascendance, Jergal spends much of his efforts in the Realms combating the Necromancer's efforts to prolong life into undeath and to thwart the orderly procession of death in the Realms.
Jergal never angers, and always speaks with a disembodied, chilling voice that echoes with the dry whisper of a long forgotten crypt. His tone is always bland, his words fatalistic, and his demeanor excessively formal. Most mortals find the Forgotten One a shadowy, sinister figure who leaves a vague feeling of unease and enervation in his wake. Jergal is totally focused on death and perceives life as momentary existence before death's eternity. A few bards have noted that Jergal's philosophy and actions resemble a mortal attempting to tidy up his affairs and accounts before his imminent death.
This monstrous scribe is depicted in his religion's art as a smooth gray face holding no features other than a pair of bulging yellow eyes. His body is nothing but a shadow-filled gray cloak which rises and falls as if buffeted by an unseen wind, and he wears white gloves that are supported by invisible hands and arms.
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