Malar

Malar may refer to:

Places

Any of four villages in Tamil Nadu, named "flower" or "blossum" Tamil malar:

People

Other

List of Forgotten Realms deities

This is a list of Forgotten Realms deities. They are all deities that appear in the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

Forgotten Realms vs. core D&D

The deities of other Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings, including those of the default (or "core") setting for the Dungeons & Dragons game, are not generally a part of Forgotten Realms. However, there is some overlap, especially among the deities of nonhuman races. Lolth, the principal deity of the drow in the Forgotten Realms, is specifically described as being the same deity as Lolth in other campaign settings. No mention is made as to whether other deities shared between Forgotten Realms and other campaign settings are intended to represent the same divine entity.

Deities are included in this list only when documented in a Forgotten Realms-specific source or otherwise clearly indicated as existing in the setting. For deities in the core setting, see List of deities of Dungeons & Dragons.

Malar (Forgotten Realms)

Malar (/ˈmeɪlɑːr/ MAY-lar) is the Faerûnian deity of the hunt, evil lycanthropes (werecreatures), and bestial savagery and bloodlust in Ed Greenwood's Forgotten Realms fictional world of Abeir-Toril for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. His dogma, such as it is, concerns savage hunts (often of sapient, humanoid prey), the spreading of the curse of lycanthropy (primarily of the werewolf variety), and general contempt for civilization.

Publication history

Ed Greenwood created Malar for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, set in Greenwood's Forgotten Realms world.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977–1988)

Malar first appeared within Dungeons & Dragons as one of the deities featured in Ed Greenwood's article "Down-to-earth Divinity" in Dragon #54 (October 1981). Malar is introduced as the Beastlord, the Stalker, god of wild, marauding beasts, bloodlust, and hunting; he is a chaotic evil lesser god from the plane of Tarterus. Malar is described as "Related to Silvanus and the other “nature” gods, Malar is said to be black, covered with wet, dripping blood, and having the fangs and clawed forelimbs of a great cat. Hunters (both for game and in sport) make offerings to him before setting forth in the chase, and he is said to manifest himself in berserkers, enraged beasts, and in that type of frenzied human killer that men deem “mad.” Bhaal is overlord to those who view killing as an art to be coldly perfected; Malar is the patron of those who exult in it endlessly, sensually; adventurers rather than perfectionists." Malar is described as one of “The Gods of Fury,” which is what these four gods are known as collectively: "Talos is served by Auril, Umberlee, and Malar"; Malar is also one of “The Dark Gods” of evil alignment: "Loviatar, Talona, and Malar serve Bane through Bhaal." Malar is established as being commonly worshipped by chaotic evil fighters, assassins, and clerics.