Milil

Milil (/mᵻˈlɪl/ mə-LIL) is the fictional god of song and poetry in the Forgotten Realms setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

Publication history

Ed Greenwood created Milil for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, giving him some of the powers from the version of the Norse deity Bragi found in original version of the book Deities & Demigods.

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

Milil 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). Milil was introduced as the god of poetry, eloquence, and song, a neutral good demigod from the Happy Hunting Grounds. The article notes that Milil is connected to Oghma and Sune, and states that he is "held in special esteem by bards. He is seen as a young, charismatic man with beautiful features and voice, but is usually manifested as a haunting music (particularly in clearings in the depths of a wood), or a radiance about some human bard or raconteur in the throes of inspiration." Milil's alliances are also described: "Oghma is served by Gond on one hand, and by Milil and Deneir on the other. Milil often works directly with Lliira." Milil is commonly worshipped by neutral good thieves and clerics, as well as any bards, and characters employed as poets, artists, scribes, and sages.