History Characters / ForgottenRealmsGods

->'''Liberty's Maiden, The Coinmaiden,, Merchants' Friend, Merchant's Friend, The Golden Lady, Our Lady of Gold, Lady of Trade'''

* LordOfTheOcean: The oceans of Faerûn are her divine domain.

* SeaMonster: Patron goddess of most of them.
* SlapSlapKiss: Her dynamic with Talos, with Umberlee positioning herself as a flirt in order to stay in Talos' good graces, although she'd much rather [[TheStarscream overthrow him and take his portfolio for herself.]]

* GodOfEvil: Bane is the god of strife (reimagined as tyranny, fear and hatred), Bhaal the god of death (reimagined as murder), and Myrkul god of the dead (he was a colossal dick about it).
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: While [=DnD=] has more than its fair share of evil gods, these three are some of the biggest troublemakers among them, often going out of their way to hatch apocolyptic schemes that benefit absolutely nobody, sometimes even themselves, and all three of them are a DeityOfHumanOrigin.

* LightIsNotGood: In the Baldur's Gate ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' set he's given a (partly) [[WhiteMagic white]] card and his worshippers are in white cards, due to that other game's color pie.

* LightIsGood: The ''Realms''' crown example of this trope for the first three editions, through the Dawn Cataclysm calls it into question.
* NeverMyFault: Lathander's selfish attempt at reshaping whole pantheon in his image has caused the Dawn Cataclysm, that killed several dieties. Out of the survivors some never forgave Lathander, including Helm and Tyche, who broke off their relationship in disgust. Lathander promptly decided... that the plan was good, his actions were righteous and it's all fault of the agents of Shar that it didn't work out. He is working on a second attempt.

%%* LightIsGood: The ''Realms''' crown example of this trope for the first three editions.

[[caption-width-right:268:''Ubato, The Deciever'' (as depicted in 3e)]]

%%* ArchEnemy: With Bane and Cyric.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her attempt at returning to her domain against Ao's orders, in order to fix things, only made them ''worse''.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: After he takes over as the chief GodOfEvil for a time, some of his top followers are former Banites who hated his guts when he was mortal and have to suppress their serious disdain for him. Cyric is well aware and rubs it in their face as much as he can.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Back when he when he was full-on evil, Mask was the most likely of all the villainous gods to ally with the neutral and good-aligned characters against some greater problem or menace, but it was almost always for some self-serving reason like gaining more power and he always betrayed at least some of his allies to further his own ends, not to mention he was perfectly willing to kill innocent people whose only crime was being in his way and encouraged his followers to do the same. Even as a more morally neutral god, he's still a ruthless killer and cannot be wholly trusted, except that he's usually still opposed to more malevolent deities regardless.

* TricksterGod: He's not the actual god of trickery or lies, but he and his followers still consider them very useful tools.

* TrueNeutral: [[invoked]] The Forest Father takes no side but nature's, even having a blatantly evil deity like Malar serving under him as an exarch. That said, it doesn't make him particularly fond of mindless bloodshed.

* WorfHadTheFlu: In ''TabletopGame/IcewindDaleRimeOfTheFrostmaiden'', maintaining the Everlasting Rime takes the majority of her power, weakening her greatly. This is the main reason the party stands a chance of defeating her in a straight up confrontation.

The Netherese solar deity of order, the sun, law, and time. He is viewed as a harsh but fair deity, revered by many rulers, soldiers, and powerful wizards.

Good god of the sun, mornings, strength, renewal, optimism, creativity and self-perfection. Claimed by some to be the reincarnation of the Netherese sun god Amaunator, a viewpoint generally met with disapproval by his clergy until it was made canon in the fourth edition.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Lathander was the god of self-improvement but always in a non-destructive fashion.
** Played straight with the Dawn Catalcysm, where Lathander tried and failed to reshape the Faerun pantheon in his own image, a plan that went awry and resulted in the deaths of several gods, and which Lathander still thinks was a good idea that he wants to try again.
* ArchEnemy: To Shard, Goddess of Darkness, Loss and Despair. Their portfolios are almost totally opposed, and Lathander believes Shar sabotaged his "Dawn Cataclysm" plan, while in turn as both Lathander and Amaunator he and his faithful were crucial in thwarting her Cycle of Night ritual which would have destroyed all of Toril.

* LightIsGood: The ''Realms''' crown example of this trope for the first three editions.
* NoodleIncident: The Dawn Cataclysm, an attempt by Lathander to "improve" the gods themselves (read- remake them more in his own liking), which caused at several divine casualties and led to long-standing resentment between Lathander and Helm, particularly as one of the victims was a goddess Helm was in love with.
* PutOnABus: Lathander disappeared in the fourth edition and was replaced by Amaunator, the Netherese sun god, with the understanding that the new Amaunator was both gods united. He's back for fifth edition though Amaunator is also still around and the connection between the two is murky.

* BackFromTheDead: Died after the fall of Netheril, when his worshippers either died or abandoned him. Was reborn as Lathander, and reborn again after the Spellplague.

* LightIsGood: Currently played straight: Lathander was NeutralGood and Amaunator is LawfulGood. In Netherese times however, he was LawfulNeutral.
* SolarAndLunar: Oddly doesn't have a strong connection to the moon deity.

* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: As a Neutral deity, Silvanus seeks only to maintain equilibrium between growth and destruction.

* YouHaveFailedMe: The punishment for treason or failure for any of his followers is agonising torture or death, followed by yet agonising torture in the afterlife especially if they died failing him in the first place.

* TheFaceless: Her true appearance is a complete mystery, as Leira never showed her true face to anyone.

* TricksterGod: He's the god of trickery and thieves.

* GoodParents: Despite philospohical differences with his good aligned, openly benevolent daughter Mielikki he is never anything but supportive of her and the two get along very well.