Bhaal
| Game background | |
|---|---|
| Title(s) | Lord of Murder |
| Home plane | 2E: Throne of Blood (Gehenna) 3E: Barrens of Doom and Despair |
| Power level | Intermediate deity (deceased) |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| Portfolio | Murder |
| Domains | Death, Destruction, Evil, Retribution |
| Design details | |
Bhaal (/bəˈhɑːl/ bə-HAHL), Lord of Murder, is a deity of the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Ed Greenwood created Bhaal for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, set in the Forgotten Realms.
Bhaal 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). Bhaal is introduced as Lord of Murder, the god of death, a lawful evil lesser god from the plane of Gehenna. The article states that "Bhaal strikes unerringly, and his dagger causes the area wounded to wither," and that he "rarely appears to worshippers or others, but is depicted by priests as a bloody, mutilated corpse with a feral face and silent movements. It is said that every murder done strengthens Bhaal. Myrkul is lord of the dead; Bhaal is the lord of death itself, the act of killing." Bhaal is described as one of “The Dark Gods” of evil alignment: "Loviatar, Talona, and Malar serve Bane through Bhaal (although Loviatar and Talona are rivals). Bhaal and Myrkul have an unbreakable, symbiotic alliance." Bhaal is commonly worshipped by assassins of any evil alignment, as well as lawful evil clerics.
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