Helm (Forgotten Realms)
| Game background | |
|---|---|
| Title(s) | The Watcher, the Vigilant One |
| Home plane | 2E: Everwatch (Mechanus) 3E: House of the Triad |
| Power level | Intermediate |
| Alignment | Lawful Neutral |
| Portfolio | Guardians, protectors, protection |
| Superior | Lord Ao |
| Design details | |
Helm (/ˈhɛlm/ HELM),The Watcher, is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Within the context of the game, Helm is known as the Vigilant One, the Great Guard, and The Watcher. God of guardians, protection and protectors, and worshiped by guards and paladins, he was long seen as a cold and focused deity who impartially took the role of defender and sometimes also enforcer. His activities in the Time of Troubles caused the folk of Faerûn to look differently on the Watcher.
Ed Greenwood created Helm for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, in his Forgotten Realms world.
Helm 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). Helm is introduced as He of the Unsleeping Eyes, the god of guardians, a lawful neutral lesser god from the plane of Nirvana. He is described as "always vigilant, watchful. He is never surprised, and anticipates most events by intelligence and observation. He can never be borne off his feet, rarely can he be tricked, and he will never betray or neglect that which he guards. In short, he is the ideal of guardians, and is worshipped so that some of his qualities will come to, or be borne out in, the worshipper." The article also notes that "In certain situations Torm and Helm will work together." Helm is commonly worshipped by lawful neutral thieves, monks, and clerics, as well as any characters employed as guards.
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