CYRIC
God of Lies
LEGEND & FOLKLORE:
Before the Gods War, Cyric was a mortal thief hailing from the streets of the Town of Rubble. He attempted to steal the "Ring of Winter" from a powerful tribe of frost giants in 'Strihnid' but was unsuccessful and became trapped in their cave. The opportunity to flee only came when a band of adventurers, including the mercenary "Kelemvor Lyonsbane", attacked the frost giants' lair while also trying to find the Ring of Winter. Kelemvor's entire party, save himself, was slain and only he and Cyric managed to escape. Once back in Aikoris the two eventually joined "Adon", a young cleric of Sune in Saron, and they took work for the local city watch to uncover a traitor.
Cyric ascended to godhood early in the second Era. At some point after this, Cyric killed "Leira", making himself the God of Deception, Murder, Strife, the Dead (a title he later lost to Kelemvor), and Intrigue (when he temporarily killed Mask). Cyric also released "Kezef the Chaos Hound", and created a book called the "Cyrinishad", a magical tome that proclaimed him the One True Deity. This last plot ultimately failed (though not before the book was written and read by both Mask and Cyric, which cost Mask most of his power and drove Cyric insane).
In retaliation for his murder of "Mystra", which sparked the "Spellplague", "Lathander", "Tyr", and "Sune" trapped Cyric in the Supreme Throne for 1000 years.
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