Milil

Milil is venerated as the Astoran lesser deity of song, poetry, eloquence, creativity, and inspiration. He represents the whole song rather than just one part, such as the music or lyrics, not just the finished thought, but the whole process that takes an idea from its conception to its completion. In the mindset encouraged by the Lord of Song, life itself is like a song, beginning at birth and ending upon death.

Description

Milil appeared as a young, charismatic 10 feet (3 meters) tall male with shoulder-length golden hair, indistinguishable as either human or elf. His clean, handsome good looks were exceeded by hauntingly beautiful voice. He dressed in the bright, elegantly patterned clothes of a troubadour accented with gold jewelry and other eye-catching decorations. Manifestations

Milil often appeared on Toril as haunting music or as a beautiful disembodied male voice that resonated within woodland clearings. He enjoyed planting beneficial visions in the minds of performers and artists that pleased him, which included locations of treasure or the whereabouts of long-lost loved ones. Another favored manifestation of Milil was that of a shimmering radiance, emanating from a bard, poet or other performer who was in the throes of inspiration in the pinnacle of a performance. The sight of this brilliant aura could move audiences to tears, bring them to give generous donations and offerings or act in blindfold obedience of the performing artist.

To signify his approval of artistic work, whether it be a song, epic poem, theatrical performance or the like, Milil would conjure a golden-lined image of two dancing hollyphants. This appeared out of thin air or, if on parchment, as what seemed like glowing yellow ink.

Milil's favored weapon was Sharptongue, a magical rapier he would, on occasion, lend to mortals performing great quests in his honor. He could also conjure a harp of magical flames, which was a favored display to demonstrate his divinity.

Personality

Milil is a consummate performer and possesses a confident, constantly inspired personality. He possesses an impeccable memory as well as a broad knowledge of lore from across Toril that serves to bolster the facile improvisations of which he is more-than-capable. However, Milil is also quite egotistical and adores being the center of attention, and is easily bored when this isn't the case. He is also extremely flirtatious, with both mortals and other deities alike.

Worshippers

He was predominantly worshiped by human, elf, and half-elf bards but attracted other musically inclined individuals such as troubadours and poets. The faith of Milil was an organized group that attracted attractive, sensual, and musically inclined followers. In addition to their affinity with song and musical instruments, they tended to appreciate good food and wine, and the beauty found in both nature and civilized society. The church was composed primarily of clerics, but also included bards, mystics, and spellsingers.

Dogma

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Church_of_Milil

Clergy

Harmonious Order: This group of personable and swaggering paladins encouraged bards to accompany them to create ballads based on their exploits taken in Milil's name.

Relationships

As a deity, Milil, along with Deneir and Gond, served the greater power of Oghma. Despite this shared service, Milil had little in common with Gond, and they had a slightly strained relationship.

Milil maintained very good relations with a number of powerful gods, including Mystra, Sune, and Lliira, as well as with the gods of the elven pantheon. He felt that Finder Wyvernspur showed some promise, but Finder did not feel the same about Milil.

After Milil made a mocking ballad about Cyric and his insanity, the Prince of Lies became an enemy of the Lord of Song.

History

In the Year of the Banner, 1368 DR, Ayryn Farlight held a scrying session for select members of the Society of Sensation, using her sorcerous gift to observe various deities of Toril. When she attempted to scry Tymora, her magic sight was redirected by the goddess to observing Jasmine and Joel of Finder Wyvernspur's Band. Eventually, her sight was focused on Milil who was delighted to have an audience. The deity used magic to affix the scrying and performed the following songs: The Baker's Daughter; a jaunty hin tune known as Pipeweed Dreams; a lengthy ballad called The Seven Sisters; Three Thayvian Roses; The Purple Dragons of Cormyr; and a number of Faerûnian folk songs about such mundane things as milking cows, weather, and crops. Eventually, the Sensates started getting bored of the performance and Milil responded by starting to sing an opera—The Fall of Myth Drannor. The long and torturous performance was a punishment for trying to spy on a god.

During the Era of Upheaval, Milil was simply an exarch of Oghma.

Soon after making a mocking ballad about Cyric, Milil was ejected from the pantheon and banished to the Fugue Plane. As a result, musical prayers went out of fashion among bards. Some time before the late Year of Lost Ships, 1400 DR, Lord of Song was rescued by a mysterious being called Withers, who pulled him out of the Fugue Plane. However, as payment, Milil had to "hounor the worthy", whenever Wither asked him to, a favour he was eternally invoking.

Milil

Lesser deity

Basic Information

Titles

Lord of Song
Lord of All Songs
Guardian of Singers and Troubadours
One Who Watches While Music is Alive
One True Hand of All-Wise Oghma
Lord of Screeching Racket (derogatory)

Adjectives

Mililan, Sorlyn

Pantheons

Astoran

Serves

Oghma

Attributes

Alignment

Neutral Good

Symbol

Five-stringed harp made of silver leaves

Realm

Wilderness of the Beastlands/Brux/Library of all Knowledge

Portfolio

Eloquence, Poetry, Song

Favored Weapon

Sharptongue (rapier)

Following

Worshippers

Adventurers
Bards
Entertainers

Alignments

LG, NG, CG

Domains

Charm (Captivation)
Good (-)
Knowledge (-)
Nobility (-)

Favored Aspects

Animals/Plants

Songbirds
Nightingales
Peregrine falcons
Calico cats
White steeds

Lilies
Peonies
Red or yellow roses

Monsters

Aasimar
Hollyphants
Light aasimons
Movanic devas
Pegasi
Solars

Minerals

Perfectly formed gem stones