Azuth
Azuth, also known as the Lord of Spells and the God of Wizards, is a lesser deity whose concerns included the perpetuation of the magical arts as a craft. He is worshiped by all manner of arcane spellcasters, though is venerated by wizards in particular.
The Lord of Spells often appears as an elderly man with a long, white beard garbed in antique clothes and wielding a gem-topped staff. He often comes across as crotchety and cantankerous, even to other gods and is somewhat misunderstood. His dry wit and unending devotion to the pursuit of the arcane typically rubs others the wrong way.
In life, and beyond, Azuth maintains a dynamic relationship with his divine superior Mystra; having served as her Chosen, her subordinate and her lover. During the Decline, Azuth fled from the warring between gods after Mystras death, and searched for ways to revive gods. This search instead led him to find a powerful human wizard, Midnight, who he requested take the mantle of Mystra and replace her.
History
During or shortly after the Dawn Cataclysm, in his bid for divinity, Azuth sought to steal a portion of the demigod Savras' power in a gambit that ultimately failed. This led to a protracted series of battles between Azuth and Savras, culminating in a duel that shattered a mountain and created a deep lake. Azuth was successful and managed to imprison the deity Savras within a staff he had created, the Scepter of Savras. And thus, with the help of Mystra who had now become his lover, Azuth finally ascended to divine status. Azuth lost the staff, but Syluné Silverhand found it and returned it to him, whereupon Azuth began to feel guilty for imprisoning Savras and, after the Time of Troubles, freed him from his imprisonment in exchange for a pledge of fealty. During the Mortalbound Period of 380 DC, Azuth lived in Averum and; in a bid to avoid his status as a god being forgotten entirely, founded the Azuth Academy. This proved to be a major gain for the oft-forgotten Church of Azuth in addition to the academy becoming a location sought by after by intermediate arcane spellcasters seeking to master their craft. The destruction of Dweomerheart during the Decline sent the dying Azuth into Asmodeus's domain of Nessus. Although many people believed the archdevil killed Azuth and consumed his divine essence to attain godhood, in fact Asmodeus fused with Azuth, and both gods coexisted since then in the same body. Most of the time Asmodeus overpowered Azuth, using his divine powers while the God of Wizards was in a dormant state. But in a rare few occasions Azuth was able to gain dominion of their shared body, and many denizens of the Nine Hells believed Asmodeus had become mad due to his strange behavior. In 482, during the Decline, Azuth had regained most of his strength and was able to choose Ilstan Nyaril as his Chosen. Asmodeus and Azuth began to struggle for dominion over their shared body and the hierarchy of the Nine Hells was jeopardized because of that. Ilstan and Farideh, one of the Chosen of Asmodeus, devised a plan to separate both gods and avoid a potential devil invasion to all the multiverse. They contacted the god Silvanus through his Chosen, Olan Tumbletuck, and Asmodeus agreed to release Azuth from his body and to release the Halfling deity Pelian Brandymore divine spark for Azuth to consume. In a ritual performed in what is now the Chankrat Union, amid the First Calishtan War, on Hammer 10 of 487 DR, Ilstan sacrificed his life to allow Azuth become an individual god once more. After the Decline had ended, Azuth returned to the Edarmyrni pantheon.Divine Domains
Azuth's divine realm, located on Buxenus, the second layer of Arcadia in the Great Wheel cosmology, was also called Azuth.
Holy Books & Codes
The Enchantment of Everything, is Azuths spellbook. It's said to contain every spell able to be cast, though can only be read by Azuth himself.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Left hand, wreathed in flame, pointing towards the sky.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Azuth was served by the deity Savras, with which he maintained a complex relationship, having kept the Lord of Divination as prisoner for many years. He also call Deneir, Oghma and Leira as allies of his, and had a close relationship with Anastra Syluné Silverhand.
Azuth was subservient to both Mystra and later Midnight, having sat as an adviser for and acted as a favored student of the goddess of magic. On one occasion he was asked by Mystra subtly manipulate the leaders in the Chankrat area during the Second Calishtan War.
While his relationship with the first Mystra was one of deep mutual affection, he took a more paternal stance with her later incarnation - guiding her through a difficult time of acclimatization to her role. Although he was one of Mystra's lovers, he was in love with one of her Chosen, Alvaerele Tasundrym, having protected her from danger.
Divine Classification
Deity
Religions
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Children
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