Bane

Strife Emperor

Bane, the Strife Emperor is the evil deity of war and conquest. His followers accept his call to conflict, seeking lesser people to break and subjugate. Warmongering nations and many goblinoid tribes worship him as they conquer the world. The Strife Emperor twists all living things to his iron will, even forcing nature itself to bow to his whims. Bane is also known as the creator of the Curse of Strife.

Worship

Tal'Dorei

Bane is highly praised by the Iron Authority, a hobgoblin empire in the Beynsfal Plateaus of southern Tal'Dorei. Bane's 30-foot-tall helmet, lost during his final battle in the Calamity, is now the central palace of Tz'Arrm, the capital of the empire. The rest of Bane's shattered armor helps to bolster the Authority's war machine.
A organized sect of the Ravagers, led by the half-elf/half-dragonborn Grud the Great, worships Bane. They plan to march on the village in the Turst Fields.

Xhorhas

In the lands of the Kryn Dynasty, some hobgoblins and bugbears still worship Bane in a cult called the Lords of Strife.

History

During the Age of Arcanum, Bane twisted much of the dranassar race into goblinkin and used them in his attempt to conquer Exandria. This "Curse of Strife" that leads goblinoids to evil has been passed through the generations to the 9th century PD, though it can be broken by magic or extraordinary circumstances.
During the Calamity, Bane filled his armies with such corrupted creatures rather than recruit demons. In one of the last battles of the Calamity, Bane and his goblinoid legions battled Melora and her Free Children on the Beynsfal Plateaus of the Rifenmist Peninsula, where Bane was defeated and his armor was scattered across the region. The site was reduced to ash, and plants wouldn't grow there ever again.
In ~400-500 PD, Neminar Drassig made an infernal pact with Bane, and the Strife Emperor mutated and fueled Neminar's armies beyond human limits. This pact carried through the bloodline to Neminar's younger brother, Trist Drassig.

Divine Domains

Forge, Order, War.

Artifacts

The Bloody End was a morning star forged by Bane out of a pit fiend and was one of the Arms of the Betrayers that was associated with Bane.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Tenets of Faith

Fear is your ally. Conquer your fear, and inspire it in your foes.
Disorder and rebellion are to be punished severely.
To kill is life’s greatest pleasure, and perfecting the art of slaughter is life’s greatest pursuit.

Divine Classification

Betrayer God

Realm

Acheron

Pronouns

He/him/his

Gender

Male