Auril the Frostmaiden (AW-rill)

Auril, called Saukuruk by her few worshipers among the Iulutiuns of the Great Glacier, was the neutral evil goddess of winter and cold in the Faerûnian pantheon. The embodiment of winter's cruelty and all its deadliest aspects, Lady Frostkiss had a heart of ice to match her lethally cold beauty, eternally preserved beneath a sheet of rime.
Auril was known to take several distinct forms. The first was a furious figure of action known as The Frostmaiden, the most frequently seen avatar in all but south and east Faerun. The Frostmaiden appeared as a lithe, attractive human woman with blue skin and a body made from ice and snow, her free-flowing hair long and white. She wore a fine, thickly furred gown and frost swirled around her. Auril's other form was the Icedawn, an impassive apparition of icy hauteur that silently glided through the air. The Icedawn wore an ornate crown and hooked, spurred armor of opaque and light blue ice.
In the late 15th century, Auril had another three new avatars; the Cold Crone appeared as a 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall, hunched bipedal creature with a snowy owl's head topped by a pair of curled ram's horns. She had cloven hooves, arms ending in sharp, black talones, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her from the neck down.
Auril's second form was the Brittle Maiden or Lady Icekiss, a 10 feet (3 meters) tall figure of fearsome feminine aspect with a thin cloak of mist surrounding her and eyes that burned with a cold, blue light. Made entirely of ice and frost, her body crackled while she moved, with icy blades growing from her form at odd angles and breaking off after growing too long.
Auril's third form was called Winter's Womb (or the Queen of Frozen Tears by her most devoted). It was a 3 feet (0.91 meters) in diameter diamond of ice with facets and a sharp point at the bottom. Hovering in the air, the diamond contained her divine spark and radiated intense cold in every direction, her voice seeming to emanate from its heart.

Current Form

In the late 15th century DR, Auril encroached onto Umberlee's domain by freezing her chaotic tides. Ending their alliance, Umberlee turned to the other Gods of Fury, Talos and Malar, and with their help forced Auril to retreat to the most frigid region of Toril: the Sea of Moving Ice. From an island known as Solstice, the Goddess of Winter caused the Everlasting Rime beginning in the Year of the Rune Lords Triumphant, 1487 DR. This seemingly eternal winter covered the area and extended over Icewind Dale for two years.This taxed the goddess, and as such, Auril became very weak, vulnerable, and self-isolated.

Titles:

Lady Frostkiss, The Cold Goddess, The Frost Sprite Queen, The Frostmaiden, Icedawn, The Cold Crone, The Brittle Maiden, Winter's Womb, Queen of Frozen Tears

Personality

Arrogant and vain, Auril was incapable of true feelings of love, honor, or other noble emotions, yet adored her ice and all forms of beauty. From natural wonders, to art objects, to the artists themselves, the Frostmaiden froze them all in magical ice, preserving them from the ravages of time and hoarding them away for her viewing pleasure alone. Her ultimate goal was to cover the Realms and all other lands beneath her ice and snow.
Despite being capricious, fickle and unpredictable, Auril was also supremely cold, unfeeling and apathetic. She was incapable of mercy or compassion, a sadist that took great pleasure in torturing her enemies and harassing her foes. She trapped offenders in blizzards and drove them insane with visions of warmth and the comforts of home, ultimately seeking to kill them with the sheer, bitter cold.

Divine Classification

Demigod

Current Location

Abode of the Frostmaiden

Species

Greater God

Realm

Ten-Towns

Church/Cult

Church of Auril

Presentation

Female

Aligned Organization

Church of Auril

Ruled Locations

• Abode of the Frostmaiden

Related Historical Events

• 1490 DR
  The Frostmaiden takes to the Sky

Relationships

In earlier centuries, Auril was a member of the Deities of Fury, along with Malar, Umberlee, and Talos, and used their combined destructive powers to inspired much reverent fear and tribute. Her relationship with Talos was said to be close and cordial, but this was no obstacle from his attempt to usurp her following and she preferred not to rely on him due to his habit of responding but then directing all glory to himself. Meanwhile she and Malar mutually hated each other. Umberlee was the only one she cooperated with to some degree of confidence, but eventually the wrathful sea goddess came to despise her enduring cold and the motionless sheets of ice her roiling seas were turned into, forming an alliance with the other Gods of Fury against the Frostmaiden.