Torm 1800545 217815166 2008-06-07T20:25:31Z Damuna 2082480 /* Worshippers */ {{Notability|Proposed|[[Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)]]|date=January 2008}} {{FR-in-universe|object = a fictional deity}} {{Nofootnotes|date=February 2008}} {{context}}<br /> :''TORM may also refer to [[Dampskibsselskabet TORM]], a shipping company, or a [[Torm (Wheel of Time)|creature]] from [[The Wheel of Time]] novels. "[[Lõputu päev|Torm]]" is also a song by [[Terminaator]]''. {{Forgotten Realms Deity|fgcolor=#fff| image=| bgcolor=#000| fgcolor=#fff| name=Torm| title=The True, the True Deity, the Loyal Fury| home=The House of the Triad/Celestia| power=Lesser| alignment=Lawful Good| portfolio=Duty, loyalty, obedience, paladins and truth| alias=| super=[[Tyr (Forgotten Realms)|Tyr]]| }} '''Torm''', ''the True'', is a fictional deity in the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' [[campaign setting]] of the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[role-playing game]]. He is described as being the god of [[duty]], loyalty, obedience, paladins and truth. He is usually depicted as a [[knight]] riding a golden [[dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)|wyrm]]. ==Overview== Torm is a [[Alignment (role-playing games)#Lawful Good|Lawful Good]] lesser deity. His symbol is a [[gauntlet (gloves)|gauntlet]], much like the symbol of [[Helm (Forgotten Realms)|Helm]] and also that of [[Bane (god)|Bane]], though specifically Torm's symbol is a right-hand gauntlet held upright with palm forward. <ref name="FAP">{{cite book |author=Boyd, Eric L. and Erik Mona |title=Faiths and Pantheons |year=2002 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |id=ISBN 0-7869-2759-3}}</ref> ==Worshippers== Torm's clergy are described as being sworn to the Duty of Penance, a body of debts to be repaid to other deities, implemented after the [[Time of Troubles (Forgotten Realms)|Time of Troubles]], requiring them to take part in activities such as rooting out corruption in institutions and destroying cultists of [[Bane (god)|Bane]] and [[Cyric]]. In addition to clerics and paladins, martial warriors and other individuals who adhere to the ideals of Torm's portfolio such as good fighters, knights, guardians and loyal courtiers are also depicted as common worshippers of Torm. <ref name="FAP"/> ==History & Relationships== Prior to the [[Time of Troubles (Forgotten Realms)|Time of Troubles]] Torm was a relatively obscure minor demipower who served [[Tyr (Forgotten Realms)|Tyr]]. Torm gained considerable attention and praise during the Godswar when his faithful helped keep one of the missing [[Tablets of Fate]] safe, and his own avatar battled and completely destroyed the avatar of [[Bane (god)|Bane]] outside [[Tantras (Forgotten Realms)|Tantras]], seemingly killing the god who has already been weakened by [[Mystra (goddess)|Mystra]] and her servant [[Elminster]]. Torm died in the conflict too, but because of his loyalty to his portfolio was resurrected by the overdeity [[Lord Ao|Ao]] at the end of the Time of Troubles, with his power increased to that of a lesser deity. <ref name="FAP"/> Torm is one of the three deities of similar interests known as the Triad, along with the more powerful [[Ilmater]] and Tyr, whom he serves. Torm has a friendship with [[Helm (god)|Helm]] too, though the two deities' priesthoods are cold to one another. Torm has many enemies amongst the foul deities, but the return of his arch nemesis Bane has forced Torm to concentrate his efforts again. <ref name="FAP"/> ==See also== *[[List of Forgotten Realms deities]] ==References== {{reflist}} *Martin, Julia, and Eric L Boyd. ''[[Faiths & Avatars]]'' (TSR, 1996). [[Category:Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction]] [[Category:Dungeons & Dragons articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction]] [[Category:Forgotten Realms deities]] {{ForgottenRealms-stub}} [[fr:Torm]]