Kelemvor

Kelemvor
Alignment	Lawful Neutral
Divine Rank	Greater God
Pantheon	Faerun
Portfolio	Death, being dead
Domains	3e: Fate, Law, Protection, Repose, Travel (but not Death, cus its evil). 4e: DEATH, Fate, Justice. 5e: Frickin' DEATH!
Home Plane	The Fugue Plane
Worshippers	Morticians, Mourners, Emos, Undead-Slayers
Favoured Weapon	bad Fatal Touch (BASTARD sword)

Kelemvor, who was once the mortal Kelemvir Lyonsbane is the current god of the Dead in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Having taken a long convoluted route to getting there, and not actually seeking the job.

Despite having his powers and duties literally transferred to him from Myrkul (via Mask and Cyric) since the 5e reset, and subsequent resurrection of the former god of the Dead (and his brother Bhaal - god of making people dead) it is not quite known how they fit in with Kelemvor's portfolio.

History

Ascension

As mentioned, he was born a mortal: Kelemvor of the Lyonsbane family. A minor noble and a bloodline of little note. Except to one slighted sorceress who was abandoned in the distant past by her Murderhobo companion: Kyle Lyonsbane, who decided to leave her in her wounded state so he could go rob as much loot as possible.

So she pulled a curse on the family, where his descendants would turn into uber-sexy werepanthers if they ever did anything purely for profit. Unfortunately the stupid cow couldn't get the magic to stick, and so the descendants of Kyle would turn into panthers if they ever did anything that didn't give them any profit. So the family became miserly assholes who had absolutely strict terms of payment before they'd get off their arses to do anything, not matter what.

By Kelemvor's time, he had to insist on payment even in situations where his friends were in trouble, being unable to help them for free without turning into a giant cat and tearing their faces off.

So Kelemvor entered into the lifestyle of a mercenary, which worked for him. It was as a mercenary when he came into the service of the mortal Midnight and a companion of Cyric. Their little adventuring party was rounded out by a Cleric of Sune called Adon (who never became a god so we can forget him).

During the Time of Troubles, Cyric got his hands on the sword Godsbane which had been used to kill the deities Bhaal and Leira. So Cyric pulled a dick move and decided to kill Kelemvor with it and take on the mantles of Death, Betrayal and Lies. While in the aftermath, Kelemvor's other companion Midnight got promoted to the goddess Mystra.

However, Cyric sucked as a god of the Dead, and ignored his duties in favour of trying to use to more divine portfolios so he could make himself the one true God, all the while hunting for the soul of Kelemvor, so he could use it to blackmail Mystra, who had been his lover, though Cyric couldn't actually find the soul anywhere in his domain, and being god if the Dead made him immensely paranoid that Kelemvor somehow wasn't dead. Furthermore, within his own realm, his subjects were revolting against him and he was losing control. Cyric discovered that the reason for all the mayhem was that his sword: Godsbane was actually the god Mask in disguise and had been working against him for years. When Cyric smashed the sword, it released the soul of Kelemvor, which had been stolen the moment he killed him.

Then the soul of Kelemvor fought the god Cyric, and WON. Though there is more to it than that, considering that: 1) Kelemvor had been readied for his moment of vengeance in his years spent with Mask. 2) that Cyric was already weakened because his realm was beyond his control and 3) the overgod Ao had had enough of Cyric's shit, and was prepared to hand over the duties of managing the dead to Kelemvor, who would undoubtedly be more competent than Cyric.

So Kelemvor eventually became the God of the Dead.

Godhood

His first action was to tear down the shitty macabre decorations the previous gods used to decorate the realm and build a crystal city as a shining beacon of hope.