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

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).