Editing Bane (section)

==Forgotten Realms==
Bane is one of a band of three evil deities collectively nicknamed ''"The Dead Three"'', alongside his buddies [[Bhaal]] and [[Myrkul]]. They were originally epic-level evil [[adventurers]] who set out to claim the godhood of [[Jergal]], Faerun's original god of Strife, Death and the Dead. They expected a conflict of epic proportions. Instead, the world-weary and jaded deity willingly abdicated; after a game of knucklebones, each took one third of Jergal's portfolio. Bane took Strife and turned it into the portfolio of War, Tyranny and Conquest.

He brought his friend [[Myrkul]] to help steal the Tablets of Fate from [[Ao]] because they thought it'd make them omnipotent. This attempt to grab his prize failed, and while they didn't get caught their master plan didn't account for Ao starting the [[Time of Troubles]] to force ''all'' the gods to learn some humanity. During this time Bane was forced to walk the prime material as his avatar, which was only big in comparison to humans. [[Fail|During this time he and his butt-buddies were killed]], leading to them being nicknamed ''"The '''Dead''' Three"'' forevermore. Luckily for him (and showing he isn't completely stupid) he had a contingency in place in case it didn't work out, namely his son [[Iyachtu Xvim]] through which he reincarnated himself and wrestled his portfolio and powers back. Basically a more successful version of his old buddy [[Bhaal]] and [[Bhaalspawn|his plan for his kids]].

In Fifth Edition, he's locked in a cold war with [[Asmodeus]], who doesn't really pay him much attention because he has bigger problems, like dealing with his treacherous [[Archdevil]] underlings and the [[Blood War]].  Despite being rightly named "The Tyrant God", he has a Black Monastery in Elturel, the City of Paladins, which is '''hilarious'''.  He doesn't act up as much as he used to for story reasons, but /tg/ doesn't let that slow them down, no sir. [[Story:Holy Opposites|Not at all.]]

However, the book ''Descent Into Avernus'' gives him a new status quo, that of a Quasi-divine Entity. He is explicitly not a true God any more, although he can still grant spells, and even has a physical body somewhere. Larian has confirmed him and the other Dead Three are behind part of the plot of ''[[Baldur's Gate]] III''. If this is plans coming to fruition after his death or something by the (all now revived) trio remains to be seen.