Editing Gruumsh (section)

==History==
Gruumsh has always been the head of the Orc pantheon, though supposedly in pre-history, someone attempted to depose him and was so utterly destroyed that they remain unknown; but it did cause Gruumsh to maintain an iron fisted lordship over the other deities and he constantly watches for weakness and betrayal.

Much of Gruumsh's history is as the antagonist in the conflict with [[Corellon Larethian]], therefore most details of the story come from Elven sources and that their enmity stems from the division of portfolios during the dawn of time with Gruumsh missing out on all of the favourable traits and territories leaving the orc people homeless. Various different stories of their battles giving different accounts of how and where Gruumsh "lost" his eye, though most agree that there were many battles between the two deities, so the exact details from one even may be conflated with another.

Early stories leave Gruumsh unconnected with the story of [[Lolth]] and the exile of the [[Drow]], though later interpretations from both the [[Forgotten Realms]] and ''"Core"'' D&D tend to agree that Gruumsh played some part of it:
*Some stories have Gruumsh "kidnapping" ''(wink wink)'' Corellon's wife as reparations due to the unfair allocation of portfolios, or simply because Lolth seduced him; either way, it forces Corellon to storm the fortress in order to get her out and Corellon arises victorious.
*In 3e Forgotten Realms, Araushnee ''(the pre-fall name for Lolth)'' steps in and causes Corellon's sword to shatter during one of their battles, resulting in a retreat and causing the battle to spill into Arvandor where Corellon is able to reforge his sword and strike the fateful blow.

Whether or not Orcs believe that Corellon actually took the eye of Gruumsh, they seek to emulate his appearance either by wearing an eye-patch or actually putting out one of their own eyes.

He also killed [[Ra]].