Editing Tempus (section)

==History==
He has been around since the very beginning, being created as part of the initial struggles between [[Selune]] and [[Shar]], though he was not always the pre-eminent deity of war. That distinction originally went to Garagos, who was a far more primal incarnation of war and fury. Tempus represented martial skill, respect, and battle conducted in a proper-manner, as opposed to slaughter without end. 

In the early history of the Realms, as a young demi-god, Tempus fought against Garagos and managed to turn his opponent's rage against him, claiming the title as "Lord of Battles". From a purely philisophical point of view, this probably has more to do with natural development of mortals and the ascendance of planned warfare and tactics over untrained screaming hordes, so Tempus' would naturally come to ascendance as well.

Tempus also has an odd relationship with [[Eldath]], the goddess of peace, while he considers her absolutely naive and starry-eyed and generally ignores her on a one-to-one basis, he understands that "War" is pointless without "Peace" to contrast it against. By decree, his followers are forbidden from harming members of Eldath's clergy; those who do find themselves denied the daily resurrection in Tempus' home plane of ''Warrior's Rest'', and fade into nothingness on their first death. Self-defense might be a good way to [[Rules Lawyer]] your way around this decree, though any "priest" of Eldath that attacks first is probably not actually a real priest of Eldath.