Editing Bane (section)

==In 4e==
The god who would one day become the Iron General was once one of three brothers: [[Kord]], Tuern and Achra, his original name. Three deities who reveled in combat, but for different reasons: Kord loved competition and proving himself, Tuern loved the pain he caused in his enemies, and Achra loved the domination victory gave him.

Initially, the [[Dawn War]] went bad for the gods: each would assemble his/her own armies and go to war with the massed [[Archomental|Primordials]]. Initially Tuern and Achra fought together, but Achra believed that if they were to be victorious, all gods should work together. Rallying the few deities who wanted to fight at his side, he lead an army of united [[god]]s, [[angel]]s and mortals against the forces of the Queen of Bronze, Tabrach-Ti. After a terrible fight, Achra stood victorious over the Queen's body; the first Primordial to fall. This had two effects: firstly, all of the gods now agreed that they needed to work on an united front if they wanted to prove victorious. Secondly, the forces of the Primordials gave a new name to the leader of their enemies, the moniker by which he came to be known even amongst mortals: Bane.

During his stint as the general of the forces of the gods, Bane befriended [[Asmodeus]], in whom he saw a kindred spirit. Tuern, on the other hand, got jealous of his brother's position. Things went bad for the Iron General once the war was over; [[Horus|he'd expected to be named King of the Gods, and instead everyone just wanted to get on with their own things]].

The hope of an ordered and structured world that he would lead was dashed, leaving Bane to plot for the day he would make the world like this. His first step was to both conquer a mighty fortress to use as his own, and to overthrow his rival and brother, Tuern. In a violent siege Bane killed his brother and took control of the fortress of Tuern-Chern. Now, the other gods were not amused, and amassed a massive army lead by [[Moradin]] and [[Erathis]] to stop the Iron General. When suddenly, [[Gruumsh]] [[Creed|came out of nowhere and bound his own realm of Nishrek to Bane's Chernoggar, putting Tuern-Chern under constant threat of the One-Eyed God.]]

In the modern day of the default setting, Bane is the Evil god of domination, conquest and war. He is unusual in the way that he is not only prayed to by evil people: even those fighting for good sometimes invoke the Iron General's name at the beginning of battle. Those who conquer in his name might not do so out of greed or glory, but to defend their people. Also, doing what needs to be done [[Tau|"for the greater good"]] falls under Bane's mantle, which is fitting, as he is the only Evil God who does what he does because he thinks the world would be better for it. And the scariest part is: [[Imperium of Man|He may be right]].

===Realm===
Bane's domain is [[Chernoggar]], a 300 mile plateau of ashen wastes adrift in the [[Astral Sea]]. He rules from the fortress-city of Tuer-Chern, a city constantly busy with the creation of the tools of war and the training of soldiers. Bane's throne room is a truly massive chamber, housing the Iron General's [[Golden Throne|throne]], a sight that drives lesser men mad with terror.

===Servants===
Few worship Bane as the only true god. He is often worshipped alongside other deities, and the faithful see him as a figure of protection, albeit a harsh one. [[Goblinoid]]s, however, worship Bane as their true god, because he managed to best [[Maglubiyet]], the previous god of all of goblin kind, and took him on as his Exarch. He has a fiefdom in Chernoggar, a goblin fortress-city called Clangor. [[Hobgoblin]]s are the most devout of Bane's worshippers amongst the goblinoids.

Bane also was once served by the [[bladeling]]s, and a minority of them still remain loyal to their old creator-master. Most of them, however, spat on his boots and hightailed it into the [[Astral Sea]] and [[Sigil]] due to feeling insulted and betrayed when he basically dumped them in favor of the goblinoids.