Ilmater

Ilmater
Pair of hands bound at the wrist with red cord
Alignment	Lawful Good
Divine Rank	Intermediate God
Pantheon	Faerûn
Portfolio	Endurance, Suffering, Martyrdom, Perseverance
Domains	3E: Good, Healing, Law, Strength, Suffering 4E: Freedom, Hope 5E: Life
Home Plane	Great Wheel: Martyrdomain (Bytopia) World Tree: Martyrdom (House of the Triad) World Axis: Martyrdom (Celestia)
Worshippers	The crippled, enslaved, oppressed, and poor. Also Monks, Paladins and Serfs.
Favoured Weapon	Unarmed Strike

Ilmater - also called the "Crying God" or the "Broken God" is the deity of martyrdom, endurance and suffering in the Forgotten Realms pantheon of gods. Ilmater offers relief to those who are suffering by taking their pain onto himself, and forgiving those who trespass against him.

Basically, he exists to die for your sins.

History

Starting out as a relatively obscure deity, Ilmater didn't have much going for him. In a world filled to the brim with gods vying for attention and taking all they can get, a deity specifically dedicated to giving and shouldering the burdens of others wasn't going to get very far.

Then something happened that no-one could have predicted: the Vikings invaded... specifically: Tyr from the Norse pantheon came crashing through the planar barriers and decided to impose his version of goodness and law on Toril. Ilmater saw a kindred spirit with the new god on the block and allied with Tyr to catapult himself into celebrity status. Enjoying a massive boost in power and popularity.

Torm would later join the alliance and create the Triad.

Ilmater is perhaps dangerously misunderstood. Many believe that as the god of willing suffering he is a pushover, worthy only of pity. But he has a fantastic wrath when faced with atrocity, and he commands a particularly large and pious following, meaning that he has the divine power to back himself up if he needs too.

Ilmater is a popular deity for those who oppose Kelemvor over the whole "stick the souls of atheists in a wall to suffer for eternity" thing. How Ilmater himself views the mater is unknown.