 Garagos
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| Alias(es): | The Reaver, Master of All Weapons, Lord of War, Targus (Netheril) |
| Power: | Demigod |
| Pantheon: | Faerûnian pantheon |
| Symbol: | A pinwheel of five snaky arms clutching swords |
| Alignment: | Chaotic neutral |
| Cleric alignment: | CG, CN, CE |
| Portfolio: | War, skill-at-arms, destruction, plunder |
| Worshippers: | Barbarians, fighters, rangers, soldiers, spies, warriors |
| Domains: | Chaos |
| Favoured weapon: | Longsword - "The Tentacus" (pinwheel of five arms each holding a sword) |
| Enemies: | Tempus, Red Knight |
Garagos (pronounced: GAH-rah-gohs), the Lord of War, was a god of war and exarch of Tempus, though he focused more on destruction than war itself.
During the age of Netheril, Garagos was part of the Netherese pantheon and was known as Targus. Some time around or shortly after the fall of Netheril, the Talfiric deity Tempus managed to slay Garagos.
Survived by die-hard followers in several regions surrounding the Sea of Fallen Stars, a temple in Westgate, the Vilhon Reach and the Border Kingdoms, Garagos is associated with the rampaging destruction and plundering of war than tactics, strategies, or armies.
The Reaver is linked with the mad bloodlust that overtakes some warriors, resulting in horrifying carnage. (Followers of Tempus claim their god destroyed Garagos by using the Reaver's berserking fury against him.) The scarlet cloak he is portrayed as wearing in religious art is one made of the blood of his foes, and in recent times he is often shown as a six armed giant wading through a blood-red sea — again, the blood of his slain enemies.
Much quicker to anger and slower to show mercy than he was before his death, Garagos finds most of his followers in brigands, bandits, and priests of the Deities of Fury who pay him lip service in battle.