Null followers were preoccupied with necromantic investigations and the philosophical contemplation of death. Embracing death in life heralded that one day the afterlife would be part of the living world as well. The Reaver taught that death and decay were inevitable and omnipresent and that dragons should incorporate aspects of death into their lives in order to truly be strong. True death, on the other hand, was final and absolute. The Guardian of the Lost taught that all life eventually led into death, which was simply a starting point to another kind existence. The shrine was dedicated to the Guardian of the Lost and was thought to be the biggest remaining temple dedicated exclusively to Null's non-evil aspect. The Crypt of Dragons was an underground cavern-tomb somewhere near the town of Hilp in Cormyr. It was believed the Dire Dragon had his lair in that temple. The Well of Dragons was a huge natural cauldron located due east of the Skull Gorge, and countless dragons visited the ancient temple to die there. Two Nullist centers of worship were of major significance to his followers. The spirits of these dragons, as well as other spectral guardians, stayed to guard the temple from any who sought to steal from the burial pit. Dragons of all breeds and alignments made their way to these places before they died, and their remains lay strewn across the floor, including whatever treasure the dragons had worn. Temples to Null took the form of underground caverns that were cloaked in shadows and only dimly lit. Clergy ĭragons and dracoliches who venerated Null and were capable of casting priest spells were considered Null's clerics, and were known as annihilists. Whether a goodly dragon wished to speed a lost loved one to the afterlife or an evil one wanted to attack a city with an army of undead, a prayer was said to Null. Null was worshiped by dragons of all alignments, living and undead, because of his dual role. Īfter the Second Sundering, Null's divinity came into question. While his plans were thwarted when a band of adventurers killed the dragon, some paladins of Torm believe Gryznath was later revived by Faluzure as an undead, as his remains were never found. Gryznath took the chance to try to convert an orc horde to the worship of Faluzure. Īround 1480 DR, the black dragon Gryznath, a Chosen of Faluzure, was sent by his god to topple the theocracy of Elturgard. Ill-regarded members of the Sembian cult cells whispered that Null was destined to rule the world with the Cult of the Dragon as his worldly vassals, but it was unknown if Null made such claims himself. ĭuring the Time of Troubles, Null approached the Cult of the Dragon, in an attempt to counter Tiamat's efforts to incorporate the cultists into her own faith. It was widely believed among his followers that Null was the son of Asgorath and brother of Bahamut and Tiamat. Although he wasn't easily angered, he held grudges over offenses and attacks, whether real or imagined, and these developed into undying hatred. Null was prideful and arrogant, fatalistic and utterly humorless. In the Great Wheel cosmology, he had mausoleums in Carceri, and in the Outlands, which also existed in the Plane of Shadow and Negative Energy plane at the same time. Realm Īs a greater deity whose portfolio included the death of dragons, Null's realm in Dragon Eyrie was on the peak of the plane and no other draconic god contested that territory. His voice was said to be the dusty croak of the undead. Legend also had it that to touch him was to instantly die. Whichever role he was in at the time, he appeared as an impenetrable region of blackness in the shape of a dragon.
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