| Category | Higher Powers | ||
| Power | Minor | ||
| System | Ocanthus ( Acheron ) | ||
| Race | Storm Titan ( Primordial ) | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Alignment | lawful evil | ||
| Symbol | lightning bolt | ||
| Domain | Destruction, Storm | ||
| Enemies | Poseidon | ||
| Born | 22 Bliss 8301 DE | ||
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When Talos was born, he was placed on an altar of gloomstar in the icy wastes of northern Brucrumus. He was blessed by a conclave of primordial attendants and then barraged for twenty days by a lightning storm. The continuity of this lightning storm came from 26 Primordial minions having the powers of an arcane hierophant. The lightning pulverized the ice and stone of the surface and then took on a life of its own as Talos grew from a baby to an oversized adult storm giant. As he grew, the living lightning storm around him carved out a canyon with the altar buoyed aloft by a continuous stream of electricity. As it plunged further and further into the deeps, energy from the storm was absorbed by Talos, leading to the narrowing of the canyon and then many smaller crevasses leading even deeper into the Underdark. On the last day, the living lightning storm was absorbed by Talos, granting him his awesome lightning powers. During the storm, Talos was fused with the altar of gloomstar. Some theologians claim that Talos's remarkable regenerative power is due to the gloomstar fused into his bones. The massive canyon left behind by his birth became known as the Mark of Talos. For his worshipers, this place is a hallowed site.
In the year 8602 DE, during the tumultuous Creation War, the primordial beings Talos, Geb, and others coalesced a substantial amount of elemental matter into Sphere 411. This newly formed island of rock, christened Angvild, then settled within the vast Morwuld Briin ocean.
On 4 Lunar 8701 DE, Talos obtained the storm domain with the demise of archangel Zephuros. This occurred when Zephuros invoked a spell that resulted in his own death, generating the marvel Zephuros Mark. This spell, fueled by the archangel's sacrifice, annihilated an army, yet failed to eliminate its intended target, Talos.
On the 12th of Kindle, 8776 DE, a project that had been in development for over a century finally came to fruition. Though it was primarily fieldwork, which Geb and Talos would contribute to when they had the chance, the bulk of the labor was carried out by an army of storm and cloud giants - those on sick leave, retired soldiers, or individuals deemed unfit for the rigors of war. Talos returned to Angvild on the day its sky island separated from the land below. Known as Krarkauk, this mobile bastion was now free to float wherever it pleased, much like the island it had been carved from, which was more the stuff of Chaos than the world around it. Krarkauk broke free, becoming a floating earth mote unimpeded by gravity. The cavity left behind by Krarkauk's ascent into the clouds is referred to as the Talos Cleft.
During the Demon Spawn War ( 89 GE - 269 GE ) , Talos collaborated with numerous angels and deities he had previously battled against in the Creation War.
Talos has been a Higher Power twice. The first time occurred during the reign of Aslauthroa, concluding shortly after the fall of that empire. On 17 Saunas 2, he once more ascended to divinity. In the lead-up to his second deification, Talos ensured to disseminate his following far and wide, avoiding excessive focus on any single empire. Talos was elevated to godhood by The Balance, who did so to counter the growing might of Poseideon and his disregard for the Mandate of the Heavens.
| Core Worship | Proselytizers |
|---|---|
| Azrunâth | Beirgnar Fingil |
| Frilksif | |
| Griddrir | |
| Kel'gah | |
| Naurghar | |
| Vaesvild |
| Trait | Description |
|---|---|
| One With Lightning | healed by electrical attacks, can turn back any electrical attack to its source, +10 per die for all electrical attacks made by Talos and save DC increased by 5 |
