Jergal

Jergal is a fictional god in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

Jergal is an ancient deity, older than many of the greater gods of Faerûn. In the time of Netheril, he was a greater deity himself, with the portfolios of the Dead, Murder and Strife. With the long aeons, he became bored with his position of power, and allowed for three mortals, known as the the Dead Three, to each take up parts of his divinity. Bane assumed the portfolio of Strife, Myrkul the the rulership of the Dead and Bhaal the portfolio of Murder. Jergal himself faded from his great stature became a seneschal to Myrkul, a position he was allowed to remain in even after his master perished and Kelemvor assumed his place.

In ethos, Jergal is colder and more inhumane than his master, sanctioning the use and creation of undead by his followers, provided they serve the cause of advancing death in the world. He is not evil or malicious, but impassively records the death of all things.