Destiny?
Soren frowned at those words.
Jergal, the God of Death, showed no reaction. Instead, he said calmly, "As a newly ascended deity, you have surprised many people with your accomplishments."
"However."
"There was once someone whose accomplishments were even more astonishing than yours!"
"In just a few short years, he rose from a mortal to a deity—and a deity of greater divinity at that, claiming most of the death portfolio."
"Do you know who he was?"
Soren shuddered at Jergal's words, then answered gravely, "I do."
"He was Cyric!"
Jergal's gaze shifted slightly, as though the mention of that name stirred something in him. Then he continued, "That's right."
"He was Cyric."
"The fastest-rising mortal in the history of the Multiverse! At one point, he even became one of the most powerful among the Gods!"
"Although Kelemvor is the Lord of the Dead."
"The one who initially obtained the vast majority of my death portfolio was Cyric! First, he seized Myrkul's death portfolio, then acquired Bhaal's portfolio of murder."
"He even took over the vast majority of Bane's followers when Bane died."
"But."
"Cyric's ambition was simply too great! In the end, his own mad ambition brought about his downfall! As a deity, you should know something of that history."
"Later."
"Under my guidance, Kelemvor took Myrkul's death portfolio from Cyric and became the current Lord of the Dead!"
"Cyric's madness did not stop there."
"After losing Myrkul's death portfolio, he turned his ambitions toward Bane, the God of Tyranny, who had only recently returned to life. This struggle between deities was never recorded in history."
"However."
"In the end, he succeeded."
"Bane, the God of Tyranny, fell! The portfolio that had belonged to Bane became vacant, but by then, the Gods had already grown afraid of what Cyric