Ulutiu Ulutiu ( pronounced " oo - LOO - tee - oo " ) , also known as The Lord in the Ice or The Eternal Sleeper , was the lawful neutral father of the giant - kin races and the god of glaciers , polar environments , and arctic dwellers . His domains consisted of animals , cold , law , ocean and protection . Ulutiu ' s symbol was a necklace of blue and white ice crystals and his divine realm was where he slept in the Astral Plane . Worshipers . In general , around 1372 DR , the clergy of Ulutiu acted as both leaders and protectors of their societies , often providing teaching and maintaining traditions in their communities . These communities were limited to the northern areas of Faerûn such as the people of the Great Glacier and the Ice Hunter s of the Savage Frontier . Ulutiu was worshiped by the arctic Ulutiun peoples of the Great Glacier and the Sea of Moving Ice of Icewind Dale . As of 1372 DR , in the Great Glacier , Ulutiu ' s clerics and druids presided over villages in an fashion , often harshly , resulting in orderly societies . In the Ice Hunter society in the Savage Frontier , although there was no official edict , Ulutiu ' s clerics and druids led their communities by consensus . The clergy of Ulutiu prayed at dawn , midday and sunset , receiving spells at midday , by covering their eyes and looking towards the sky . In most places their edicts were called kaiurit and were different all over depending on the dreams experienced by the clergy . However , in Ice Hunter society , the kaitotem ritual was observed , in which they captured an animal and raised it on a totem for a year before setting it free to serve the totem spirits . Relationships . Auril , the Frostmaiden , was siphoning power from him , slowly as not to wake him , but she was continually weakening him so that eventually he will die , then she may subsume his portfolio . Dogma . Ulutiu encouraged respect for animals because they share the same morals and emotions as people , despite showing them in different ways . All people were equals , except for Ulutiu ' s clergy who were entitled to positions of leadership so that Ulutiu ' s wisdom could be distributed . In the Great Glacier , Ulutiu ' s worshipers believed it a blasphemy to use magic not granted by Ulutiu . History . Around - 25500 DR Ulutiu began an affair with Othea , wife of Annam All - Father , leading to the firbolg , fomorian , verbeeg and the voadkyn . Ulutiu voluntarily exiled himself from Faerûn in - 2550 DR when his affair with Othea was discovered by Annam . According to Skrom Jek ' s " The Meanderings Upon the Friezes of Hotun - Shûl " , Ulutiu ' s corpse was placed on a barge that floated into the Cold Ocean and when it sank , his magical amulet froze the water , creating the Great Glacier and the Endless Ice Sea , a process which took 75 years . Since Othea ' s death , Ulutiu seemed content to stay away from Toril , but he would likely return if Othea could be brought back . Publication history . Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition ( 1989 - 1999 ) . Ulutiu is first mentioned in the book " The Great Glacier " ( 1992 ) . His relationship to the gods of the giants was explored in " Giantcraft " ( 1995 ) . Ulutiu is further detailed in " Powers & Pantheons " ( 1997 ) . Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition ( 2000 - 2007 ) . Ulutiu appears in 3rd edition in the " Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting " book ( 2001 ) , and was further described in " Faiths and Pantheons " ( 2002 ) . A non - Realms specific version of Ulutiu appeared in the book " Frostburn " ( 2004 ) .