Dead Three The Dead Three was the collective name given to Bane , Bhaal & Myrkul . Originally , they were powerful mortal adventurers who sought the path to godhood , known at first as the Dark Three . They found it in the form of Jergal , who acquiesced to their demands as he was tiring of his life as god of the dead . He gave up his portfolios to the three of them , apotheosizing them in the process . Bane ruled tyranny and strife , Bhaal became lord of murder & Myrkul , the dead . They earned their name of the Dead Three when they all perished during the Time of Troubles . Bane and Torm killed each other and Myrkul was killed by the mortal mage Midnight while Bhaal was slain by Cyric , using the sword Godsbane , an avatar of Mask . In the mists of the past , the Dead Three were three power - hungry mortals : Bane the Tyrant , Myrkul the Necromancer , and Bhaal the Assassin . The three forged a pact to achieve godhood or die trying . With their eyes on the ultimate prize of the portfolio of Jergal , Lord of the End of Everything , the three endured epic quests and obstacles until they finally faced the mighty god upon his throne . To their surprise , Jergal willingly stepped aside , claiming that he was happy to grant his powers to the three mortals . He then asked which among them would rule , at which point a fierce argument broke out among the three . However , Jergal resolved their dispute with a game of chance , and the succession was eventually decided thus : Bane took the portfolio of hatred , strife , and tyranny , Myrkul that of the dead , and Bhaal that of death and murder . Jergal remained as a demigod , aide to the new god of the dead , and thus the Dead Three became the most fearsome force of evil in the Forgotten Realms . However , the Dead Three ' s reign came to an end with the Time of Troubles . During this period , each of the three gods was slain : Myrkul was destroyed by Mystra , goddess of magic , Bane by Torm , demigod of paladins , and Bhaal to the sword Godsbane ( the god Mask in disguise ) , wielded by a young mortal named Cyric . At the conclusion of the Time of Troubles , when the Lord Ao permitted the gods to return to their posts , Cyric and Bane ' s son Iyachtu Xvim were granted all of the collective portfolio of the Dead Three between them . However , the Dead Three have proven difficult to destroy . Bane has returned from his grave , having sired Iyachtu Xvim as a sentient cocoon from which he recently emerged , restored to near - full power . Myrkul is known to be inhabiting the evil artifact , the Crown of Horns , whereabouts unknown , but certainly plotting his return to godhood . Bhaal , who foresaw his own demise , fathered scores of children during the Time of Troubles as part of a scheme to return to power , the details of which are central to the plot of the Baldur ' s Gate series . Further information regarding Myrkul can be found in . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Plot Details Follow ! * It appears that dead gods still have consciousness so long as mortals worship or fear them . In Myrkul ' s case he still has a following which sustains his consciousness . In addition the player character learns that he is harboring the soul of Myrkul ' s High Priest , Akachi The Betrayer , who led a revolt against Myrkul for sentencing his love to the wall of the faithless for not believing in a god . Akachi ' s punishment was to be himself placed in the wall of the faithless until the wall had consumed the memories and identity of his soul but not the entire soul . Then his soul was removed in placed into a mortal body in Rasheman where all it knew was the insatiable hunger to feed on other souls , primarily the spirits that are abundant in Rasheman but also , eventually , the person that it was inhabiting as well . Meanwhile , while the player character ' s body is inhabited by Akachi ' s soul , the player character ' s soul went to the spot in the wall of the faithless where Akachi ' s soul should be . This all leads up to the player character meeting the dead god Myrkul and possibly using his devour soul ability on the dead god , thereby ending his consciousness and finally killing the god .