Grumbar Grumbar ( pronounced " GRUM - bar " ) , or the Earthlord , was the elemental embodiment of earth . He was one of the four elemental deities worshiped in Faerûn . Grumbar , like the other elemental deities ( except Kossuth ) had a minimum of followers in Faerûn , and he cared little indeed for most of those worshipers , as his power came from the many elemental devotees in both the Underdark and the Elemental Plane of Earth . It was recently uncovered in the wake of the Spellplague that Grumbar was not a proper deity at all , but rather a primordial . Nonetheless , he retained worshipers and had power equivalent to that of a god . Worshipers . The church of Grumbar was organized into small sects known as Holds , each comprising seven clerics , seven monks , and seven rangers and as many laity as could be supported . Those who followed the Earthlord could often be found in public preaching against evils of boarding ships and setting sail to uncharted lands , preferring exploration on the continent of Faerûn . Worship in Zakhara . On the continent of Zakhara , Grumbar was called one of the cold gods of the elements . As those were seen as uncaring for human affairs , they were considered opposed to the Land of Fate ' s pervasive culture of Enlightenment . Only a few Zakharans were willing to worship a cold god in order to gain power . Some yak - men , ever opposed to Enlightenment , helped in the administration of Grumbar ' s realm on the Elemental Plane of Earth . Relationships . Grumbar had ties with other deities of elemental earth , including Geb , Garl Glittergold , Dumathoin , Laduguer , and Urogalan , but these were loose at best . Grumbar was opposed to Akadi and her flimsy and ever - changing ways . In the battle of the archomentals of Sunnis and Ogrémoch , Grumbar secretly balanced one against the other , remaining the most powerful ruler of elemental earth himself . Ogrémoch is actually one of Grumbar ' s children , as is Entemoch , Ogrémoch ' s twin . Grumbar and Luthic were involved in a secret romance behind Gruumsh ' s back . Publication history . Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition ( 1977 - 1988 ) . Ed Greenwood initially used Grome , one of Moorcock ' s Elemental gods as found in the original " Deities & Demigods " , as the elemental lord of earth for his home " Dungeons & Dragons " campaign set in the Forgotten Realms . As Greenwood indicated in his article " Down - to - earth Divinity " in " Dragon " # 54 ( October 1981 ) , Moorcock ' s elemental gods " may later be replaced in [ his ] universe by ' official ' " AD & D " beings as these are published " . Grumbar first appeared in the original " Manual of the Planes " ( 1987 ) , and was featured as one of the elemental lords for the Forgotten Realms in the " Forgotten Realms Campaign Set " ' s " Cyclopedia of the Realms " booklet ( 1987 ) . Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition ( 1989 - 1999 ) . Grumbar was described in the hardback " Forgotten Realms Adventures " ( 1990 ) , the " Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting " ( 1993 ) in the " Running the Realms " booklet , and " Faiths & Avatars " ( 1996 ) . Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition ( 2000 - 2007 ) . Grumbar appears as one of the major deities of the Forgotten Realms setting again , in " Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting " ( 2001 ) , and is further detailed in " Faiths and Pantheons " ( 2002 ) . Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition ( 2008 - Present ) . Grumbar appears in the fourth edition as a primordial .