Holy Warriors of Suffering The Holy Warriors of Suffering were a knightly order of paladin s devoted to Ilmater , the Broken God , and affiliated with the Church of Ilmater . Base . The Holy Warriors of Suffering were based out of a fortress located on the site of what was later Castle Dasaajk , east of the Purple Hills in Tethyr . Activities . The Holy Warriors undertook various dangerous missions and expeditions to cull monsters . History . After enchanting the sword " Dornavver " in the Year of the Wrath Sword , 275 DR , the Church of Ilmater entrusted the blade to the Holy Warriors of Suffering . They desired that it should be used to battle the spread of evil around southwestern Faerûn , particularly fiend s . " Dornavver " was kept and wielded by the Holy Warriors for over a century . Finally , an unnamed paladin of the order took the sword and journeyed north to the realm of Torsil , then under the tyrannical rule of Uldoon , " the Mage of Fangs " , whose armies of summoned fiend s had terrorized the surrounding lands . Wielding " Dornavver " , the paladin battled through the fiends of Torsil and defeated Uldoon . These heroic deeds were recorded in the ballad " Uldoon ' s Doom " . Following the downfall of Uldoon , the paladin then traveled west of the Heartlands , bearing the sword . Its whereabouts were unknown for over a hundred years . Around 1265 DR , Archsufferer Bloirt Waelarn of the House of the Broken God in Keltar had denounced the Ilmatari priests of the House of Holy Suffering in Mussum for refusing to relinquish the " Tome of Torment " , the holiest book of the faith , and declared them degenerate , mentally ill heretics . The Mussum priests and the Companions of the Noble Heart attacked Waelarn and his followers , labeling them " false clerics " and " subverted by evil " . An angry Waelarn summoned the Holy Warriors of Suffering , as well as the Knights of the Bleeding Shield , and the Order of the Golden Cup , to his side and vowed holy war against the " unclean ones of Mussum " and their allies . The war saw the violent clashes of Holy Hill Farm in 1266 DR and Bronsheir ' s Charge and Weeping Rock in 1267 DR . Finally , Lord Sir Jargus Holenhond of the Golden Cup called an end to the bloodshed between true believers , insisted that the " Tome of Torment " be transferred to Keltar as planned , and blamed Bloirt Waelarn for the senseless violence , determining that he should be removed from office and sent into hermitage for the remainder of his years . The weary paladins accepted and carried out his judgment . Shortly after the war , Althea the Abased , the new leader of the House of the Broken God , declared that no high - ranking member of the church was worthy of the " Tome " . Althea selected Blaermon the Blessed , a knight of the Holy Warriors of Suffering named for surviving many hopeless battles , to take away the " Tome of Torment " and bestow it upon the first " needy and worthy " Ilmatari he met , someone who worked or fought for the benefit of the common people and their faith , not merely for wealth and adventure . In the Year of the Daystars , 1268 DR , Blaermon gave the " Tome " to Flaergon of Glister , who devoted his efforts to assisting miners and caravan - workers in the frozen north of the Moonsea . The " Tome " was again in the possession of the House of the Broken God from 1343 DR to 1362 DR , during which time it was occasionally loaned to Ilmatari priests embarking on dangerous missions and monster culls with the Holy Warriors of Suffering .