Kossuth Kossuth ( pronounced " koh - SOOTH " ) , or the Lord of Flames is the primordial of elemental fire . Kossuth is symbolized by the holy symbol of a twining red flame and his portfolio covers elemental fire and purification through fire . He is , however , not a true god but actually an elemental primordial , a being whose power rivals that of a true deity . Worshipers . The church of Kossuth is rather hierarchical and mostly impersonal . The Church ' s aims tend to revolve around the acquisition of land , power and wealth . The followers and clerics are often of the lawful neutral alignment . Compared to the many other gods of Faerûn , Kossuth and the three other Elemental Primordials are well known for their relative silence when it comes to communication with their worshipers . However , of the four , Kossuth is the most active and vocal . Many Red wizard s of Thay worship Kossuth and the Flaming Brazier of Eltabbar is supposedly the largest temple of Kossuth in all the realms . After death , bodies of worshipers are cremated . Monkish Orders within the Church of Kossuth . Kossuth ' s church had three different traditions of monk . Normally , monks lost the possibility to obtain further mastery over their monkish arts when they learned the arts of something else . Kossuth ' s monks though enjoyed more freedom . They could learn to become cleric s of the Firelord without sacrificing their potential as monks . The three orders were : was the good branch of the three . They rigidly ordered their members ' studies and behaviors and put their focus on the purifying aspect of their deity . was the evil branch of the three . They were seen necessary for the renewal aspect of their deity and some members ' view on destruction bordered Talos ' . was the neutral branch of the three . Their goal was to strike a balance between purification and destruction and were acted as the go - in - betweens of the other two monasteries . Worship in Zakhara . On the continent of Zakhara , Kossuth is called one of the cold gods of the elements . " Cold " because those are seen as uncaring for human affairs , they are considered opposed to the Land of Fate ' s pervasive culture of Enlightenment . Only a few Zakharans are willing to worship a cold god in order to gain power . Relationships . The supremely powerful elemental being known as Kossuth has lorded over fire since the earliest moments of the multiverse , though whether or not the contemporary Kossuth is the same primordial being or one in a long line of similarly named successors is a matter of much conjecture . The Lord of Flames rarely intervenes in affairs in the mortal world , spending most of his time embroiled in the intrigues of the Inner Planes . Kossuth ' s doctrine of elemental supremacy virtually assures conflict with the other elemental lords . Kossuth is vehemently opposed to Istishia and his clergy . He is watchful of the upstart archomental Imix , who is always trying to undermine his better but while Kossuth remains clearly the true master of the element of fire , the Grand Sultan of the Efreet is the only being on the plane who holds even a slightly comparable level of power . The Firelord interacts very little with the other deities of Faerûn . Moradin and Flandal Steelskin honor him for the heat of the forge , but he barely responds . The Return of Bane pleases Kossuth , however ; the two deities seem to agree on the importance of a strong religious hierarchy and have a common intolerance for the ephemeral and unpredictable nature of chaos . Domain . Kossuth dwells in the Crimson Pillar , a 10 mile wide globe made of the primordial power of fire that floats over the Sea of Fire on the the Plane of Fire . It is said that the blue - white flames of the Pillar give off a heat that makes the rest of the plane seem chilly in comparison . History . Noted Historical Interventions . - 150 DR - Powerful Raumatharan wizards managed to summon Kossuth from his elemental home and instructed him to destroy a besieging army of hated Narfell . This he did , but he soon turned against the wizards , incinerating their city for their arrogance . The resulting conflagration consumed much of the northern coast of the Alamber Sea , and the fires of Kossuth ' s anger burned strong for more than a decade after his withdrawal from Toril . Perceived Historical interventions . 1357 DR : The Salamander War - Kossuth is credited with limiting this disastrous event in Thay ' s history , by his faithful . Without his influence , they say , the War would have turned into an even greater debacle . Time of Troubles : Kossuth is not one of the deities spotted on Faerûn during their exile of the gods by Ao . Publication history . Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition ( 1977 - 1988 ) . Ed Greenwood initially used Kakatal , one of Moorcock ' s Elemental gods as found in the original " Deities & Demigods " , as the elemental lord of fire 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 " . Kossuth 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 ) . Kossuth 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 ) . Kossuth 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 - 2015 ) . Kossuth appears in the fourth edition as a primordial .