Bloirt Waelarn Bloirt Waelarn was a human male priest of Ilmater and leader of the House of the Broken God temple in Keltar , Calimshan , in the late 13th and 14th centuries DR . He was infamous for launching a holy war against the rival House of Holy Suffering in Mussum , and for his descent into murderous madness in an effort to possess the holy relic the " Tome of Torment " . History . By 1265 DR , Archsuffer Bloirt Waelarn was the Father of the House , or high priest , of the House of the Broken God in Keltar , Calimshan , already the greatest temple of Ilmater in the Realms . At that time , the " Tome of Torment " — the holiest book of the Ilmatari faith — had come into the possession of another temple , the House of Holy Suffering in Mussum . There , the senior Sage - Priest of the church , known as the Spontaer , prayed to Ilmater and received visions of powerful magical protections that would render the " Tome " usable only by priests of Ilmater . The Spontaer explicitly requested that the " Tome of Torment " be delivered to the House of the Broken God , before he worked the magic on the " Tome " and sacrificed his own life , " circa " 1265 DR . However , against the Spontaer ' s wishes , Shrymaun Beldaerth , leader of the Mussum temple , refused to relinquish the " Tome " to the House of the Broken God . In response , Waelarn called for all Ilmatari to cast " all the heretics of the degenerate House in Mussum " out of the faith and to treat them as mentally ill . A few ambitious minor priests joined Waelarn and together they journeyed to the Mussum house , intending to " cleanse the filth " . But Waelarn and his followers were attacked by the Mussum priests and the Companions of the Noble Heart paladin order , who labeled them " false clerics " and " subverted by evil " . An angry Waelarn summoned three other knightly orders — the Holy Warriors of Suffering , 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 all who stand with them " . 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 . Holenhond determined that Waelarn should be removed from office and sent into hermitage for the remainder of his years , to devote himself alone to Ilmater . The weary paladins accepted and carried out his judgment . Waelarn was replaced as leader of the House of the Broken God by Althea the Abased . Now titled only Brother Priest , Waelarn was sent to the small , windswept isle of Falconsrise in the Trackless Sea . But as the ship took him to Falconsrise , Waelarn used his magic to murder most of the crew . An Ilmatari priest escaped the slaughter and locked himself in a cabin , using the brief opportunity to magically contact an archmage he knew , before Waelarn broke in and murdered him too . The archmage soon arrived , grabbed Waelarn off the ship , and delivered him to Falconsrise . Furthermore , to prevent the rogue priest from signaling passing ships and passing himself off as a shipwrecked sailor , the archmage transformed Waelarn into a frightful monster , with animal appendages that made it hard to work magic . In under a year , Waelarn went insane . Finally , however , " circa " 1341 DR , a pirate ship driven by a storm out of the Nelanther Isles ran aground on Falconsrise . Waelarn used the ship to escape the island and return to the mainland , travelling back to Keltar and the House of the Broken God . There he murdered the Guardian of the Tome , Daern , stole the holy book , and escaped . Bearing the " Tome of Torment " , Waelarn journeyed further inland , apparently making his way toward Mussum . He attempted to command and coerce the Ilmatari who met him , but failed . At Thorlor ' s Well near Sespech , Waelarn was finally confronted by Sir Guth of the Golden Cup , who challenged him to single combat before their god . Waelarn accepted , and promptly used a " cairn " spell from the " Tome " to bury Guth . Calmly and cruelly , Waelarn then dug Guth out with a pick , and used an axe to chop off any limb that was revealed . Guth was soon killed and Waelarn left with the " Tome " , resuming his journey east . But that was not the end . Ilmater , the One Who Endures , caused Sir Guth to rise from his grave , but not from the dead . Guth was reassembled as a zombie . Untiring and unrelenting and resisting all spell s hurled at him , Guth tracked the rogue priest across Sespech . Waelarn finally collapsed of exhaustion outside Elbulder and the zombie Guth strangled him as he slept . The deed done , Guth hid the " Tome of Torment " then constructed a funeral pyre to burn Waelarn ' s corpse to ash . Guth then threw himself on the pyre , still obeying the will of Ilmater the Broken God . Description . Following his forced transformation at the hands of the archmage , Waelarn ' s body was a misshapen assemblage of animal parts , similar to a mongrelman . This included a lobster - like claw for one hand a raccoon - like paw for the other . He was described as " half - man , half - monster " , and spent much of his time in this state . He could use spells to transform back to his original form , but this slowly failed and shifted back to his bestial form . Waelarn was quite elderly by 1341 DR . Personality . Bloirt Waelarn was known for his great pride and supercilious manner . Later in life , he grew quite insane and cruelly murderous , occasionally going into fits described as " barking , capering madness " . Abilities . Despite Waelarn ' s crimes , the god Ilmater still granted the rogue priest spells . Waelarn also briefly bore the " Tome of Torment " , and had access to all the spells contained therein . Relationships . Before his fall from power , Bloirt Waelarn was the head priest , or Father of the House , of the House of Holy Suffering , the greatest temple of Ilmater in the Realms . In this high position within the church of Ilmater , he was able to call upon several knightly orders , including the Holy Warriors of Suffering , the Knights of the Bleeding Shield , and the Order of the Golden Cup . Possessions . Waelarn was most notably a bearer and wearer of the " Tome of Torment " , the most sacred hair - shirt and book of the church of Ilmater , and able to cast the divine spells contained within it .