House of the Broken God The House of the Broken God was a temple , monastery , and hospital dedicated to Ilmater , located in Keltar in Calimshan . It was the largest temple complex of the Broken God , and the center of his faith in southern Faerûn . Location . Although most Ilmatari temples in Calimshan were based in the countryside , owing to wealthy Calishites ' dislike of the poor and the sick , the House of the Broken God was a prime exception , being set within a town . Regardless , it was only a minor , distant town , but having such an important facility within its confines made Keltar famous . The temple complex covered the whole of the Northwest Sabban of Keltar , consisting of three of the town ' s drudach s . Farms and additional facilities spread outside the town to the northwest . Layout . The whole complex was surrounded by a perimeter wall that stood 12 feet ( 3 . 6 meters ) high . This wall abutted the sabban walls , standing some 8 – 9 feet ( 2 . 4 – 2 . 7 meters ) over the sabban wall walkway . In the core of the complex was a monastery , a major temple , and two shrines to local Ilmatari saints . Dotted about were also a cloister , a school , a hospital , a pharmacy , and two wells . There were also several small inns provided for the family and friends of patients at the hospital . The area was dominated by walled gardens , where herbs and plants with medicinal benefits were cultivated . A series of these walled gardens extended beyond the town limits , and joined a temple farm on a hill to the northwest of the town , and thence to a walled leper house , and thence to a sanitarium , as well as dormitories for patients who could not be cured . Activities . As the largest hospital in the Realms , the House of the Broken God was dedicated to the treatment and care of the injured , sick , deformed , and mentally ill , including those suffering from leprosy . It was also home to best pharmacy in the land , where medicines were concocted from medicinal herbs and plants grown in the gardens and farms . History . The House of the Broken God was already the greatest temple of Ilmater in the Realms by the mid – 13th century DR . At the 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 . However , these protections would come at the cost of his life . The Spontaer explicitly requested that the " Tome of Torment " be delivered to the House of the Broken God in Keltar , 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 . Archsufferer Bloirt Waelarn , then Father of the House of the Keltar temple , declared all those of the " degenerate " Mussum house " heretics " and called for them to be cast out and treated 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 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 . Althea the Abased succeeded Waelarn as leader of the House of the Broken God . Seeing the carnage wrought by the fight for ownership of the " Tome " , Althea declared that no high - ranking member of the church was worthy of it , saying instead that Ilmater had given them the " Tome " for lesser priests to do his work and recruit believers in the undeveloped lands . Shortly after , she selected Blaermon the Blessed , a knight of the Holy Warriors of Suffering , 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 . Blaermon duly gave the " Tome " to Flaergon of Glister . Thirty years later , following the death of Flaergon in the Year of the Claw , 1299 DR , Daern of Hawksroost brought the " Tome of Torment " back to Althea at the House of the Broken God , now called High Mistress of Worthy Suffering . Daern ' s devotion moved Althea , and she named him an honorary Brother of the temple . Daern became Althea ' s bodyguard and assistant . In the 1320s DR ( 50 years before 1370 DR ) , a seriously wounded woman came to the House seeking aid . The encounter had a serious effect of Brother Kalil the Painbearer , once abbot of the House and later a leader of the Janessar . Althea lived to a great age , but finally passed on in the Year of the Gate , 1341 DR . Daern was given a new role as Guardian of the Tome . Unfortunately , within the year , he was murdered by the returned Bloirt Waelarn , who stole the " Tome " and escaped . The " Tome " was recovered , lost , and recovered again several times . Finally , after being forcibly taken from the clutches of Thay an agents , the " Tome " was returned to the House of the Broken God in the possession of the triumphant Enduring Servant Elisker Hagathan at the end of the Year of the Boot , 1343 DR . The " Tome " remained at the House of the Broken God for almost twenty years , only occasionally being loaned to Ilmatari priests embarking on dangerous missions with the Holy Warriors of Suffering . The " Tome of Torment " was once again stolen in Year of the Helm , 1362 DR , its whereabouts and thief unknown . The Church of Ilmater offered a reward for its surrender at either the House of Holy Suffering in Mussum or the House of the Broken God in Keltar . " Circa " 1369 DR , the House of the Broken God was presided over by Melder Rythtin of the Healing Hand , renowned for his diagnoses and treatments . In 1370 DR , Adhan el Ilmater was the Revered Father of the House . He enjoyed working directly with his patients . Leaders . The leaders of the House of the Broken God were :