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 Though he changed his patron god thrice, he proved to be an ardent believer of each: for Selûne, he built Moonrise Towers in her honor, for Shar, he built a grand temple under town in her name and for [[Myrkul]], he amassed a great army ready to raze Baldur's Gate to the ground.
-Through it all, he kept a note from Isobel close to him,{{ref|[[Crumpled Note]]}} showing that deep down a small part of him still remembers the man he once was.
+Through it all, he kept [[Crumpled Note|a note from Isobel]] close to him, showing that deep down a small part of him still remembers the man he once was.
 == History ==
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 A devout worshipper of [[Deities#Selûne|Selûne]], Thorm lived with his wife Melodia and daughter [[Isobel]] near the [[Reithwin Town|town of Reithwin]] as governor of the region. Such was his devotion to the Moonmaiden that he would commission a [[Infernal Mason|local mason]] to construct a grand bastion in her honor: [[Moonrise Towers]].
-Yet disaster struck the Thorm family when Melodia passed away, leaving Ketheric to raise their daughter alone.<ref>''[[Letter to Ketheric]]''</ref> With a child in his care, Ketheric persevered, and though doubts plagued his mind, he never abandoned the Selûnite ways he would raise his daughter in. It wouldn't be too long after, however, that tragedy would befall Ketheric once more, this time with Isobel dying.<ref>''[[Mason's Log]]''</ref>
+Yet disaster struck the Thorm family when Melodia passed away, leaving Ketheric to raise their daughter alone.<ref>''[[Letter to Ketheric]]''</ref> With a child in his care, Ketheric persevered, and though doubts plagued his mind, he kept the Selûnite ways. As Isobel grew older, their happy years had a sour note: he disapproved of a budding relationship between his daughter and an immortal [[aasimar]] visiting the town, [[Aylin|Dame Aylin]], daughter of [[Selûne|Selûne's]].
+The conflict would be cut short, however, as tragedy would befall Ketheric once more, and his daughter Isobel passed away.<ref>''[[Mason's Log]]''</ref>
 === Conversion to Sharran ===
-Grief-stricken and unable to cope with her loss, he renounced the worship of the Moonmaiden and turned to [[Shar]], the Lady of Loss.<ref>''[[Diary of Ketheric Thorm, Vol 1]]''</ref><ref>''[[Tablet Fragment (3)]]''</ref> In his downward spiral into darkness, Shar compelled him to build an army of [[Dark Justiciar|Dark Justiciars]] beneath his home town in order to cleanse the world of Light. Moonrise Towers, once a bastion of Light, turned into a symbol of darkness and grief, and Thorm would systematically erase all Selûnite trace of the town, forcing all believers of the Moonmaiden to convert to Shar or flee. Those who remained devout to Selûne did so in secret, arranging a fledgling resistance.
+Grief-stricken and unable to cope with her loss, Ketheric Thorm renounced the worship of the Moonmaiden and turned to [[Shar]], the Lady of Loss.<ref>''[[Diary of Ketheric Thorm, Vol 1]]''</ref><ref>''[[Tablet Fragment (3)]]''</ref>
+In his downward spiral into darkness, Shar compelled him to build an army of [[Dark Justiciar|Dark Justiciars]] beneath his home town in order to cleanse the world of Light. Moonrise Towers, once a bastion of Light, turned into a symbol of darkness and grief, and Thorm would systematically erase all Selûnite trace of the town, forcing all believers of the Moonmaiden to convert to Shar or flee. Those who remained devout to Selûne did so in secret, arranging a fledgling resistance.
+Ketheric lured his daughter's lover, Aylin, whom he had once quarreled with under Selûne, now trapping her in a prison. He had the immortal demigod serve as a perpetual sacrifice for Dark Justiciar initiates – a design of his closest confidante, the necromancer [[Balthazar]].<ref>[[Ornate Letter|''Ornate Letter'']]</ref>
-At some point, Ketheric would trick his daughter's lover, [[Dame Aylin|Aylin]] and trap her in a prison, made to serve as a perpetual sacrifice for Dark Justiciar initiates.
+As terror gripped his town, the [[Harpers]], a loose organization that roots out villainy, saw that Ketheric had committed "Murder, Slavery, and Desecration of Temples Most Holy," and began to seek an alliance to end his reign.<ref>[[Scroll of Evidence|''Scroll of Evidence'']]</ref>
-[[Harpers]], a loose organization that roots out villainy, found Ketheric guilty of "Murder, Slavery, and Desecration of Temples Most Holy," and began to seek an alliance to end his reign.<ref>[[Scroll of Evidence|''Scroll of Evidence'']]</ref> Reithwin soon became the site of battle between Ketheric's army and the combined forces of the [[Harpers]] and [[Druid|druids]] of the [[Emerald Grove]]. Meanwhile, the result of [[Mason's Log|a bargain struck]] between [[Raphael]] and the Selûnite [[Infernal Mason|architect of Moonrise]] takes place as [[Yurgir]] begins to annihilate the Dark Justiciars.
+Reithwin soon became the site of battle between Ketheric's army and the combined forces of the [[Harpers]] and [[Druid|druids]] of the {{FRWiki|https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Emerald_Enclave|Emerald Enclave}}. Meanwhile, the result of [[Mason's Log|a bargain struck]] between [[Raphael]] and the Selûnite [[Infernal Mason|architect of Moonrise]] takes place as [[Yurgir]] begins to annihilate the Dark Justiciars.
-In the end, the Sharran army was defeated, [[Break Yurgir's Contract|virtually all Dark Justiciars were killed]], and finally Ketheric himself perished. Yet, before the final blow was struck, he would curse the lands with a terrible darkness that would persist long after his demise, afflicting any survivors from the battle and all the inhabitants left.<ref>''[[Olam's Journal]]''</ref> His body was buried in the [[Thorm Mausoleum|Thorm mausoleum]].
+In the end, the Sharran army was defeated, [[Break Yurgir's Contract|virtually all Dark Justiciars were killed]], and finally Ketheric himself perished. Yet, before the final blow was struck, he would curse the lands with a terrible darkness that would persist long after his demise, afflicting any survivors from the battle and all the inhabitants left.<ref></ref> His body was buried in the [[Thorm Mausoleum|Thorm mausoleum]].
 === Resurrected as Myrkullite ===
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 More than a hundred years later,{{Verify}} Thorm would be brought back from the dead by [[Myrkul]], tasked to form an alliance with the apostles of the other two of the [[Dead Three]] and bring death to the world in exchange for bringing his daughter back.
-Yet after reviving his daughter [[Isobel]] with help of [[Balthazar]], Ketheric's plan at a family reunion failed. When the revived Isobel saw his broken visage, she fled.
+Yet after reviving his daughter Isobel with help of Balthazar, Ketheric's plan at a family reunion failed. When the revived Isobel saw his broken visage, she fled.
-Undeterred, empowered by Myrkul, and granted immortality by the [[Nightsong]], Ketheric begins amassing an army of followers of the [[Absolute]] in order to march to Baldur's Gate and sow destruction.
+Undeterred, empowered by Myrkul, and granted immortality by the Nightsong, Ketheric begins amassing an army of followers of the [[Absolute]] in order to march to Baldur's Gate and sow destruction.
 Tasked with the recovery of the mysterious artifact, the only object capable of thwarting the [[Dead Three|Dead Three's]] plans, he ultimately fails and falls at the hands of the party.