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<h5>[[Bhaal]] and his Temple</h5>

The Dark Urge commanded great respect, admiration, and devotion from the devotees at the Temple of Bhaal in Baldur's Gate. Inspiring them from his sheer ruthlessness, staggering amount of victims, and the intelligence of his schemes and planning. Bhaal himself loved the Dark Urge the most of all his children as he had personally handcrafted the Dark Urge's body from his own flesh, as confirmed by dialogue with Naaber and Sceleritas Fel, and filled him with blood directly from his body, thus making him the perfect son in the Lord of Murder's eyes. This also stands in contrast to the other Bhaalspawn who were born from myriad dalliances with mortal women of various races during the [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Time_of_Troubles Time of Troubles], as such the Dark Urge was considered the true or pure Bhaalspawn.

The Dark Urge commanded great respect, admiration, and devotion from the devotees at the Temple of Bhaal in Baldur's Gate. Inspiring them from his sheer ruthlessness, staggering amount of victims, and the intelligence of his schemes and planning. Bhaal himself loved the Dark Urge the most of all his children as he had personally handcrafted the Dark Urge's body from his own flesh, as confirmed by dialogue with Naaber and Sceleritas Fel, and filled him with blood directly from his body, thus making him the perfect son in the Lord of Murder's eyes. This also stands in contrast to the other Bhaalspawn who were born from myriad dalliances with mortal women of various races during the [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Time_of_Troubles Time of Troubles], as such the Dark Urge was considered the true or pure Bhaalspawn. Bhaa's uncharacteristic, level of love and concern for the Dark Urge is shown in the amount of attention that the Dark Urge receieves from Bhaal, even after losing his memories. While most chaotic evil gods (including Bhaal) would disgard a Chosen if they were no longer useful. Such as Myrkul did with Ketheric after his defeat. Bhaal went to great lengths to restore the Dark Urge to his former place and made sure to guide and reward him until he returned to the Temple.

This seems to indicate that Bhaal felt an amount of paternal pride and love for his child. At least as much as the malevolent deity was capable of displaying.

<h5>[[Enver Gortash]]</h5>

Originally a relationship built on mutual respect for one another, the Dark Urge and Enver Gortash would come to ally with one another to carry out a plot created by the Dark Urge. This would see the two teaming up with one another to lead a raid on Mephistopheles' Vault to steal the Crown of Karsus. Later the pair would travel back into the Nine Hells through the devilshop in Baldur's Gate known as the [[Devil's Fee]], confirmed by the proprietor [[Helsik]], a diabolist serving [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Mammon Mammon] that runs the counter and interacts with customers seeking the aid or interests from the Nine Hells. This second trip took the pair to Raphael's home within the hells, known as The House of Hope, not to be confused with the Temple to Tymora that shares its name likely intentionally.

Originally a relationship built on mutual respect for one another, the Dark Urge and Enver Gortash would come to ally with one another to carry out a plot created by the Dark Urge. It appears that they were instructed by their patron gods to reach out to eachother to establish their alliance and devise a way to return the Dead Three to prominance in the Sword Coast.This lead to them sharing coded correspondance with eachother as they discussed the failures of previous Banites and Bhaalists and how they might avoid them.

Overtime, this relationship seemed to develop from an alliance of necessity to one of mutal benefit and even respect. This was because the Dark Urge and Gortash found themselves admiring eachothers, intelligence, ambition, ruthlessness and practicality. Traits that both of them highly valued. They also found common respect in eachother's abilities. The Dark Urge admired Gortash for his planning and foresight. Meanwhile Gortash respected the Dark Urge for his efficiency and ability to hanle matters personally.

This would see the two teaming up with one another to lead a raid on Mephistopheles' Vault to steal the Crown of Karsus. Later the pair would travel back into the Nine Hells through the devilshop in Baldur's Gate known as the [[Devil's Fee]], confirmed by the proprietor [[Helsik]], a diabolist serving [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Mammon Mammon] that runs the counter and interacts with customers seeking the aid or interests from the Nine Hells. This second trip took the pair to Raphael's home within the hells, known as The House of Hope, not to be confused with the Temple to Tymora that shares its name likely intentionally.

When Orin betrayed the Dark Urge, Gortash was unaware of just what happened, only knowing what Orin told him of the situation and that she had made a fool of the Dark Urge. However when coming face to face with Gortash for the first time since the betrayal he appears genuinely happy to see the Dark Urge interrupting the ceremony for his elevation to Grand Duke so that "I can greet a most honoured guest. Crawling back from his bloody disgrace - it's my favourite assassin! Gods, you're a sight for sore eyes." He will also confide in the Dark Urge the entire plan the two of them hatched for creating the cult of the Absolute and how much he has come to despise Orin, who he sees as a childish poser compared to the brilliance of the Dark Urge: "It was all going so well - until you vanished. Orin informed us that henceforth she would speak for the temple of Bhaal, and act on their behalf. But she made a mess of things. Unlike you, she cannot control herself."

Later after Orin's death at the hands of the returned Dark Urge. Gortash showed geniune relief and sincere congratulations upon their return. He also was eager to maintain their alliance and once the Dark Urge, proved their independance and intellect one more time. Gortash readily agreed to divide the stones to ensure their alliance remained strong.

It is possible that the Dark Urge and Enver Gortash found in eachother, the closest thing either of them ever had to a friend.

<h5>[[Absolute|The Absolute]]</h5>

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