Hoar
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Hoar
Used as a noun, meaning ice crystals forming feathery white deposits (especially on objects outside) and often used as hoar-frost
Used as an adjective: showing the characteristics of age, maturity and venerability, especially by having silver-grey or white hair
Etymology: from Old English: "har" meaning silver / grey / white as stubble on older men's chins, associated with venerable, old, respected. German still retains the word as a title of respect in "Herr." Used in association with frost, "hoar-frost" is recorded in Old English from circa1290, likening the white feathers of frost to an old man's beard. Hoar has also been used as a description of boundary stones in Old English, possibly because they were silver-grey with lichen, hence "hoar" is common in Old English place names.
| Forgotten Realms Deity | |
|---|---|
| Hoar | |
| Title(s) | The Doombringer Lord of Three Thunders |
| Homeplane | Barrens of Doom and Despair |
| Power Level | Demipower |
| Alignment | Lawful Neutral |
| Portfolio | Revenge, retribution, poetic justice |
| Superior | |
Hoar is a fictional Faerûnian deity of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. He is the deity of revenge, retribution and poetic justice.
Hoar is one of the lesser deities in Faerûn. There is no organised church of Hoar, but some cities have small individual shrines set up by his disciples and clerics. This is owing partially to the fact that Hoar is not native to the Forgotten Realms. He was once a member of the Untheric pantheon. During the Time of Troubles, Hoar slew the Untheric deity Ramman (the God responsible for Hoar's exile) but his rivals portfolio was stolen by Anhur.
Quinsareth, an agent of Hoar, appears in the 2006 forgotten realms novel Bloodwalk by James P. Davis.
