Myrkul is the God of the Dead and later a God of Decay and Exhaustion in the Faerûnian pantheon, often worshipped by undertakers in one form or another, were a morose, secretive lot, reticent to share their faith with those outside his meager and unorganized church. These Myrkulytes were tasked with ensuring the people of Toril both feared and respected death, declaring even a touch from them could disrupt the life force of non-divine living beings, siphon away their strength, or even inflict mummy rot upon them.