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Despite their ascension, Bane and Myrkul still wished for more power and the two stole the Tablets of Fate from the overgod Ao with the belief that the Overgod's power was tied to the Tablets. When Ao noticed the theft, he summoned all the gods and demanded that the tablets be returned by the thieves but no one stepped foward. Tired of their constant power plays and negligence of their duties, Ao banished all the gods except the god Helm (who was commanded to guard the gates of Heaven) to the mortal world and forbade entry into the Divine realms until the Tablets were return.

It was during this time that the Three met their demise. Bane died during a titanic battle against the god Torm, Myrkul was slain by the Chosen of Mystra; Midnight, who later became [[Mystra]] after her predecessor was slain by Helm for trying to enter the heavens without the tablets. And Bhaal was slain by the mortal Cyric wielding the sword Godsbane (an avatar of the god Mask). After these events the three were given the name Dead Three and the mortal Cyric ascended as a god, gaining all of the Dead Three's divine portfolios and worshippers for a time.

Before their demise in the Time of Troubles, the Dead Three had prepared contingencies in case they were killed. The most infamous of these was Bhaal's, who foresaw his own death and begat progeny; the [[Bhaalspawn]] with each child having a small portion of his divine essence, their purpose was for all Bhaalspawn to die so that the divine essence of Bhaal inside them could be used by his priesthood to restore Bhaal back to life. Bane's was not so dissimilar from Bhaal's, as he had sired a half-demon son named Iyachtu Xvim (who later reclaimed his father's domains of tyranny, hatred and strife from Cyric) and Myrkul imbued an artifact known as the Crown of Bones with a portion of his power. The first of the Dead Three to return was Bane, who consumed his half-demon son and reclaimed his divinity. The second was Bhaal, who was resurrected after the last two remaining Bhaalspawn perished and reclaimed his domain of Murder from Cyric. Myrkul was the last, as he was resurrected during the [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Second_Sundering Second Sundering] along with many previously dead deities as the God of Death, but was forced to serve his hated rival and Cyric's successor Kelemvor, the current Lord of the Dead.