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[Vherdel]

So if I get all of this straight, Bane is already dead in the IWD settings?
Because this would not appear to be very likely.

There are priests of Myrkul present in both IWd1 and 2, and Myrkul died in the times of troubles as well as Bane did.

Although Bane eventually came back through the cocoon wich was his son.

So to me it would be logical if Xvim was a demigod at that time perhaps, but not a deity.

[-JR-]

However, not all the gods were so willing to learn and all of them tried to regain their divine power as quickly as possible. Bane was among these but unfortunately for him he was slain by the young god Torm on Eleasias 13, 1358 DR near Tantras. Subsequently the majority of Bane's power fell from him to the mortal Cyric, who temporarily claimed the powers of all the Dead Three - all of whom perished in the Time of Troubles. A smaller portion fell to his son, Iyachtu Xvim, an eventuality that Bane had anticipated should he himself perish.

Looks like Bane lived another 48 years or so after the events of the second Icewind Dale. Like you said, it appears as if Xvim was just kind of in the background until it was cocoon time, rather than a sire-the-children-then-die situation like with Bhaal.