Followers of Oghma tell an interesting tale regarding the earliest days
of existence. Not long after Shar and Selne created Toril and gave birth
to Chauntea, the world's animating spirit, a traveler ventured to the
world from a distant realm. He came upon a chaotic landscape of indistinct,
shapeless concepts yearning to be given solidity. To each of these concepts
he gave a name that would define it in the eons to come. Such was the power
of these names that the concepts transcended their elusive existence, bound
to physical form in the material world. Thus, did Oghma, the Binder of What
is Known, give order to chaos and claim an honored place among Toril's
oldest deities.
Oghma's dominion over the realm of ideas continues to this day. The Lord of
Knowledge sits in judgment of all ideas, deciding whether they will be
allowed to spread, or whether they will die with their originator. In this
regard, the Binder exercises a great deal of caution, for the experience of
countless ages weighs heavy on his heart. He prefers to keep the delicate
balance he has nurtured since the beginning of time.