When he is depicted in religious art, Tyr apperas as a noble warrior missing his right hand, lost to Kezef the Chaos Hound in proving his relilience and strength of spirit. In recent years, he has been shown blinded as well, a fatality of the Wrath og Ao during the Time of Troubles. Tyr's symbol shows his nature: justice through benevolent force and armed vigilance. He opposes all beings who deal in trickery, rule-breaking, and unjust destruction or misdeeds. He is said to be a latecomer among the powers of Faerun, appearing over a millenium ago but after most of the Realms powers had established themselves. His faith is popular as everyone knows exactly what Tyr expects his faithful to do and everyone can trust Tyrrans to be honirable, honest, just, and righteous.

Tyr is rather enigmatic to those outside his faith. He represents such stern justice that it is difficult to see the more subtle qualities of the god. He is a courageous father figure to his faithful and struggles continually to achieve for his followers a paradisiacal state of affairs in Faerun thet he knows will never come in an imperfect world. In his more affectionate moods, he sometimes refers to his abode in Lunia as the Just House, and one senses from him at times an odd sort of longing to want to be able to deal with troubles as one could among a perfect family: with love, courage, and the knowledge that everyone will try the best and not betray their fellows because of a special bond that all share. Unfortunately, he also knows that this will never be.