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The Origin of Belintar

Posted on December 20, 2022

Greg and I both agreed never to publish a definitive answer as to the origin of Belintar. If the Only Old One couldn’t learn his origins, your player characters sure as heck…

Belintar the HeroQuester

Posted on January 30, 2022

We all know about Belintar’s first incarnation – from when he appeared off the shore of Kethaela in 1313 and his titanic struggle with the Only Old One that resulted in his…

45 – Errors of Judgment

44 – Patchwork god 46 – Thief

44 – Patchwork god

43 – Some disassembly required 45 – Errors of Judgment Q&A

42 – More than the sum of the parts

41 – Bring it on 43 – Some disassembly required

41 – Bring it on

40 – The Six Guardians 42 – More than the sum of the parts Q&A

40 – The Six Guardians

39 – Too Strong 41 – Bring it on

39 – Too Strong

38 – Release the Kraken, part 3 40 – The Six Guardians

30 – Sideshows

29 – The City of Wonders 31 – Harbinger of the End Q&A

29 – The City of Wonders

Chapter 3 – The White Bear 30 – Sideshows The Holy Country To the south of Dragon Pass lies the magical land of the Holy Country, united for centuries by its ever reincarnating…

Caladraland

Posted on October 10, 2021

Of course the Orlanthi know Lodril – he is the great god of Caladraland, a nation of nearly a half million people at the edge of Esrolia. Lodril lives here in a…

Masters of Luck and Death II

Posted on July 26, 2021

A few last notes on the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death. There’s a lot in this one, so I recommend reading it carefully and digesting each piece! The Tournament…

White Bear & Red Moon and Belintar

Posted on July 26, 2021

Armed with this information you now know about Belintar, the Sartar Dynasty, and the Masters of Luck and Death, things can get really interesting.

Masters of Luck and Death I

Posted on July 23, 2021

In the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death, participants traveled the secret pathways of the Hero Plane that tied the Holy Country together. They defined and named the powers of…

The Holy Country after 1616

Posted on July 22, 2021

When Belintar died and did not return in 1616, the Holy Country quickly fell apart as a unified kingdom. As not one but two Tournaments of the Masters of Luck and Death…

God-King Belintar

Posted on July 5, 2021

A Stranger came ashore in 1313. He quickly proved himself greater than any mortal, and knew secrets known only to the gods. In a great magical war, he overthrew the Lord of…

Cult’s book Holy Country Preview

Posted on June 25, 2021

Here’s a snippet from the forthcoming Cults Book that ties into some recent posts of mine: About a century after the Dragonkill War, an incredible event occurred which changed Kethaela forever—the arrival…

Belintar the Patron

Posted on June 22, 2021

Over his centuries of rule, Belintar attracted and patronised many visionary and unorthodox thinkers. Aggressive reincarnation, philosophies of Luck and Fate (“our Lady giveth and she taketh away”), God Learner apologists, monomyth…

Kethaela – The Third Age

Posted on March 12, 2021

After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…

Notes on The Holy Country

Posted on March 9, 2021

Belintar was a human being who swam ashore from the deadly sea at the Rightarm Island of Sandpaper one bright morning in the year 1313. He had great bearing and power, and…

Notes on Belintar

Posted on February 8, 2021

A few notes on Belintar that folk might find interesting: Belintar was a wise and beneficent being, with no grudge against the innocent, and a keen mind in marshalling his resources. In…

Heroquesting 102

Posted on July 20, 2020

OVERVIEW The process by which an individual contacts the world of the gods and grows in it is slow and gradual. When mortals participate in a religious ceremony, they expend energy and…

Belintar

Posted on June 27, 2020

As an aside, Belintar – like the Lunars – wasn’t a practical builder. He build awesome things to magically tie the Holy Country together, but not really practical things for ordinary people….

Some notes on the Holy Country

Posted on June 12, 2020

For centuries, Belintar was able to coordinate magical activity to everyone’s benefit in the Holy Country. The gods were often manifest – so you didn’t need tribal rites to have that contact….

Holy Country notes with maps

Posted on June 12, 2020

By 1350, the Hendriki kingdom is gone. Heortland – named after the great cultural hero who was often invoked by Belintar – was a Sixth of the Holy Country. The God-King kept…

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