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Bear Lord
Ursis Seyhrain. Planar animal lord [he/him] N
Realm: Beastlands / Brux / The Bear Lord’s Den
The Bear Lord is a mysterious cutter that dwells within the shadows of Brux. Much of the dark about him is obscured by the were-bear power Balador and his realm Ursis. Some even claim the Bear Lord to be an avatar of Balador, but such chant is just plain wrong—the seyharin are independent of the influence of any powers. However, sometimes the actions of the Bear Lord are mistakenly attributed to proxies of Balador, and vice versa: the Bear Lord and Balador both maintain realms rather close to each other, and their spheres of influence virtually overlap.
Unlike the Cat Lord and Bast, Balador and the Bear Lord have no great rivalry of their own. Instead, they keep to their own designs, neither caring that the other controls a vast majority of those who would worship the other. The were-bears of Balador do not consort with the were-bears that choose to live with the Bear Lord in his cosy underground realm the Bear Lord’s Den, and vice versa.
The Bear Lord’s sphere of influence is all of the varieties of bear across the multiverse, and were-bears that do not pay homage to Balador. The most prominent of his followers is the brown bear Grizzlepaw (petitioner werebear [he/him] / N), who is usually the first cutter who a planewalker in the area is likely to encounter. A tough and reliable blood, Grizzlepaw is currently most concerned with the actions of the Vile Hunt on the Beastlands, and has taken to frequenting haunts in Ursis and beyond to find reliable heroes who’ll undertake quests that involve the destruction of Hunt members.
In regard to the recent actions of the Cat Lord, the Bear Lord finds himself infuriated by the whole affair. If he can get along with a power who has a sphere of influence identical to his own, then the Cat Lord can stop being so precious about her situation. He’s come rather close to declaring a shakishta in disgust at the Cat Lord’s actions, although he realises that political declarations would mean little to the vain Cat Lord. Of course, he still throws in with the Cat Lord in regards to the rivalry between the beasts of Ground and the Air. Despite the differences between Sky and Earth, animals are animals, and the brutal treatment of the ground animals during the reign of the ulraehn is something that Bear believes needs to be addressed.
Source: Dave King aka Heregul, Jon Winter-Holt. Canonwatch: The Bear Lord is homebrew.