Belierin

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Belierin

Elysium — Layer the Third

The Orphic Fens, the Forgotten Layer, the Bliss of Hope

Character of the Layer: Sacrifice, modesty and protection

Belierin is a layer composed mostly of fens, bogs and marshes, with tangles of mangroves in many places. Only a few settlements exist here on rocky spurs above the level of the swamps, many with a cathedral-like lighthouse, which directs travellers through the mists to safety.

The few travellers who come here use punts and rafts to navigate the overgrown waterways. Creatures dwelling in the marshes include beavers, muskrats, raccoons, turtles, opossums, frogs, crayfish, alligators, caiman, nutria (coypu), and herons.

Belierin is said to be a sealed layer, and the chant goes that the guardinals are either trying to keep people out, or something in. It is the plane of maintaining peace by secrecy, and of sacrifice for the greater good. The guardinals call this plane the Bliss of Hope.

Locations of Belierin

• Azure Veil, the (realm of Zvestra) ‡
• Dark Secrets (independent burg) ‡
• Hall of the Slumbering Kings (realm of Kelumarion) †
• Nillis-Thur (site)
  • Warriors of Heaven [2e] p9-10
• Quesar’s Birthplace (site)
  • Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p59–61
• River Oceanus (planar pathway)
• Rubicon (site)
  • Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p59–61
• Refuge of Night, the (realm of Nut)
  • On Hallowed Ground [2e] p172,175,181
• Second Hearing Second Sight (realm of Glycon) ‡

Powers of Belierin

• Nut (Egyptian power of the sky)
  • On Hallowed Ground [2e] p172,175,181

Guardinals of Belierin

Guardinal Paragons — Empyreal Lords

• Glycon the shining son of medicine ‡
• Kelumarion the king over the mountain †
• Kharash, Duke the stalker, Talisid’s shadow
• Rowdrosh the divine herdsman †
• Windheir his Honour, Duke of the avorals
• Zvestra Lady Zvestra

Guardinal Species

Race	Animal	Place in society
Ardeidal	Heron	Ferrymen, fishers, punters
Bombyxial	Moth, cicada	Sentinels of the night
Draconal	Dinosaur, dragon	Unknown
Raninal	Frog	Singers
Reptial	Crocodile, iguana	Protectors of secrets
Vitulinal	Beaver, seal, otter	Builders, fisherfolk

More details to follow!

Source: Jon Winter-Holt. Canonwatch: † Third party content; ‡ Homebrew material