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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
- Quesar’s Birthplace(site)
- River Oceanus (planar pathway)
- Rubicon (site)
- The Refuge of Night (realm of Nut)
Powers of Belierin
- Nut (Egyptian power of the sky)
Guardinals of Belierin
| Race | Animal | Place in society |
| Arachneal | Spider | Weavers, creators |
| Ardeidal | Heron | Ferrymen, fishermen, punters |
| Bombyxial | Moth | Sentinels of the night |
| Castorinal | Beaver | Builders |
| Eutheconal | Crocodile | Protectors of secrets |
| Hemipteral | Cicada | Message senders, singers |
| Lutrinal | Otter | Playful commoners |
| Obcutinal | Chameleon | Spies, disguise |
| Phoenicoptial | Flamingo | Friendly commoners |
| Raninal | Frog | Singers |
| Saurinal | Dinosaur | Unknown |
More details to follow!
Source: Jon Winter-Holt
