Baalibastus
Fire Damsel. CG demipower of love, beauty, fire, passion, animals, children (She/Her)
Pantheon: Orcish
Symbol: Silhouette of an orc maiden kneeling in prayer
Realm:Â Beastlands / Brux / Passion Unquenched
Baalibastus the Fire Damsel was once a beacon of love, beauty, and fiery passion. Hers is a tragic story of betrayal and resilience, a flame doused by treachery, but not quite extinguished. Her fall coincided with the ascension of Gruumsh, whose vision for the orc pantheon was steeped in war and conquest. Baalibastus’ portfolio of love was a thorn in the side of Gruumsh’s brutal dogma, which held that orclings should be brought up to fear their sires, not to love them. Baalibastus advocated for a balance between strength and gentleness, passion and compassion—which endeared her to those orc powers who sought solace from the constant strife, but made her more enemies.
Gruumsh, rightly viewing her teachings as a threat to his dominion, devised a nefarious plot. Under the guise of a grand convocation, he invited Baalibastus to present her visions for the future of the orc race. But she had been tricked. Gruumsh and his kin struck at the orclings who played at her feet, snatching the nascent powers away—whether they were slain or corrupted into becoming wicked demipower is dark. Weakened by the loss of her children, Baalibastuc was unable to resist the spell of banishment that Gruumsh them enacted, severing her from her followers and realm, and condemning her to wander the planes as an outcast.
Wounded but unbroken, Baalibastus wandered the Great Ring. Her spirit was too fiery to be quenched by the betrayal, although she was reduced to a mere demipower. In her exile, she came upon the Beastlands, a realm vibrant with untamed beauty and fierce passion. With the last vestiges of her power, she forged Passion Unquenched, a sanctuary for those who shared her ideals, a place where the fire of love and beauty could burn freely, untainted by Gruumsh’s malice. Unfortunately for Baalibastus this effort was too mush for her weakened state, and she fell into a deep sleep from which she has never awoken—not dead, but not living either. She remains there to this day, protected by an ever-dwindling number of faithful petitioners.
See Also: The Truth About the Orcish Pantheon
Source: Chris ‘Orc Friend’ Nichols and Jon ‘Orc Skeptic’ Winter-Holt
