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 * [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]] - gave his clearest origin statement at the burned homesteads; Aspect crystallized as protection and healing; 4th-level ''Command'' halted three cultists at once
 * [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]] - Battle of Nuts Deep (Fireball, wyrmling Halt, Spirit Guardians + jaunty boots); '''joined the Dawnbringers'''; level 9
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Wvaske: Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): convert short-form (S NN) session citations to numbered references

2026-09-15T18:42:20Z

Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): convert short-form (S NN) session citations to numbered references

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	* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party		* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party
	* [[Cult of the Dragon]] – His sworn enemy, blamed for his brother's death and the ruin of his home		* [[Cult of the Dragon]] – His sworn enemy, blamed for his brother's death and the ruin of his home
	* [[Shade]] – The wizard he shields; "Not my wizard" (~~S52~~)		* [[Shade]] – The wizard he shields; "Not my wizard" <ref name="s52">[[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]].</ref>
	* [[Halvard Greyskein]], [[Bargan Thrust]], [[Zelene]] – Luskanites he freed from the red-coin corruption with Remove Curse (~~S51~~)		* [[Halvard Greyskein]], [[Bargan Thrust]], [[Zelene]] – Luskanites he freed from the red-coin corruption with Remove Curse <ref name="s51">[[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]].</ref>

	=== Appearances ===		=== Appearances ===
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	* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]] - gave his clearest origin statement at the burned homesteads; Aspect crystallized as protection and healing; 4th-level ''Command'' halted three cultists at once		* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]] - gave his clearest origin statement at the burned homesteads; Aspect crystallized as protection and healing; 4th-level ''Command'' halted three cultists at once
	* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]] - Battle of Nuts Deep (Fireball, wyrmling Halt, Spirit Guardians + jaunty boots); '''joined the Dawnbringers'''; level 9		* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]] - Battle of Nuts Deep (Fireball, wyrmling Halt, Spirit Guardians + jaunty boots); '''joined the Dawnbringers'''; level 9

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Wvaske: S53: joins the Dawnbringers, Battle of Nuts Deep exploits, Aspect domain defined, level 9

2026-08-09T19:22:50Z

S53: joins the Dawnbringers, Battle of Nuts Deep exploits, Aspect domain defined, level 9

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	Dwarf cult-hunter; divine spellcaster		Dwarf cult-hunter; divine spellcaster

	'''Baelgrum''' is a dwarf from [[Goldenfields]] who joined [[Deez Nuts]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]] under extraordinary circumstances: his was the substitute soul that [[Lady Calera]] bound into the party when she could not retrieve [[Alexios]] from the Hells. He is the character now played by Richard.		'''Baelgrum''' is a dwarf from [[Goldenfields]] who joined [[Deez Nuts]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]] under extraordinary circumstances: his was the substitute soul that [[Lady Calera]] bound into the party when she could not retrieve [[Alexios]] from the Hells. He is the character now played by Richard. As of [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]] he is a sworn member of the '''[[Dawnbringers]]''' militant order.

	=== Background ===		=== Background ===
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	Standing among the burned homesteads on the [[Elturel]] road in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]], he gave his clearest statement of that origin yet. A red dragon and cultists had done "'''this exact thing'''" to his own home: "''This is how I lost… chunk of my family, this is why I'm doing what I'm doing, so this is particularly personal.''" He stood "''off to the side clenching my fist in anger''" while the villagers stonewalled the party — and then spent his [[Tempered Soul]] on the persuasion check that finally broke their silence.		Standing among the burned homesteads on the [[Elturel]] road in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]], he gave his clearest statement of that origin yet. A red dragon and cultists had done "'''this exact thing'''" to his own home: "''This is how I lost… chunk of my family, this is why I'm doing what I'm doing, so this is particularly personal.''" He stood "''off to the side clenching my fist in anger''" while the villagers stonewalled the party — and then spent his [[Tempered Soul]] on the persuasion check that finally broke their silence.

			In [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]] that history became a faith with a home: telling the Dawnbringer Banneret of Goldenfields, the revelation, and the years of "smiting the Dragon Cult in [Lathander's] name," he accepted her offer on one condition — "'''Do it. As long as Squire Rogar can come.'''"

	=== Abilities ===		=== Abilities ===
	Baelgrum fights as a divine spellcaster, opening the rematch against Arauthator with a Guiding Bolt in the party's killing volley. Stepping into [[Alexios]]'s place, he took up that paladin's pact item — [[The Apostate's Rosary]] (holding ''Ray of Sickness'', ''Hold Person'', and ''Bestow Curse'') — and, like the rest of the reforged company, chose a [[Fiendish pact feats\|fiendish pact feat]] and received the Tempered Soul feat, along with the [[Dragon Harvest & Crafting\|Monster Harvester]] benefit. ''(His patron deity is ~~not yet set and will be~~ settled ~~in a future session~~.)''		Baelgrum fights as a divine spellcaster, opening the rematch against Arauthator with a Guiding Bolt in the party's killing volley. Stepping into [[Alexios]]'s place, he took up that paladin's pact item — [[The Apostate's Rosary]] (holding ''Ray of Sickness'', ''Hold Person'', and ''Bestow Curse'') — and, like the rest of the reforged company, chose a [[Fiendish pact feats\|fiendish pact feat]] and received the Tempered Soul feat, along with the [[Dragon Harvest & Crafting\|Monster Harvester]] benefit. ''(His patron deity in mechanical terms is still being settled — but as of S53 his faith is unambiguously [[Lathander]]'s.)''

	His '''infernal pact feat''' was detailed at the table in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]: he adds his '''Charisma modifier (+9) to Wisdom saving throws''' — but on a ''failed'' Wisdom save, the afflicting force can '''command him to move or to cast a spell'''. As he put it after volunteering to open Halvard's cursed chest and squeaking past the DC: "this shop does seem to be in fireball range, so I'm glad we passed."		His '''infernal pact feat''' was detailed at the table in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]: he adds his '''Charisma modifier (+9) to Wisdom saving throws''' — but on a ''failed'' Wisdom save, the afflicting force can '''command him to move or to cast a spell'''. As he put it after volunteering to open Halvard's cursed chest and squeaking past the DC: "this shop does seem to be in fireball range, so I'm glad we passed."

	His '''[[Tempered Soul]] Aspect''' crystallized in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] as '''protection and healing''', ~~drawn from~~ a ~~dream~~ of ~~being "~~''the ~~shield~~ for the ~~party''~~."		His '''[[Tempered Soul]] Aspect''' crystallized in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] as '''protection and healing'''; in S53 the DM defined its domain precisely: '''rolls where he takes, redirects, or discharges harm''' — interposing, shielding, warding. Spirit Guardians is squarely inside it; a Fireball is not.

			He owns a pair of '''jaunty boots''' (bonus-action teleportation) — and in S53 discovered their true calling: teleporting into the middle of a skeleton pack while '''Spirit Guardians''' is running. He is still workshopping a name for the combo.

	=== Session 51 — The Curse-Breaker of Luskan (2026-06-28) ===		=== Session 51 — The Curse-Breaker of Luskan (2026-06-28) ===
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	Twice in the fight he burned a reaction on '''Warding Flare''' to protect [[Shade]] — "'''Not my wizard.'''" — spending both reactions on her in a single round. A bond is visibly forming between the dwarf and the tiefling.		Twice in the fight he burned a reaction on '''Warding Flare''' to protect [[Shade]] — "'''Not my wizard.'''" — spending both reactions on her in a single round. A bond is visibly forming between the dwarf and the tiefling.

	~~He remains~~ '''~~unaffiliated with any faction~~'''~~, which leaves~~ his '''~~level-3 boon path open~~'''. ~~He has mused that it might come from~~ '''the ~~Companion of [[Elturel]]~~''' ~~itself~~. His ~~squire~~, ~~when he takes one, is expected~~ to ~~come from Elturel~~'s ~~light~~-~~temples~~ — and ~~with~~ the ~~party now seated~~ at [[~~Nuts Deep~~]] a ~~mile outside those walls~~, ~~he is well placed to find one~~.		=== Session 53 — The Dawnbringer of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09) ===
			In the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]] he was everywhere:
			* '''Misty Step into a 4th-level Fireball''' on the undead horde — the spend that occasioned the new Tempered Soul ruling (save-DC boosts touch '''one creature only'''; his d4+1 hit the dragonborn alone).
			* '''Command: "Halt"''' — after confirming at the table that a blue dragon wyrmling is intelligent enough to understand speech — with his Aspect d6 (DC 19). The wyrmling failed, could not act, and '''dropped out of the sky onto the wall''', where Gootcha finished it. His stated intent, pure Aspect: "''I'm trying to protect Gootcha and Will.''"
			* '''Spirit Guardians''' (3rd level) blanked a climbing skeleton archer's mind mid-climb — "he just lets go and falls to his death" — and then the '''jaunty-boots delivery''': a bonus-action teleport into the five freshly-hatched skeletons at the catapult. '''All five failed and died at once.''' Carl was extremely relieved.
			Afterward he was '''formally recruited into the [[Dawnbringers]]''' (with Rogar), interrogated the Banneret for the histories of the Companion and the Hellriders, and filed the obvious away: "''So we have a mysterious glowing ball and a demonic incursion all in the same area. That's interesting.''" He is now '''level 9''', with a 5th-level spell slot.

	=== Relationships ===		=== Relationships ===
	* [[Deez Nuts]] – The party he was bound to serve		* [[Deez Nuts]] – The party he was bound to serve
			* [[Dawnbringers]] – His faction, joined S53; he enters above the lowest rank
			* '''Rogar''' – his squire, a fellow Lathanderite, admitted to the order with him (see [[Squires of Deez Nuts]])
	* [[Alexios]] – The paladin whose place, and pact item, he took		* [[Alexios]] – The paladin whose place, and pact item, he took
	* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party		* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party
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	* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]] - cast all three Remove Curses that broke the red-coin grip on Luskan's key NPCs		* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]] - cast all three Remove Curses that broke the red-coin grip on Luskan's key NPCs
	* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]] - gave his clearest origin statement at the burned homesteads; Aspect crystallized as protection and healing; 4th-level ''Command'' halted three cultists at once		* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]] - gave his clearest origin statement at the burned homesteads; Aspect crystallized as protection and healing; 4th-level ''Command'' halted three cultists at once
			* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]] - Battle of Nuts Deep (Fireball, wyrmling Halt, Spirit Guardians + jaunty boots); '''joined the Dawnbringers'''; level 9

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Wvaske: Session 52 ingest: Baelgrum — origin statement at the burned homesteads, Tempered Soul Aspect (protection and healing), 4th-level Command DC 21, kills to prevent resurrection, Warding Flare for Shade, open boon path

2026-07-13T19:23:30Z

Session 52 ingest: Baelgrum — origin statement at the burned homesteads, Tempered Soul Aspect (protection and healing), 4th-level Command DC 21, kills to prevent resurrection, Warding Flare for Shade, open boon path

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	=== Background ===		=== Background ===
	Baelgrum was a farmer of [[Goldenfields]] until a dragon attack burned a grain store with his brother inside it. He spent the three years that followed hunting the [[Cult of the Dragon]] in vengeance, until he was ambushed and killed. His soul lingered in the Hells, where [[Lady Calera]] — unable to reclaim [[Alexios]], whose cries of "smite me!" repelled her — seized upon Baelgrum as a willing substitute and bound him into [[Deez Nuts]] in Alexios's place under [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]]. He arrived mid-battle against [[Arauthator]] with no ceremony and an easy grin: "Dragon fight! I think I like you people already."		Baelgrum was a farmer of [[Goldenfields]] until a dragon attack burned a grain store with his brother inside it. He spent the three years that followed hunting the [[Cult of the Dragon]] in vengeance, until he was ambushed and killed. His soul lingered in the Hells, where [[Lady Calera]] — unable to reclaim [[Alexios]], whose cries of "smite me!" repelled her — seized upon Baelgrum as a willing substitute and bound him into [[Deez Nuts]] in Alexios's place under [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]]. He arrived mid-battle against [[Arauthator]] with no ceremony and an easy grin: "Dragon fight! I think I like you people already."

			Standing among the burned homesteads on the [[Elturel]] road in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]], he gave his clearest statement of that origin yet. A red dragon and cultists had done "'''this exact thing'''" to his own home: "''This is how I lost… chunk of my family, this is why I'm doing what I'm doing, so this is particularly personal.''" He stood "''off to the side clenching my fist in anger''" while the villagers stonewalled the party — and then spent his [[Tempered Soul]] on the persuasion check that finally broke their silence.

	=== Abilities ===		=== Abilities ===
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	His '''infernal pact feat''' was detailed at the table in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]: he adds his '''Charisma modifier (+9) to Wisdom saving throws''' — but on a ''failed'' Wisdom save, the afflicting force can '''command him to move or to cast a spell'''. As he put it after volunteering to open Halvard's cursed chest and squeaking past the DC: "this shop does seem to be in fireball range, so I'm glad we passed."		His '''infernal pact feat''' was detailed at the table in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]: he adds his '''Charisma modifier (+9) to Wisdom saving throws''' — but on a ''failed'' Wisdom save, the afflicting force can '''command him to move or to cast a spell'''. As he put it after volunteering to open Halvard's cursed chest and squeaking past the DC: "this shop does seem to be in fireball range, so I'm glad we passed."

			His '''[[Tempered Soul]] Aspect''' crystallized in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] as '''protection and healing''', drawn from a dream of being "''the shield for the party''."

	=== Session 51 — The Curse-Breaker of Luskan (2026-06-28) ===		=== Session 51 — The Curse-Breaker of Luskan (2026-06-28) ===
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	* '''[[Zelene]]''' — a feint ("hold out your hands… they're pretty precious") that landed the cure instead of the coins, freeing the [[Arcane Brotherhood]]'s ranking mage and, ultimately, the city.		* '''[[Zelene]]''' — a feint ("hold out your hands… they're pretty precious") that landed the cure instead of the coins, freeing the [[Arcane Brotherhood]]'s ranking mage and, ultimately, the city.
	He also contributed Burning Hands to the forge test that established the cumulative-3rd-level-magical-fire cure, stood in the vault for the final melt, riding out the largest psychic pulse clean, and good-naturedly '''bankrolled the party's bridge tolls''' throughout the corrupted city. His benediction on the dockmaster's pledge to Ship Kurth: "'''Spread the word of these nuts, indeed.'''"		He also contributed Burning Hands to the forge test that established the cumulative-3rd-level-magical-fire cure, stood in the vault for the final melt, riding out the largest psychic pulse clean, and good-naturedly '''bankrolled the party's bridge tolls''' throughout the corrupted city. His benediction on the dockmaster's pledge to Ship Kurth: "'''Spread the word of these nuts, indeed.'''"

			=== Session 52 — Personal Vengeance on the Elturel Road (2026-07-12) ===
			The burned homesteads outside [[Elturel]] hit Baelgrum harder than anyone (see [[#Background\|Background]]), and [[The Turnip Wagon Ambush]] that followed gave him his signature combat moment: a '''4th-level ''Command'' — "Halt" — at DC 21''', boosted by his new Aspect d6, that '''halted [[Garrick]], [[Vex]] and [[Keith Sorrowmere]] all at once''' and broke the hit squad's opening.

			He also demonstrated that he now '''kills deliberately to prevent resurrection''': "''I identified that he was a caster, and I went for his head.''" The result was that ''Revivify'' was simply not an option on [[Keith Sorrowmere]].

			Twice in the fight he burned a reaction on '''Warding Flare''' to protect [[Shade]] — "'''Not my wizard.'''" — spending both reactions on her in a single round. A bond is visibly forming between the dwarf and the tiefling.

			He remains '''unaffiliated with any faction''', which leaves his '''level-3 boon path open'''. He has mused that it might come from '''the Companion of [[Elturel]]''' itself. His squire, when he takes one, is expected to come from Elturel's light-temples — and with the party now seated at [[Nuts Deep]] a mile outside those walls, he is well placed to find one.

	=== Relationships ===		=== Relationships ===
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	* [[Alexios]] – The paladin whose place, and pact item, he took		* [[Alexios]] – The paladin whose place, and pact item, he took
	* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party		* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party
	* [[Cult of the Dragon]] – His sworn enemy, blamed for his brother's death		* [[Cult of the Dragon]] – His sworn enemy, blamed for his brother's death and the ruin of his home
			* [[Shade]] – The wizard he shields; "Not my wizard" (S52)
	* [[Halvard Greyskein]], [[Bargan Thrust]], [[Zelene]] – Luskanites he freed from the red-coin corruption with Remove Curse (S51)		* [[Halvard Greyskein]], [[Bargan Thrust]], [[Zelene]] – Luskanites he freed from the red-coin corruption with Remove Curse (S51)

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	* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]] - bound into the party in place of [[Alexios]]; joined the killing of [[Arauthator]] and the voyage toward [[Luskan]]		* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]] - bound into the party in place of [[Alexios]]; joined the killing of [[Arauthator]] and the voyage toward [[Luskan]]
	* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]] - cast all three Remove Curses that broke the red-coin grip on Luskan's key NPCs		* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]] - cast all three Remove Curses that broke the red-coin grip on Luskan's key NPCs
			* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]] - gave his clearest origin statement at the burned homesteads; Aspect crystallized as protection and healing; 4th-level ''Command'' halted three cultists at once

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Wvaske: Session 51 ingest: three Remove Curses cured Luskan's key NPCs, infernal feat mechanics detailed, bankrolled the party's tolls

2026-07-04T15:51:38Z

Session 51 ingest: three Remove Curses cured Luskan's key NPCs, infernal feat mechanics detailed, bankrolled the party's tolls

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	=== Abilities ===		=== Abilities ===
	Baelgrum fights as a divine spellcaster, opening the rematch against Arauthator with a Guiding Bolt in the party's killing volley. Stepping into [[Alexios]]'s place, he took up that paladin's pact item — [[The Apostate's Rosary]] (holding ''Ray of Sickness'', ''Hold Person'', and ''Bestow Curse'') — and, like the rest of the reforged company, chose a [[Fiendish pact feats\|fiendish pact feat]] and received the Tempered Soul feat, along with the [[Dragon Harvest & Crafting\|Monster Harvester]] benefit. ''(His patron deity is not yet set and will be settled in a future session.)''		Baelgrum fights as a divine spellcaster, opening the rematch against Arauthator with a Guiding Bolt in the party's killing volley. Stepping into [[Alexios]]'s place, he took up that paladin's pact item — [[The Apostate's Rosary]] (holding ''Ray of Sickness'', ''Hold Person'', and ''Bestow Curse'') — and, like the rest of the reforged company, chose a [[Fiendish pact feats\|fiendish pact feat]] and received the Tempered Soul feat, along with the [[Dragon Harvest & Crafting\|Monster Harvester]] benefit. ''(His patron deity is not yet set and will be settled in a future session.)''

			His '''infernal pact feat''' was detailed at the table in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]: he adds his '''Charisma modifier (+9) to Wisdom saving throws''' — but on a ''failed'' Wisdom save, the afflicting force can '''command him to move or to cast a spell'''. As he put it after volunteering to open Halvard's cursed chest and squeaking past the DC: "this shop does seem to be in fireball range, so I'm glad we passed."

			=== Session 51 — The Curse-Breaker of Luskan (2026-06-28) ===
			Baelgrum was the engine of the red-coin cure: he personally performed '''all three Remove Curses''' that freed Luskan's corrupted key figures —
			* '''[[Halvard Greyskein]]''' — a clap on the shoulder mid-conversation, freeing two lost weeks and a 3,000-coin hoard;
			* '''the dockmaster [[Bargan Thrust]]''' — delivered by touch mid-handshake after winning initiative (spell attack 28), so powerful a cleansing that Bargan uniquely kept his memories of the coins' call;
			* '''[[Zelene]]''' — a feint ("hold out your hands… they're pretty precious") that landed the cure instead of the coins, freeing the [[Arcane Brotherhood]]'s ranking mage and, ultimately, the city.
			He also contributed Burning Hands to the forge test that established the cumulative-3rd-level-magical-fire cure, stood in the vault for the final melt, riding out the largest psychic pulse clean, and good-naturedly '''bankrolled the party's bridge tolls''' throughout the corrupted city. His benediction on the dockmaster's pledge to Ship Kurth: "'''Spread the word of these nuts, indeed.'''"

	=== Relationships ===		=== Relationships ===
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	* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party		* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party
	* [[Cult of the Dragon]] – His sworn enemy, blamed for his brother's death		* [[Cult of the Dragon]] – His sworn enemy, blamed for his brother's death
			* [[Halvard Greyskein]], [[Bargan Thrust]], [[Zelene]] – Luskanites he freed from the red-coin corruption with Remove Curse (S51)

	=== Appearances ===		=== Appearances ===
	* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]] - bound into the party in place of [[Alexios]]; joined the killing of [[Arauthator]] and the voyage toward [[Luskan]]		* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]] - bound into the party in place of [[Alexios]]; joined the killing of [[Arauthator]] and the voyage toward [[Luskan]]
			* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]] - cast all three Remove Curses that broke the red-coin grip on Luskan's key NPCs

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Wvaske: Session 50 ingest: create Baelgrum (corrected spelling; was Balegrum)

2026-06-16T17:08:44Z

Session 50 ingest: create Baelgrum (corrected spelling; was Balegrum)

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== Baelgrum ==
Dwarf cult-hunter; divine spellcaster

'''Baelgrum''' is a dwarf from [[Goldenfields]] who joined [[Deez Nuts]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)|Session 50]] under extraordinary circumstances: his was the substitute soul that [[Lady Calera]] bound into the party when she could not retrieve [[Alexios]] from the Hells. He is the character now played by Richard.

=== Background ===
Baelgrum was a farmer of [[Goldenfields]] until a dragon attack burned a grain store with his brother inside it. He spent the three years that followed hunting the [[Cult of the Dragon]] in vengeance, until he was ambushed and killed. His soul lingered in the Hells, where [[Lady Calera]] — unable to reclaim [[Alexios]], whose cries of "smite me!" repelled her — seized upon Baelgrum as a willing substitute and bound him into [[Deez Nuts]] in Alexios's place under [[A Compact of restoration and continuance|the Compact]]. He arrived mid-battle against [[Arauthator]] with no ceremony and an easy grin: "Dragon fight! I think I like you people already."

=== Abilities ===
Baelgrum fights as a divine spellcaster, opening the rematch against Arauthator with a Guiding Bolt in the party's killing volley. Stepping into [[Alexios]]'s place, he took up that paladin's pact item — [[The Apostate's Rosary]] (holding ''Ray of Sickness'', ''Hold Person'', and ''Bestow Curse'') — and, like the rest of the reforged company, chose a [[Fiendish pact feats|fiendish pact feat]] and received the Tempered Soul feat, along with the [[Dragon Harvest & Crafting|Monster Harvester]] benefit. ''(His patron deity is not yet set and will be settled in a future session.)''

=== Relationships ===
* [[Deez Nuts]] – The party he was bound to serve
* [[Alexios]] – The paladin whose place, and pact item, he took
* [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] – The erinyes who bound his soul into the party
* [[Cult of the Dragon]] – His sworn enemy, blamed for his brother's death

=== Appearances ===
* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]] - bound into the party in place of [[Alexios]]; joined the killing of [[Arauthator]] and the voyage toward [[Luskan]]

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