Balegrum

Balegrum

Dwarf cult-hunter; divine spellcaster

Balegrum is a dwarf from Goldenfields who joined Deez Nuts in 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

Balegrum 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 Balegrum as a willing substitute and bound him into Deez Nuts in Alexios's place under 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

Balegrum 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 feat as the price of being bound to life, along with the Monster Harvester benefit. (His patron deity is not yet firmly established — confirm with the DM.)

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