Belina Katel

Belina Katel is an NPC in the Emeron campaign who traveled with the Joined of Vesper for a time.

## Associations

### Affiliation

Belina's Bows, Associate of the Joined of Vesper (aka The Notirous Nine), Fishton Fighters (formerly),

## Vital Statistics

### Eye Color

Brown

Belina is from a village named Carran in the estate of Dibmy in the Barony of Fishton. She was part of an adventuring company called the Fishton Fighters. The company went to the Brokenback Swamps in search of treasure. They were ambushed and captured by Bullywugs. The rest of her companions were killed and eaten but she was rescued by the Joined of Vesper. She traveled with the Joined of Vesper for a time and assisted them in their travels, forming friendships or at least a mutual bond of respect with most of them.

## Adventures with the Joined of Vesper

After being rescued by the Joined of Vesper they informed her that they planed to slay the Bullywugs who had captured her and she happily accepted their offer to exact vengeance on the creatures. She acquitted herself well, using her archery skills to aid in the battle.

After leaving the Brokenback Swamps they found themselves in the village of Redwyne. Fresh from her traumas, Belina sought out a tavern while the Joined of Vesper shopped in town. While there she was drugged and captured by the tavern staff, who were in thrall to a powerful Naga. Thankfully, the Joined of Vesper did not believe the tavern's staff's lies that Belina had never been there, and they were able to rescue her.

Thankful for being twice saved, Belina continued to travel with the Joined of Vesper helping them with her hunting and archery skills and gaining the mutual respect of many of the group.

Once they reached Emeron City, Belina helped the Joined of Vesper and the Joined of Yotia in freeing the Penderghast Family from the dungeons of Castle Finarte. Afterwards Belina parted ways with the Joined of Vesper so she could travel to Fishton and give portions of the treasure she had gained to the next of kin of the Fishton Fighters.

## Journey to Fishton

Belina traveled with with Cliff Boulderback and Grak'Thul, both of whom were fleeing Emeron City after being unjustly locked up by the Crown.

During their journey the trio came up on a mounted Emeronian patrol who insisted they were looking for people matching their descriptions. They could not get away, as they were on foot, and tried to fight. They were defeated and bound to be taken back to Emeron City. Thankfully they were more than a day way and while the guard slept Grak'Thul was able to slip his bonds and free the others. Another fight took place but with most of the guards asleep the trio was triumphant this time. They traveled to River's Edge and sold the excess horses and gear there before continuing on to Fishton.

## During the War of Alliance

After visiting the families of the Fishton Fighters and giving their next of kin their shares of the treasure she’d acquired, Belina decided she could not sit by and do nothing about the events that were taking place around the kingdom. She petitioned the office of Baron Hamar Bexley, explaining the broader scope of the war that she’d learned from her time traveling with the Joined of Vesper.

It took a fair amount of patience and persistence, but eventually she was able to get an audience with a high enough official in the baron’s court to arrange a meeting. She offered her services and the two agreed that she was to raise and train a mercenary company that the Baron would fund and call upon when the war fully began. Belina agreed and by the time Vossk’s armies invaded the duchy, Belina had raised and trained 50 archers and the unit was named Belina’s Bows.

Belina led Belina’s Bows during their first and only battle of the war, the Battle of the Bridge. Though her side was victorious, Belina and nearly all her men were killed in a charge made by the Bullywug Footmen of the Blackmuck Tribe. Belina fought to her final breath, shooting several Bullywugs before finally succumbing to the overwhelming numbers.

After the battle her body was collected by the Joined of Vesper, so that they could return her to life as soon as they had the resources to do so.

## Returned to Life

Belina was returned to life by Delilah Farmeski while the Joined of Vesper were in Antyoch City. She’d been dead for only eight days, but was devastated to learn that nearly all of her comrades in Belina’s Bows had died in the fighting. After taking a day to collect herself, aided somewhat by talking to Tumaini, she informed the Joined of Vesper that she was happy to assist them however she could.

As the Joined were being sought by the authorities in Antyoch City, they asked her to handle the details to go about renting a house for them to remain in the city for a time while they tended to matters. Belina was happy to have something to do, and arranged for the rental of a furnished house in the city and performed much of the shopping and supply trips for the place. When the Joined of Vesper had to leave the city on a diplomatic mission for the Duke of Antyoch, Belina remained in the city with Tumaini and Froderik’s brother, Miles Penderghast.

## Rescuing the Joined of Guya

When the Joined of Vesper returned to the city from their diplomatic mission, they were faced with a dilemma. They had a limited opportunity to attempt to assassinate the Spider Person impersonating Geoffry Ravenut and inform Queen Joycie of his duplicity. However, they had received word that the estate of Bogan had fallen to Dame Celia Aliri, and one of the Joined of Guya had been slain. This meant that there was only one last piece of the Goddess’ avatar left, and the person who held it had been forced to flee into the Haunt Woods and was surrounded by potential enemies.

Ultimately the Joined asked Belina, Tumaini, and Miles Penderghast to travel to the Haunt Woods and rescue the last of the Joined of Guya. They agreed, and accompanied with a hired cleric named Kenri Bobarre, departed Antyoch City on the 1st of Sloth, 1159. In the Haunt Woods Belina was able to user her nature magic to communicate with the trees and were led to the body of Sister Kater Umindoe.

They quartet delved further into the forest until they found a corrupted nature spirit near a cave began go summon forest creatures to attack them. During the fighting, Kenri, Belina and Tumaini entered the cave to find a strange green orb that had enthralled Sir Imlott and Krust. The orb began to raise skeletons to attack. Kenri was able to break the enchantment and Sir Imlott ordered them to get Krust to safety and began to cut his way through the skeletons to the orb. Upon reaching the strange artifact he destroyed it, causing a blast of light that destroyed the skeletons and caused Sir Imlott to vanish without a trace.

The nature spirit, now free of the corruption explained that a man named Malvus had placed the orb there that slowly corrupted the spirit and harmed the forest, causing all animals to come to it where it drained them of life. She explained that with the orb destroyed the forest would be able to heal.

## Personality

Belina is a pragmatic but good-hearted woman who has been rather roughly disabused of childish notions of dungeon delving for glory.

She feels deep survivor's guilt for being the only survivor of the Fishton Fighters to the point of returning their weapons and armor and cut of the loot to their next of kin.

She has developed an immense hatred of Bullywugs.

## Abilities

Belina is a skilled tracker and hunter with strong survival skills in the wild, particularly in forests and swamps. She has limited control of low level nature magics and is a noted archer but she is also capable with blades as well.