Resurrection of the Vampire Lord Belegoth

by hhakkinen

Recommended for games set during the 'Not Applicable' time period.

CAMPAIGN SYNOPSIS

Legends tell of a great vampire lord Belegoth, who lived long time ago in Age of Might. According to legends, his power was so great that he could even walk in bright sunlight without being harmed. His origins are lost in time but it is known that for a long time, he spread terror and death across Ansalon until he was finally defeated by the Kingpriest...

Now, thousands years later, the church of Chemosh seeks ways to strengthen their position and might by resurrecting Belegoth. Also the secret High Priest of the church -- the Nightmaster Nikodeus, an old vampire himself -- plots to control Belegoth's power so also he could walk in the light of a day unharmed and in a way, to become an immortal demigod.

To achieve his sinister goal, the Nightmaster needs to find the still bleeding hearth of the vampire lord which is rumored to have been cut from his chest while he was still alive and which has been hidden in the ancient resting place of the vampire.

But the Nightmaster does not know that the vampire lord is a demon of unimaginable power. He has been trapped in the Abyss for milleniums and has no interest of furthering the cause of Chemosh or his church, but to revenge the world for an ancient crime that has done upon him in the past...

CAST OF CHARACTERS

• The Belegoth - Chaotic evil ancient demon vampire.
• The Nightmaster Nikodeus - Lawful evil vampire cleric.

ADVENTURE PATH

Part 1

Where players unknowingly help the church of Chemosh to find the Belegoth's lost crypt and resurrect him. The Nightmaster is unable to control the vampire lord and Belegoth begins his new reign of terror.

Part 2

Where players learn that they cannot defeat Belegoth with the powers they possess in Age of Despair and with the help of Wizards of High Sorcery, they decide to travel back in time to Age of Might to learn how Belegoth was defeated originally.

Unfortunately, by a slight mistake (or perhaps by fate), the spell transports them back in time too far and arrive several decades before Belegoth's rise to power. In a small distant village located at the outskirts of Istar, they meet Belegoth as a young 10 year old child, a human, before his transformation and corruption to evil.

Now the players face a serious dilemma; are they able to change history and save this child from evil altogether? What will be the ancient crime that causes his descent to evil? The fate of Ansalon is not fought in the future but in the past, in a time where the darkness of the world plots to corrupt the hearth of an innocent child...

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