Warping the minds of his new devotees and turning them into undead minions, Brother Poquelin formed his black temple in an abandoned dwarven temple of Berronar Truesilver in Dorn's Deep and used the power of the Crenshinibon to recruit the monstrous army of goblinoids, orcs and giants needed to conquer the North. ĭisguising himself as a cleric of Ilmater named "Poquelin" and drew forth followers from an Ilmatari monastery led by Brother Perdiem. Rallying an army of monstrous creatures of the North and shattering the stone would grant Belhifet the army he sought and grant him entrance back into Avernus. He planned to utilize a deactivated portal to the Hells found in Icewind Dale, which had been sealed within the monument of Jerrod's stone, and secluded away inside the temple of Tempus in Easthaven. With the influence of the artifact in his mind, Belhifet schemed to raise himself a new infernal army drawn from the Nine Hells of Baator. It came from the remnants of an artifact that possessed similarly-aligned goals, that was also lost in the frigid north, the Crenshinibon. While stuck in the icy wasteland, circa the Year of the Cold Soul, 1281 DR, Belhifet began to plot his revenge when he was contacted by a malevolent sentience far more ancient than the devil himself. Believing the conflict could get out of their control, the devil's superiors in the infernal hierarchy banished him to the planet Toril in the far north. įor millennia, Belhifet waged his war of vendetta against the tanar'ri Yxunomei, with little care for anything but his own victory. Belhifet, narrating the story of his time in the Realms. An opportunistic cornugon by the name of Thrix the Profane that served as gatekeeper to Belhifet's tower. One of Belhifet's red abishai took on the guise Revered Brother Hephernaan to serve as the infernal advisor to the Shining Lady, a part- celestial military leader who was manipulated to be one of the devil's assets. The powerful devil was served by a number of lesser fiends, who acted as agents on the Prime and defenders of the Basalt Tower, his domain in Avernus. The half-fiends carried on their fiendish father's legacy by bringing chaos and destruction unto the frozen lands of the Far North, in their case under the banner of the Godson Iyachtu Xvim. īelhifet took Ilmadia as his concubine and sired twin cambion offspring, Isair and Madae. Among his most fervent devotees were the renegade elf Ilmadia Bariel, the drow sorcerer Malavon Despana, a bandit called Marketh, and Saablic Tan, a Red Wizard of Thay. ĭuring his campaign against the Ten Towns in the late 13 th century DR, Belhifet committed great acts of evil, impregnating many mortal human and elven women with his spawn and seducing a band of lieutenants to serve his unholy cause. The two adversaries waged a war with one another so profound that it led to Belhifet's banishment from the Nine Hells. Relationships īelhifet had an ages-old feud with the being Yxunomei, a marilith from the Abyss. He spent centuries waging war against a single opponent, then sought revenge on his own home plane of existence after suffering banishment. Throughout his existence, Belhifet was seemingly always driven by his pride. The Basalt Tower, Belhifet's domain in Avernus The great fiend carried two massive blades, that he wielded with absolute savagery when he chose to engage his foes in physical combat. Īs a powerful baatezu, Belhifet possessed an inherent protection form all forms of physical harm and could only be hurt by weapons possessing a strong +3 enchantment. While in his domain on Avernus, Belhifet could rain down hellfire upon his foes and readily teleport himself, erupting in a terrific conflagration. He readily misled and outmaneuvered both his opponents and those he treated as pawns in his schemes. Abilities īelhifet was seemingly unmatched in his ability to deceive and manipulate mortals of the Realms. Personality īelhifet conducted himself in a more refined manner that contradicted his horrifying nature and actions. He appeared as a massive, red-skinned fiend that towered over most humanoids.