Faiths of Sublanarya Excerpt: Kalibos the Bastard Prince and Father of the Beastmen

The Legend of Kalibos:

The Bastard Prince and Father of the Beastmen

Skoraxia Hag-Mother has given birth to many abominations but none more-so than the Bastard Prince himself, Kalibos. He was born to some long lost human king in a far away land. He committed many atrocities, unaware of his mother's influence, including vandalizing temples, hunting sacred animals, and murdering priests. He was finally stopped by a hero, who defeated him in battle, and cut off his hand.

Kalibos fled to the sea and washed ashore on an island where he would certainly die. Instead, he was found by a hideous old crone who cleaned his wounds, saved his life and gave him shelter. When she revealed herself to, in fact, be his mother in mortal guise, Kalibos lost what remained of his sanity and humanity, transforming into a monstrous new form. She taught him dark magics of shape-shifting and shadow magic. He used these to great effect, taking over the island's tribes and using them to his bidding. He led raids against nearby settlements and eventually got revenge on the hero by stealing away the hero's precious treasure. Some legends say a flying horse and others say his betrothed. But this was Kalibos's ultimate downfall.

The hero made battle again with the now monstrous Kalibos and this time took more than his hand, somehow petrifying the beast and knocking off his head. But this was not the end of Kalibos.

He had risen to godhood, worshipped among the tribes, and whispers spread his cult across the primitive and brutal across the realm. Hags and witches in need of powerful allies called upon Kalibos for aid. Eventually, he was reborn in Sublanarya's Thule due to the efforts of a witch-cult. More powerful than ever, Kalibos created a race in his image by impregnating the cult members, the race known as beastmen.

He then led his horde of man-eating monsters, they laying waste to his enemies, sacrificing entire villages in his name, and making him more powerful than ever. It seemed he would hold dominion over the realm before long. That was until the arrival of the Holy Imperium and their champion: Croma

Croma was in fact a descendant of the great hero who had defeated Kalibos all those generations before. He led his army to the Black City itself and, at first, his armies easily outmatched the disordered beastmen. But when Kalibos entered the fray, he cut swaths through the imperial lines, until he met with Croma. Croma was fast, spearing the beast king with his great spears of light from his legendary quiver. But the beast, even gouged with spears, kept coming and knocked Croma about like a ragdoll until he had him on his knees. The beast had landed a fatal blow, cracking the breast plate of Croma and exposing his heart. He only had heart beats left to live. When the sun caught the light of his shield, it blinded the Bastard Prince, and Croma lunged a final blow under the beast's chin and through his head and eye. Kalibos fell dead and Croma passed with the knowledge that he had slain a great evil. He was given saint hood and the Holy Imperium built their new Sublanaryan capitol in his honor.

Today, the spawn of Kalibos still pose a threat to the common folk of Sublanarya but the inheritors of St. Croma's courage continue to fight to extinguish their vile line.

KALIBOS 

Title(s)  The Bastard Prince, Father of the Beastmen, Cannibal King, Abominable One, Hag Prince

Pantheon(s)

Thule

Power Level

Intermediary Diety

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

Symbol

A horned skull with fangs

Realm

Butcher Island

Portfolio

Beastmen, cannibalism, witchcraft, shapeshifting, shadows

Domains

Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Strength, Shadow

Worshipers

Beastmen, witches, hags, barbarians, canniablisms, murderers, shapeshifters

Favored Weapon

Claw

Holy Day(s)

  Full moons are used for rituals in Kalibos name.

SKORAXIA

Title(s) The Hag Queen, The Hag Mother, The Foulest of Foul

Pantheon(s)

Thule

Power Level

Lesser Deity

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

Symbol

A ram's skull wreathed in flowers

Realm

Butcher Island

Portfolio

Enchantment, motherhood, witchcraft, shapeshifting, shadows

Domains

Arcana, Nature

Worshipers

Beastmen, witches, hags, barbarians, canniablisms, murderers, shapeshifters

Favored Weapon

Dagger

Holy Day(s)

 Full moons are used for rituals in Skoraxia's name.