Balati

• Biographical Information

  A Deno’qai human (he/him), of the Ko’zula
  b. DR 1520 - d. DR 1544, died at age 24 years
  

  Lived in the Forest of Dreams, Ainumarya

Died in the Forest of Nightmares

A hero of the Deno’qai during the Great War, and the man who once bore the armor and shield Delwath now carries.

He was a young warrior, blessed by Nisir, the tanshi of eagles and far sight, and by Yezali, the tanshi of the hunt, in his prime. He is said to have been able to sense enemies a mile away, and hunt them with implacable skill. When Cha’mutte’s forces first probed the defenses of the Red River (the K’eye, the northern of the two rivers that cross what was once the northern edge of the Forest of Dreams), Balati led the ambush that drove back the hobgoblin vanguard, and his legend grew as it was said he called upon the tanshi to guide his spear and pierced the hobgoblin wizard’s heart, killing him dead, from 1000 feet. But no mere mortal could stand against the forces of the Abyss summoned by Cha’mutte, and Balati fell with many others. It was only by a miracle that Balati’s armor and shield were preserved undamaged, blessed by the tanshi.