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[Belsirasin, Saint]
[Bizzare]
[Balsha]
[Balshang_Jihad]
[Balshans]
[Battle_of_Chelna_Gap]
[Battle_of_Eidru]
[Battle_of_Hereg]
[Battle_of_Osten]
[Battle_of_Ramala]
[Battle_of_the_Sources]
[Battle_of_Teb_Marsh]
[Bjarlids_Saga]

Belsirasin, Saint
Attributes: Aerlathos of the North. Unarmed Warrior, White Disc, or Tears
Status: ST
Serves: Peoni. Patron saint of Northern Lands, Truth and Winter
Holy Day: First Belsirase of Olfion.
Image: Weeping Warrior without Weapons
Born: Born 640 BT in Ivinia
History: Belsirasin is often portrayed as a weeping young warrior without weapons. He is said to shed tears for every lie or deceit told by mortals. Belsirasin is the lord of virtue and truth, perhaps the sternest and least forgiving of Peoni's servants. His wife is Tirrale the Handmaiden of Renewal. He is the patron saint of northern lands, truth, winter.
Bizzare
A series of articles based on food, herblore and cooking in Tharda.
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Balsha
He was a Morgathian prophet with a reputation for accurate doom saying and a wide following. He died on the Impaling stake for "Crimes against the greater good" in 588TR. He was sentenced by the 14th emperor of Corani, Medak. Balsha predicted the Red Death Plague of 559. The jihad that followed was named after this Morgathian prophet. [Tharda 1]
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Balshang Jihad
It began with the death of Balsha on the impaling stake in 588. Thousands flocked to the banners of Balsha’s lieutenants. The rebellion was fed by those few that survived the Red Death Plague of 559TR. As predicted by Balsha, almost two out of every 10 Corani died between 559-561. Few fields were planted and what crops were grown were harvested by sick or dying peasants. The Corani nobility took most of the harvest for them selves. Thousands died of starvation. Before the winter of 559 had ended desperate peasants began attacking the homes of the nobles for revenge and food. Many peasants saw the Jihad as a chance to avenge the wrongs inflicted by a callous aristocracy. By 560 the Jihad controlled all of Rethem. The purge weakened Imperial armies were powerless against the revolt and many units joined the Balshans. In 562 the Jihad captured Merethose, renaming it Golotha. Horahnam of Tekos, a khala, who murdered his father, the governor of Shiran, and his elder brother - both of whom were loyal to the Corani Empire. Seizing control of the city he declared his support of the Jihad. Coronan was then besieged and surrendered in 365 after Emperor Medak was captured by the Balshans while attempting to flee Aleath and impaled outside Coranan. [Tharda 2]
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Balshans
People of the Balshang Jihad. [Tharda 2]
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Battle of Chelna Gap (672)
Kaldor was resoundingly defeated by the Thardic League in this battle of the Salt War.
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Battle of Eidru (665)
Queen Arelora’s forces capture Eidru and then Kuseme when the panicked guards fleeing her forces failed to close the gates fast enough to bar her advancing knights. It was a decisive battle in the Five-Year War.
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Battle of Hereg (???)
The battle was between the Corani armies, led by Arosta, and the Merdi tribal federation. [Tharda 1]
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Battle of Osten (367)
The battle was between the Corani armies, led by Arosta, and the Hefiosa tribes. [Tharda 1]
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Battle of Ramala Gap (673)
This was the last battle of the Salt War. The league was defeated by Kaldor and forced to accept trade and territorial concessions.
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Battle of the Sources (372)
The battle was between the Corani armies, led by Arosta, and the Shira tribes. [Tharda 1]
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Battle of Teb Marsh (673)
Part of the Five year War, the League defeated the forces of Kanday and captured the royal keep of Ibonost.
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Bjarlid's Saga
A popular story among the Ivinians, it details the settling of the land and its conquest.
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