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The Taludrian Tales: The Supposed Villain
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The Taludrian Tales

The Supposed Villain

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The Story of Baelian... the Supposed-Villain

Be forewarned: The comic pages are large images, and will load slowly on a computer with a poor internet connection.

The very base summary for his story is given with the cover page of the comic. Below, a longer summary of what will come includes spoilers.

Take your pick.

And, if you'd like to view some of the images not housed on this site, check this link to my archive of Baelian-images over at deviantArt: Baelian's Records



Baelian's tale is placed in the same world of Ragdalae as the Taludrian Tales. His story, however, takes place on one of the distant continents, approximately 1300 years before the time of the main story arc.

His ability to use magic came with an onset of visions---the details of which are finally revealed to him in the comic.

He is the 'supposed' villain, quotations intended, in multiple meanings of the phrase.

  • He is supposedly a 'villain' that will, at the very least, burn down a building while manipulating the Aer'Ilath with the aid of an aetherial dragon.
    • Due to the decisions made to the gods, the Aer'Ilath is a barrier between magic/potential and the physical reality. Mages work through different means to touch the essence of things, to pull amounts of magic through the Aer'Ilath, or pass through it to do their magic on the other side---Baelian, as a sorcerer, can naturally manipulate the interaction between the Aer'Ilath and the physical world without such tools.
    • A powerful sorcerer, deliberately breaking apart this veil of the world, could allow Mifeterecer free reign in the worlds again---and risk the non-Consensual End. As such, magic on the scale 'Baelian' is seen using in his visions is extremely alarming to many magical authorities.
  • He is 'supposedly' the villain, in that he has no agenda of world-destruction, while the "heroes" gathered to prevent the vision from being fulfilled are rather too intent on killing him.
  • He is supposed to be the villain, as his visions---and the intentions of multiple gods---have dictated.

Whether Baelian will come to be 'villain' in his tale is unknown.

Even I do not yet know what choices he will make, what agendas and schemes mortals and gods alike will do in pressuring him.

I haven't decided yet. And there are many possibilities.

Last updated 9/18/07