Progeny of Baltalas

Progeny of Baltalas

It is fortunate for the realms that the Progeny of Baltalas are few in number. In the Dawn War, they numbered in the hundreds, and all spawn of the primordial lord Baltalas. Those that got out of Muspelheim wrecked untold havoc with their streams of lava spittle and a strength that could matched an adolescent Atlas. A dozen of them together could form a bond whereby they had the heat output of a similar number of volcanoes. They could unleash so much ash, smoke and lava as to cook a world. For the primordials of the Dawn War, the main problem with these fiery monstrosities was their dim-wit and short memory. They would turn on their own side in the midst of combat, either out of choice, enemy convincing, or that it being an easier route to somewhere they suddenly thought of going. This made them unreliable except as something to drop off in enemy territory and let it run amok.

After the Dawn War, only two of these creatures have made it to Bal-Kriav. One was trapped in the Demon Spawn War when it was buried under tons of rubble. Geb and Bahamut worked together to bring down this terror which at the time had no name, so Geb named it Kerath after a crazy son of Thyrm. Because of this gesture, it is said that Thyrm became a forever friend of Geb. Kerath became trapped in rubble, and was then chained to the stone. These Kerath Anchors are one of the marvels of Adunamar and in some areas form the basis of passages from around the volcano Kerath that descend into the Underdark.

In 1421, a Progeny of Baltalas came through the Glothreth Rift and wrecked havoc in Glothreth. It then travelled west into the glacial wastes of Igas. This fiery humanoid, towering the height of three titans, required an entire Artaxertean army to bring it down.