Belicio is the warrior and a founding member of La Jabalina (the Javelin) in Caldero, famed for his strength, his seductive smile, his catchphrase “¡Belleza!” and for drawing a double salary from the Guard and the temple.
| Type | Character |
| Group | La Jabalina |
| Base | The Bastard Cromas |
| Spanish entry | Belicio |
Description
Also spelled “Abelicio” in older records and nicknamed “the Gostoso Warrior” by the group, he is a deadly close-quarters fighter who carries his two-handed sword like a surfboard and cuts hobgoblins “like butter”. His charm is out of the ordinary: he smiles before, during and after the charge. For him combat is active pleasure, not painful duty. His two signature phrases:
- “¡Belleza!” (“Beauty!”) celebrates a clean blow, a rescue or a tactical win, and greets pilgrims at the tavern.
- “¡Gostoso!” celebrates the pleasure of the fight itself: “Gostoso… esto es un lío gostoso…” (“this is a gostoso mess”), and “Gostosoo!!!” after cutting down hobgoblins in the gallery of the Bazaar of Life.
History
- Bazaar of Life (first mission): cut down hobgoblins and fought Kazmojen.
- Path of Drakthar (second mission): ran with the group after Jaromir and met a sleepwalking Teo.
- Flood Season (third mission).
- He also fought the Howler at the Fortress. His main charges are made with Foggimer, Lukas and Teo.
The double salary
Belicio secured simultaneous contracts with the Guard of Caldero and the Temple of St. Cuthbert, each unaware of the other until late, presenting the same work as “protection of public order” to one and “protection of the spiritual flock” to the other. With five hundred gold coins at stake, the guard captain seemed impressed; Forbes Caldero explored the negotiations. Belicio did not answer the articles.
At the Bastard Cromas
In the main room of the group’s headquarters he tells his exploits in full, violence included. Mascor Blancarba records in the Caldero Gazette that while Foggimer spoke soberly of sacrifice and coordination, Belicio described his sword cutting through hobgoblins like butter. Caldero’s people often know Belicio before the rest of the group.
He trains at midnight, shirtless, in the large, empty basement, so the others can rest. Gossip & Style asked whether it was a secret fight club; anonymous neighbors reported “a glow in the cellar, and blows”.
Conflicting accounts
An older fragment, from records before Mascor Blancarba’s compilation, called Belicio a possible figure mutated by contact with Rorschach stains, a “Lovecraftian creature arisen in phase 4 of operations”; the spelling “Abelicio” seemed tied to this. The 1824 AE compilation does not record the mutation, and Belicio appears as a human warrior. Three readings are kept without a verdict:
- the mutation is anticipated for the next cycle;
- it is an alternative in a parallel fold of the cosmos;
- the fragment is an archival error or a mix-up with another figure.