Belhifet

Belhifet is a fictional demon from the Black Isle computer role-playing game Icewind Dale. In the Dungeons and Dragons game system, Belhifet is classified as a balor, one of the most powerful classes of demons.

Warning: Plot spoilers following.

In the events of the Icewind Dale story, Belhifet sought to conquer Northern Faerun. To do this, he required an army. The answer to this lay under the temple of the war god, Tempus, in the town of Easthaven. It was there that long ago, a cleric named Jerrod, sacrificed himself to seal a portal to the Abyss, creating the landmark of Jerrod's stone. For Belhifet, this was the perfect source for an army of demons. So Belhifet decided that his first step of his conquest of the North would be to secure the town of Easthaven.

Disguising himself as Poquelin, a cleric of the god of suffering, Ilmater, Belhifet began a recruitment drive for the army needed to conquer the North. Among these recruits are Ilmadia (a female elf renegade), Malavon (a drow sorcerer), Marketh (a bandit), and Saablic Tan (a Red Wizard of Thay). Belhifet also recruited many of the humanoids that inhabited the wilderness of the North, including orcs and goblins. During his travels, Belhifet also discovered the evil magical artifact, Crenshinibon. For his base of operations, Belhifet chose the abandoned dwarven stronghold, Dorn's Deep, where his forces could acquire needed equipment for war.

However, Belhifet quickly discovered that another demon had designs for the North - the marilith Yxunomei, who commanded the yuan-ti forces of the Serpent's Eye. Belhifet realized that his forces were too evenly matched for Yxunomei's to effectively combat, so Belhifet resorted to manipulating adventurers to do away with Yxunomei.

This plan, however, proved to be Belhifet's undoing. The heroes of the Ten-Towns (as they came to be known) managed to kill Yxunomei and much of her forces, but they realized that there was something deeper happening. Eventually reaching Dorn's Deep, the adventurers managed to reach Belhifet and confront him. Belhifet managed to flee and, in the process, capture Easthaven in preparation for opening the gate to the Abyss. Belhifet also uses Crenshinibon to seal the temple of Tempus. However, the heroes manage to penetrate the crystal tower surrounding the temple and defeat Belhifet before the gate was opened. According to the story, Belhifet was banished to the Abyss, not killed. He would not be able to walk Faerun again for a hundred years afterwards.

In the story of Icewind Dale II, the legacy of Belhifet continues. During his time on Faerun, Belhifet managed to impregnate the elf Ilmadia, who gave birth to the half-fiend, half-elf twins, Isair and Madae.