Solium Infernum, the hellish strategy game, gets its own Littlefinger
Solium Infernum is a strategy game right from Hell. The premise is simple, but fiendish: Satan has disappeared, the infernal throne is vacant, and now, Hell’s cruellest and most determined to rule-est are fighting it out via RTS-style combat and manipulative, diplomatic double dealings. After seeing Solium Infernum live, PCGamesN now has exclusive details on its latest villain, a sly, backstabbing devil by the name of Belial. And you thought Littlefinger from Game of Thrones was bad…
Though you can conquer Hell the warring way in Solium Infernum, and take on the rival archfiends in open battle, from what we’ve seen in our own Solium Infernum preview, it’s perhaps simpler – and shrewder – to play them from the darkness and let them do your bidding without them even realising. Enter Belial, the Prince of Lies, revealed exclusively to PCGamesN.
“A favourite for those who enjoy deception,” according to developer League of Geeks, Belial is a master manipulator with little interest in open conflict. His modus operandi is to spark rivalry between the other archfiends, and work the whole lot of them from the shadows while silently reaping the rewards.
“Belial is a collector of souls, and the trophies of those he’s fooled,” League of Geeks explains. “A serpent-tongued and Machiavellian figure, Belial prides himself as being a step ahead of everyone else. Known for his strong opposition to both Heaven and Earth, Belial likes nothing more than to promote lawlessness and confusion, perhaps to better manipulate events. For Belial, power is all.”
Belial was the first archfiend designed by League of Geeks, forming the archetype around which the rest of Solium Infernum’s characters were created. He forms part of the infernal Conclave
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