Is it time to reveal who Kha-Beleth really was? His origins and history? How did Raelag defect to Kha-Beleth? And why did everyone forget about him (except Sorshan, by the way, why didn't Sorshan forget)?

We had two possible candidates for Kha-Beleth and we were unable to decide.

The first one was the “obvious” choice. It was Sar-Shazzar who sabotaged the ritual of his master Sar-Elam and later entered Sheogh through the “flaw” during a Lunar Eclipse to rule over the Demons and become the Demon Sovereign (remember that the night he “died”, his body turned to ashes so there was no real proof of his true death).


The second option was more “mystical”. Kha-Beleth was born because of Sar-Shazzar’s sabotage but its impact was to split Sar-Elam’s soul in two. One (the “largest and brightest” part) became the spiritual wall locking Sheogh, the other (the “small dark splinter”) took shape in the form of Kha-Beleth. In this version, Kha-Beleth is Sar-Elam’s twisted shadow, maddened and enraged by years of imprisonment in the prison he had himself built. This is a stronger motivation for the Tears of Asha because her “prophet” is broken and doomed to eternal torment (not just “dissolved”). This once again feels like a reference to the movie Dark Crystal where it all starts when the crystal is broken and when spiritual unity is restored when the missing splinter is returned.


The story of Agreal / Raelag is already quite detailed so I’m not sure which part you feel is missing.


When Raelag joined the Dragon Knights he gained access to one of their greatest powers which is to make people forget them or fail to notice them (something of a “mass” Jedi mind trick or Men In Black neuralyzer).


As for Sorshan, he was protected from the effect by his deep connection to the “whispers of Malassa” (his constant visions of buried secrets and lost memories), and maybe chosen by Raelag to remember him?