Balothor Spurius Macer was born in 1E479 in Salenheim City. His father was decended from a long line of blacksmiths and craftsmen reknowned for making the maces for the use of combat clerics for many generations, originally peasents the family had been given the name Macer many years ago as a nickname and it stuck becoming the official family name.

Balothor takes his middle name from Spurius Beltarion who in 1E479 was a remarkable young wizard popular with the peasentry by creating all kinds of trouble for the Arcane Order with his differing views on teaching common people magic (later becoming the archmage and high councillor).

From a young age Balothor met with many holy warriors through his father's business (the reputation of the Macer family was still strong than many members of religious orders still got their weaponry from them). He liked and respected these men of valour but realized that they all shared one common flaw: an arrogance against the other known gods and their followers. The way Balothor saw it all of the gods were in some way descended from the Forefather Sven and were therefore linked and could be seen as family or in allience with each other.

Due to his location Balothor also heared about the Order of the Octodeus and upon reaching puberty joined as a squire to a great knight. After a number of years Balothor gained the promotion to become a full member of the Order. He participated in many battles against foreign forces but like other Octodeusans was prohibited to participate in the "holy" wars between the temples and churches of the Salenheimian pantheon. Balothor also aided in the hunt for heretics, undead and daemon worshippers including the followers of Kahrn the Destroyer.

In 1E511 he was sent by his superiors to a small highland town in the SCS to deal with what was believed to be a standard 'run-a-mill' haunting. Upon meeting with the local council he joined with a group of other adventurers (Katal Underbanner, Yasminda Jaja Magawbi, Kane and Jen) and the local tracker 'Deerstalker' and following ethreal images of people for a number of nights it was discovered that the problem went way deeper. The Cult of Karhn was attempting to channel the power of the shadow realm for their own dark purposes. Balothor aided the group in stopping this problem and they were rewarded by the townsfolk. It was agreed that the group would stay together for a while longer as they all had business to attend to back in Salenheim City.