## Overview **Rarvas Mev** is a vampire lieutenant serving under **[[Raphael]]**, Vampire Lord of [[Hexa Landing]]. Rarvas is the primary enforcer of [[Raphael]]’s will in **South Angoria**, particularly tied to the corruption and collapse of **[[Talonalton]]**. While outwardly charming and intelligent, Rarvas is a predator who enjoys bending mortals to fear and despair. He walks the line between manipulator and sadist—and has left countless broken minds and empty graves in his wake. - **Name:** Rarvas Mev - **Race:** Vampire Spawn (Ascended) - **Age:** Unknown (at least several centuries) - **Affiliation:** Servant of [[Raphael]] / [[Crimson Sigil]] - **Current Status:** At large, leading secondary forces in South Angoria --- ## Role in the Campaign Rarvas was embedded beneath [[Talonalton]] in the crypt-catacombs, where he manipulated events that led to the town’s collapse. He transformed locals—including **Amelia**, a mother turned vampire—to use as weapons or distractions. He coordinated the ghoul army that chased the villagers from [[Talonalton]] and may have had a hand in the ritual desecration of the graveyard. - **Direct Threat:** One of the few vampire agents to act physically in South Angoria - **Mission:** Ensure soul-binding rituals complete; prevent mass escape of villagers to sanctified zones - **Ties to [[Anam]]:** Indirect—serves [[Raphael]], but follows necrotic orders to the letter --- ## Personality Rarvas is polished, persuasive, and theatrical. He often poses as a gentleman, speaking calmly even while preparing bloodshed. He has a love for irony and suffering—believing that corruption is most effective when it tastes like elegance. - **Disposition:** Refined, clever, sadistic beneath the surface - **Flaws:** Arrogant, underestimates resilience in those he sees as beneath him - **Speech Style:** Smooth, eloquent, enjoys metaphor and poetic threats --- ## Powers & Abilities (Known) - **Charm & Compel:** Uses supernatural persuasion and domination magic to control weak-willed victims - **Blood Rebirth:** May use rituals to create spawn from the newly dead - **Tactical Control:** Coordinates undead forces, especially ghouls, with military precision - **Magic Familiarity:** May possess or channel limited necromancy or illusion - **Shadowstep:** Known to vanish into mist or shadows, moving unseen --- ## Notable Actions - Oversaw the transformation of Amelia and other [[Talonalton]] townsfolk into vampire spawn - Hunted the villagers fleeing toward **[[Hearthstone]]**, attempting to cut off escape - Commanded the **[[Bonehowler]]**, likely participating in its necrotic construction - Manipulated Sheriff Galver indirectly, letting fear corrode the town from within --- ## Relationships - **[[Raphael]]:** Reveres and fears him in equal measure. Seeks to prove himself worthy of [[Raphael]]’s attention. - **Amelia (Spawn):** Once a tool, now discarded. Her daughter [[Hesta]] became bait. - **[[Calford]] (Revenant):** Sees him as a flaw in the system—unfinished death that inspires rebellion - **The Party:** Currently viewed as a nuisance. If they continue interfering, Rarvas may make them personal targets --- ## Campaign Role Rarvas is the face of vampiric evil in the [[Talon Grasslands]]. While [[Raphael]] watches from afar, Rarvas **acts directly**. He is likely to: - Reappear as a returning antagonist - Unleash elite undead units or twisted spawn of former villagers - Attempt to sow chaos through mind games, illusions, and grief - Possibly grow more monstrous if wounded or outmatched (metamorphosis into a higher form) --- ## Future Development - Rarvas may ascend into a **full vampire lord** if [[Raphael]] is weakened or killed - Could become a corrupted divine vessel if he seizes control of a fallen shrine - May offer one of the party a dark bargain—immortality for betrayal --- ## Quotes - _“You fear me. That means you’re still alive. Be grateful.”_ - _“This graveyard? I merely asked the dead to stand up.”_ - _“I do not kill hope. I let it rot into something useful.”_