Ygor Vectress
Ygor Vectress | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Adventurer, charlatan, legitimate businessman |
| Era | Age of Steam |
| Employer | Cardinal's Reach |
| Organization | Meat Squad |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
| Awards | Honor of Wuxia medal |
Ygor Vectress is a vampire sorcerer, member of Meat Squad, and member of the Vectress family.
Ygor's character sheet on D&D Beyond
Appearance
Ygor is short for an elf at 5'2". He has yellow eyes and elvish features from his snow elf lineage. Wild magic turned Ygor's skin bright blue. He has short black hair a thick full beard, the result of Ygor's Belt of Dwarvenkind. He usually wears one of his tailored suits, his Magnificient Sanguine Coat, and a large sun hat. More recently he has a yellow custom-made wedding suit from Lapsac that he wears. If it is during the daytime, he is also usually holding an Umbrella of Darkness to keep the sunlight away.
Biography
Backstory
Ygor was born hundreds of years before the campaign as a snow elf, part of the Vectress family in Evermest. The family was looked down upon and mistreated by the townspeople of Evermest, which Ygor responded to by robbing the manors he was hired to clean. Simadilim Vectress, Ygor's older sister and a schoolteacher in Evermest, formed a plan for the family to get revenge on the town as she studied dark magic. Ygor was hesitant about this plan, thinking it seemed too drastic. A few years earlier, also met Lion Lorelit, who had come to Evermest to extend his court's reach. Ygor was the only one to recognize him as a vampire. Upon agreeing to keep this a secret and help him if he can, the two became allies, then friends. Over the next few years, the two would keep a correspondence, and grow closer. When Simadilim enacted her plan, killing the older students and raising them as undead then charming the younger students as child soldiers to attack the town, most of the Vectress family had to flee. Lion invited Ygor to join him in the Shadowfell and Ygor accepted, joining the Lorelit Court and becoming a vampire himself. He would live as part of the Lorelit Court for many years before breaking ties with them, stealing a bunch of stuff (including the Chalice of Blood), and fleeing back to the material plane.
Ygor spent many years wandering the material plane. He would go from town to town, mooching off people, scamming, and stealing where he could. He is also a gambler. At one point, Ygor placed a large bet on Sengir Ironbeard's forces winning the Battle of Fargan. He lost the bet.
Several months before the campaign began, Ygor was cursed by a hag to be unable to lie. Because this left him without an income, he decided to join the Cardinal's Reach in Aakarii, Wuxia.
Meat Squad
On a mission in Wuxia, Jaing Chak was nearly killed after being crushed by an avalanche after being knocked unconscious. In an effort to save his life, Ygor drained Jaing before he died, turning him into a vampire. Jaing would remain a vampire until he sacrificed this curse to activate the portal to the Terror King's Realm in the Corvid Estate basement. After the death of Arphazel Beelzazel, Ygor adopted her pet Slitherstole that was left behind. It now joins Ygor on adventures.
Ygor uses the Chalice of Blood which he can fill with any blood he has tasted, including the blood of Jaing or a Doku child. He also has a sending stone.
Ygor has won two duels. The first was against Fake Michiya, who forfeited the duel by not arriving. The second was against King in the Undercity of the Clockwork City, using training pistols. Unbeknownst to King, Ygor cheated by subtly casting some spells on himself before the duel.
Abilities
- Spellcasting – Ygor is able to use his fey curse to cast spells, and has attained some expertise of spellcasting through it. He augments his spellcasting with blood magic learned from Laila Lavellan Lorelit. Some of his more notable spells include Bigby's Hand, Catalina's Magic Canoe, Cure Wounds, Crown of Stars, Polymorph, Tasha's Otherworldly Guise, and Wish. His spellcasting can also trigger a Wild Magic surge.
- Luck Manipulation - This same manipulation of the wild fey magic of the curse allows Ygor to bend the luck of himself or those around him.
- Vampiric Powers - As a vampire, Ygor can charm people, turn into a bat, and drink blood.
- Blood Sense - After being given the blood of Vesperra, Ygor can detect creatures in a nearby range that have blood or are bleeding.
Trivia
- Ygor's current theme song is Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh.