Ygor Vectress
Ygor Vectress | |
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.jpg) Ygor at level 16 Art by Acerbus Sigil | |
| Born | |
| Occupation | Adventurer, charlatan (formerly), legitimate businessman (formerly) |
| Years active | 1762 ADW onward |
| Era | Age of Steam |
| Employer | Cardinal's Reach |
| Organization | Meat Squad |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
| Relatives | Simadilim Vectress (sister) |
| Family | Vectress family |
| Awards | Honor of Wuxia medal, Realm's Savior title |
Ygor Vectress is a snow elf vampire sorcerer and member of Meat Squad.
Appearance
Ygor is short for an elf at 5'2". He has yellow eyes and elvish features from his snow elf lineage, part of the Vectress family. Wild magic turned Ygor's skin bright blue, then again shifted it to more of a navy blue, then orange. He had black hair and for a while a thick full beard, the result of Ygor's Belt of Dwarvenkind, but he shaved this after he was decapitated. None of this can be seen, however, since wild magic made any part of Ygor not covered by clothes appear skeletal. He usually wears his purple suit (given to him by The Eclipse), dark aviators (given to him by Pelor), and combat boots (given to him by Azure).
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. At the time of the Battle of Osisris, Ygor forged the will of Catalina Chak and left the Chak Manor at Fort Fargan to him, which Ygor subsequently lost in a card game.
Several months before the campaign began, Ygor was cursed by a hag to be unable to lie. Because this left him without an income, unable to do the only job he knew, he decided to join the Cardinal's Reach in Aakarii, Wuxia.
Meat Squad
In Aakarii, Shogun Haruto organized the new recruits to Cardinal's Reach, including Ygor, Autumn, Arphazel Beelzazel, Zarkor, Drake Greystone, and Pancho, into a team that would become known as Meat Squad. They would soon be joined by Ali and Hina. They began their adventures in Wuxia, investigating the Doku family.
Meat Squad's adventures would take them all over the world and beyond, to Calvastus, Al-Harim, Undaris, Duzgredar, the Realm of Ice, Tortoran, the City of Styx, the Vile Dimension, the Moon, the moon of Scavath, and the Stranded Realm. Over these adventures, Sorhea Serothis, Kara, Aziel, Rozin Hiexel, Sunrise, and Lyrith would also join the party.
When fighting the Jade Empress, Arphazel was killed. After this Ygor adopted her pet Slitherstole that was left behind, naming it Pilgor. He also started wearing suits, having Lapsac tailor Arphazel's suits to fit him. On another 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.
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.
In the City of Styx, despite Ygor's apprehensions about it the party decided to walk into Graz'zt's trap, thinking they could defeat him there anyway. It went horribly wrong, and Ygor was beheaded by a demon and killed. While Ygor was dead, Aziel was killed and turned into a demon. When Ygor was revived, the party did end up killing Graz'zt and rescuing Aziel.
Along with the other members of Meat Squad, Ygor trained in the Stranded Realm with Volatar and gained an understanding of ether and an etheric connection, allowing him to use some ether abilities.
On 26 I'semna 1764 ADW, after Meat Squad defeated Annihilation, Sythus opened the Fall of the Eclipse. Meat Squad and the Eclipse used this to travel through time to gather Hunter Hex and Terror Panik, but on the third attempt Sythus pulled them out of time. They talked for a time but eventually Sythus attacked, and they fought, Meat Squad ultimately being victorious. Ygor died near the end of the battle, however, but Autumn made a deal with the Raven Queen to trade Sythus' soul for Ygor's, and he was saved. The next day they traveled to Hunter Hex's timeline and killed Sythus again there.
Sunrise then asked the party to help him find the Undarian Three. The next morning ,during a fake assault on a fake Collective base in Undaris organized by Inquisitor Sylkress, Meat Squad found a hidden actual Collective base beneath an observation post in the Borderspine Mountains. In the base they rescued Doc and his parents (as well as Simon Reign) but freed Aklidos in the process. After this, the members of Meat Squad would go their separate ways.
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 Vespera, Ygor can detect creatures in a nearby range that have blood or are bleeding.
- Reality Breaker - After being trained in ether by Volatar, Ygor has the capability of using ether to manipulate reality itself to a minor extent for a short period of time.
Equipment
- Suit of the Scion of Unyielding Chaos - Given to Ygor by the Eclipse. Does a whole bunch of chaotic wild magic shit.
- Chalice of Blood - A stolen relic of the Lorelit Court. Once per day Ygor can fill this chalice with any blood he has tasted.
- Two Sending Stones - Given to Ygor by Hina and Velina. Used for communication. The first can contact other linked sending stones, the second can contact any friend.
- Several Umbrellas of Darkness - Bought a dozen of them in the Dark Corrals in Tawanochi, three are left. They produce a magical darkness beneath the shade of the umbrella, allowing Ygor to avoid the sun.
- Pelor's Shades - Given to Ygor by Pelor. A magic pair of sunglasses that further protect Ygor from sunlight.
- +1 Ceremonial Katana - Given to Ygor by Princess Iwa for his duel with Michiya. Rarely used, as Ygor uses magic much more than martial fighting.
- Magnificent Sanguine Coat and the Tome of Leadership and Influence - Increases Ygor's charisma.
Trivia
- Ygor's theme songs are Runnin' with the Devil by Van Halen, Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh, and Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) by Styx.