Lord Villastir

Lord Villastir is an elven noble and was the chief advisor to Queen Telandia Edasseril who lived in the small town of Siavenian in northern Kyonin. He closely watched a once-dormant elf gate, activated in 4720 AR by adventurers travelling from Minas Amer. Those same adventurers revealed his connection to the Winter Council, and he fled Iadara before he could be held accountable.   After vanishing for a time, Lord Villastir re-emerged under a shroud of secrecy when Kadrus Stormblade returned to Iadara. Villastir learned that the boy's memories had been altered to forget his past, including his father Lasdolon Stormblade. It was unclear who gave the order for the mind wipe, but Villastir used the boy's confused condition to his advantage. He restored Kadrus' memories and explained that Lasdolon had been a member of the Winter Council. The Queen's people, and perhaps the Queen herself, were responsible for altering his memories. The only ones that Kadrus could trust were Lord Villastir and the Winter Council.   Kadrus had no idea what fate had befallen his father. Villastir explained that Lasdolon was dead, along with his wife, Loriana. But through akashic meditation and divination magic, it could be possible for Kadrus to reach his father and speak to him once again. Villastir knew Lasdolon had access to powerful magic, specifically something called the Master Glyph, and he hoped to persuade the boy to locate those items by communicating with his father.   To this end, Villastir orchestrated a ritual of communion, one that required not only Kadrus’s arcane lineage but the participation of a second powerful caster—one who could stabilize the glyph resonance during the planar connection. Kadrus turned to his ally, Kumiko, to assist in the ritual, unaware that Villastir intended to remove her at the critical moment. As the rite began, Villastir enacted a baleful teleport mid-casting, banishing Kumiko to a distant planar shore where she could not interfere. With the ritual unguarded and Kadrus now isolated, Villastir urged the young mage to press deeper—to find his father.   What followed was not what Villastir expected.   Lasdolon's voice emerged from the tapestry—not as a whisper, but as a wound torn open, raw with fury and clarity. The bond between father and son proved stronger than Villastir's control. Through Kadrus, Lasdolon laid bare the truth: that Villastir had not merely manipulated events, but had orchestrated the death of Loriana, Lasdolon's wife and Kadrus's mother. Villastir, fearing that Loriana's influence had softened the elven army's greatest weapon, had ensured she suffered a death designed to enrage, isolate, and break Lasdolon.   Kadrus, overwhelmed by the revelation, lashed out with arcane force. Villastir barely escaped with his life, his composure shattered by the psychic resonance of Lasdolon's fury. Lasdolon promised vengeance—not merely personal, but divine.  

“I will be back, Villastir,” came the voice from beyond. “And I will make sure you do not go quietly into that good night.”

  Following the failed ritual, Villastir disappeared once more. His public mask was shattered, his ambitions exposed. But despite the setback, he had learned something invaluable: Lasdolon’s essence had not faded, and the glyphwork that once bridged planes could still respond to Lasdolon’s presence. The ritual, though interrupted, had proven the connection was real. Villastir began seeking stronger means to extract Lasdolon—not to revive him as an ally, but to ensnare his essence and seize control of the Master Glyph for himself.   Rumors now place Villastir far from Kyonin, hidden among ancient ruins in forgotten lands, studying ancient glyphs and aligning leyline nodes. Some say he has acquired an artifact once believed lost to time: a crystalline construct known as the Obsidian Spindle. If true, his goals may have evolved beyond mere vengeance or power.   He may no longer wish to rewrite elven destiny—He may now seek to rewrite the world.