> [!infobox|right] > #### Cassian Vaelisar XIII > ![[5e_cassian.png]] > > ##### Basic Information > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - bookmark-etch-solid-full.svg]] **Title(s)**: | The Thirteenth | > |![[ICON - feather-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Name**: | Cassian Vaelisar | > |![[ICON - handshake-angle-solid-full.svg]] **Faction(s)**: | Independent,<br>Wanted by the [[Lords' Alliance]] | > |![[ICON - house-chimney-window-solid-full.svg]] **Home**: | [[Waterdeep]],<br>[[Sword Coast]] | > |![[ICON - person-limbs-wide-solid-full.svg]] **Species**: | High Elf<br>Publicly Half-Elf | > |![[ICON - pot-food-solid-full.svg]] **Fav. Meal**: | Roast duck with plum glaze | > |![[ICON - beer-mug-empty-solid-full.svg]] **Fav. Drink**: | Red wine | > |![[ICON - face-smile-wink-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Passion(s)**: | Grand heists,<br>Disguises | > |![[ICON - face-scream-solid-full.svg]] **Fear(s)**: | The [[Stillseal]] failing,<br>Banites claiming it | > > #### Dates > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - question-solid-full.svg]] **Status**: | Alive | > |![[ICON - heart-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Born**: | 521 DR | > |![[ICON - coffin-solid-full.svg]] **Died**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - head-side-brain-solid-full.svg]] **Age**: | 972 Years | > > #### Family > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - rings-wedding-solid-full.svg]] **Spouse**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - hands-holding-child-solid-full.svg]] **Children**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - family-solid-full.svg]] **Parent(s)**: | ????<br>???? | > |![[ICON -children-solid-full.svg]] **Sibling(s)**: | ???? | > > #### Class Info > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - eclipse-solid-full.svg]] **Alignment**: | Chaotic Good | > |![[ICON - crystal-ball-solid-full.svg]] **Deity**: | [[Mask]] | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **Class**: | Rogue | > |![[ICON - sparkles-solid-full.svg]] **Subclass**: | Arcane Trickster | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **Multi Class**: | None | > |![[ICON - sparkles-solid-full.svg]] **Subclass**: | ???? | > > #### Appearance > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - mustache-solid-full.svg]] **Hair**: | Silver-white | > |![[ICON - head-side-solid-full.svg]] **Skin**: | Pale | > |![[ICON - eye-solid-full.svg]] **Eyes**: | Rose-violet | > |![[ICON - ruler-duotone-regular-full.svg]] **Height**: | 6'0" | > |![[ICON - weight-hanging-solid-full.svg]] **Weight**: | 168 lb | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - Cassian Vaelisar XIII is known across [[Waterdeep]] as a half-elven gentleman thief with a polished smile, expensive taste, and a talent for appearing exactly where he has no right to be. In truth, Cassian is a high elf who has spent centuries pretending to be a long line of heirs bearing the same name. He dresses with aristocratic confidence, favoring fine coats, jeweled accents, careful disguises, and the sort of charm that makes people doubt their own suspicions until it is too late. As an arcane trickster, he relies on illusion, misdirection, false identities, sleight of hand, and quick precision rather than brute strength. His legend is bound to the [[Stillseal]], an ancient ring sought by Banite relic-hunters for its power over age, inheritance, and lasting rule. The only man who truly understands the scale of the lie is Inspector [[Bram Velmont]], the tireless vampire investigator who has chased Cassian through false deaths, changing names, and thirteen carefully crafted masks. To most who have heard of him, Cassian is the latest heir to a legendary criminal line; to Bram, he is the same impossible thief who has been escaping justice for centuries. <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">HIS PAST</div> - Cassian was born in 521 DR and first built the Vaelisar legend under the name Cassian Vaelisar I. As the years passed and each identity grew too familiar, he staged deaths, disappearances, or retirements before returning under the name of the next supposed heir. This cycle continued for centuries, allowing him to hide his true age behind forged records, inherited titles, and the public belief that the Vaelisar name belonged to a family line rather than one man. During his time as Cassian Vaelisar the V, he stole the [[Stillseal]] from the ruins of [[Myth Drannor]], taking it before Banite relic-hunters could claim it in the name of [[Bane]]. For a long time, he treated the ring as little more than a beautiful and useful prize, only slowly realizing how unnaturally well it preserved his youth. That changed near the end of his life as Cassian Vaelisar the VIII, when the drow thief [[Noctelle Nymera]] stole the Stillseal and tried to sell it to Banite buyers, forcing Cassian to track her to [[Marsember]] and recover it after nearly a year without its protection. Only Inspector [[Bram Velmont]] understood the deeper truth behind Cassian’s pursuit, having recognized long ago that the Vaelisar heirs were not separate men, but the same thief returning under different masks. Bram appeared obsessed with a criminal family; in truth, he had spent centuries chasing one man through rooftop escapes, masked galas, foreign courts, and impossible vaults, always close enough to see the pattern and never close enough to end it. <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">Vaelisar Timeline</div> - **Cassian Vaelisar I**, 521-588 DR, 68 year run, first legend finished its usefulness (Aged 0-67) - *No Public Cassian*, 589-592 DR, 4 years outside of the public eye, vanished into quiet aliases (Aged 68-71) - **Cassian Vaelisar II**, 593-661 DR, 69 year run, returned as the polished heir (Aged 72-140) - *No Public Cassian*, 662-664 DR, 3 years outside of the public eye, traveled under borrowed names (Aged 141-143) - **Cassian Vaelisar III**, 665-736 DR, 72 year run, opera-house heists defined him (Aged 144-215) - **Cassian Vaelisar IV**, 737-806 DR, 70 year run, staged duel closed the chapter (Aged 216-285) - *No Public Cassian*, 807-810 DR, 4 years outside of the public eye, let the family myth breathe (Aged 286-289) - **Cassian Vaelisar V**, 811-883 DR, 73 year run, the Stillseal was stolen from Myth Drannor (Aged 290-362) - *871 DR*, Cassian stole the [[Stillseal]] before Banite relic-hunters could claim it for [[Bane]] (Aged 350) - **Cassian Vaelisar VI**, 884-956 DR, 73 year run, foreign courts became his stage (Aged 363-435) - *No Public Cassian*, 957-961 DR, 5 years outside of the public eye, disappeared into private study (Aged 436-440) - **Cassian Vaelisar VII**, 962-1030 DR, 69 year run, rooftop chases became famous (Aged 441-509) - **Cassian Vaelisar VIII**, 1031-1098 DR, 68 year run, the Noctelle Affair cost him the Stillseal (Aged 510-577) - *No Public Cassian*, 1099-1105 DR, 7 years outside of the public eye, recovered the Stillseal from [[Noctelle Nymera]] and learned what the ring could do (Aged 578-584) - Cassian only began to study the [[Stillseal]] in earnest after its absence nearly destroyed him. - **Cassian Vaelisar IX**, 1106-1179 DR, 74 year run, youth lasted suspiciously well (Aged 585-658) - **Cassian Vaelisar X**, 1180-1256 DR, 77 year run, masquerades became his signature (Aged 659-735) - *No Public Cassian*, 1257-1262 DR, 6 years outside of the public eye - **Cassian Vaelisar XI**, 1263-1338 DR, 76 year run, returned with a softer smile (Aged 742-817) - **Cassian Vaelisar XII**, 1339-1418 DR, 80 year run, Spellplague chaos helped hide the shift (Aged 818-897) - **Cassian Vaelisar XIII**, 1419-149X DR, 7X year run so far, current untruths still hold (Aged 898-97X)