Aberian Arvanxi

Aberian Arvanxi

(Person)

Alignment

Neutral evil

Ancestry/Species

Human (Chelaxian)

Class

Rogue 7

Gender

Male

Homeland

Westcrown

Organization

House Arvanxi

Source: The Bastards of Erebus, pg(s). 50

Aberian Arvanxi was lord-mayor of the Chelaxian city of Westcrown until 4609 AR.

Background

Aberian Arvanxi was invested as lord mayor of Westcrown in 4689 AR, a position granted to him by Her Infernal Majestrix, Queen Abrogail II in "thanks" for years of embarrassment and failed plotting in the courts of Egorian.

Despite political exile from the national stage, House Arvanxi retained much of its power among Wiscrani. His slander of the former mayor's allies and underhanded dealings to gain his own allies quickly made him as influential figure as any in Wiscrani politics. Untrue rumors circulated that Arvanxi was involved in the assassination of the previous mayor, Dargentu Vheed, but the lord mayor allowed them to continue uncontested, as he found the fear the rumors generated beneficial in quelling dissent in the early days of his reign.

After securing his position, he became a major benefactor of Chelaxian opera, investing large sums of the Westcrown's wealth into restoring and maintaining the various opera houses throughout the city. While the common man, who can rarely afford to attend these lavish performances, viewed this as unnecessary decadence, the lord mayor's pet project kept him occupied enough to stay out of the day-to-day affairs of most Wiscranis' lives. As such, his inefficiencies and dalliances were allowed to continue.

The lord mayor resided in Vaneo Arvanxi in Rego Sacero, a vast estate into which he has poured immense wealth, earning it the local nickname of "Aberian's Folly." The manor served as the venue for Arvanxi's many fetes and feasts which also add justification for the estate's nickname. In 4705 AR, Arvanxi caused a local outrage when he began openly supporting the idea of binding powerful fiends for his own amusement. While he ceased speaking of this openly, he nevertheless used a bound nessari as a source of power for the estate.

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His vaneo was destroyed in 4709 AR by an explosion of five columns of hellfire caused by a pit fiend bound to an infernal engine in order to power his estate. Arvanxi went missing in the aftermath, having sneaked out of town soon after the explosion, which left the city without a lord-mayor.