Castor Vaelin Krenting

Castor's Conjectures
Memory
Castor's Conspiracies
== Description ==
==== Appearance ====
Castor has brown eyes and short brown hair. He wears a dark blue and white cloak, with similarly colored gloves and boots. Two gems of brightness are embedded into the back of his gloves. He carries a small locked book and a scroll case with research notes on his side. He has a 6-dotted birthmark on his neck resembling a drawing of stars on a star chart.
==== Personality ====
Castor is generally quiet and reserved, not wanting to draw too much attention to himself. He has shown little interest in the lives of others, hoping to avoid discussing own life. Due to certain considerations, Castor is largely unwilling to talk about his father or his disappearance, even when pried. However, he has been shown to be more than willing to discuss his father’s research, especially with others who are researching similar subjects.
Castor's personality has gone through considerable changes over the last few years, especially since joining the party a couple weeks ago. Initially prideful and intolerant of others’ ideas, Castor was influenced to rethink his entire outlook on life after his father disappeared. Castor became more open-minded and was more determined and ambitious than ever to figure out what happened to his father. However, 15 years of stagnant progress and a worsening mental state almost led Castor to give up completely. However, right after the "dream" in the tavern, Castor remembered more words from the memory of his father's disappearance than ever before, leading him to begin traveling with the party in hopes that he would continue to remember more while in their presence. In the short time span since joining the party, Castor has completely evolved from being cynical and withdrawn over the last several years to the person who, of the entire party, perhaps cares most about keeping them together.
Castor has a deep respect for each of the party members, believing them to possess incredible qualities and skills that mitigate his own flaws. Although Castor is anxious about Voladore's lawful nature and (unconfirmed) connections to the government of Asphodel, fearing that he may report him to the government for his parental association with a criminal, he always trusts Voladore's incomparable strength and integrity. Castor is often in awe of Rip's charisma and conversational skills, traits that Castor could never hope to match. After learning of her true identity, Castor appreciates Mar's decisiveness and courage, aspiring to become more like her one day. Castor is intrigued by Maryn's strange magical abilities, curious about her past but also thankful to have befriended such a powerful sorcerer.
Castor has come to trust the party so much that he even went as far as to reveal to them his true identity as the son of William Vaelin Krenting, a secret that was only known by Sylas Fallendrok at the time.
== Biography ==
Castor grew up with his father, William, in the small town of Anosa in The Great Desert (founded by Jonathan Settlement-three). From a very young age, Castor was fascinated with learning how things worked, spending hours every day tinkering with devices and magical items. He made it his goal to make an invention that would change the world one day. On the other hand, William worked as a theoretical researcher in a nearby observatory. He researched every branch of science, trying to find some connecting point between all knowledge — a "theory of everything."
As opposed to William, Castor was more focused on solving real-world problems and doing things that would “really” change the world, disregarding everything that didn’t relate to his goal and believing they were pointless to learn. With this narrow worldview, Castor was immature and close-minded. History, religion, world politics, even his father’s research — Castor didn’t see the point to any of it, and thought it was all useless for the world.
One night, when he was 8, Castor’s father told him something strange and disappeared, never to be seen again. In the following days, wanted posters of his father began to appear all around the world and the Caspia Most Wanted List was formed, with his father in the #1 position. Castor immediately went to live with Sylas Fallendrok, an old friend of William, and pretended that Sylas was his uncle, changing his name to Castor Fallendrok to hide his identity and now referring to William as Lee Fallendrok. Soon after, Castor had a change of heart. In the following years, he made it his new goal to finish his father’s work and solve the mystery behind his disappearance.
== Character Information ==
=== Notable Items ===
* Small book with lock
* Ancient Magnostadt Prophecy
* Flipstone #37
* Infinite-Page Book
* Lee's Ancient Star Chart
* 2x +3 shortswords
* Ring of Identity
* Dark Weave Boots (half-plate) (2/day, roll d20 and get resistances based on roll)
* "Octantis" book
=== Useful Items ===
* 1 Supreme Healing Potion (10d4 + 20)
* Potion of Speed (2 turns)
* Lantern of Revealing
** 1/LR: Burns for 12 hours, 30 foot sphere
* Ring of Tracking
** Attune: always know where ring is
*OOTBE cloak
*Helm of Teleportation
=== Other Items ===
* Flipstone #0
* "Poetry made by the prisoners of Asphodel" book
* "The History and Culture of Asphodel: Volume I" book
* "The Founding of Asphodel" book
* List of all former criminals on the Caspia Most Wanted List
* Unmarked Letter #1
* Unmarked Letter #2
* The "Night Scroll"