Diogenes Chantol

Diongenes was a PC featured in The W.I.Z.A.R.D campaign. He was a vampiric necromancer who owned Chantol and Co. Teas

As a PC he was played by Finley.

## Background

Diogenes was born to a human noble family where he enjoyed a cushioned upbrininging full of comfort. While he was traveling in his early 30s though, his manor was attacked by an unknown group. When Diogenes returned, his home, servants, and family were all destroyed with out mercy. He declared to seek vengeance on whoever caused him such pain.

Diogenes abandoned his humanity, seeking out being turned into a vampire so he could pursue his quest for vengeance for as long as he needed. For the next 500 years he laid waste to person after person, violence consuming his life, but never finding the culprits for the loss of his old life.

Eventually though, Diogenes came to realize that he was no longer interested in living his old life, that he just wanted to enjoy life. And thus Diogenes abandoned his bloody lifestyle and began living for himself. He started a tea business and used the money from that to surround himself with plants and riches.

Diogenes was killed in a fight shortly after meeting Cornelius and Malachi.

## Personality

Diogenes was polite, reserved, and a little reclusive, only venturing out of his house every few decades. Despite his lack of social life, he was quite content, enjoying time spent cultivating teas and roses. More than anything, Diogenes sought comfort and sameness, and only desired peace for his life.

When around people, it was easy to tell just how unconventional he was; he had a strange manner of talking to people as if they were also centuries old.

Diogenes also made it clear that he was not looking to make friends. He was perhaps overly familiar with people, but only because he didn't see the point of beating around the bush about his feelings. Despite that, there were very few people he considered friends, as there are very few people whose lifespans allow for the uniformity and sameness that he sought.

## Appearance

Diogenes was a vampire who looked like a human. He was quite tall, thin and had shoulder length blonde hair, tanned skin, and hazel eyes.

Very little of his body was ever seen as half his face was covered by his hair and the rest of his body was completely covered in fine clothes and jewelry.

He wore a red rose in his hair, his arcane focus.

## In Game Stats and Items

Diogenes had the following ability scores:

* Strength: 9 (-1)
* Dexterity: 10 (+0)
* Constitution: 12 (+1)
* Intelligence: 20 (+5)
* Wisdom: 16 (+3)
* Charisma: 12 (+1)

### Feats

* Fey Touched-
* Vampric Exultation-
* Resilient (CON)-

### Notable Items

* Arcane Focus (red rose from his garden)
* Spellbook
* Brooch of Living Essence
* Carrion Bag (containing 15 skeletons)

### Spellcasting

Diogenes was a spellcaster as a wizard, making him a intelligence caster. His Spell Save DC was 17 and he had a +9 spell attack bonus.

* *Cantrips:* Minor Illusion, Toll the Dead, Infestation, Mage Hand, Chill Touch
* *1st Level:* Charm Person, Featherfall, Puppet, Shield, Chromatic Orb, Mage Armor, Silvery Barbs, Misty Step, Dissonant Whispers
* *2nd Level:* Wither and Bloom, Cloud of Daggers, Ray of Enfeeblement, Suggestion, Scorching Ray, Alter Self
* *3rd Level:* Animate Dead, Fireball, Ego Whip, Raulothim's Psychic Lance, Slow, Gaseous Form, Sending
* *4th Level:* Banishment, Blight, Gravity Sinkhole, Greater Invisibility, Mordekainens Private Sanctum
* *5th Level:* Negative Energy Flood, Teleportation Circle, Danse Macabre, Enervation
* *6th Level:* Create Undead, Disintegrate

## Relationships

### Kuro Hideyoshi

Kuro was one of the few people that Diogenes considered a friend. They formed a bond as they were both vampires.

Despite the fact that they both lived very different lifestyles, Kuro and Diogenes shared many similar opinions, and visited each other every few decades-- an amount of time that they considered often.

Kuro lamented Diogenes death. While not outright upset from the party's perspective, he freed Diogenes from his undead form out of respect.

### Athena Farris

Diogenes considered Athena both a friend and nuisance. Despite not being particularly fond of her revolutionary ideas, he did occasionally appreciate her random house visits and the amount of variety it added to his life.

## Trivia

* Diogenes was supposed to be a player character for an entire arc but died 45 minutes after being introduced.
	+ Dante, Socrates, and Diogenes all died the episode they were introduced in.