Vicaver

> "I respect the work of Calliope. But if she wants to test my personal collection of Ignet's Tears, she will need to let me know herself. Besides, what are you going to do with them? Eat them?"
>
> Vicaver, to Caeric, Session 7

## Vicaver "Silvermoor" Sylvectus

* Portrait
* Sprite

### Affiliation

Avantika?, Nosarth's School of Arcane Arts (formerly)

### Class and Subclass

Transmutation Wizard/Otherworldly Patron Warlock

## Appearances

### Appears in

The Scaled Bastards, The Lost Lord of Phandelver Arc

### Debut

Session 5

**Vicaver Sylvectus** is an elf wizard who studies the magical properties of certain plants, notably Ignet's Tears. He settles where he can find things to study, has two apprentices, and is currently about 300 years old. He has connections to Avantika, and has previously taught and researched at the Nosarth's Academy of Arcane Arts in Eastshire.

## The Scaled Bastards Story

### Session 13

The party, spurred by mayor Harbin Wester, investigated Vicaver's tower, finding a secret staircase that led to more proof against him.

### Session 12

Upon returning from encountering Arkius, the party confronts Vicaver about his misdeeds against Arkius, and persuade the town to take him in for questioning. He is now held in Harbin Wester (mayor)'s office and being interrogated for his actions against Arkius and for disorderly use of magic.

### Session 8

They met with Vicaver and took up the job to retrieve 30 manticore spines and a peryton egg.

### Session 7

The next day, Vicaver apologized for his gruff response the day before, and rewarded the party with some coin and a Hat of Disguise. He also stated that he had a job available for them.

### Session 6

The party brought Vicaver back to consciousness and returned him to town.

### Session 5

Was reported missing by the town of Phandalin, and the party went out to investigate his tower. They found a barlgula that was impersonating him, and defeated it.

## Biography

A wizard with two apprentices in Phandalin studying magic under him.  He is an old elf who struck a pact with an aboleth centuries ago.  He would help break the seal containing it, and in return, it lent him power and resources to help further his research in finding the source of magic in this world-- which happens to manifest/use plants as vessels.

He has questionable ethics in practice, and has no issues hurting others to get more reward from his patron so that he can research more.  Despite this, he genuinely loves teaching magic, and is a good mentor to his two apprentices, Silas and Tyra.  He also teaches them since he believes that being able to teach something well demonstrates mastery of the subject.

Vicaver's research on the Ignet's Tears flowers involves seeking ways to extract its powers and properties to apply to other living things. Notably, this flower has some sway over the boundary between life and death.

He introduces himself as Vicaver Silvermoor to his apprentices so they can't really look too far into his research.

## Relationships

### Arkius Tresendar

Arkius and Vicaver previously had a business relationship. In exchange for board, money, and resources, Vicaver would attempt to lift the curse on Arkius' daughter, Sadrina. However, Arkius decided to visit unannounced one day, catching Vicaver in the act of contacting his patron. To prevent him from starting rumors, Vicaver polymorphed Arkius into a manticore so that he couldn't stay in town.

### Avantika

There seemed to be some sort of business relationship between Vicaver and someone named Avantika. They are both not fond of the Broker.

### Calliope Stoneturner

Previously worked with Calliope, but was shunned for his practices.  He has since retreated deep into the Cloven Conclave to get better access to the plants there. They were colleagues in Eastshire at Nosarth's Academy of Arcane Arts, and both operated under the botany department. He stole some of her research, but Calliope knows and hasn't gone after him since she doesn't know where he is.

### The Scaled Bastards

Previously regarded them with disdain, seeing them as simple adventurers out to slay monsters and do good for gold. However, they demonstrated that they are capable of much more than that, having found out about his history with Arkius.

### Silas and Tyra

Vicaver is good to his apprentices, and has been a patient, understanding teacher. He genuinely likes to teach magic, though this doesn't make up for his lack of morals in practice of magic.

## Trivia

* Transmutation Wizard/Otherworldly patron Warlock
* Vicaver is definitely loosely based off of someone DM knows.
* Vicaver probably definitely wears the same thing every day. His wardrobe is all the same.
* Emma has several emergency NPCs named "Vicaver" since it's the first thing on her NPC name list behind her DM screen. They've appeared over the course of three campaigns, so who knows, maybe they're all the same Vicaver :)

Vicaver facing ArkiusVicaver's SpriteCalliope and VicaverPerchance helping Vicaver walk in session 6The party, Arkius, and Hibby T posing over Vicaver