Cadenza Vox

**Alistair/Cadenza** is a player character in RHOCAHS's OG summer campaign. He is a level 4 bard (College of Lore). Currently, he is trapped in an expansive cave system under RHOCAHS with his fellow party members.

## In-game

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## Description

### Appearance

Alistair has light blue skin, white hair and white/light grey pupils. A small mole rests under his right eye. As a great fan of furs and silky fabrics, he wears loose-fitting and soft garments. He usually ties a red bandana around his neck.

*Languages:* Common, Elvish, Primordial

### Personality

Having been simultaneously spoiled and neglected his entire childhood, Alistair has little ability to handle rejection and shies away from emotional confrontation. This is why he is often absent during the most emotionally tense moments during the campaign. He is extremely obsessed about matters concerning his personal finances, but can be described as pennywise (careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts). Alistair often slips between impulsivity and quiet reflection.

### Inventory

1 Bedroll, 5 Candles, 2 Clothes (Costume), 1 Clothes (Fine), 1 Disguise Kit, 1 Light Armor (Leather), 1 Waterskin, 22 Crossbow Bolts, 1 Crossbow (Light), 1 Dagger, 2 Rapier, 1 Flute, 1 Viol, 1 Lyre, 1 Dragonchess Set, 1 Horn of Silent Alarm, 1 Bookmark, 1 Pearl, 1 Signet Ring, 1 Scroll of Pedigree, 1 Whetstone (sharpen 1 weapon during a rest, can do +1 to a single attack roll), 1 Unique Dragon Silver Coin, 1 Hat, 1 Crystalline D20

## Biography

### Summer Campaign

#### Backstory

As a child, Alistair was a very cold and brutal child who felt entitled to everything, and was taught so by an overly indulgent family. For instance, he wouldn't hesitate to beat a passing servant half to death. In fact, he would probably even be praised for doing so. That was until his elven tutor entered his life. Fendove, a respectable elf, was stationed with the child to teach him proper noble manners and important skills for establishing noble relations. The elf sir became little Alistair’s only solace in his harsh family situation. Alistair was taught Elvish and archery, secretly taught music, and even more secretively taught compassion and love. Unfortunately, family elders found the duo highly suspicious. Alistair was the only qualified enough to lead the family in the future, so there had to be no weaknesses available for enemies to exploit. Thus, the elders unanimously decided to off Fendove in a very roundabout manner. They first drugged the teen with potent liquor disguised as a valuable potion. A powerful illusion had disguised it as one of Alistair’s favourite drinks, and a few loyal servants stabbed his tutor while Alastair was blacked out. Waking up from his slumber with a bloody knife in hand and the lifeless body of a father figure before him…was not pleasant. Unable to cope with the guilt, Alistair, under his other desire to create music, runs away from his family and leaves everything behind to pursue a new life somewhere else. To this day, his noble family members are still scouring the streets to find him, for fear that the long bloodline of Zephiponiciousidunnosuses might have to just end there. However, following his tutor’s teachings, Alastair acknowledges the importance of wealth and status for a truly free life and is saving up to rebuild his way to the top, little by little, and under a new alias.

#### Nobility

The wealthy Genasi family made a profit by trading and were known throughout the land. (Influential enough that claiming you're one of them and/or with them would get a person an audience with someone important) However, they also make a profit from illegal methods, which mainly includes the research and distribution of gunpowder, a fairly new discovery.

Alistair’s family is part of a larger group made up of the Genasi race elites. The union is separated into factions, for each respective genasi variation (air, water, earth, fire). In relation to gunpowder distribution, the Earth faction is in charge of acquiring raw materials, the Water faction is in charge of the research and product testing, the Fire faction is in charge product manufacturing, and the Air faction is in charge of handling finances and product distribution. The current family head and head of the Air Genasi faction is Alistair’s father Cirrus.

The Air Genasi faction has old ideals and believes in keeping the blood lineage "pure", so they do not endorse marriages and relationships between different genasi subraces. The family usually speaks Auran in more serious/secretive conversations, and Common at any other time. Everyone’s lives must be centred around the family, and the majority are profit-motivated.

### Crime Bois Campaign

#### Mafia

Cirrus Zephiponiciousidunnosus, leader of the Lotus Port Mafia group, currently holds the largest monopoly over the arms trafficking industry. Information about his estranged son Alistair is risky to investigate and extremely scarce.

## Relationships

### Backstory characters:

#### Cirrus

Hatred and fear.

1. ↑ "This horn has 4 charges. When you use an action to blow it, one creature of your choice can hear the horn's blare, provided the creature is within 600 feet of the horn and not deafened. No other creature hears sound coming from the horn. The horn regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn."
2. ↑ Alistair keeps with him a pressed Jade Nyakum in a bookmark. It was given to him by his tutor, and is a dangerous and tedious plant to acquire. It’s one of the only belongings he insists on keeping close to him at all times.