Castien Grefiel

Illustrated by Penflower Ink (Tom Fummo)

Castien Grefiel is a NPC created and portrayed by Justin Green. He is a paladin of Gavelyne on Commander Windstar's squad. He is the first NPC introduced in the series and is one of the most recurring characters in the show thus far.

**General Spoiler Warning:** This page has been updated with information as of Ep 49 - My teammates are already gone. Anything after that, if any, is not on this page.

## Description

Castien has ethereal good looks but he's aware of it so it dims the effect. He has blond hair. He is of average height but carries himself with undeserved confidence.

He wears a cape as part of his paladin of Gavelyne attire.

## Backstory

As a baby, Castien was orphaned during the Great War and was raised by worshippers of Gavelyne at the Cathedral of Light. Castien is a paladin of Gavelyne and has powers through her wind domain.

At some point, someone bearing the name of Grefiel was excommunicated from the Cathedral of Light; however it is unclear whether this was Castien himself or someone related to him.

## Current Events

Castien joins Shadowend as a part of Commander Windstar's squad of Gavelyne paladins, along with Ifell Tor, Gosh Cloudgazer, and Harvel Glasscannon. Their squad is typically put in charge of things at Shadowend, such as welcoming the new cadets and later handling the Arrowpeak competition.

During the invasion of Newhaven, he and his squad are tasked with bringing injured civilians to the Shadowend field hospital. Castien accompanies Prince Erling to talk to Gamwir after Patty returns unsuccessfully, and the two presumably find Gamwir's body. Castien believes that Patty killed him (or something along those lines).

In Faenalin, Castien and Archmage Wynhorn release Janni from being detained after sneaking into the Court of the Archmage. Castien believes that Janni is an unwilling participant in the crimes that Patty and potentially the rest of the team are doing. Zelf tells him that he wants to talk about Gamwir when things are calmer.

Janni tells Castien about the planned ley line ritual and Castien reluctantly agrees to help. He and his squad are meant to confront Wynhorn at the Court of the Archmage, but they are told by Master Orim (or someone pretending to be Orim) to go to Faenalin Academy instead. They fight cultists and zombies at the Blitz field, and stay behind to distract Wynhorn while the party flees. Wynhorn begins torturing people to find the party, and the Little Stranger leads Castien to Smol Blep, whom he is able to protect.

After the events in Faenalin, he and his squad go to Bellkeep presumably to fight Errosian forces. Castien's squad and Taft's squad attempt to detain Bovil, but they are unsuccessful and a couple of the Shadowend cadets sustain major injuries. Meanwhile in Mealnor, Patty successfully spreads rumors about Castien being involved in the ley line disaster. Castien arranges a secret meeting with Zelf, and they plan to capture Bovil and Astra in Nan Tahrum.

Once the party arrives in Nan Tahrum, Castien works with Grog and Gretta to put Astra in a cage and take her spiral rapier. The situation devolves and everyone begins to fight. Janni Innaj almost immediately kills Castien, and the loop ends soon after.

## Random Facts

* Castien is around 70 years old if he was orphaned during the Great War.
* Castien addresses others by formal titles such as Sir Brightchild and Ms. Hurts.
* He's kind of a pompous asshole.
	+ He enjoys wielding even the smallest bit of power he's been given.
	+ He's glad he was orphaned, and is a little too willing to publicly martyr himself.
	+ He loves to whine to authority and has done so to General Windstar and Prince Erling.
* Characters tend to have strong opinions about Castien.
	+ Castien absolutely loathes Patty, and she hates him right back.
	+ Zelf likes him for some reason.
	+ Prince Erling finds him insufferable.
	+ Aeyrin also hates him.
	+ However, Castien greatly respects Janni.
* Castien thinks that putting a cut slice of cake back into the cake is a good idea.

## Character Info

### Feats, Spells, and Abilities

* Cure light wounds
* Detect evil
* Sanctuary
* Admonishing ray

### Previously Owned Items

* Wand of locate object - used at the start of the Arrowpeak competition in Ep. 3
* Narc wand / wand of whispering wind - given to Janni who gave it to Astra who used it in Ep. 12

## Trivia

* Castien is the only NPC that Justin has made in this game that is not gay.
* Grefiel is pronounced either griff-FEEL or griff-I-ell; they've used both pronunciations.

## Appears In

### In person

* Ep 1 - Welcome to Shadowend
* Ep 2 - Janni Squad
* Ep 3 - Bread Map
* Ep 4 - Cartoon Ankle Noose
* Ep 7 - The Dinner Party
* Ep 15 - Like a drowned rat
* Ep 17 - That's not being a bro
* Ep 20 - I will join a sorority tomorrow
* Ep 24 - Haunted Mutton
* Ep 26 - Accidental Pervert Territory
* Ep 27 - Snoodeling
* Ep 48 - Statistically horny for battle
* Ep 49 - My teammates are already gone

### Mentioned

* Ep 6 - Who knows who's coming back
* Ep 8 - Baby Angel
* Ep 10 - Fire sale at the cursed item shop
* Ep 11 - The Party of Pure Chaos
* Ep 12 - Grapes for an Eleflute
* Ep 18 - Reverse gore
* Ep 19 - Group snoop
* Ep 21 - Found family plots
* Ep 23 - Infernal mouths make strange bedfellows
* Ep 25 - Infamous Blep wiles
* Ep 31 - Janni-shaped container
* Ep 32 - Licking the lollipop of crime
* Ep 33 - Dentistry trigger warning
* Ep 36 - More than enough teeth for everyone
* Ep 39 - For Dignity! For Justice! For RAID!
* Ep 45 - Consequence Debt

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ep. 3
2. ↑ Ep. 17
3. ↑ Ep. 20
4. ↑ Ep. 22
5. ↑ Ep. 27
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ep. 48
7. ↑ Ep. 33
8. ↑ Ep. 39
9. ↑ Ep. 49
10. ↑ Ep. 49: Janni Innaj deals 116 damage, killing Castien.
11. ↑ This is a joke Justin made in the Patreon Discord (search "every single npc")