Vizeran DeVir

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## Basic Information

 ### Gender

 Male

 ### Race

 Elf, Drow

## Rules Information

 ### Alignment

 Neutral Evil

 ### Class

 Wizard

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The venerable drow Vizeran DeVir is a reclusive and powerful archmage who dwells in a secluded tower known as Araj, deep in the Underdark. Long ago, his house was destroyed by House Do'Urden, and he has held vengeance in his heart ever since.

Vizeran DeVir is a main character in the Rage of Demons story arc. He provides a means for the Underdark Expeditionary Force to defeat the demonic incursion in Out of the Abyss. His role in Queen of the Demonweb Pits is yet unrevealed.

## **Description**

Vizeran is a withered, frail figure. He has long, stringy white hair and piercing red eyes. He wears a green *robe of the archmagi* adorned with ancient runes. The largest of which is an inverted triangle emblazoned upon his chest.

## **Personality**

Vizeran is quick-witted and short tempered. He has unfaltering patience with his own carefully crafted machinations, but has little tolerance for the incompetence or ignorance of others. According to Grin Ousstyl, Vizeran is a brilliant mentor when he is not crossed.

## **Abilities**

For Out of the Abyss, Vizeran DeVir uses the **archmage** statistics found in the *Monster Manual* with the following changes:

* Vizeran's alignment is neutral evil.
* Vizeran's fey ancestry gives him advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put him to sleep.
* Vizeran can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: *dancing lights* at will, *darkness* once per day, *faerie fire* once per day (spell save DC 15), and *levitate* (self only) once per day.
* While in sunlight, Vizeran has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Subsequent to his role in Out of the Abyss, Vizeran uses the statistics found here:

**http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/S1GoXUSyM**

## **Possessions**

Vizeran wields a *staff of the Spider Magi* (found in the Armory) that he crafted for himself specifically to suit his own needs.

## **Activities**

Vizeran is a wily and clandestine figure whose machinations spread like spiderwebs. For the most part, his plots serve to further the cause of the Council of Spiders, and, ultimately, his own ends.

**RAGE OF DEMONS** **DUNGEON MASTER INFORMATION, SPOILERS AHEAD:**

During the story arc for Out of the Abyss, Vizeran's schemes align with the player characters', and he is able to aid them in their quest:

* After the Council's failed attempt to summon and subdue Lolth, the Demon Queen of Spiders, they looked to their senior members for help in correcting their mistake.
* Vizeran DeVir stepped forward, backed by the knowledge of ancient rituals devoted to his eldritch god, Tharzidun, with a plan to contain and dispatch the demon lords.
* Through the whispers of Acamar, an ancient vestige once trapped in Barovia and now freed, Vizeran was gifted with the information regarding an ancient repository of knowledge known as the Amber Temple, locked away somewhere on the Shadowfell. Using the residual magics in a lost and forgotten temple, DeVir was able to open a portal to the Temple once Barovia was freed from the grip of its vampire lord, Strahd von Zarovich, and the mists cutting it off from the rest of the multiverse were lifted. Once there, DeVir and the lichdrow, Kharza-kzad, were able to complete the research they needed for the binding ritual.
* While at the Amber Temple, Vizeran accepted the dark gift of Khirad, the Star of Secrets. This allows him to cast the *scrying* spell as an action. He used the ability once (of three) to discover the location of the library of Gravenhollow, deep in the Underdark.
* While at Gravenhollow completing the research he needs to fully understand and prepare for the binding ritual, Vizeran comes across a band of adventures who are closely connected to the demon lords' rampage.
* For his plan to succeed, DeVir needs the adventurers to infiltrate the city of Menzoberranzan and recover the grimoire of Gromph Baenre, which contains the original ritual. So he enlists their aid with the premise that their goals currently align and he bestows four weapons, blessed by Tharzidun with elemental properties, to assist them.
* Once Vizeran has the grimoire and the necessary reagents for his binding ritual, he intends to diverge from the Council's plan and instruct the adventurers to initiate the ritual in the center of Menzoberranzan, which would surely devastate the drow metropolis. His intention is purely visceral, born from the personal scorn and hatred he feels for the matriarchy and to Lolth, and contrary to the Council's preferred plan.
* Vizeran's further involvement with the Rage of Demons storyline depends on whether or not the adventurer's place his dark heart talisman in Menzoberranzan or elsewhere.

## **Relationships**

Vizeran is a high ranking member of the drow secret society known as the Council of Spiders. Although zealous and unpredictable, DeVir is a major patron of the Council and tirelessly works to pursue their goals and ideals.

After the destruction of his house by House Do'Urden, Vizeran was left without most of his family. His younger brother, Alton, survived for a time hiding in Menzoberranzan, but was later killed in a battle with Drizzt Do'Urden in an attempt to exact revenge for the destruction of House DeVir. Vizeran's only known living relative is his younger sister, Viconia, who fled to the surface when she was very young, turning away from the way of Lolth to the worship of Shar.

He dwells at the Tower of Vengeance in a remote cavern deep in the Underdark on the eastern edge of the Wormwrithings with his assistants, Grin Ousstyl and Kelevigne, as well as several slaves.

Vizeran is rarely without his bodyguard, a **death slaad** he calls Kleve.

## **History**

Vizeran DeVir was created for the 5th edition storylines in the Forgotten Realms. He was first mentioned in *Princes of the Apocalypse* and plays a more relevant role in *Out of the Abyss*.

His house, however, first appeared in the novel Homeland, by R. A. Salvatore, published in 1990. The raid and destruction of House DeVir raised House Do'Urden to the Ninth House of Menzoberranzan.

## **In Rage of Demons**

Vizeran DeVir has promised the Underdark Expeditionary Force a means to end the demonic incursion in the Underdark. He has tasked them with the collection of several reagents needed to craft an arcane talisman to be the focus of an abyssal ritual. The *dark heart*, as he calls it, will call all of the demon lords together.

Refer to Out of the Abyss for more information on Vizeran's quest and the *dark heart*.