![[ThaviusKreegPathfinder-v1.webp]] # Thavius Kreeg _Human Former High Observer | [[Cult of Zariel]] | [[Vanthampur Manor]]_ ## Summary Architect of [[Elturel]]'s fall. He ruled as High Observer for thirteen years while secretly serving [[Zariel]], then fled the city before dawn on the day that was promised. He now hides in [[Thalamra Vanthampur]]'s basement shrine, writing "divine missives" for [[Dead Three]] cultists. %% ## Now Hiding in [[Thalamra Vanthampur]]'s basement, writing fake "divine missives" for [[Dead Three]] cultists. She keeps him alive because his knowledge of the [[Elturel Pact]] is essential to replicating it in [[Baldur's Gate]]. ## Appearance Elderly man in his late sixties with worn features and gray hair, still wearing the clerical robes of [[Torm]]. His shadow shows not a human form but a horned devil — the amnizu he is destined to become. No magic can hide it. ## Personality Self-justifying to his core; he convinces himself everything he did was necessary and cannot face his own villainy without elaborate rationalization. Smooth and practiced in deception after decades of lying to a whole city, but fundamentally a coward — when cornered he cycles through lies, begging, and offers of deals, never admitting guilt. ## Quote _"I grieve for Elturel as deeply as any... but we must consider the greater good, mustn't we? Sometimes sacrifices are necessary."_ ## Connections **[[Thalamra Vanthampur]]** — hides and protects him for his knowledge of the [[Elturel Pact]]. **[[Naja Bellandi]]** — worked to break the bargain; he ordered her assassination. **[[Sylvira Savikas]]** — met him once and judged him a charlatan. ## Background **The Usurper:** A legitimate priest of [[Torm]] during [[Elturel]]'s vampire crisis. When the [[Companion]] appeared, he positioned himself as the miracle's champion while [[Naja Bellandi]] worked to break the bargain she had made. The [[Cult of Zariel]] recruited him; he abandoned [[Torm]] and faked divine magic using the [[Companion]]'s infernal energy. **The Murders:** He ordered [[Naja Bellandi]]'s assassination in 1446 DR. When [[Tamal Thent]], a popular paladin likely to succeed [[Cathasach Restat]], threatened his path, Zarielite [[Hellriders]] murdered her entire retinue in 1479 DR. He became High Observer in 1481 DR. **Thirteen Years:** He merged the [[Hellriders]] with the [[Order of the Companion]], requiring all to swear the [[Creed Resolute]] — binding their souls and bloodlines to [[Zariel]]. He passed Unity Laws enforcing [[Companion]] worship and eliminated anyone who asked questions. **The Escape:** On the morning of [[Elturel]]'s fall — fifty years to the day after [[Naja Bellandi|Bellandi]]'s pact — he departed before dawn carrying the [[Infernal Puzzlebox]] with his contract inside, warning and saving no one, and fled to [[Vanthampur Manor]]. ## Stats **Base:** Thavius Kreeg (Descent into Avernus), modified. - Devil's Shadow: shadow always shows amnizu form; DC 12 Perception to notice. - Lost Faith: no spellcasting despite priestly vestments. - Cowardly: disadvantage vs. frightened; surrenders at half HP. - Silver Tongue: advantage on Deception regarding [[Elturel]]'s fall. %%