LADY AMMALIA CASSALANTER
Lady Cassalanter reacts with surprise to the sight of
uninvited guests, but quickly conceals her feelings with
a welcoming smile. She attempts to gain the intruders'
confidence by pretending to believe that they are guests
ofVictoro's and saying that she simply was not told of
their presence. With this pretense established, she tries
to learn the characters' true intentions, casting charm
person on the party using a 5th-level spell slot (affecting
up to five creatures within 30 feet) if necessary. Using
magic in this way is illegal, but Ammalia has a lot of
goodwill banked in Waterdeep- enough to curry favor
with a magistrate.
During the hours when Ammalia is home and awake.
her location in the villa can be determined randomly:
dl 00 Ammalia's Location
01 - 70 She's tending to her butterfly garden {area C25).
71 - 90 She's smoking on the balcony (area C25a).
91 - 00 She's weeping before Osvaldo in the attic
{area C24).LORD VrcTORO CASSALANTER
Victoro Cassalanter reacts with fiery rage to the sight of
uninvited guests. He demands to know their names and
calls for the butler, Willifort Crowelle, to s how them out.
If he has the chance, he subtly casts dominate person
on one of the characters using an 8th-level spell slot
(extending its duration to 8 hours) to plant a spy among
their ranks. As soon as the intruders are gone, he retires
to his office (area C6) and uses his action to take total
control of the dominated character. The dominated char-
acter reports to the City Watch that the party broke into
Cassalanter Villa and must be arrested for their crime.
During the hours when Victoro is home and awake,
his location in the villa can be determined randomly:
dl 00 Victoro's Location
01-70 He's in his office (area C6).
71 - 90 He's in the reading room (area C4).(^91) - 00 He's with Ammalia at one of the three locations
mentioned above.
(ASSALANTER LORE
A successful DC 15 Intelligence (History) check reveals
the following information about CassalanterYilla and its
inhabitants:
- The Cassalanters fell on hard times a few years back, but
they have since reversed their fortunes and restored their
lucrative banking and money-lending business. - Victoro and Ammalia's eldest son disappeared three
years ago when the family was on the verge of bank·
ruptcy. They have two surviving children, young twins
named Terenzio and Elzerina. - Lord Victoro Cassalanter is the only living heir of the late
Caladorn Cassalanter, a former Masked Lord and a hero
of the North. - Over the years, the Cassalanters have founded a number
of philanthropic societies and made generous donations
to temples dedicated to good-aligned deities. They are
known to worship Siamorphe, a demigod whose ethos is
the nobility's right and responsibility to rule.
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T'ERENZIO AND ELZERINA
The Cassalanter twins aren't members of their parents"
cult and have no other friends. since they are privately
tutored and rarely allowed to leave the estate. Around
strangers, Terenzio becomes suspicious and meek.
while Elzerina seems brash and outgoing. Both chil-
dren a re incredibly excited to meet friendly strangers
and t reat their "new friends" to a trip around the house.
They help the c haracters sneak through the villa, since
the children know they aren't s upposed to have guests.
During the hours when the children are awake. their
location in the villa can be determined randomly:
dlOO
01-50
51 - 75
76-00Terenzio and Elzerina's Location
They're playing in their room {area C18).
They're in the library (area C3).
They're chasing butterflies in the garden (area C25).Terenzio and Elzerina have places in the house that
their parents have forbade them from visiting-and that
they are excited to explore, now that they have friends to
accompany them. These locations are as follows:- Their father's office (area C6)
- The attic (area C24)
- The wine cellar area (C28)
If asked about their parents, Terenzio and Elzerina
report that their parents are searching for some missing
dragons. (What their parents plan to do with a bunch of
scary, winged reptiles is beyond them, and Terenzio and
Elzerina are too scared to ask.) If befriended, they reveal
that their father keeps a journal in his office (area C6).
If asked about their older brother, Osvaldo. Terenzio
and Elzerina repeat what their parents have told them:
he's attending school in a faraway city (they don't recall
which one). Neither knows the cruel fate that has be-
fallen Osvaldo (see area C24) or suspects that a similar
fate awaits them.
HEAD SERVANTS
The head servants of Cassalanter Villa are members of
the c ult. These four servants are described below. All
appear to be tieflings, though one is not. The following
changes apply to the tiefiings' stat blocks:- The tiefiings are lawful evil.
- They have these racial traits: They know the thauma-
turgy cantrip, and Charisma is their spellcasting abil-
ity for this spell. They have resistance to fire damage.
They have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. They
speak Common and Infernal.
WlLLIFORT CROWELLE
Willi fort dresses in a sharp black suit and wears thin-
rimmed spectacles. He's a doppelganger that usually
takes the form of an aging male tiefiing, and he greets
all guests in the entrance hall (area Cl).
As the Cassalanters' chief butler and Lord Victoro's
personal attendant, Willifort Crowelle makes a point of
knowing everything that transpires within the villa. If
the Cassalanters have guests, he escorts them during
their entire visit, using stealth if necessary. He ushers
nosy guests away from areas or objects that might link
the Cassalanters with the Asmodeus-worshiping cult.