Seldran Voss
A controlled and secretive former Zhentarim factor whose respectable Beregost identity conceals a patient rakshasa and Circle asset.
General description
A controlled and secretive former Zhentarim factor whose respectable Beregost identity conceals a patient rakshasa and Circle asset.
Key facts
- Personality
- Controlled, patient, suspicious, vain, and cruelly efficient. He remains courteous until courtesy stops buying him time.
- Quirk
- He notices flaws in his immaculate appearance, especially the smoke-stained cuff, then forces himself not to correct them.
- Motivations
- Preserve his leverage and most dangerous records, escape Beregost, avoid Vestra's custody, keep Mordas dependent, and shift blame onto the party.
- Manner
- He speaks with measured patience, insults by sounding disappointed, and bargains to gain time rather than concede control.
Roleplaying profile
- Personality
- Controlled, patient, suspicious, vain, and cruelly efficient. He remains courteous only while courtesy buys him time.
- Motivation
- Preserve his leverage and dangerous records, escape Beregost, avoid Vestra's custody, keep Mordas dependent, and shift blame onto the party.
- Quirks
- Notices flaws in his immaculate appearance and then forces himself not to correct them; insults by sounding disappointed and bargains only to regain control.
Known forms
Human guise
A narrow, silver-templed, carefully dressed older merchant. This cultivated mortal illusion lets Voss pass as a faded former Zhentarim factor, landlord, and occasional broker.
Rakshasa form
A tiger-headed rakshasa with reversed hands, gold eyes, and the same immaculate clothes and measured voice he uses in his human guise.
Adventure appearances
Adventure 006
Warned by the party, Voss is dismantling his Beregost operation and trying to escape with the ledger and route records that preserve his value to Mordas.
- He lies, delays, bargains, and runs rather than accept a fair fight.
- He will abandon coin and ordinary records before surrendering the packet of names, routes, and infernal debts that gives him leverage.
Adventure 007
Voss's surviving correspondence reveals that he financed Mordas to take the experimental risk, then planned to steal the completed shield or the repeatable process.
- May provide the Ulcaster lead if captured
- Lies that he opposed the weapon
- Private objective: take the result for himself
Also known as
- Voss