Kalandath Xiltar
Kalandath is a flamboyant, swashbuckling drow iconoclast. He leads a renegade faction called the Forgotten Batallion, made up of disenfranchised males across Aevallon. Kalandath is gifted with a sharp mind, a sense of humor, puissant skill with a blade, and a wealth of useful magic items.
Jarlaxle has come to Waterdeep in the guise of a human pirate named Zardoz Zord. “Captain Zord” is the master of the Sea Maidens Faire, a carnival that travels up and down the Sword Coast in three ships: the Eyecatcher, the Heartbreaker, and the Hellraiser (all words that describe Jarlaxle). He spends most of his time aboard the Eyecatcher, his personal ship. The other two vessels carry members of the carnival and their parade wagons.
Jarlaxle has forged an alliance with Shanamount (a city to the west of Waterdeep), and has armed his Forgotten Battalion lieutenants with Golden Age firearms. He has also acquired a Golden Age submarine called the Scarlet Marpenoth. This underwater vessel is mounted below the Eyecatcher and kept out of sight. Kalandath plans on using the submarine to flee Waterdeep if his scheme unravels.
Kalandath aims to persuade Laeral Silvereye, the Open Lord of Waterdeep, to champion Shanamount’s cause of finding and using Golden Age relics for the furthering of the continent. Tying Shanamount’s fortunes to those of Waterdeep would increase Kalandath’s political and economic power on the continent.
He has also allied with Kaecilius Fade by sourcing the three keys necessary to access the final vault in the Vault of Dragons. By doing so, Kaecilius will provide an alliance with Mal'Thor and resources to help raid the locations of various Golden Age relics in Aevallon where Kalandath receives first pick of riches and Mal'Thor is given access to the items that ultimately will destabilize the planes (which Kalandath does not know).
Kalandath’s loyalties are to himself first and foremost, and to the Forgotten Battalion secondarily.
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