The Gentleman Caller (NPC)

An elusive and ephemeral fiend, The Gentleman Caller has remained so much of a mystery that even sages and fiend hunters such as Dr. van Richten have yet to discover his true goals or even his true nature beyond that he is a fiend. What is known about the Gentleman Caller is that he is a manipulator, a seducer, a tempter, a corrupter, and in general a bringer of Evil to the Land of Mists. For example, he beguiled Gabrielle Aderre and sired a child with her, the dreaded Dukkar known as Malocchio Aderre.

The description given above is highly accurate, for he is an incubuswho is striving to escape the Land of Mists.To this end he has undertaken an innovative, far reaching breeding program. Given his aim, he and his children are of the utmost interest to Azalin Rex. Indeed the raison d'être of the Doomsday Gazetteer project seems to be the identification of his spawn.

The Gentleman Caller targets only Vistani women (or those with Vistani heritage such as giomorgos) of Zarovan descent as potential mothers for his children. In addition to the Dukkar Malocchio Aderre, Vigo Drakov, the Jongleur, Chezna the Blood-cat, The Beast of the Hills, and the Familiar also number among the Gentleman Caller's children.The Gentleman Caller may be plotting to seduce and reproduce with Madame Eva, arguably the greatest representative of the Zarovan, in order to produce the greatest Dukkar of all. Given that Madam Eva is literally as old as she feels, the Fiend's powers of seduction could youthen her to a childbearing state - provided she falls for his trickery.

The Gentleman Caller is pursued by his nemesis, the equally otherwordly Isolde, who sacrificed her freedom, and much of her essence, to follow him into the Mists.Indeed, luring her into the Mists and arranging her ultimate destruction might have been the Gentleman Caller's original goal in traveling to the forbidden land of Ravenloft. Failing the latter, he may now seek merely to escape.

From the examples presented in canon Ravenloft modules, the Gentelman Caller seems to bear an otherworldly aura of romance about him. Such is his charm that he was able to entrance the temptress Gabrielle and the iron-willed "S" with but a mere gaze. Fitting, as an incubus, he has all the magical enchantment spell-like abilities of a succubus. In addition, the Gentlman Caller has learned how to tap into the land-based power of suggestion.

Children of the Gentleman Caller

• The Jongleur

• Vigo Drakov

• Chezna the Blood-cat

• Malocchio Aderre

• The Beast of the Hills

• The Familiar

Stats

male incubus, Chaotic Evil

Other Activities in Ravenloft

The Gentleman Caller is responsible for turning Marla into a penanggalan.

The Gentleman Caller also revived Baron Metus on behalf of Madame Radanavich and taught her the way of conjuring and imprisoning the spirits of Rudolph Van Richten's companions into Richten Haus.

Chronology

• 705 BC Vigo Drakov, one of the children of the Gentleman Caller, is born.
• 716 BC The ghost of Madame Radanavich and her undead retinue discover Richten Haus and claim it for their own.
• 742 BC On behalf of the Gentleman Caller, an assassin kills Arabela of the Carnival.
• 746 BC The Gentleman Caller seduces Gabrielle Aderre and sires Malocchio Aderre with her.
• 747 BC Malocchio Aderre is recognized as the new dukkar. He usurps political rulership over Invidia from his mother Gabrielle Aderre.
• 750 BC Everyone in the Sisters of Mercy Hospice is murdered by Marla, a former member of the Church of Hala. Six months prior, the Gentleman Caller seduces, corrupts, and transforms Marla into a Penanggalan.
• 755 BC The Weathermay-Foxgrove Twins republish Van Richten's Guide to Demons (Item) as part of Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III.. Unlike its previous version, this version makes mention of both the Gentleman Caller and his half-fiend spawn, Malocchio Aderre. The methods of both are discussed, but their true goals, as well as their relation to each other, largely remained unknown to Van Richten.
• 758 BC The Gentleman Caller confronts "S" and demands to know what she (or her master wants with his children.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Domains of Dread Children of the Night: Vampires The Evil Eye
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - p28 Domains of Dread - p54 Children of the Night: Vampires - pp91-92 The Evil Eye - pp5, 58-59
		Gentleman Caller, The Gentleman Caller