Lord Balfour de Casteelle

One of the Umbra, the highest-ranking members of the Fraternity of Shadows. He is also a leading professor and the president of the University of Dementlieu in Port-a-Lucine.

His wife, Lady Cassilda de Casteelle, is five decades younger than himself. She is a talented sorcerer and a faculty member of the University of Dementlieu, presumably in the Department of Arcane Sciences. The pair reside with their two sons in the President's Mansion on the university campus.

Has an owl familiar named Lupzig.

Lourd Balfour de Casteelle has corrsponded with both Dr. Van Richten and the Weathermay-Foxgrove Twins. He even wrote a chapter for Van Richten's Arsenal on magic items. Of course, he peforms his "benevolent" actions to further his own agenda, particularly that of building contacts among adventurers and monster hunters.

Lord Balfour has a doctorate degree in both Arcane Sciences and History.

Statistitcs

Male Human, Illusionist 18, Neutral Evil

Illusionist 8/[[Fraternity of Shadows (Prestige Class) 10

Timeline

• 675 BC Lord Balfour de Casteelle is born
• 706 BC The parents of [[Lord Balfour de Casteelle are mysteriously burnt to death, leaving their holdings to Balfour.
• 706 BC Lord Balfour de Casteelle finishes his doctorate degrees and takes over the University of Dementlieu.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Van Richten's Arsenal
		Van Richten's Arsenal - p146
		Van Richten's Arsenal - pp145-146
		Van Richten's Arsenal - pp145-147