ECOLOGY

Environment any (Abyss)
Organization solitary or troupe (Vepar plus 2–5 shrroths)
Treasure double standard

Vepar is an Abyssal duke in the service of Dagon, Prince of the Sea. He leads 29 battalions of shrroths in service to his master. He is a brooding and malevolent demon that relishes in the torture and death of others, particularly mortals (whose very existence he disdains). His loyalty to Dagon is questionable at best, for behind the scenes, Vepar is quietly amassing an army of demons to one day lead against his current lord. But for now, he waits and serves.

Vepar’s citadel, Leviathan’s Reach, is built into an underwater mountain range that sits several miles below the surface of his watery Abyssal home. The citadel is guarded by scores of aquatic demons, fiendish merfolk, and fiendish tritons, as well as several hundred sahuagin led by a fiendish sahuagin 15th-level sorcerer named Anaunon. Most visitors (those that can actually reach it) avoid this place.

Vepar resembles a 12-foot tall merman. His upper torso is copperybrown while his lower torso and fins are silver and scaled. Vepar’s hair is long and black, and he usually wears it tied back or braided. His eyes, usually blue in color, burn with a silvery fire when he is angered or excited. Under his hair, two small copper horns can be seen just above his eyes. Vepar’s hands end in wicked claws with silvery nails.

Vepar relies on his trident, spell-like abilities, and ability to deal ability damage when combating foes. Before entering combat, he often raises a storm (using control weather or control winds) to herald his coming, though he is just as likely to attack from ambush or surprise as he is to “announce” his arrival. He enters combat with unholy aura active and follows it closely with ice storm.