Vargas Vallakovich

Vargas Vallakovich is a man completely and utterly motivated by fear. Fear drives him and is the source behind all of his delusions. He's not a great ruler and he is most certainly not a reasonable man.

Childhood

Unfortunately, Vargas is a victim of child abuse. Like, hard core, gloves off, call Special Victims Unit child abuse. His father was a harsh ruler who took pleasure in running Vallaki like a dictatorship. Vargon Vallakovich brought his harsh ways home with him every night and often took out his frustrations on his family. Vargas' mother often took the brunt of her husband's anger, and Vargas grew up helplessly watching, wishing he could save his mother but knowing he was too weak to actually do anything. He watched his mother suffer a string of miscarriages due to the beatings, leaving Vargas an only child. Because of the abuse, Vargas grew up in a constant state of fear. He was always extraordinarily careful about his actions and his words, lest he unintentionally anger his father.

Opinion's on Strahd

As he grew up, Vargas heard one name all too often. His father was trying to rid Vallaki of the Devil Strahd. That random villager deserved to die because they were in alliance with the Devil Strahd. You're father must be strict, Vargas, to protect us all from the Devil Strahd. Unfortunately, this allowed Vargas' young mind to pass off his father's terrible actions and blame them on someone else. Vargas grew up under the impression that his father's cruelty was not his father's fault, but the fault of Strahd. As he grew, this impression grew into a full blown delusion. As an adult, Vargas actively believes that all evil in the world can be traced back to Strahd. All sadness, all anger, all terrible happenstances, they're all directly Strahd's fault in Vargas' mind.

Murder of his Father, Vargon

As Vargas' delusions grew, he began to see the evil in his father. Vargas had always known his father was cruel and unreasonable, but over time he began to associate those personality traits with Strahd. And Strahd must be destroyed. When Vargas was twenty, his father had another terrible night. Vargas decided enough was enough. He couldn't let the devil possess his father any longer. Vargas put a sleeping drought in his father's drink that night and then smothered the man in his sleep. This murder had nothing to do with political gain or the seizing of power. It also had nothing to do with revenge or self defense. Murdering his father was an entirely premeditated attempt to get rid of Strahd's possession in their household. That's all. To Vargas, this was no different than putting a villager to death in the town square for talking too openly about Strahd.

Roleplay/Personality

While Vargas doesn't physically abuse his family, he does have anger and control issues. He wants Vallaki run in a very specific way, and when that doesn't happen he tends to panic and lash out. Vargas isn't as blatant in his violence as his father was, limiting his outbursts towards those who "deserve" it. Every week or so, he randomly selects a dissenter from the stocks and hold them in his house. For the next week or two, he takes out all his frustrations on this individual alone, letting his anger run wild. This is far from a moral practice and is really really not okay. But in Vargas' mind, at least he's not draining this untoward feelings at the innocent.

Catchphrases

"Don't worry, all will be well!"; "Smile! We must always smile to banish the darkness!"; "Do not panic, for that is the devils work"; "Smile to relinquish thy pains"