If you ask a dozen folk in Kassen who the strangest family in town is, you would get the same answer 12 times: the Vargidans. Since as long as most people can remember, each one of the family members has shown a touch of magic, with each one of its children showing some type of sorcerous talent. Many rightly assume that the Vargidan home is actually an orphanage of sorts, but the family refuses to speak of such things in mixed company. Lording over the family is the wealthy and eccentric patriarch, Moltus Vargidan.

This aging man has white hair that trails down to his knees, and he can often be found wandering the streets of Kassen, muttering to himself. Rumours about town suggest things about Moltus from being cursed to having the ability to see dead people.