Artor Morlin (pronounced: AR-tore MORE-linn), also known as The Baron of Blood, was a vampire Lord who saw Waterdeep as his own personal hunting grounds and brooked no challenges from rival vampires to his domain.
History
The first documentary evidence of Artor Morlin placed him as a loyal mercenary guard in a court of Tethyr around 130 DR.
Artor became an infamous Shoon outlaw who worked as a mercenary from the 2nd to 10th century. Famed for his hatred of all things hailing from Calimshan, he took to harassing Calishite trade caravans. He built Morlin Castle on what is now the site of the town of Daggerford and proclaimed himself Baron of Steeping Falls and Lord Protector of the Sword Hills in the Year of the Arduous Journey, 133 DR.
At some point, he fell to evil and became a powerful Vampire. He continued to harass Calishite caravans in the south, seemingly uncaring that his realm disintegrated in 403 DR, he allowed his castle fall to ruins during The Second Trollwar in the Year of the Cold Claws, 940 DR, around which time he disappeared. He only returned when he heard that Castle Daggerford was being built on top of the ruins of his home in 947 DR. Artor, discovering the burgeoning settlement of Waterdeep, ignored Daggerford's development and instead moved his coffin to Waterdeep.
In Year of Falling Stars, 1035 DR, Artor made a deal with Open Lord Ahghairon in which he promised to keep Waterdeep free of Undead other than himself, in exchange for assurances that he would have a say in how the city was ruled. As a result, Artor would become one of the Masked Lords of Waterdeep.
Current happenings
Artor's crypt had been receiving many unwanted visitors due to the distribution of a fake treasure map. The Trollskull Crushers were the 20th group of people to pay his home an unwarranted visit. Finally being tired of all this commotion he made a deal with the Party to find out who was behind the creation of these fake maps. They were "asked" to either do this for him, or to lose their lives where they stood.
The Trollskull Crushers would later arrive back at Artor's crypt with Zardoz Zord who discovered that the person behind the fake maps was one of his own men who seemed to have been influenced by something or someone. Artor would then thank the Party for their service and invite Zardoz into his private sanctum.