Vito DeLuca



Vito is the head of the DeLuca crime family. Growing up, he helped run a series of taverns up the coast operated by his parents Vincent and Vanessa. Vito grew out of his parent's beliefs, eventually embracing Fierna’s legacy in his blood. He still passes as human, but his charisma and wit are positively infernal. He met Vavara about 8 years after his sister Viola had run away from the family. Vavara had lost her entire family and was singing in taverns to make ends meet. Vavara was performing at Vito’s main establishment (The Elated Enchantress) when Vito overheard her from his office and rushed out to the balcony overlooking the main floor. When he heard her sing it was love at first sight. Vincent and Vanessa DeLuca, still fearful of their reputation if they were to be associated with the infernal, threatened to cut Vito out of the family if he continued seeing Vavara. So, Vito arranged for an "accident" to occur. He’s the sole owner of all DeLuca enterprises.

Since assuming control, he has stopped the policy of getting patrons too drunk to see and then robbing them blind. He remodeled all of his establishments to attract a classier clientele, and currently the legitimate side of the businesses makes nearly as much money as the criminal side. Vito owns some of the most high-end restaurants, clubs, and halls all the way from Baldur’s Gate, Waterdeep, New Phandelver, Neverwinter. He also operates in shipping for expensive high end luxury goods (mining, raw material, gold, etc.). Behind the scenes, Vito runs illegal gambling, pit fighting, money laundering, extortion, drugs, faulty potions and magic items.

After an attempt on his life when he was younger and his parents' attacks on Vavara, Vito has become intensely careful and protective. He doesn't allow his wife and kids to go anywhere without at least two visible elite Hidden Blades close by. He keeps one (visible) guard on him at all times.

For Vito, blood runs thicker than water, and nothing is more important to him than his family. He loves his wife and his (now seven) kids more than anything. He was happy Tural into the family when it was discovered that the boy was still alive. Vito's personality is a careful balance between extreme hot and cold -- laughing and bouncing Vivien on his knee one moment, to brutally interrogating a spy on a dime.

He wears a DeLuca signet ring on his left index finger, carries a dagger that once per day can compel an incapacitated creature to divulge the truth, and has a magically enhanced arm that can deal concussive thunderous blasts.

