me and
@baldingate
were talking about how this is worded "Vellioth recalls when Cazador rebelled against him. Cazador suffered eleven years of impalement… because he failed." & him laughing when caz killed him implies that he knew/wanted caz to overthrow him the whole time
was reading the 5e wiki for vampire lore and they have the stupid typical vampire shit but also "can turn into a bat, rat, or wolf" like yo ... druid who
they entirely could have left it at "caz was impaled for rebelling" but they emphasized that he was punished because he failed, not necessarily that he rebelled
he was also turned on the cusp of death ergo the scarring ... etc. i was also thinking wat if vellioth looked a bit like astarion but that idea didnt pan out in the end. u know when u r in love with ur dad but u accidentallyd him so u uhhh make another one but now its your son