NPCs

NPC	Role or affiliation	Last known location	Party relationship	Status
Arrigal	Vistani sailor	Small vessel in the Mists	Brief, cautionary acquaintance	Active
Renier	River Dancer shipmate	River Dancer, in the Mists	New acquaintance	Active
Armond Duvalle	River Dancer quartermaster	River Dancer, in the Mists	New acquaintance	Active
Fling	Lafing’s werefox wife	With Lafing and the party in Martira Bay	Restored companion	Active
Snowmane	Captain of the River Dancer	River Dancer, in the Mists	Agreed captain; romantic connection for Rage	Active
Wounded Unicorn	Healing sanctuary near Castle Avernus	Unicorn cave, location unknown	Helpful benefactor	Active
Hyskosa	Eyeless Vistani seer	With the party aboard the River Dancer	Newly freed companion	Active
Lafing	Werefox former prisoner	With Fling and the party aboard the River Dancer	Newly freed companion	Active
Voss	Amnesiac former prisoner	With the party in Martira Bay	Newly freed companion	Active
Pearl	Grave elemental bound to Carver’s crystal	With Carver’s crystal	Bound companion, currently dismissed	Bound
Slippery Siv	Restored human thief and former Castle Avernus prisoner	Martira Bay	Pledged companion	Active
Elzarath	Ghostly keeper of the Library of Names	Castle Avernus	Neutral custodian	Active
Ebbasheyth	Shadow dragon and leader of the King’s Ravens	Unknown	Unmet claimant offering escape	Active
Allaric Van Stradleheim	Vampiric advocate of Kargatane conquest	Departed Castle Avernus	Rejected patron	Active
Irik Zal’honan	Ghostly advocate of discovery and truth	Castle Avernus	Chosen guide	Active
Ankhtepot	God-king of Har’Akir	Har’Akir	Unmet power served by Ooru	Unknown
Two Hundred Summers	Leader of the Keepers in Barovia	Barovia	Unmet ally	Active
Mr. Ledger	Educated traveler	The Final Audit	Helpful acquaintance	Active
Ewing Watergleen	Innkeeper	Coachman’s Rest	Helpful acquaintance	Active
Aldo	Dwarven trader or intermediary	Rivalis	Employer or informant	Active
Littleleaf	Crystal Gardens cleaner	Rivalis	Informant	Active
Woman from Martira Bay	Apparent shapeshifter	Fled Rivalis	Hostile	At large
Sister Elda	Eternal Order attendant	Coachman’s Rest	Helpful acquaintance	Active
Chief Constable Von Anbach	Chief constable	Rivalis City Hall	Cautious ally	Active
Growmaster Brambledu	Crystal Gardens growmaster	Crystal Gardens	Cautious acquaintance	Active
Garen Faulk	Rivalis militia leader	Coachman’s Rest	Cautious informant	Active
Wick and Fennic Merrydo	Owners of Two Brothers Creamery	Rivalis	Not met	Active
Breena	Creamery greeter and guide	Two Brothers Creamery	Helpful salesperson	Active
Cheesemeister Burrow	Creamery cheesemaker	Two Brothers Creamery	Informant	Active
Wendell	Creamery Key Keeper	Two Brothers Creamery	Cooperative	Active
Vidic	Wereraven of the Keepers of the Feather	Martira Bay	Mysterious contact and potential ally	Active
Madame Eris	Unknown authority or claimant	Unknown	Not met	Active
Mysterious Jester	Traveling entertainer	Streets of Rivalis	Unknown	Active
Red-Cowled Vendor	Candied-nut seller	Streets of Rivalis	Merchant	Active
Plute	Foreign traveler	Rivalis	Passing acquaintance	Active
Professor Aldrich Shale	Scholar and inventor	Traveling toward Brautslava Institute	Potential patron for Carver	Active
Ooru	Har’Akiri spice merchant and servant of Ankhtepot	Castle Avernus	Traveling companion	Active
Rudolph van Richten	Monster hunter and scholar	Unknown	Predecessor or potential ally	Missing
Ingrid van Richten	Unknown member of the van Richten family	Richten House	Unknown	Presumed dead
Erasmus van Richten	Van Richten’s silent ghostly son	Richten House	Guide and informant	Ghost
Strahd von Zarovich	Target of Van Richten’s final hunt	Barovia	Not met	Unknown
Azalin Rex	Darkon’s missing former ruler; distinct from Darcalus Rex	Unknown	Not met; seen in Erasmus’s vision	Missing
Lady Embermere	Elven noblewoman	Neblus	Provoked acquaintance	Active
Drelm	Innkeeper	Dreamsong Inn	Helpful acquaintance	Active
Black Lily	Former Kargatane recruiter and intermediary	Black Lily’s Manor, Martira Bay	Killed former sponsor	Dead
High Sentinel Ablander	Eternal Order leader	Shrine of the Spirits	Slain assassination target	Dead
Elven Dark Delver	Hunter of an alleged defector	Neblus	Employer; unverified	Active
Duskren Kalvar	Former Dark Delver and Eternal Order lecturer	Shrine of the Spirits	Dinner host and unresolved bounty target	Active
Acolyte Dorthol	Eternal Order fighter	Shrine of the Spirits	Wrestling acquaintance	Active
Darcalus Rex	Distinct promised savior followed by the Neblus sect	Nevuchar Springs, allegedly	Not met	Unknown
Chip	Carver’s catlike Eldritch Cannon	With Carver	Arcane companion	Active
Lando Riverben	Last Breath patron	Martira Bay	Mocking acquaintance	Active
Ivor Stonebraid	Blacksmith	Martira Bay	Merchant	Active
Darian Corvrick	Vampiric Kargat member	Castle Avernus	Dangerous host	Active
Alcio “Baron” Metus	Head of the Kargat and ruler of Martira Bay	Martira Bay	Not met; her wererats fought the party	Active
Dillo	Kargatane agent of roughly Black Lily’s rank	Last Breath Inn	Informant	Active
Clenis	Warehouse foreman and explosives supplier	Martira Bay	Merchant; cautious acquaintance	Active
Galf	Armored adventurer and gambler	Gilded Thorn	Gambling acquaintance	Active
Vermoth	Pale elven coach driver	Road outside Martira Bay	Betrayer	Dead
Buddy	Farmer wounded by wolves	Farmland near Rivalis	Rescued, treated, and maimed	Active

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