Strahd von Zarovich
At a glance
A powerful figure in Barovia whom Dr. Rudolph van Richten planned to hunt and kill. The party has not met him.
Known facts
- Van Richten’s journal contained several plans concerning Strahd, some crossed out.
- Van Richten intended to cross into Barovia and slay him.
- The surrounding research and Erasmus’s visions connected that mission to Van Richten’s long war against vampires.
- Irik Zal’honan said Strahd knows the secrets of Azalin’s ritual and the red star.
- Irik directed the party toward Barovia to seek those answers.
Current status
Unknown. The party has not met him, but he is now their clearest lead concerning Azalin’s ritual.
Related sessions
Gallery
- Erasmus Paints the Past — Strahd appears within Erasmus’s spectral account of Van Richten’s final hunt.