Strahd's known possessions included a +4 bastard sword, a +2 mighty composite bow, an amulet of proof against detection and location, bracers of armor +6, a cloak of resistance +3, a crystal ball, gloves of dexterity +2, a ring of minor elemental resistance (fire), a ring of protection +4, and a rod of absorption. Strahd then flew away back to the castle in his bat form, before the panicked Volothamp called on Elminster to return him back to Toril.

He invited Volothamp for dinner at Castle Ravenloft later that evening, wishing to discuss where he came from and the strange magic he could sense on him. Īlso around that time, Strahd encountered Volothamp Geddarm within his domain at the gates of Vallaki, appearing before the traveler in his mist form. The locket had the power to free the companions from Barovia, narrowly escaping the vampire's wrath. In the late 15 th century DR, Strahd confronted Minsc, Boo, Delina, Krydle, Shandie, and Nerys in an attempt to recover a locket that once belonged to Tatyana, the love of Strahd's life. He threw himself into the sun to end his misery afterwards, but, instead of dying, was transported to the adjacent domain of Forlorn. After discovering the true nature of Strahd, Jander attempted to destroy him, but ended up only severely injuring him. There, he befriended Strahd, then still an inexperienced vampire, and, over more than 25 years, taught him much of his vampiric skills, including the ability to communicate with and control animals. After years looking after her and failing to turn her into a vampire to prevent her death, in the Year of the Rose, 1098 DR, Jander was transported to Barovia by the Dark Powers, vowing to take revenge upon whoever had been responsible for her fate. In the Year of the Wandering Elfmaid, 1072 DR, Jander encountered Anna, a fragment of Tatyana's soul who had been trapped in an asylum in Waterdeep for almost a century.

The entire valley was swept into the Shadowfell and turned into a prison from which he could never escape. Strahd tried to end it all but remained alive, undead and a vampire. The pact sealed, Strahd chased Tatyana through his gardens in an effort to force her to love him, eventually driving her to fling herself off a cliff to avoid him and causing her death. The pact involved the murder of his brother Sergei von Zarovich so that Strahd could take Sergei's wife Tatyana, with whom he had fallen madly in love. After settling down in the recently conquered valley of Barovia, beginning to feel the weight of middle age, sometime before the 11 th century DR Strahd forged a pact with the Dark Powers of the Shadowfell in order to achieve immortality. In his youth, Strahd was a prince and a conqueror.

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