Barovia

A male Deva cleric. Tall and slender with elegant robes adorned with celestial symbols. Outside of his mouth and nose, his face is covered in silk garb and a gold headpiece. Without his garbs on, he has golden eyes and long blonde hair that goes down to his hips.

The Abbot believes he is righteous. He regrets transforming the Belviews into horrid mongrelfolk, and he considers their imprisonment to be necessary, to contain their madness. With regard to Strahd’s bride, he believes that she is the key to freeing the land from its curse. The insane Abbot can’t be convinced otherwise. The Abbot will share his beliefs openly, claiming that his decisions are based on the Morninglord’s guidance. He will give visitors a tour of the abbey if they seem friendly, but he turns hostile if they threaten him or his charges.

The Abbot was driven to the long-abandoned Abbey of Saint Markovia to restore it to its former glory. Posing as a pious cleric and healer, he helped those with afflictions, but the Dark Powers set out to corrupt him. The Belview Family delivered his first step to corruption by asking for experiments that mixed human and animal traits, leading to experiments. Then Strahd arrived under the guise of Vasili Von Holtz. The Abbot recognized him as a figure of ultimate evil, yet Strahd won the deva over to his side. He provided the Abbot with dark knowledge from the Amber Temple, which allowed him to grant the Belviews their wish by transforming them into mongrelfolk. Strahd "confessed" his past and earned sympathy and fear from the deva. The Abbot felt bringing about his doom was impossible, so he built Strahd a flesh golem bride, a copy of Tatyana, named Vasilka, to remove the lands curse. The Abbot currently seeks a bridal gown for Vasilka, and will the players to find it for favors.