Strahd, full name Count Strahd von Zarovich, otherwise known as The Devil by the people of Barovia, is a powerful vampire residing in Castle Ravenloft. He was the one that turned Doru into a vampire spawn and against his father Father Donavich. He is also the one who has been feeding on Ireena Kolyanovich, who he has not turned but does pursue for her red hair.
The party encounter him first on their way to Tser Pool where he puts on a threatening and perfectly terrifying display of condescension, on the road to Tser Pool. He travels by coach, pulled by two undead horses and driven by what looks like a vampire spawn coach driver. The question remains who turned the horses and whether they were tasty.
