Jander Sunstar

Jander Sunstar is a gold Elf vampire who helped stop the vampiric plague of Daggerdale but was infected with the curse of undeath. Jander abhorred his condition and constantly fought against it but performed many evil deeds despite making an effort to feed off only animals. Jander Sunstar made his first appearance in the Christie Golden novel vampire the mists. He is a native of the island of Evermeet and a seven hundred year old vampire.

In the novel it is said that though he was stricken with the vampire curse, Jander was able to feed off of animals for long periods and only had to feed off of human blood rarely. when he would need humans he would go to an insane asylum and feed off the crazed inmates. This is where he met Anna, a woman who he falls in love with. She was a form of beauty for jander in such a hellish place. she was also stricken with a curse that kept her from aging and locked her in this crazed capacity. When she falls ill jander tries everything he can to keep her healthy but she just keeps getting worse. Jander did the only thing he thought he could do to save her: turn her into a vampire. when she did not take his offer and died jander was torn by rage. that night he slaughtered the inhabitants of the asylum and set it on fire. torn by rage and grief jander vowed revenge on who ever had made anna that way. He then enters the mists and is transported to Ravenloft, where he meets Strahd (vampire and lord of the land Barovia), and continues his search for the source of Anna's condition.

spoiler ahead Jander finds out that Anna is known in Barovia as Tatyana, a woman who Strahd loves but is doomed to never have. He also discovers that it is Strahd who made Anna/Tatyana mad, by killing Tatyana's future husband and Strahd's own brother: Sergei. With the help of a priest and a rogue, Jander attempts to distroy Strahd, but fails. He then realizes that he was not meant to avenge Anna and decides to die in a sunray. It is said that his attempt to kill himself fails as well, and that he is transported to another domain in Ravenloft.

Jander also appears in two Forgotten Realms anthologies; Realms of Valor and Realms of Infamy.