Szarr

The Szarr family was a family of Baldur's Gate  who were once wealthy merchants and farmers.

History
This family once held a large area of land in what would become the Tumbledown district of Baldur's Gate's Outer City. However, an unknown rival family trespassed onto their land and killed every member, or so it seemed. Instead of being done with the foul deed, the rivals of the Szarrs would raze their entire estate. After the tragic incident, Tumbledown was filled with fog. In addition, the Outer City expanded over the area, and it would become a large cemetery.

Decades prior to 1482 DR, a portion of the cliffs that surrounded the area fell away. Because of this, part of the family crypts were revealed; graverobbers seized the opportunity to plunder the tombs. Oddly, these crypts would glow green and red. In order to stop the residents plundering the crypts, the Gravemakers was formed. This organization protected the dead and their valuables, though also were tasked with taking down undead, should they spawn. They operated out of the ruined Szarr Mansion in the middle of the graveyard.

In 1492 DR, a coven of vampires was led by the power-obsessed vampire lord patriarch Cazador Szarr. It was unknown how Cazador had survived the massacre of the entire Szarr family and it was also unknown if there were other members of the Szarr family in the coven. One of Cazador's slaves, Astarion reported that he was turned into a vampire spawn almost two centuries prior to 1492 DR. Astarion was later captured by a nautiloid that crashed far to the east of the city, and Cazador sent a Gur to hunt him down.

Rumors & Legends
It was heavily rumored that Szarr family ghosts stalked the streets of Tumbledown. Some even claimed that the undead family would kidnap folk of the city and murder them outright.

Some residents of Baldur's Gate believed that the ghosts of the Szarr family preyed on the Gravemakers, though others said that they aided them.

Family Members

 * Cazador Szarr, a vampire and a surviving members of the Szarr family

Slaves

 * Astarion, a vampire spawn forced to work for the Szarr family

Appearances

 * Adventures


 * Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
 * Murder in Baldur's Gate
 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III