Cazador Szarr

Cazador Szarr was a vampire lord who lived in Baldur's Gate.

Description
Cazador led a coven of other vampires and was incredibly power-hungry. He was said to have treated his slaves very poorly, and even carved writing into their backs, which he described to them as poems. In reality however, the said inscriptions were part of an infernal contract with the archdevil Mephistopheles, which would grant him the knowledge and assistance in performing a ritual called the Rite of Profane Ascension.

History
In the late 13 century DR, Cazador rescued a high elf, Astarion, from a group of Gurs. However, Szarr later made him a vampire spawn slave and forced him to carry out tasks unwillingly.

Sometime in between the 13 and 14 century DR, Cazador started sculpting infernal contracts onto the backs of his spawn, which were part of an agreement with the archdevil Mephistopheles. The devil would grant him the knowledge about and ability to perform an ancient ritual named the Rite of Profane Ascension, which would allow Szarr to become a higher form of vampiric being, called the Vampire Ascendant. In this form, the strength of his vampiric abilities would increase tremendously, and he would no longer be afflicted by the curses usually ailing his kind, such as being vulnerable to sunlight.

In the, Astarion was captured by a nautiloid and injected with an illithid tadpole. Astarion believed Cazador sent a Gur monster hunter called Gandrel to recapture him.