Rahadin
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Rahadin is an NPC introduced in the 5th Edition module Curse of Strahd. He is' Strahd's chamberlain and a dusk elf traitor and collaborator with his people's enemy[1]
History
Made an exile for refusing to bow to royalty he did not personally respect, Rahadin turned on his people and helped Barov von Zarovich put the royal line to the sword and take over the elven kingdom. Barov rewarded Rahadin with honorary membership to the Von Zarovich Family, and later Strahd appointed him as chamberlain. After Patrina Velikovna came knocking on Strahd's door, she attempted to seduce and tempt him with dark knowledge of immortality at the Amber Temple. Rahadin belived Velikov to merely be manipulating Strahd and attempted to break them up. He was unsuccessful, but nonetheless Tatyana Federovna took Strahd's attention away from Patrina.[1]
Strahd's transformation into a vampire didn't phase Rahadin. He remained ever loyal, though once again Patrina came back to win Strahd's love, it was clear to Rahadin it was just for her own selfish needs. He thought she would share the same fate as Strahd's other brides: entertain him for a while but ultimately become thrown to the way and turned into a vampire spawn. He was surprised to see that his dusk elf kin stoned her to death before that happened. Rahadin served as Strahd's punisher to the dusk elf race, slaughtering all the female elves and slicing off Kasimir Velikov's ears.[2]
In Curse of Strahd
Rahadin remains ever loyal to Strahd. He may be encountered in Castle Ravenloft. He may be encountered randomly in the listed areas[3], in the Great Entry (K8)[4], or in his room (K72). He keeps a shadow demon in the latter area.[5] Rahadin also may be encountered in the Amber Temple, where he visits to pray for Strahd's release from his bindings as darklord.[6] If Strahd is ever destroyed, Rahadin seeks the player characters out thereafter, fighting to the end to avenge his master.[7]
Patrina's undead spirit ultimately seeks to manipulate the player characters to avenge Kasimir and do away with Rahadin while she makes up with Strahd.[8]
Art
Rahadin has a portrait on page 237, though it does not feature the brown skin attributed to him on p. 55</ref>
Game Statistics
Rahadin has his own unique game statistics block on p. 237
