Auric

Character from I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin and appearing in Strahd's in character narrative that comprised much of the novel's text. As of 547 BC, Auric was a a hermit originally from Forlorn that fled that domain into Barovia. Under the guise of Vasili Von Holst, Strahd paid Auric to act as a guide to Forlorn. When Strahd found he could not cross the domain's border, Strahd uses his vampire powers of mind control combined with a magic amulet to control Auric and force him across the domain border and survey it as his proxy. Auric was attacked and injured by goblyns, but Strahd's influence and his wolves allowed Auric to come back alive, though Auric was injured and collapsed from exhaustion once he got past the border. Already having paid Auric, Strahd abandoned him to his own devices. Regardless of whether he lived or died while incapacitated, Auric is almost certainly deceased in the modErn Ravenloft timeline.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin
		I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - pp179-199
		Auric, son of Courewsy