Category:Belview Family

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In Curse of Strahd, the Belview family is a family of degenerate mad mongrelfolk that were transformed from normal humans by the Abbot at their request. Most of them now are chained up or imprisoned at the Abbey of Saint Markovia.^[1]

History

Shortly after the Abbot came to Krezk, the Belview Family delivered his first opportunity to corruption. Physically sick, the Abbot tened to their needs, determined to rid them of any imperfections. However, they saw not the human form as perfect but rather wished altered physiology, human mixed with the gifts of various animals. The deva capitulated in sympathy for the pitiful lot, the Abbot capitulated. The starting experiments were often lethal, but the Belviews didn't care and urged him on. Then Strahd arrived under the guise of Vasili Von Holtz. The Abbot recognized him as a figure of ultimate evil, yet Strahd won the deva over to his side. He provided the Abbot with furnishings and dark knowledge from the Amber Temple, which allowed him to grant the demented Belviews their wish by transforming them into mongrelfolk. Mad and hideous, the Belviews were nonetheless happier.^[2]

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