Jander Sunstar Appearance . Jander was 5 ' 9 " and weighed 130 pounds . He had angular features but retained the noble countenance of an elf . Jander kept his wheat - coloured hair long enough to reach his shoulder blades and it almost hid his ears . His skin was the colour of pale gold and he had expressive silver eyes . His left hand was withered and appeared burnt due to contact with the Holy symbol of Ravenkind . He would go about in public disguised as a leprous beggar in filthy cloaks , coating himself in stinking garbage to keep people away . He always wore gloves , both to hide his disfigured hand and so that his bare flesh would not touch plant life . Biography . Jander Sunstar was born to gold elf parents on the island of Evermeet . He was struck by wanderlust and headed to mainland Faerûn in search of adventure . He found more than he ' d expected . Whilst in Merrydale , the original pack of vampire s which infested the area for years to come attacked . Jander was betrayed by a friend who had been transformed in the first battle between the dalesmen and the vampires . Now a vampire himself , Jander was bound to the will of his new master , Cassiar , for over a century , but never surrendered his soul to his master ' s evil ways . He tried to survive on animals instead of humans but Cassiar ' s orders caused him to perform many evil deeds . Eventually , he managed to kill Cassiar in Mistledale in the middle of Marpenoth of 892 DR with the help of his friend Rhynn Oriandis . He wandered Mistledale for a while , preying on bandits asleep in the wilderness but not killing them , just drinking a little from each in their group . One night though , the group he was following were alerted to his presence and he had to flee . When he stopped , he encountered Eldath who offered him sanctuary in a holy grove of Silvanus . For as long as he didn ' t leave the grove , he would be a mortal elf again , though sunlight would still be deadly . He met a priest of Silvanus from a nearby abbey , coming to draw water from the sacred pool and the two became friends . The next night , wood and antlers were on the ground and , seeing it as a sign , Jander whittled them into statuettes of Eldath and other shapes which he gave to the priest for his abbey to sell . Jander was extremely happy with this life until one night when he saw that the abbey was on fire . His new friend struggled to the grove saying that they were under attack but Jander should stay in the grove lest his divine absolution be revoked . Jander couldn ' t take the sight of thugs beating his friend and left the grove , using his returned powers to slaughter them and saving the lives of many of the abbey ' s residents but when he tried to return to the grove , he found that he could not , a painful , invisible barrier prevented him from returning and he doubted Eldath would offer him succor twice . Jander left the Dalelands and his memories behind that night , heading for Waterdeep . He settled outside of the city and when feeding on animals wasn ' t enough he fed on inmates at an insane asylum . He fell passionately in love with one of them though , a beautiful human woman named Anna , cursed to never age or be free of her madness . Anna fell deathly ill with fever in 1098 DR and Jander offered to turn her into a vampire to save her but she refused . She died in his arms and in his rage and grief he slaughtered the other asylum inhabitants , setting the building on fire and swore revenge on whatever caused Anna ' s madness . The " Dark Powers " of the Demiplane of Dread heard his plea and whisked him away to their awful realm . Almost immediately , he came into contact and conflict with Count Strahd Von Zarovich of Barovia . He learned that Anna was once known in Barovia as Tatyana and was the lover of Strahd ' s brother Sergei . Strahd murdered his brother and drove Tatyana to madness in his attempts to make her his . She threw herself into the ever - present Mists of the plane and an aspect of Taty " ana " arrived in Waterdeep , where she was committed and met Jander . 25 years later , Jander and Strahd were bitter enemies , knowing he had found the object of his revenge , Jander came to hate the darklord of Barovia with all his heart . With the aid of two brave villagers , a priest and a rogue named Sasha and Leisl , he attacked Strahd , even offering Lathander his life in exchange for victory though both vampires survived the confrontation , severely wounded . Jander believed himself to be dying and asked his friends to let him see the sun rise one last time . Certain Faerûnian sages claim that the Mists of the realm blocked the sun ' s glare from destroying Jander and he awoke in the area of the Demiplane known as Forlorn . He is now a vampire hunter by trade , sharing the hatred he still has for Strahd to all of his unwanted kin and if he ever returned to Toril , he would likely perform exactly the same service .