Straud family

The Straud family is a pre-made family residing in Forgotten Hollow, the world introduced in The Sims 4: Vampires. It consists of one single member, the master vampire Vladislaus Straud. He lives on his own in the Straud Mansion lot and begins with §20,000.
Vlad has lived in Forgotten Hollow for 200 years. There is a statue of him in the town center, though the town's Sims think the statue is of his Great Grandfather, Vladislaus Straud the First. However, the local vampires know the truth; Vlad founded Forgotten Hollow and he still runs it.Meet Vlad, The First Vampire of Forgotten Hollow According to his painting that is found inside Straud Mansion, Vlad was the sole survivor of a settling party of 25 Sims that disappeared. He was impacted so deeply that he never explained what happened to them, but founded the town on their last known location in their memory.
=== Other members ===
Although in-game he has no other family, Vlad's name implies he has prior family and that the name "Vladislaus" is a common given name in his family, considering he is the 4th (IV) to have inherited it. One of the gigs in The Sims 4: Get Famous is for a company called Vladislaus Hardware. It claims to be founded by Vladislaus III, a master carpenter specializing in luxurious coffins, which one would assume is Vlad the IV's father. However, since Vlad has been alive for centuries, it is more likely that Vladislaus III was Vlad the IV's previous name, which he changes every so often to fit with the lie that he is the "latest descendant" of an "oddly similar looking line of ancestors". 
An official blog for The Sims 4: Seasons also reveals that Vlad has a cousin named Arthur Climate. The Climates reluctantly invite Vlad over for a Harvestfest gathering, unaware that he is a vampire.Meet The Climates (Part 1) This might mean that Vlad is a cousin far removed since he's been alive for 200 years. 
==References==
Category:Middle class families