Balo, Ningia, Tatoya



Three Vistani, all Order of the Profane Soul Blood Hunters. The group is led by Balo. Most of the Revenant's Dawn got acquainted with the Blood Hunters when they were accosted outside of Madam Eva's tent in the Tser Pool of Barovia. Balo and the Hunters accused the group of disrespecting Madam Eva, the confrontation escalating until Balo placed a curse on Ismark, rendering him blind. When they refused to pay for the greater restoration to reverse the curse, the party attacked and the Blood Hunters knocked them out. Later, Viola encountered the Blood Hunters when they ambushed her on the road, beat her senseless and almost cut off her horn to collect a bounty on her head. They only spared her when the mists of Barovia suddenly rushed in. Not wanting to rob Strahd of a new plaything, they backed off.

The party ran into them again when the blood hunters were under the employ of Lydia Bersaba, helping her track down a projection of the spirit of Yeenoghu. The hunters helped her and her undead horde slay the gnolls of the valley, as well as the demon lord's spirit, taking with them a flail named Agony. The Book of Keeping the fiend dropped was intercepted by Silver and the party closed in, slaying Tatoya and capturing Balo, while Ningia escaped into the mist. Balo, incensed and full of hatred for Viola, committed suicide by placing an unsuccessful blood curse on the tiefling woman.

But Balo and Tatoya did not stay dead. Lydia found a way to return them to life, and they later ambushed the party outside the werewolf lair north of Krezk. Lydia killed Silver, using his body as a sacrifice to divine the location of the book. The Blood Hunters departed, having acquired their target.

Borovik has scried on the trio twice. The first time, the day after they escaped Barovia, the group was just waking up from a night's sleep having traveled far north somewhere in Faerun. The next time, about a month later, the group ambushed a drow outpost in the Underdark. Somehow perfectly adapted to the darkness, they slaughtered all of the drow. Balo looked over three prisoners they had captured while Ningia freed some human, dwarf, elven, half-orc slaves from their cages. Balo informed the group that if they wanted to live they would follow his every order.

