Strahd’s Entourage – Aristocratic Night Court

Strahd’s Entourage – Aristocratic Night Court

Vampires (Sets)

Anchored by a levitating vampire lord erupting into a vortex of swirling bats, this five-figure ensemble radiates decadent malice and predatory aristocrat poise. Flanked by an armored castellan descending stone banisters, a poised consort holding a wine chalice, and two feral brides lunging mid-strike in layered ballgowns, the collection commands unmatched vertical drama across cathedral flagstones. Keepers staging high-stakes diplomatic galas, castle sieges, or climactic throne-room confrontations will find this Artifact ensemble delivers immediate gothic gravitas to the grid.

Tabletop Lore

Within the mist-shrouded spires of their ancestral mountain fortress, the immortal nobility holds court over centuries of blood tithes and decaying dominions. Bound by feudal tyranny and unholy thirst, the master of the castle surrounds himself with favored consorts and loyal stewards who execute his cruel decrees. Feigning mortal refinement behind silken bodices and silver goblets, this court reveals its true monstrous nature only when the ballroom doors bolt shut, reducing curious trespassers and defiant crusaders to mere banquet fare.

Highlight

A coordinated five-figure gothic court collection featuring a levitating bat-cloaked lord, an armored castellan descending stairs, a composed dark-skinned consort, and two dynamic brides captured mid-transformation.

Encounter Insight

Deploy this collection as an entire vampire coven during an aristocratic audience, ballroom ambush, or multi-stage castle climax. Keepers can use the armored steward to lock down frontline martial heroes on stairways, task the agile bridal skirmishers with flanking vulnerable backline casters, and keep the ascending lord hovering above melee reach to rain down necromantic magic and area-denial swarms.

Features

• Ascendant Vampire Lord: Levitates high above an ornate gothic pillar with arms outstretched in mid-invocation, draped in an expansive flowing cape that transforms into dozens of flapping bats.
• Armored Castle Castellan: Sculpted with long swept-back hair, an ornate double-breasted officer coat, plate greaves, and a fur mantle, holding a raised chalice as he steps down a carved stone balustrade.
• Regal Sorceress Consort: Features textured, voluminous coiled afro hair, an off-the-shoulder embroidered corset gown with sweeping floor drapery, a raised goblet, and a casting hand channeling somatic curses.
• Feral Bride Skirmishers: Two dynamic female vampires in corsets and ruffed skirts, one lunging forward with bared fangs and clawed reach, the other blindfolded and dancing in twirling silk ribbons.
• Castle Interior Bases: Each model is anchored to scenic architecture featuring worn palace flagstones, balustrade steps, and gothic masonry.

Designed For

• Castle Throne Room Climaxes: Essential for vampire manor campaigns, horror ballrooms, cathedral crypts, and gothic palace confrontations.
• Faction Court Encounters: Instantly fields an apex undead commander, a heavy armored champion, an arcane noble, and agile melee flankers in one cohesive force.
• Gothic Showcase Painting: An exceptional canvas for rich velvet cloaks, metallic silver chalices, textured curly hair, pale flesh shading, and atmospheric blood OSL.

Size Category

Vampire Lord occupies a 2×2 square (50mm base, Large Undead); Retinue occupies four 1×1 squares (25mm bases, Medium Undead)