Name
Liar
Race
Tiefling
Gender
Male
Class
Ranger/Wizard
Biographical
Aliases
Rudolph Van Richten, Rictavio
Place of Birth
Family
Siblings
An unknown concubine
Appearance
Height
5'8"
Hair Color
White
Eye Color
Gray
Liar, also known as Rudolph Van Richten or as Rictavio, is a vampire hunter and the former mentor of Ezmerelda d'Avenir. He is currently hunting Strahd von Zarovich.
According to Song, Liar was born on the Isle of Smoke and was the brother of a royal concubine before he left the Isle to become a warder.
Liar met Lilluth, Fate, and Stellaluna in Birchfield where he gave them ambiguous and sometimes false advice about how to deal with the political situation there. He then disappeared from the city, leaving them a letter with prophecies foretelling, among other things, the party's later meeting of Solaris Silverleaf. When the party arrived in Deep Harbor, they received a second letter from Liar that gave them a half-true warning regarding Jory Greenbottle and cautioned them about Solaris's true identity.
They next encountered Liar in Barovia, where he had taken the form of a half-elf named Rictavio and was competing in a Vallaki archery contest, attempting to win a silver arrow. Solaris won the contest and the party used the arrow as leverage to ensure another meeting with Liar, where Fate received an additional prophecy from him and he then warned them to leave Barovia.
While they were traveling with Vasili von Holz, the party entrusted him with the care of Myrtle and Daisy, and Vasili read the children a book written by a man named Rudolph Van Richten. After dining at Castle Ravenloft, the party met Ezmerelda, who was searching for her mentor, also named Van Richten. In Van Richten's tower, they found a holy symbol of Reznoriak, indicating that Van Richten might actually be Liar.
Ezmerelda had no knowledge of Liar's whereabouts, but when the party spoke with Baba Lysaga, Lysaga revealed that she had last seen Van Richten journeying to Argynvostholt. Ezmerelda left the party to bring [Muriel Martikov" target="_blank" class="external-link">[Muriel Martikov|[Muriel Martikov]] to the Blue Water Inn in Vallaki, voicing an intention to continue on to Argynvostholt afterwards.
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