Kiril Stoyanovich

The werewolf pack west of Lake Baratok traces its lineage in Barovia to before the time of Strahd’s arrival to the land. At one time, their numbers were great, and they flourished on the flesh of beast and man alike. Locals called them “The Night’s Children”. After Barovia was locked away from the material plane, the pack’s numbers began to dwindle through famine and lack of new members. Eventually, their bloodline became stagnant through generations of interbreeding. Only rarely was a Barovian human granted the curse of lycanthropy and brought into the pack.
Through the centuries, The Night’s Children kept to themselves and stayed largely hidden from view. They had only the occasional dealing with Strahd, who was content to leave them in peace, so long as the pack left his food stock alone. Like others in Barovia, they learned to adapt to their surroundings, and fed primarily on forest game. For several decades, the previous pack leader, Skennis, was content to let the pack live as it had been. When Skennis grew old and tired, however, his rule was challenged by Kiril Stoyanovich. Rather than fight to the death to defend his position as pack leader, Skennis stepped down and allowed Kiril to take his place. Immediately, Kiril made sweeping changes to the pack’s philosophies. He swore an oath of fealty to Strahd, who in turn granted the pack passage through the mists to perform errands in the outside world. Under Kiril’s orders, the pack began to kidnap children and forced them to fight each other to the death. The survivors were infected with lycanthropy and added to the pack’s membership.
Many of the pack’s members found Kiril’s new recruitment practice to be abhorrent. They kept silent, however, out of respect for Kiril’s rank as alpha, and out of fear of his newfound alliance with Strahd. Emil Toranescu was the exception. He spoke out against Kiril’s practice of kidnapping children, and criticized his alliance with Strahd. As written, Emil’s opposition to Kiril caused a schism within the pack and resulted in his imprisonment by Strahd

Species

Werewolf