![[KasimirVelikovPathfinder-v1.webp]] # Kasimir Velikov _Dusk Elf Leader | [[Dusk Elves]] | [[Dusk Elf Settlement]]_ ## Summary Leader of the [[Dusk Elves]], the dwindling people who serve the [[Vistani]] near Vallaki. He told the party his people's history and asked them to travel with him to the [[Amber Temple]], where Strahd made his pact with the [[Dark Powers]]. %% ## Now At the [[Dusk Elf Settlement]], pressing anyone who will listen to help him reach the [[Amber Temple]]. ## Appearance A weary, gray-skinned elf, dignified but worn down. Long white hair; the bearing of a leader with few left to lead. ## Personality Grave and courteous, carrying the grief of a broken people. Determined to reach the Amber Temple and willing to guide outsiders there. Speaks plainly about the Dusk Elves' ruin. ## Connections **[[Patrina Velikovna]]** — sister; stoned to death by the Dusk Elves at Strahd's order. _The party never learned they were kin._ **[[Arrigal]]** — the Vistani the Dusk Elves serve. **[[Luvash]]** — Vistani leader over the camp near the settlement. ## Background **The Dusk Elves' ruin:** His people were reduced to servitude and near-extinction; he carries their tragic history and wants it answered. **Patrina:** His sister [[Patrina Velikovna]] aided Strahd's rise and sought to become his bride. When Strahd was done with her, the Dusk Elves stoned her to death on his order. **The Amber Temple:** Kasimir named it the place where Strahd struck his bargain with the [[Dark Powers]] and asked the party to take him there. %%