Editing Cazador

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| name = Cazador Szarr

| image =  

Cazador Smile.png|Image

Cazador Model.png|Model

| page image = Cazador Smile.png

| full name = Cazador Szarr

| va = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387422 Graham Hoadly]

| class =  

| title = Vampire Lord

| size = Medium

| race = [[Undead]], [[Vampire]]

| type = Undead

| hometown = [[Szarr Palace]], [[Baldur's Gate]]

| family = [[Amanita Szarr]] (niece)

}}

 

'''Cazador Szarr''' is a [[vampire]] in ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]'' and [[Astarion]]'s former master. He is the primary antagonist of Astarion's personal quest, [[The Pale Elf]].

 

First, thou shalt not drink of the blood of thinking creatures.  

Four, thou shalt know that thou art '''mine'''.

 

 

 

 

=== Act Two ===

=== Act Three ===

Once in Baldur's Gate, the party can hunt down Cazador at [[Szarr Palace|Cazador's Palace]]. He is eventually found in [[Cazador's Dungeon|his Dungeon]], revealing that the ritual required not just the seven Vampire Spawn he sired, but also thousands of others. The "meals" [[Astarion]] brought Cazador were not for him to feed on, but rather prepared and turned into spawn for use in his ritual. Upon encountering Cazador, he will reclaim [[Astarion]], and begin his attempt to use him for the ritual. Should the party free [[Astarion]], and defeat Cazador, [[Astarion]] readies himself to take over the ritual, and absorb the power for himself - only for Cazador to reveal that if he were to continue the ritual himself, he would simply be consumed for it, as he has the marks of the pact on his back, and the ritual will still take his soul as a result, as it requires an exact amount of souls. The party must then make an important choice.

==The Black Mass Ritual==

===Let Astarion finish the Ritual===

Should the party allow Astarion to finish the ritual, he will connect to the player character's parasite, and copy the scars on his back onto Cazador's own flesh, therefore fulfilling the requirements for the ritual, while allowing himself to remain alive. Astarion will then consume Cazador's, and all of the thousands of Vampire Spawns' essence to successfully become the Vampire Ascendant.

 

 

If the party succeeds on a [[Persuasion]] or [[Insight]] check, Astarion will choose not continue the ritual for himself, and instead stab Cazador to death, falling to his knees, and sobbing, finally free from Cazador's tyranny. If even one of the vampire spawn died during the fight, the Vampire Ascendent ritual cannot be conducted and Astarion will default to this option.

 

 

If the party outright refuses to help Astarion without convincing him, or fails the skill checks above and still refuses to help him, Astarion will kill Cazador in the same sequence as above. But he will then destroy Cazador's [[Woe|Staff]], leaving the Vampire Spawn to rot. After this, he will permanently leave the party, stating that he hopes they "die screaming."

 

 

 

 

The party can choose to interrupt Astarion partway through the ritual. If they do so, the player character will throw Cazador's [[Rhapsody|dagger]] at him, killing Cazador and making the ritual impossible to complete. Astarion will then destroy Cazador's staff and attack the party, forcing the party to kill him.

 

 

 

No matter which choice the party decides on, Cazador ultimately dies.

 

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File:Cazador Early Access Model.png|Cazador's 3d model during Early Access.

Cazador.png|Cazador's concept art.

Cazador placeholder portait.png|Cazador during the ritual.

**The Release version of Cazador slightly resembles another unrelated vampire from Dungeons & Dragons - {{FRWiki|Strahd von Zarovich}}.

 

 

 

[[Category:Characters in Szarr Palace]]

[[Category:Characters in Act Three]]

[[Category:Bosses]]