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{{CharacterInfo

|name = Cazador Szarr

|image=[[File:Cazador Smile.png|350px]]

|STR=18

|DEX=18

|CON=18

|passive=

{{PAS|Alert}}

{{PAS|Arcane Enchantment|Woe|custom=Woe Icon.png}}

{{PAS|Arcane Vampirism|Woe|custom=Woe Icon.png}}

{{PAS|Improved Extra Attack}}

|race=[[Vampire]]

|location = [[Cazador's Dungeon]]

|allies=[[Mephistopheles]]|enemies=[[Astarion]]|family=Amanita Szarr}}'''Cazador Szarr''' is a [[Vampire]] NPC in [[Baldur's Gate 3]] who acts as a looming threat, specifically to [[Astarion]], as he is his cruel and ambitious vampiric master.

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

Second, thou shalt obey me in all things.  

While not making an appearance within Act One or Act Two, Cazador's influence is still felt. If the player is playing as [[Astarion]], they can encounter a dream sequence involving Cazador, where he recites four rules he enforces amongst his spawn. [[Astarion]] as a companion may also show the player the scars on his back, which is revealed to be part of an Infernal Pact. What this pact entails is unknown, but he assumes it is extremely important to Cazador.

== 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 rather 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 player 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. An important choice follows.

{{SpoilerBox|act=3|custom=player choices for the ritual.|'''Convince Astarion to kill Cazador and stop the Ritual'''

Should the player succeed on a skill test, Astarion will not continue the ritual for himself, and stab Cazador to death, falling to his knees, and sobbing, finally free from Cazador's tyrannical fist.

Should the player allow Astarion to finish the ritual, he will connect to the player'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 the the thousands of Vampire Spawn's essence to become Vampire Ascendant successfully.}}

Whichever choice the player decides on, Cazador ultimately dies.

==Notes==

* During the Early Access, Cazador appeared with a beard. This is no longer the case, as Elves are unable to use Facial Hair options.

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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

Edward-vanderghote-cazador.webp|Character art by Edward Vanderghote