• Think: Eeyore from Pooh
• not much of a conversationalist
  • grunts or one word responses
• no joy in life
  • afraid of death because it must be worse
• a mediocre carpenter and a troubled, lonely man
• no one desires his company, because of the ghastly nature of his handiwork

• One night several months ago, Strahd visited Henrik in the guise of an imposing, well-dressed nobleman named Vasili von Holtz and promised the coffin maker "good business" in exchange for his help.
  • Since then, Henrik's workshop has become the lair of a pack of vampire spawn—former adventurers who were turned by Strahd.
  • These vampires are lying low for the time being.

Barovian Lore
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