Werewolves of the Huntress

The Werewolves of the Huntress, also known as the Mountainthropes, are a group of werewolves that worship the Huntress of the Mountain Fane. They are based in a cavernous den to the west of Lake Baratok.

Whilst under the leadership of the fearsome Kiril Stoyanovich they were incorporated into the Children of the Mother Night and forced to worship Mother Night, until Y735 when the party of Hallgrimm Mikkenson, Narid Ashplantt, and Eklyre Temere defeated them and killed Kiril in battle.

History
Before Kiril, the Children of the Mother Night were lead by Skennis, who taught the tribe that their lycanthropy was a gift and should be respected as such. They would maintain a low profile and only kill to feed.

At some point in the last couple of years Kiril took Skennis' place as the alpha and sought to expand their influence and swell their ranks more aggressively. Under Kiril's leadership they would capture a group of children and make them fight one another to the death. The winners would then be infected with lycanthropy and forced to join the group. A surviving adult member of the group, Zuleika Toranescu, estimated that there were hundreds of werewolves in Barovia, although they were not all particularly strong.

Zuleika elected not to fight the party with Kiril and the rest of the clan and after the others were defeated she told the party that her husband, Emil Toranescu, was being held prisoner in Castle Ravenloft.