# The Dead Torchbearer

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/the-dead-torchbearer.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![zombie](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/zombie.webp)
> **Title:** Of the Kitchens
> **Region:** [Castle Ravenloft](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/castle-ravenloft.md)
> **Starting attitude:** indifferent
> **Pronouns:** he/him
> **In a fight:** [Zombie](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/zombie.md)

## About

A drudge of the lower floors, three centuries dead, who walks the guards' run end to end with a taper, touching it to torches that are already burning. His sleeve is scorched to the elbow, and he hasn't noticed.

## Where to find them

- [Castle Ravenloft, the Larders of Ill Omen](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/castle-ravenloft-the-larders-of-ill-omen.md), The guards' run, walking a round