I guess I missed the discussion on this topic when you guys worked on it for the wiki. I searched the posts for "The Vampire" and "Vampire" and didn't find much. I just wanted to share my thoughts on this awnsheghlien.

The original entry from the Blood Enemies of the Vampire I never really liked. To me it was a problem to solve. I was always more liking the classical Strahd-type vampire. I like what has been added to the wiki for the changed version as it was very similar to my personal goal to resolve the problem. However, I was of the mind to make the change happen in my campaign.

Admittedly my vision of a campaign does vary from other visions along the line of scope of PC and NPC power and balances. Even what my NPCs do probably varies as I don't like static things while my players are developing, so I develop my pets along side the visible campaign.

One of my hidden campaign actions as DM was to have the Magian and his riders go on an adventure. I like having the Magian delve into minor awnsheghlien as he is a student of these phenomena. Seeking them out and messing with them. Even creating new ones and releasing them upon Cerilia in various places to cause havoc, watch them grow, and create opportunities for his future heroics of saving the populous from these monstrosities is a favored pursuit of this particular DM pet of mine.

This adventure took him to the stomping grounds of the Vampire where I decided to have the party encounter this chaotic creature who couldn't be restrained. Therefore the encounter was quick and decisive through a few rounds of combat and bloodtheft by one of the riders. This in turn changed the rider into the more classical type of vampire with which we are more familiar.

I didn't flesh out him being lord over the realm like its done in the wiki, but its a possibility for the Magian to have a new landed vassal closer to Anuire for any new campaign twists. Also, I had an idea that maybe the vampire could create his own brood of vampires and what this would do other than be very interesting to the Magian's studies.