There's an excellent campaign log somewhere on this site where one of the players inherited a baal verzi knife and later became an assassin and slew ... his mother/father? or something like that. A great campaign to be sure. I can't quite remember which campaign log it is though.
Then there's the excellent thread on
Assassins (the class) in Ravenloft by cure, which posits the following
CANON: [...]
-the Ba'al Verzi in Barovia are said to number roughly a handful (Gazetteer I, p 35);
[...]
-Nicu Moldonesti (Ari1/Rog6/Asn6), a nosferatu vampire, assumed leadership of the Ba'al Verzi and turned many of its master assassins into nosferatu; with the power of domination of the nosferatu innocents are increasingly being used to safely deal death at a distance (Gazetteer I, p 35)
In Barovia then, with two large towns, although not of Barovian origin, three small towns, and one village there would be, at most, an upper possible limit of 33 assassins consisting of 16 experts, 10 rogues, 5 bards and 2 rangers. And there will be, on average, an upper possible limit of 12 assassins consisting of 6 experts, 2 rogues, 2 bards and 2 rangers. Practically, 1d3 experts, 1d3 rogues, 1d2-1 bards and 1d3-2 rangers would be imaginable, for an average of 4.8 assassins. That squares well enough with a handful of Ba’al Verzi. But it makes for a tiny guild. And assumes, not unreasonably, that Strahd doesn’t keep any assassins on staff, having the Boem of the Vistani to turn to in case of need.
and
Ba’al Verzi, guild based in Barovia, members are ethnic Baloks and most are also nosferatu vampires, 5 full-fledged members at present, led by Nicu Moldonesti (nosferatu vampire Ari1/Rog6/Asn6 CE), historically the most infamous, feared and secretive assassins in the Land of the Mists, and this despite rarely striking outside of Barovia, Borca or Invidia, the contemporary reputation is owed in part to other guilds sometimes fabricating evidence against them to mislead investigators;
...of course reading the whole thread gives a more complete picture.
I don't have Gaz1 handy atm, but I imagine Moldonesti is a nobleman of sorts with a manor at least and some household staff. I think i gave him the leadership feat. All this fits with him having 1 level of Aristocrat. I did start working on 3E stats for him but never finished them. If you want some help statting him or others I can help you if you want.
Wow, thank you very much! That was more or less what I was hoping for!