I think you're talking about Jander Sunstar from the novel "Vampire of the Mists" (Raveloft universe), he's Chaotic Neutral (Good).
That's right, Jander Sunstar. He was featured in a short story in the Realms of Valor Forgotten Realms anthology which took place in the Dalelands area. (I always read way more Forgotten Realms than Ravenloft in my youth.)
However, the natural norm remains that vampires are naturally evil.
It's becoming a cliché to always play/encounter the 0.000000001% exceptions around every corner, which ties in with my remark about Hellia the grandmother halfling bard werewolf.
There's probably something to this, I agree. It's a complex subject that arguably needs its own thread. Exceptions are powerful, but they can become destructive to the story as a whole when overused. Already I feel the merging of all the different races, as if they're more costumes than cultures.
For instance, at Moonrise Towers, a lot of the guards there are Drow, but do they feel like drow? Would you know if you didn't examine them? Could you easily point out which one was a wood elf instead? I think this problem happens because the exceptions grow to the point that the significant culture and *feeling* of the race is lost, diluting into the generic thing it's becoming.
