Ravenloft/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Deal With the Devil]]: He makes a deal with an entity<ref>Likely a manifestation of the Dark Powers</ref> called Death to become a Vampire.

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: How he acts towards Tatyana, his brother's fiancee. At first.

* [[Green Eyed Monster]]: Invariably reverts to this when Tatyana's latest reincarnation stays out of his reach.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Invariably reverts to this when Tatyana's latest reincarnation stays out of his reach.

* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: He murders Sergei just so he can have Tatyana, not that it works out.

* [[Necromancer]]: A very, ''very'' good one.

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* [[Pater Familicide]]: Falls short only because his daughter's fate is undetermined (see above).

* [[The Scrappy]]: Tristen isn't too well regarded by fans of Ravenloft, who regard him as one of the most ridiculous and stupidly complicated of the Darklords. The fact his domain is almost solely empty of everything besides Goblyns and beasts (as well as conveniently small and out-of-the-way) means most simply avoid Forlorn, in universe and out.

* [[Tailor Made Prison]]: Of particular note in Tristen's case; he can't go more than 300 feet beyond a specific tree in the courtyard of Castle Tristenoira. The domain itself is somewhat larger.

* [[Tailor-Made Prison]]: Of particular note in Tristen's case; he can't go more than 300 feet beyond a specific tree in the courtyard of Castle Tristenoira. The domain itself is somewhat larger.

* [[Telepathy]]: With every goblyn in Forlorn.

* [[Unstuck in Time]]: Castle Tristenoira.

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* [[Affably Evil]]: He can be very civil if care is taken not to offend or upset him. It is just that he gets upset very easily and so it is hard to have a long conversation with him.

* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: Interestingly, many people think this is why he should ''not'' be a Darklord, but Mordenheim's Darklord curse-most of his actions are things flesh golems do, unlike his vain, selfish creator.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of [[~~Frankensteins~~ Monster]]; even his name comes from what [[All There in the Manual|Shelley called the monster outside the book]].

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of [[Frankenstein's Monster]]; even his name comes from what [[All There in the Manual|Shelley called the monster outside the book]].

* [[Chaotic Evil]]

* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]

* [[Mix-And-Match Man]]

* [[~~Frankensteins~~ Monster|Mordenheim's Monster]]

* [[Frankenstein's Monster|Mordenheim's Monster]]

* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: Wants to be accepted as a man, not a monster. His curse is that he'll never achieve this.

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* [[Cane Fu]]: He wields a cane that literally beats its victims into submission (manifesting as Charisma drain in-game).

* [[Ghostly Goals]]: A strange aversion. He simply became a ghost because members of his bloodline always do.

* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]

* [[Haunted House]]: Gryphon Manor is packed by lesser spirits, all of them serving and cowering before Lord Godefroy.

* [[Heir Club for Men]]: Killed his wife in a rage when she failed to give him a son.

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* [[Ax Crazy]]: If you're alive, it doesn't matter what you do; sooner or later, she'll attack.

* [[Dark Skinned Blond]] / [[White Haired Pretty Girl]]

* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]] / [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: In life, she and the cult she led were depraved even by the standards of [[The Fair Folk|the Unseelie Court]] of the Shadow Rift - which is a pretty high bar to clear.

* [[Freak Out]]: Tristessa's death sent her insane. She believes her child is still alive, but has been taken from her. A surrogate can satisfy her... but only temporarily.

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* [[Affably Evil]]: Much like Strahd, he can be very civil and nice.

* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: He is a Zombie Lord, and he has control of and can see through the eyes of all of the zombies in Souragne.

* [[Tailor Made Prison]]: Slightly more restricted than other Darklords - he can never leave Souragne's swamps.

* [[Tailor-Made Prison]]: Slightly more restricted than other Darklords - he can never leave Souragne's swamps.

=== Sodo, Darklord of Paridon ===

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* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Rose to power by engineering the death of his superiors, like so many other Darklords.

** Even more so, he's treacherous even by dread doppleganger standards-betrayal of one's brethren is about the only crime they find truly abhorrent.

* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: Loves it, but can't enjoy it anymore. Torture devices? He transforms too fast to use them effectively. His bare hands? That's where the "healing touch" part comes in.

* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Loves it, but can't enjoy it anymore. Torture devices? He transforms too fast to use them effectively. His bare hands? That's where the "healing touch" part comes in.

* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: Subverted. He can take any form he likes, but is unable to hold them for more than a minute, less when agitated (read: All the time).

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* [[Dream Weaver]] / [[Fake Memories]]: But only in regards to the shadow fey.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]

* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]: Notably, he dropped everything to punish the shadow fey for escaping from him - and got trapped as a Darklord.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Notably, he dropped everything to punish the shadow fey for escaping from him - and got trapped as a Darklord.

* [[Necromancer]]: Not one of his better-known powers, but he can control any undead in the Rift.

* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: He's trapped in the Obsidian Gate, unable to directly affect the Demiplane, but he can mentally influence the shadow fey and throw out the occasional magical effect.