History Characters / RavenloftDarklordsOfTheSouthernCore

* RetCon: One of the biggest in-setting examples before Fifth Edition; Tristen and Malken have always been the setting's JekyllAndHyde equivalents but everything else about them is reworked and redone so extensively over the years that virtually everything in this entry was incorrect at one point or another. For example, at one point Tristen was some kind of alchemist and Malken was the result of an experiment gone horribly wrong, and at one point Malken was a diabolical mastermind rather than a glorified serial killer.

* EntitledToHaveYou: Strahd feels this way about Tatyana's reincarnations. He's the lord of Barovia, wealthy, intelligent, powerful and forever beautiful, she "should" be happily falling into his arms. He fails to see that A.) Tatyana never liked him in the first place, and B.) Even if she did, Tatyana's reincarnations are completely different people.

* EvilVersusEvil: In the past, he's counted both Azalin and Soth among his enemies

** {{Subverted}} with his ''Curse of Strahd'' depiction. While he was a fearless leader and did have some amount of heroic traits, it's implied that even from a young age Strahd wasn't a good person, his mother was noted to be wary of him, and some of his more infamous acts were committed before he was a vampire. The prequel novel ''I, Strahd'' meanwhile depicts him as a fair but brutal ruler, who created stability but still saw himself as inherently superior to the common rabble, and was absolutely merciless to even minor criminals.

* MagicKnight: A powerful necromantic wizard and a skilled swordfighter, both traits augmented by his vampiric nature.

* {{Matricide}}: After learning the truth of her parentage, she decided that her mother was lying and left her to werewolves.

* EnemySummoner: By playing certain songs of his own composition on his special harp, he can summon 3d4 dire wolves. He also composed a song which summons 1d6 dire wolves on its own, which he likes to teach unwitting innocents as a cruel prank.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Dove feathers, something she's unaware of.

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** The "optionally canon" story of the Alchemist in 3rd edition also makes him one to ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde''.

[[caption-width-right:350:A real [[JustForPun beast]] with the fiddle]]

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* {{Mayincatec}}: She, and Valachan as a whole, are heavily inspired by Mesoamerican culture and rites of HumanSacrifice.

* SoulJar: How becoming the Darklord of Valachan works: You need to find the current Darklord's [[BeatStillMyHeart beating heart]] in a hidden temple, [[AndShowItToYou rip out your own]], [[IAmAHumanitarian eat]] the Darklord's and place your on the temple's altar. This is the only way to end a Darklord's ResurrectiveImmortality. Although in the case of her predecessor, [[OracularHead not even this seem to work]].

* OedipusComplex: Invoked in the Ravenloft Gazetteer IV web enhancement; the possibility that Ivan's children live has been considered by his relatives, but those same relatives also believe that Ivan would attempt to murder any sons and seduce any daughters should they be unwise enough to reveal their existence before he dies.

* {{Expy}}: A teenage girl, who is a talented huntress, volunteers to enter a DeadlyGame in order to protect the people close to her. [[Literature/TheHungerGames Hmmm...]]