History Characters / RavenloftTheCarnival

* DistressedDamsel: Rescuing her from her master Sarlandril is a scenario faced by the Carnies and adventurers.

* {{Synchronization}}: The reason the Carnival won't kill her old master, no matter how many times he attacks to get her back. She is still technically his familiar, and their vital forces are bound together. Killing him would kill her. In fact, the only reason she doesn't lose a hit point a day just from being separated from him is Isolde's power replacing the link. As a result, she also can't stay separated from the Carnaval too long or she gets sick.

* BlessedWithSuck: He's immune to poison, but normal food makes him sick. As a result, the Carnival tests out food received from new locations on him first, to prevent some malevolent soul slipping them poisoned or tainted food.

* HotGypsyWoman: Although a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fantasy version]] of Romani at any rate, she is considered one of the most beautiful members of the Carnival alongside [[SnakesAreSexy Silessa]], however the Crimson Rose has many deadly thorns.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In this case, they aren't vampires at all, just a regular person with bat wings and skillfully-applied makeup.
* SelfRestraint: She wears shackles and manacles during shows for dramatic effect. (The key is in her pocket.)

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: He has unnaturally pale skin, white hair, and ice-blue eyes. He's also perpetually covered in hoarfrost.

* TheCorrupter: While Isolde already had some KnightTemplar tendencies, Nepenthe amplifies it into an all-consuming thirst for vengeance by impersonating her dead companions and urging her on.

* YourWorstNightmare: The night-terrors he binds become protective totems, providing bonuses on saves against the fears they represent. However, if the person is killed while it's attached, it slips off and starts trying to find someone else to terrify until it is destroyed.

'''The Carnival of Ravenloft''', known InUniverse as simply "The Carnival", is a traveling circus and freakshow found in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' setting of ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}''. It has two very distinct iterations; the original from ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragonsSecondEdition'' and the rewritten version from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition''.

* ArchEnemy: Has come to the Land of Mists to hunt hers: the [[HornyDevils incubus]] known only as "the Gentleman Caller."

* KnifeNut: Experts at forging and wielding daggers, something they use for defense and entertainment.

The original iteration of the Carnival first debuted in the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' tie-in novel ''Carnival of Fear''. The Carnival was originally known as the Carnival l'Morai, a non-mobile freakshow which was part of a Domain of Dread called l'Morai; those who broke the law in this domain were punished by being [[BalefulPolymorph mutated]] and [[MindRape memory-wiped]] by the magics of the domain's rulers before being forced to live and work in the Carnival l'Morai. Here, they were subjected to hideous cruelties, for the laws of l'Morai regarded the freaks of the Carnival as second-class citizens who could be tormented, brutalized and even killed freely, making them living scapegoats for the citizens' resentment and frustration. During the course of the novel, the freaks of Carnival l'Morai reach their breaking point and revolt; the survivors flee into the mist. Here, they stumbled across a mysterious woman named Isolde, who becomes the Carnival's new ringmaster and guardian, causing them to begin traveling across the Demiplane of Dread as a traveling circus. As they travel, they discover that their mutations are becoming more pronounced, and formerly non-freaks who travel with the Carnival experience similar mutations, a phenomena that the Carnivel's denizens dub "the Twisting". Assimilating a strange tribe of voluntarily mute, face-painted [[MagicalRomani Vistani]] called the Skurra, the Carnival has been traveling the Misty Realms ever since.

* BalefulPolymorph: Inverted, since she used to be a snake that was turned into an elf.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Spiritually used with her solid silver eyes.

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