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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tglassy" data-source="post: 7493089" data-attributes="member: 6855204">Hmm.  I like the Argynvostholt angle.  They never went to that castle, despite my prompting.  They did destroy the Heart of Ravenloft already, so I could say the Death Knight at Argynvostholt felt that Strahd was in being attacked, and is leading his men to destroy them.  That would be interesting.  "You killed Strahd!  Yay!  Oh wait, now you have to kill these guys."  After fighting Strahd, that should be difficult.  But besides that, I'm thinking that if nobody takes Strahd's place, Barovia is destroyed and the Dark Powers leave and go into the world, which would be a great start to another adventure as they all try to figure out how to seal the Dark Powers again.I'm seriously thinking of making Tatyana the key to everything.  it was because of her that Strahd made the pact.  I'm thinking that I might change the Pact somewhat, in that Strahd made it to get Tatyana, and he never got her.  So technically, the Dark Powers have never fulfilled their side of the bargain.  I'm thinking that the Pact has a caveat, similar to Angel from Buffy, where he cannot know happiness or it is broken.  The Dark Powers feed on Strahd's torment, and on the torment he inflicts on the land. If he had Tatyana,  then he would know happiness, which, perhaps, would break the Pact and the Dark Powers would no longer have their nourishment.  This would depower them, and force them to stay in the Amber Temple, awaiting some other dupe to take their bargains and give them power.   But it only works like that if the Pact is completed. They orchestrated a way for Tatyana to leave Barovia, and have been feeding on Strahd and Barovia ever since.  This ending requires my mom's character to make a sacrifice, resulting in the end of Barovia and the freedom of Strahd to wreck havoc on the real world in all his glory, starting a whole new quest line where Strahd is conquering the real world.Of course, my dad would never allow that, and neither will my brothers if they have a say, so more than likely they'll just kill Strahd.  If they do that, though, and Barovia has no ruler, the Dark Powers are freed from their prison instead of being quelled, which releases them on the world.  Which means the only way to keep them down is for someone to accept rulership of Barovia, and accept the Curse of Strahd onto themselves.  Maybe I'll just make it simple and have the Dark Powers offer a new pact, different for each person, and if they want it they can have it and if not they can leave Barovia.  If more than one wants it, they'll have to fight for it.</blockquote>

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