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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6853966" data-attributes="member: 5100">Yeah. That's the problem. The pact was sealed in a fit of dark pique and with the death of his brother. He went looking for immortality because he realized (mostly because of Tatyana) that he had squandered his youth. There can be no pact before the moment he kills his brother.I can accept that he went looking for youth/immortality before then. He may have even kicked at a hornet's nest. I actually assumed that he was a Fighter while conquering and duel-classed into a Magic-User to search for youth. Tatyana was the point at which the price didn't matter. Before her, he was interested. He was almost certainly a cold and calculating tactician who seemed a bit "cruel". There was a balance, though. He was likely LN with evil tendencies or a neutral-friendly LE.Whether Tatyana was "true love" or the ultimate prize doesn't really matter. It's probably fair to say Strahd couldn't tell the difference -- he "loves" his land, too. But she was what he was willing to sacrifice his humanity for. He committed fratricide and was marked and lost his treasure -- parallels could be drawn to Cain, if you wanted to go for a V:tM vibe. Without that act, there would be no Curse of Strahd. Nor would there be a demi-plane of dread, as we know it.While I appreciate having wheels within wheels for Strahd, I think moving to the Realms would be a punishment worse than Ravenloft. It would also make me question whether to get the book -- it's already too closely tied to the Realms by way of including (wasting) a page and a quarter on plot hooks for the factions.</blockquote>

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