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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9690673" data-attributes="member: 18182">Kinda but not really.Tieflings, orcs, and drow are traditionally "evil" races in D&D, but we left that toxic trope behind quite a while ago. Kenku have never been an "evil" race, to my knowledge. None of these characters are portrayed as evil in the story. The tiefling is angry and bitter, but is a paladin of Selune. The orc is selfish and short-sighted, but has a bookish focus on magic. The drow loves violence, but is more of a sensual character who really doesn't like bullies (like Strahd!). The kenku is timid and lacks confidence and is probably the nicest of the bunch.Fielle, the human artificer (cheerful girl in the top-left of the cover image) is quiet, mousy, doesn't like conflict . . . and as you learn more about her, comes from an abusive family situation.None of the characters are evil (at start), but all have dark secrets and were on the cusp of making dark choices before being whisked away by the mists to Strahd's realm.While our heroes are quite diverse in race, the book does not have strong themes of race. But rather, all of these diverse characters all have dark secrets in their immediate pasts.</blockquote>