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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9501961">Knight of the Black Rose was my introduction to the setting. So I really didn't know about the whole gothic horror thing going in. I came to the setting by way of Dragonlance. What I did know was it looked brooding and sinister, and Soth was such a dark and terrifying character that it had my interest as a horror fan. The other issue was, I was simply not as into fantasy as a lot of my other D&D friends. I read plenty of that stuff, but my interest was always more on the horror side of things. So I bought the book having heard of Ravenloft and being sold by the cover that taking the plunge into it looked promising. But none of this is to say consistency of the line wasn't important. Or that the gothic mood struck on that cover and subsequent covers weren't vital. And even though I didn't have the language for it at the time, that is the mood the cover evoked for me (it is dark, clearly horror, but has a romantic and atmospheric quality to it). The look of the line was one of the things that helped establish its atmosphere. Knight of the Black Rose was very consistent with the gothic horror mood and theme; and consistent with the line (it is an early book but my memory is Black Box and Feast of Goblyns were already out, as was Vampire of the Mist.)  Vampire of the Mist came out the same year as Knight of the Black Rose so I could be wrong on that.</blockquote>