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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8231625" data-attributes="member: 5948">The best Darklords have their curse specifically related to the evil deeds they committed to draw the notice of the Dark Powers in the first place.&nbsp; Strahd's fall was driven entirely by his desire for Tatyana - now he's cursed to see Tatyana return again and again and never possess her.&nbsp; Ankhtepot sought to defy death as the eternal ruler over a mighty empire - and his curse was to be a shambling dead thing while the nation he ruled crumbled into a dusty forgotten ruin.&nbsp; Soth's sins were related to his impulsiveness and his eagerness to forget his duty and oaths when his personal desires came along - and his curse is to live forever in a place where the memory of HIM is all wrong, and for a guy with his pride that eats like acid.&nbsp; Even Vlad Drakov's curse is at least apt - he was a brutal military leader who committed atrocity in the name of conquest, and now his curse is that he's doomed to be defeated in any war he wages.&nbsp; That is, I think, why curses like Jacqueline's grate on me.&nbsp; There's nothing poetic or ironic there.&nbsp; Her curse is utterly unrelated to her history (although the history of why Richulemot formed from the mists is a bit fuzzy, and she annexed it from Claude anyway).&nbsp; She's a murderous treacherous horrible person, but her sins are crimes of ambition rather than passion, why did the whole romance aspect get introduced when it came down to constructing her curse?&nbsp; Hazlik, on the other hand, was entirely motivated by desire - but his curse is nightmares?&nbsp; Where's HIS love-related curse?&nbsp; If Jacqueline's moment of damnation was when she tried to turn duBois into a wererat, then sure, her curse would be appropriate.&nbsp; But a) it wasn't, she became the Darklord after killing her father, and b) then we'd have yet another love-related female Darklord.There's plenty of Darklords whose curses are nonsensical or unsuited to their history, and plenty of male Darklords whose family were collateral damage on their path to damnation (or who got fridged, if you prefer that terminology).&nbsp; But it does seem to be mostly the women who get the romantic or family aspect shoehorned in, no matter whether it's significant to their personality or history.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8231625, member: 5948"] The best Darklords have their curse specifically related to the evil deeds they committed to draw the notice of the Dark Powers in the first place. Strahd's fall was driven entirely by his desire for Tatyana - now he's cursed to see Tatyana return again and again and never possess her. Ankhtepot sought to defy death as the eternal ruler over a mighty empire - and his curse was to be a shambling dead thing while the nation he ruled crumbled into a dusty forgotten ruin. Soth's sins were related to his impulsiveness and his eagerness to forget his duty and oaths when his personal desires came along - and his curse is to live forever in a place where the memory of HIM is all wrong, and for a guy with his pride that eats like acid. Even Vlad Drakov's curse is at least apt - he was a brutal military leader who committed atrocity in the name of conquest, and now his curse is that he's doomed to be defeated in any war he wages. That is, I think, why curses like Jacqueline's grate on me. There's nothing poetic or ironic there. Her curse is utterly unrelated to her history (although the history of why Richulemot formed from the mists is a bit fuzzy, and she annexed it from Claude anyway). She's a murderous treacherous horrible person, but her sins are crimes of ambition rather than passion, why did the whole romance aspect get introduced when it came down to constructing her curse? Hazlik, on the other hand, was entirely motivated by desire - but his curse is nightmares? Where's HIS love-related curse? If Jacqueline's moment of damnation was when she tried to turn duBois into a wererat, then sure, her curse would be appropriate. But a) it wasn't, she became the Darklord after killing her father, and b) then we'd have yet another love-related female Darklord. There's plenty of Darklords whose curses are nonsensical or unsuited to their history, and plenty of male Darklords whose family were collateral damage on their path to damnation (or who got fridged, if you prefer that terminology). But it does seem to be mostly the women who get the romantic or family aspect shoehorned in, no matter whether it's significant to their personality or history. [/QUOTE]

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