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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7967681" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17527/I6-Ravenloft-1e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">I6 Ravenloft</a></p><p>1e</p><p><strong>Count Strahd von Zarovich, The First Vampyr, Vampire Magic-User 10:</strong> The death she saw in me turned her from me. And so I came to hate death, my death. My hate is very strong; I would not be called "death" so soon. I made a pact with death, a pact of blood. On the day of the wedding, I killed Sergei, my brother. My pact was sealed with his blood.</p><p>I found Tatyana weeping in the garden east of the Chapel. She fled from me. She would not let me explain, and a great anger swelled within me. She had to understand the pact I made for her. I pursued her. Finally, in despair, she flung herself from the walls of Ravenloft and I watched everything I ever wanted fall from my grasp forever.</p><p>It was a thousand feet through the mists. No trace of her was ever found. Not even I know her final fate.</p><p>Arrows from the castle guards pierced me to my soul, but I did not die. Nor did I live. I became undead, forever.</p><p><strong>Strahd Zombie:</strong> They were called into being through a dark magic, now forgotten even by Strahd himself. Strahd zombies were created from the long-dead guards of Castle Ravenloft.</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Maiden Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> These are old, hapless victims of the Count.</p><p><strong>Groaning Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spectre:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Helpful Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Helga, Vampire:</strong> She claims to be the daughter of a villager, cruelly forced into service of the Strahd. She will plead on her hands and knees, if necessary, to be saved from this awful place. She will play the part of the innocent female to the last, only revealing her ferocity as a vampire when she attacks. She is, in fact, the daughter of one of the townspeople but she chose a life of evil with Strahd.</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Prince Aerial du Plumette, Ghost:</strong> Ariel was a terrible man, who sacrificed more than himself in his quest for wings.</p><p><strong>Endorovitch the Terrible, Spectre:</strong> This man loved Marya and found that she loved someone else in his court. As Marya and her lover were dining, Endorovich put poison into the man's wine glass. The glasses were mixed up and the girl drank it instead. The lover was hanged for the deed and buried in the cemetery behind the church in Barovia township. Endorovich never did get over his guilt and, in his madness, killed many in his lifetime.</p><p><strong>Sasha Iviliskova, Vampire:</strong> This vampire is an old wife of Strahd's, a townsperson now under his control.</p><p><strong>Patrina Velikovna, Banshee:</strong> Patrina was a gypsy elf maiden who, having learned in early life a great deal of the black arts, was nearly a match for Strahd's powers. She felt a great bond with Strahd and desired to become one of his wives. Strahd, ever willing, agreed, but before the final draining of spirit from her soul could take place, her own people stoned her to death in mercy. Strahd demanded, and got, the body. She then became the banshee spirit found here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 7967681, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17527/I6-Ravenloft-1e?affiliate_id=17596]I6 Ravenloft[/URL] 1e [b]Count Strahd von Zarovich, The First Vampyr, Vampire Magic-User 10:[/b] The death she saw in me turned her from me. And so I came to hate death, my death. My hate is very strong; I would not be called "death" so soon. I made a pact with death, a pact of blood. On the day of the wedding, I killed Sergei, my brother. My pact was sealed with his blood. I found Tatyana weeping in the garden east of the Chapel. She fled from me. She would not let me explain, and a great anger swelled within me. She had to understand the pact I made for her. I pursued her. Finally, in despair, she flung herself from the walls of Ravenloft and I watched everything I ever wanted fall from my grasp forever. It was a thousand feet through the mists. No trace of her was ever found. Not even I know her final fate. Arrows from the castle guards pierced me to my soul, but I did not die. Nor did I live. I became undead, forever. [b]Strahd Zombie:[/b] They were called into being through a dark magic, now forgotten even by Strahd himself. Strahd zombies were created from the long-dead guards of Castle Ravenloft. [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Wight:[/b] ? [b]Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Maiden Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] These are old, hapless victims of the Count. [b]Groaning Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Spectre:[/b] ? [b]Helpful Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Helga, Vampire:[/b] She claims to be the daughter of a villager, cruelly forced into service of the Strahd. She will plead on her hands and knees, if necessary, to be saved from this awful place. She will play the part of the innocent female to the last, only revealing her ferocity as a vampire when she attacks. She is, in fact, the daughter of one of the townspeople but she chose a life of evil with Strahd. [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Prince Aerial du Plumette, Ghost:[/b] Ariel was a terrible man, who sacrificed more than himself in his quest for wings. [b]Endorovitch the Terrible, Spectre:[/b] This man loved Marya and found that she loved someone else in his court. As Marya and her lover were dining, Endorovich put poison into the man's wine glass. The glasses were mixed up and the girl drank it instead. The lover was hanged for the deed and buried in the cemetery behind the church in Barovia township. Endorovich never did get over his guilt and, in his madness, killed many in his lifetime. [b]Sasha Iviliskova, Vampire:[/b] This vampire is an old wife of Strahd's, a townsperson now under his control. [b]Patrina Velikovna, Banshee:[/b] Patrina was a gypsy elf maiden who, having learned in early life a great deal of the black arts, was nearly a match for Strahd's powers. She felt a great bond with Strahd and desired to become one of his wives. Strahd, ever willing, agreed, but before the final draining of spirit from her soul could take place, her own people stoned her to death in mercy. Strahd demanded, and got, the body. She then became the banshee spirit found here. [/QUOTE]
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