History Characters / Ravenloft

* DiabolicalMastermind: Malken

* RealityWarper: Malken has a BlessesWithSuck version-he's a ControlFreak, so his powers constantly edit the world around him as his curse.

The platonic form of an EvilSorcerer in appearence, Meredoth is a necromancer native to {{Mystara}}. A loner taken UpToEleven, Meredoth killed most of his subjects because the noise and din living had grown to annoy him, reanimating them as the first [[EliteMook lebenthod]]. The Dark Powers gave him his own private island on the newly formed Nocturnal Sea, but also removed his ability to have ideas of his own-he literally has to interact with other people to craft magic items, which is sheer agony to his artistic impulses.

* GoodIsBoring: not experimenting on pigs was boring
* MadScientist: creates "Broken Ones"

An ancient looking aristocratic ghost. He murdered his 50+ years younger bride Estelle Weathermay, after years of disappointment of having only one child, their daughter Lilia. Whom he also murdered after she tried to stop him. Their ghosts then haunted him until he commited suicide. It wasn't until Azalin & Strahd opened a portal to Mordenshire that the Dark Powers chose the ghost of Godefroy as the Darklord of Mordent. The ghosts of his wife and daughter followed soon after.

A ghost who constantly writhes in agony from the pain of her death. Formerly a {{Drow}} who lived beneath the domain of Arak, she converted some of the native Shadow Fey to Lolth. Became a Darklord after Loht of the Unseelie Court staked her (and her child) to Mount Lament and died of exposure, causing a sandstorm that wiped out all life in Arak.

!!Dominic d'Honair, Darklord of Dementlieu
Looks to be mid-50s and obese. At age 7 led his nanny to suicide, then manipulated his father to move to Dementlieu (avoiding the Mordenshire police). By adulthood, he had most of Dementlieu under his control.

Big, tall, muscled, covered in scars, and looks to be in his 50s. Led hs mercenary band to conquer Darkon, but fled when the helpless villagers they killed that turned zombies. Settled for the nearby realm of Falkovnia, but doesn't like it. Attempts to conquer other domains have all failed.

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: it's D&D, so magic tends to have the upper hand.

* MurderInc: hars a large, well trained military force under his command.

Appears to be a 20-something attractive woman. Her mother warned her not to have children, which she completely disregarded, taking various lovers.
* EnfantTerrible: gave birth to a "legedary evil" Dukkar

Favorite form is a tall human man. Went mad after taken by the Mists and started killing wolves in the Barovian forests. After nearly getting killed by Strahd (who was probably wondering what all the noise was), he escaped into the Mists to find his own domain.
* Shapeshifter: can look like any race or gender, or a dire wolf
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: a "Wolfwere"

!!Sir Tristan Hiregaard / Malken, Darklord of Nova Vaasa
Looks to be 30. Inherited his father's curse to "kill any woman he loved and man who crossed him". Found out the hard way during a tryst with a peasant girl. Killed nine more women before attempting suicide, but the Mists gave him a new realm instead.
* JekyllAndHyde: Malken and

A beautiful female... wererat. Murdered the previous lord for Richemulot.

* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: wererat and gas cloud
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: [[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein black with streaks of grey at the temples]]

!!Azreal Dak, Darklord of Sithicus
Dwarfs might say he's evil simply for shaving his beard in favor of a mutton chops mustache. Was banished from his city for not being very good at Dwarven arts & crafts. Claimed Sithicus from the blackguard who was his former master.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Darklord Hill-dwarf Werebadger.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Were''badger''

!!The Three Hags, Darklords of Tepest
-> ''Laveeda, Leticia & Lorinda''
All three were found on a doorstep. Had a penchant for murdering travelers for their valuables and... disposing of the bodies via cooking. Tried to seduce a gigolo to escape their farmstead, but he played them against eachother and they killed him. The Mists then led them to a their current domain in Ravenloft.

Tall and broad-shouldered. After escaping his vampire master, was rewarded b the mists wiht his own domain.

* TokenBlackDude
* UnfortunateImplications: used to be a ''literal'' panther

!!Alfred Timothy, Darklord of Verebrek
Slender and pale as a human. Tortured many Clerics in an attempt to become one to a "Wolf God" but ultimately failed. He was eventually caught after a rampage and freed by some Vistani, whom he betrayed, and was shortly after swallowed by the Mists.

* {{Defictionalization}}: many a supplement are "written" by him

* Defictionalization: many a supplement are "written" by him

!!Vecna, Darklord of Cavitus

* TheArchmage: Far more powerful than even Azalin.
* OurLichesAreDifferent
* PhysicalGod
* ThePlan: A pretty good one in ''Die, Vecna, Die!''.
* {{Transplant}}: From {{Greyhawk}}, to which he eventually returned.

* CastFromHitpoints: By imbuing undead with potions of it's own life force (or animating force, or whatever), Death can create very powerful and fanatically loyal servants, like the Four Horsemen. However, this really came around to bite Death in the ass when Azalin unexpectedly destroyed the Horsemen and contained their energies, robbing Death of a major chunk of it's power.

* XanatosGambit: Specifically stated again and again to be his modus operandi.

* PerfectPoison: "Borrowed Time", which [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel stays in your bloodstream for life and causes lethal convulsions every sunset]] unless you ingest the antidote, "Mercy", every day. Of course, Ivan is the only one who can create both.

* TheNecrocracy: Necropolis is a Type I

* Retcon: In the earliest editions she was a Drow, but she was changed to [[TheFairFolk a Fae]] when Ravenloft was sold to White Wolf and it stuck.

* ThePlan: A pretty good one In ''Die, Vecna, Die!''.

* XanatosGambit: In ''Die, Vecna, Die!''.

* {{Transexual}}: Debatable, and probably more a case of indifference to gender and/or a desire to be perceived as "normal" despite his sexual tastes. His plan for surviving his genocide ritual is to rip his own soul out of his body at the last moment and take over the body of his female apprentice, who will actually cast the ritual.

* TheScrappy: Tristen isn't too well regarded by fans of Ravenloft, who regard him as one of the most ridiculous and stupidly complicated of the Darklords. The fact his domain is almost solely empty of everything besides Goblyns and beasts (as well as conveniently small and out-of-the-way) means most simply avoid Forlorn, in universe and out.

* {{Oubliette}}: Slightly more restricted than other Darklords - he can never leave Souragne's swamps.

* {{Oubliette}}: Of particular note in Tristen's case; he can't go more than 300 feet beyond a specific tree in the courtyard of Castle Tristenoira. The domain itself is somewhat larger.