As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.
- Lord Soth, in the Ravenloft tie-in novel Knight of the Black Rose, is highly displeased to find himself taken from Krynn and dumped in a strange, misty land. He expresses his displeasure violently, to the point where Ravenloft starts to resemble Tokyo with Lord Soth playing the title role in a Godzilla movie.
- Not to mention the part where a portal guardian in service to the Dark Powers demands Lord Soth's soul, and he insultingly informs her that if she wants his soul, she'll first have to 1) Go to Krynn 2) Go to Hell (well, the Abyss) and 3) Convince Chemosh, the Krynnish god of the undead, to fork it over (which still wouldn't get her the soul because his soul is bound to the armor he wears). The guardian thinks that one over a bit and just lets Soth go on his way.
- Another one - he WAS ALLOWED TO RETURN TO Krynn. Why? He acknowledged his crimes and calmly accepted his punishment for them . And in Dragonlance, he eventually managed to one-up this by actualizing the aforementioned and seeking redemption, especially because it finally gave him the peace of a true death. Though it is Canon Discontinuity, still...
- Somewhat obscure, but "Master of Ravenloft", a Gamebook written in 1986, based on the original module, has a Golden Ending where the protagonist, a depowered Paladin trapped in Ravenloft, can beat Count Strahd using a Decanter of Endless Water
.- Even better, it makes total sense. The artifact can create a flowing stream of water via a geyser, and one of the ways to permanently destroy a vampire mentioned in the original module is to submerge them in a flowing stream of water for 3 rounds.
- Even better better. The Ravenloft guides go into detail about a vampire's weaknesses (including flowing water, which kills a vampire in 3 rounds), and the countermeasures that Count Strahd has used to nullify those weaknesses. There is nothing to indicate that he is protected against flowing water.
- Even better, it makes total sense. The artifact can create a flowing stream of water via a geyser, and one of the ways to permanently destroy a vampire mentioned in the original module is to submerge them in a flowing stream of water for 3 rounds.
- Vecna, full stop. In Ravenloft, the Dark Powers are all but omnipotent. They have absolute control over the mist, and can decide who leaves and who stays with impunity. Even Azalin's attempt at escaping, which nearly rendered the world asunder, was not enough to overpower them. Yet Vecna, the Lich-God of secrets, says "screw you and all your rules", and rips his way out of the mist by force. No wonder he's one of the most feared entities in the D&D multiverse.
- His plot to ascend to godhood is truly immense, being a multi-module spanning Ravenloft, Greyhawk and Planescape. It started in Oerth, where the demigod Iuz discovered scrolls with a spell that would allow him to absorb the essence of a Power to ascend to true godhood. After acquiring the sword of Kas, the only thing that can kill Vecna, he travels to Ravenloft to confront the Lich... and the sword shatters. Everything was orchestrated by Vecna, who slays the demigod easily and absorbs him wholesale, ascending to true godhood.
