Trivia / Ravenloft

• Ascended Fanon: There is a very common Eberron fan-theory about the fate of Cyre, a nation that was entirely destroyed by a Fantastic Nuke manifesting as a grey mist in a single day. The theory states that Cyre was claimed by the Mists of Ravenloft for whatever reason, though the creator of the setting has stated that he never intends to give a conclusive answer. While 5th edition has kept the mystery going, it did include a nod to the theory in the form of Cyre 1313, a ghost train. Seems a part of Cyre was indeed claimed by the mists.
• Exiled from Continuity: When White Wolf got the license to do Ravenloft for third edition, they only got Ravenloft, not the other D&D settings, so all references to those settings had to be removed—though Lord Soth was still implicitly referred to as "the death knight" or Black Rose on occasion.
  • 5E Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft despite not having the legal issues, just doesn't feature Sithicus at all; Word of God is that it was reabsorbed by the Mists at some point after Soth returned to Krynn, but as far as the book's concerned there's simply no such domain.
• Promoted Fanboy: The 3E Ravenloft products produced by Arthaus were written, in part, by fans who'd come to the attention of White Wolf with their high-quality netzines about the setting.
• Shrug of God: There is no official answer as to the true nature or motives of the Dark Powers. Any source purporting to give one is by nature non-canon. In the 3E Arthaus books, the Dark Powers are officially undefined - that is to say, there is no true explanation for them, and never will be. They are intended to be whatever any given GM wants them to be. The closest fans have ever gotten to an "official" explanation as to the nature of the Dark Powers is that the Red Death from the Masque of the Red Death setting is a Dark Power who got exiled for breaking the Dark Powers Code of Conduct.
  • That, and Vecna does address them briefly and in the plural as he tears his way free of the demiplane, suggesting that they do exist and there's more than one of them. As Vecna is stated to have broken out because he'd seen through their enigmatic facade and learned their true purpose, it's reasonably certain that he's right about this.
• What Could Have Been: A considerable number of "Dread Possibilities", optionally canon lore, NPCs and plot hooks, were dropped from Ravenloft Gazetteer IV, to the point the author subsequently released them online. One particular entry, the Night Swarm, had actually been proposed for and cut from two other sourcebooks previously.

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