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	{{Topquote\|They say, 'Evil prevails when good men fail to act.' What they ought to say is, 'Evil prevails.'\|Yuri Orlov, ''Lord of War''}}		{{Topquote\|They say, 'Evil prevails when good men fail to act.' What they ought to say is, 'Evil prevails.'\|Yuri Orlov, ''Lord of War''}}

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	The vast majority of Darklords have the ability to force others to share in their imprisonment by supernaturally closing the borders of their domains, usually leaving no way out even with the aid of magic. Trying to leave a closed domain border will just result in a grisly death or automatic failure, and teleportation magic won't work past a closed domain border either. As Ravenloft was an early AD&D product, the designers gave this handy tool to DMs so as to stop players from just up and leaving without going through the DM's plot. Improperly used it can smack of railroading, but it fits well within the Gothic Horror genre convention of having characters get trapped in sinister and dangerous locales with no safe passage out, until a situation is resolved (or the Darklord opens the borders again, as in the case of Ravenloft).		The vast majority of Darklords have the ability to force others to share in their imprisonment by supernaturally closing the borders of their domains, usually leaving no way out even with the aid of magic. Trying to leave a closed domain border will just result in a grisly death or automatic failure, and teleportation magic won't work past a closed domain border either. As Ravenloft was an early AD&D product, the designers gave this handy tool to DMs so as to stop players from just up and leaving without going through the DM's plot. Improperly used it can smack of railroading, but it fits well within the Gothic Horror genre convention of having characters get trapped in sinister and dangerous locales with no safe passage out, until a situation is resolved (or the Darklord opens the borders again, as in the case of Ravenloft).

	The few Darklords who cannot supernaturally close their borders either lack that ability as part of their curse, or are unable to do so as part of their nature. Vlad Drakov of Falkovnia for instance disdains magic and the supernatural, and in line with this attitude gained no supernatural ability to close his domain's borders upon becoming a Darklord. However, even these Darklords have more mundane ways of barring escape from their domains, such as sending their numerous lackeys to patrol the borders, though thankfully this doesn't impede magical methods of escape. An even smaller number of Darklords are completely unable to close their domain borders in any way, such as Haki Shinpi of Rokushima Taiyoo who was cursed to become a powerless geist upon becoming Darklord (rather than becoming a Death Knight as he originally planned) and was doomed to watch everything he built in his life's conquest ~~literally~~ sink into ruin through the squabbling of his sons.		The few Darklords who cannot supernaturally close their borders either lack that ability as part of their curse, or are unable to do so as part of their nature. Vlad Drakov of Falkovnia for instance disdains magic and the supernatural, and in line with this attitude gained no supernatural ability to close his domain's borders upon becoming a Darklord. However, even these Darklords have more mundane ways of barring escape from their domains, such as sending their numerous lackeys to patrol the borders, though thankfully this doesn't impede magical methods of escape. An even smaller number of Darklords are completely unable to close their domain borders in any way, such as Haki Shinpi of Rokushima Taiyoo who was cursed to become a powerless geist upon becoming Darklord (rather than becoming a Death Knight as he originally planned) and was doomed to watch everything he built in his life's conquest sink into ruin through the squabbling of his sons.

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	==Illithid God-Brain==		==Illithid God-Brain==
	The darklord of Bluetspur is an [[illithid]] [[Elder Brain]], a massive conglomeration of the brain of every dead illithid, merged together into a new, living, entirely alien entity. It's the reason using psionic powers in Ravenloft is a dicey proposition, as the God-Brain might notice and attempt to integrate you into itself. It's notable for having '''no''' attempt to justify its position in Ravenloft whatsoever, with the original writeup in the Red Box, the original Ravenloft campaign setting collection, ~~literally~~ saying that nobody knows why it's in the [[Demiplane of Dread]], what crime it committed to end up here, or even how it's actually being tormented by its stay here!		The darklord of Bluetspur is an [[illithid]] [[Elder Brain]], a massive conglomeration of the brain of every dead illithid, merged together into a new, living, entirely alien entity. It's the reason using psionic powers in Ravenloft is a dicey proposition, as the God-Brain might notice and attempt to integrate you into itself. It's notable for having '''no''' attempt to justify its position in Ravenloft whatsoever, with the original writeup in the Red Box, the original Ravenloft campaign setting collection, saying outright that nobody knows why it's in the [[Demiplane of Dread]], what crime it committed to end up here, or even how it's actually being tormented by its stay here!
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	5th edition has its own take on the idea. In a nutshell, the God-Brain hails from the era when the Illithid empire was at its peak, performing whatever blasphemous experiments took its fancy until it ~~literally~~ thought something that was unthinkable. That is, it had a thought so blasphemous, so utterly inimical to reality itself, that even an Elder Brain couldn't actually think it. Becoming obsessed with this ineffable thought, the God-Brain began cannibalizing other Elder Brains to try and upgrade itself to the point where it could finally contemplate this mysterious thought-form. Instead, it just gave itself kuru. Aghast at its behavior and terrified of catching the disease themselves, the other Elder Brains pooled their powers and tried to erase the God-Brain from existence; thanks to the meddling of the [[Dark Powers]], they only succeeded in banishing the God-Brain to the [[Demiplane of Dread]]. Now the God-Brain struggles endlessly to both find a cure for its disease and to manifest the alien thought-form still gestating inside of it, all the while subconsciously aware that there is '''nothing''' it can do to achieve either goal, but desperate to fight for every last moment of life.		5th edition has its own take on the idea. In a nutshell, the God-Brain hails from the era when the Illithid empire was at its peak, performing whatever blasphemous experiments took its fancy until it thought something that was unthinkable. That is, it had a thought so blasphemous, so utterly inimical to reality itself, that even an Elder Brain couldn't actually think it. Becoming obsessed with this ineffable thought, the God-Brain began cannibalizing other Elder Brains to try and upgrade itself to the point where it could finally contemplate this mysterious thought-form. Instead, it just gave itself kuru. Aghast at its behavior and terrified of catching the disease themselves, the other Elder Brains pooled their powers and tried to erase the God-Brain from existence; thanks to the meddling of the [[Dark Powers]], they only succeeded in banishing the God-Brain to the [[Demiplane of Dread]]. Now the God-Brain struggles endlessly to both find a cure for its disease and to manifest the alien thought-form still gestating inside of it, all the while subconsciously aware that there is '''nothing''' it can do to achieve either goal, but desperate to fight for every last moment of life.

	In 5th edition at least, the God-Brain cannot fully close the borders like other Darklords do. When the borders are closed, the surface of Bluetspur becomes covered in lightning storms and anybody who isn't an aberration that exits the domain both by above or below ground suddenly wakes ups in a familiar place with no memories of their time in Bluetspur.		In 5th edition at least, the God-Brain cannot fully close the borders like other Darklords do. When the borders are closed, the surface of Bluetspur becomes covered in lightning storms and anybody who isn't an aberration that exits the domain both by above or below ground suddenly wakes ups in a familiar place with no memories of their time in Bluetspur.
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	In terms of being a Darklord, we know what the Nightmare Court ''do'' - which is to enter dreams and turn them into hideous nightmares that can slowly drive the victim into a gibbering lunatic - but we don't know ''why'' other than a vague implication of a need to feed on terror combined with natural sadistic urges. There are six members to the Court, with their precise relationship being unknown. The Nightmare Man is seemingly their leader, but it's unclear if the other five Courtiers are lesser "demilords", powerful servants, independent avatars of the Nightmare Man, or something else entirely.		In terms of being a Darklord, we know what the Nightmare Court ''do'' - which is to enter dreams and turn them into hideous nightmares that can slowly drive the victim into a gibbering lunatic - but we don't know ''why'' other than a vague implication of a need to feed on terror combined with natural sadistic urges. There are six members to the Court, with their precise relationship being unknown. The Nightmare Man is seemingly their leader, but it's unclear if the other five Courtiers are lesser "demilords", powerful servants, independent avatars of the Nightmare Man, or something else entirely.

	'''The Nightmare Man''' is the ruler of the Nightmare Court, and appears as a skeletal, pale-fleshed, silver-haired, glowing-eyed humanoid figure clad in a tattered robe made of spider-silk, which is maintained by a small army of spiders that live on his body and continually reweave it, ensuring that all of his features remain obscured. These spiders are actually "Dark Dreamweavers", a kind of "dream [[elemental]]" that ~~literally~~ create the foundations of nightmares. It's generally accepted that he is the "true" Darklord of the Nightmare Court, for his powers outstrip those of his courtiers, and whereas they require specific kinds of dreams to feed from, he is sustained by any nightmare that he wishes. He also has the most obvious curse of all of the Nightmare Courtiers; he is an artist without any talent, a frustrated creator without the least spark of creativity, reduced to simply copying and replicating that which he has seen others do, and whose observations can only be made from a distance. Dwelling in the dreadful ''Grieving Cathedral'', he constantly flits through the nightmarish dreamscapes of those victimized by himself and the rest of the court, but is cursed to be incapable of doing anything other than watching what he sees.		'''The Nightmare Man''' is the ruler of the Nightmare Court, and appears as a skeletal, pale-fleshed, silver-haired, glowing-eyed humanoid figure clad in a tattered robe made of spider-silk, which is maintained by a small army of spiders that live on his body and continually reweave it, ensuring that all of his features remain obscured. These spiders are actually "Dark Dreamweavers", a kind of "dream [[elemental]]" that create the foundations of nightmares. It's generally accepted that he is the "true" Darklord of the Nightmare Court, for his powers outstrip those of his courtiers, and whereas they require specific kinds of dreams to feed from, he is sustained by any nightmare that he wishes. He also has the most obvious curse of all of the Nightmare Courtiers; he is an artist without any talent, a frustrated creator without the least spark of creativity, reduced to simply copying and replicating that which he has seen others do, and whose observations can only be made from a distance. Dwelling in the dreadful ''Grieving Cathedral'', he constantly flits through the nightmarish dreamscapes of those victimized by himself and the rest of the court, but is cursed to be incapable of doing anything other than watching what he sees.
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	Darklord of Miseria. Born to a humble farmer's family, Cassandre was gifted with the ability to see and communicate with the spirits of the dead, which also made her a very effective seer. When this was revealed to her village, she became an immediate celebrity, and this situation - never permitted time to herself or any true friends, but also showered in displays of good will and thanks - twisted her heart. She became completely self-centered, egotistical and immoral, regarding all others as nothing more than things to use for her own amusement and gratification.		Darklord of Miseria. Born to a humble farmer's family, Cassandre was gifted with the ability to see and communicate with the spirits of the dead, which also made her a very effective seer. When this was revealed to her village, she became an immediate celebrity, and this situation - never permitted time to herself or any true friends, but also showered in displays of good will and thanks - twisted her heart. She became completely self-centered, egotistical and immoral, regarding all others as nothing more than things to use for her own amusement and gratification.

	When a war broke out amongst the local villages over the ability to use her seer powers, Cassandre exploited this to become a veritable queen, feeding just the right predictions to all factions to keep the war dragging on perpetually for over two years, wallowing in opulence whilst others bled, died and starved over her. Inevitably, the war drew to its climax, with both factions preparing to launch a decisive blow with a super-spell; Cassandre manipulated them into both acting at the exact same time, figuring that this would cause the spells to negate each other and stalemate, thus preserving the war and her power. Instead, they magnified each other, resulting in the annihilation of the warring armies and Cassandre being ~~literally~~ blown into Miseria.		When a war broke out amongst the local villages over the ability to use her seer powers, Cassandre exploited this to become a veritable queen, feeding just the right predictions to all factions to keep the war dragging on perpetually for over two years, wallowing in opulence whilst others bled, died and starved over her. Inevitably, the war drew to its climax, with both factions preparing to launch a decisive blow with a super-spell; Cassandre manipulated them into both acting at the exact same time, figuring that this would cause the spells to negate each other and stalemate, thus preserving the war and her power. Instead, they magnified each other, resulting in the annihilation of the warring armies and Cassandre being blown into Miseria.

	Cassandre's curse is, fundamentally, that she will never again enjoy the lifestyle she once enjoyed. Although surrounded by people who genuinely like and care for her rather than her gifts, she pines for the days when people doted upon her every wish and resents being forced to work for a living as a barmaid. Her [[diviner]] powers have dwindled and become almost useless, but her spiritual powers have expanded; she now commands incorporeal [[undead]] with the proficiency of a master [[necromancer]], and her life is supplement with the years drained by her [[ghost]]ly minions. None of her schemes to regain her "royal" status will ever work, and so she seems doomed to an eternity as a beloved but otherwise unremarkable barmaid.		Cassandre's curse is, fundamentally, that she will never again enjoy the lifestyle she once enjoyed. Although surrounded by people who genuinely like and care for her rather than her gifts, she pines for the days when people doted upon her every wish and resents being forced to work for a living as a barmaid. Her [[diviner]] powers have dwindled and become almost useless, but her spiritual powers have expanded; she now commands incorporeal [[undead]] with the proficiency of a master [[necromancer]], and her life is supplement with the years drained by her [[ghost]]ly minions. None of her schemes to regain her "royal" status will ever work, and so she seems doomed to an eternity as a beloved but otherwise unremarkable barmaid.

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What happens if you permanently destroy a Darklord somehow?

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	===What happens if you permanently destroy a Darklord somehow?===		===What happens if you permanently destroy a Darklord somehow?===
	It's likely that some of you action-oriented elegan/tg/entleman reading this are just champing at the bit to claim a Darklord's skull for your trophy rooms, but as noted above, the odds and the themes of the setting itself are decidedly against you. Or maybe you're a DM who wants to run a Ravenloft campaign where good really can make a difference and want to know what happens when these Gothic Horror BBEGs finally bite the dust for real and no one takes their place.		It's likely that some of you action-oriented elegan/tg/entleman reading this are just champing at the bit to claim a Darklord's skull for your trophy rooms, but as noted above, the odds and the themes of the setting itself are decidedly against you. Or maybe you're a DM who wants to run a Ravenloft campaign where good really can make a difference and want to know what happens when these Gothic Horror BBEGs finally bite the dust for real, and no one takes their place.

	Unfortunately, the rulebooks have historically been rather ambivalent and lacking in detail about the answer to this question and the resulting implications. Some Ravenloft rulebooks say that once a Darklord is permanently destroyed and no successor is forthcoming, the destroyed Darklord's associated domain "ceases to serve a purpose" and might simply disappear, leaving open the question of what happens to all the people who were living there. If the people there simply disappear as well, were they never real in the first place, instead being undispellable illusions made up whole-cloth by the Dark Powers to torment the Darklord? That might work out just fine if your group stuck to playing [[Weekend in Hell]] style adventures in Ravenloft, but what would it say about PCs native to Ravenloft, or even native to the domain now without a Darklord? Or were the people in the Darklord-less domain no more real (and therefore no more morally troubling to harm in any way) than characters in a video game, making the whole [[Powers Check]] mechanic moot with regards to harming innocents? Is there now a gaping misty void where the previous domain used to be?		Unfortunately, the rulebooks have historically been rather ambivalent and lacking in detail about the answer to this question and the resulting implications. Some Ravenloft rulebooks say that once a Darklord is permanently destroyed and no successor is forthcoming, the destroyed Darklord's associated domain "ceases to serve a purpose" and might simply disappear, leaving open the question of what happens to all the people who were living there. If the people there simply disappear as well, were they never real in the first place, instead being undispellable illusions made up whole-cloth by the Dark Powers to torment the Darklord? That might work out just fine if your group stuck to playing [[Weekend in Hell]] style adventures in Ravenloft, but what would it say about PCs native to Ravenloft or even native to the domain now without a Darklord? Or were the people in the Darklord-less domain no more real (and therefore no more morally troubling to harm in any way) than characters in a video game, making the whole [[Powers Check]] mechanic moot with regards to harming innocents? Is there now a gaping misty void where the previous domain used to be?

	Canonically, the answer might be found in how two domains (Arkandale and Gundarak) where the Darklords lost their darklordship were absorbed by ~~neighbouring~~ ones, essentially meaning the people inside those domains just exchanged one insidious tyrant for another. This solution is probably the smoothest way to incorporate the plot element of Darklords being permanently destroyed in your campaign. On the other hand, geographically isolated domains (such as one of the numerous "Islands of Terror" that are completely surrounded by the Mists), or mobile pocket domains with no notable population of sentients can just disappear back into the mists with no larger consequences to other domains upon the permanent death of their Darklords. It still leaves open the question of what happens to the population of sentients in domains situated in the middle of nowhere (ergo, having no ~~neighbouring~~ domains to absorb them) that suffer a sudden lack of a Darklord, though.		Canonically, the answer might be found in how two domains (Arkandale and Gundarak) where the Darklords lost their darklordship were absorbed by neighboring ones, essentially meaning the people inside those domains just exchanged one insidious tyrant for another. This solution is probably the smoothest way to incorporate the plot element of Darklords being permanently destroyed in your campaign. On the other hand, geographically isolated domains (such as one of the numerous "Islands of Terror" that are completely surrounded by the Mists), or mobile pocket domains with no notable population of sentients can just disappear back into the mists with no larger consequences to other domains upon the permanent death of their Darklords. It still leaves open the question of what happens to the population of sentients in domains situated in the middle of nowhere (ergo, having no neighboring domains to absorb them) that suffer a sudden lack of a Darklord, though.

	The 5e overhaul of Ravenloft gives a bit more insight into that last question—in the wake of Azalin Rex's disappearance, the domain of Darkon is slowly dissolving. It also references some of the newer Darklords as having stolen their rulership from older ones. Another possible answer is that a domain that was abducted wholesale from its original location, carrying along its native population, might simply return to its original location along with its population upon the irrevocable death of its Darklord.		The 5e overhaul of Ravenloft gives a bit more insight into that last question—in the wake of Azalin Rex's disappearance, the domain of Darkon is slowly dissolving. It also references some of the newer Darklords as having stolen their rulership from older ones. Another possible answer is that a domain that was abducted wholesale from its original location, carrying along its native population, might simply return to its original location along with its population upon the irrevocable death of its Darklord.

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Baron Urik von Kharkov

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	Considered one of the goofier Darklords, albeit not as bad as Tristen ApBlanc, and with a much more usable domain in Valachan. Baron Kharkov is basically half-Blacula and half-Werepanther; he was a black panther that a Red Wizard of Thay turned into a human being to use as an assassin. The Red Wizard arranged for him to fall in love with his rival, and then undid the transfiguration spell on him while they were together so he would tear her apart as a panther. When he was turned back into a human, he freaked out and ran off into the Mists. He found himself in Darkon, where he spent 20 years as a member of Azalin's secret police (turning into a Nosferatu in the process). He later escaped and subsequently became the Darklord of Valachan after entering the Mists again. We don't know what he did that turned him into a Darklord, in part due to his own fuzzy memories of what happened during that time, but he claims he killed many people while in the mists, including the Red Wizard that transformed him the first time.		Considered one of the goofier Darklords, albeit not as bad as Tristen ApBlanc, and with a much more usable domain in Valachan. Baron Kharkov is basically half-Blacula and half-Werepanther; he was a black panther that a Red Wizard of Thay turned into a human being to use as an assassin. The Red Wizard arranged for him to fall in love with his rival, and then undid the transfiguration spell on him while they were together so he would tear her apart as a panther. When he was turned back into a human, he freaked out and ran off into the Mists. He found himself in Darkon, where he spent 20 years as a member of Azalin's secret police (turning into a Nosferatu in the process). He later escaped and subsequently became the Darklord of Valachan after entering the Mists again. We don't know what he did that turned him into a Darklord, in part due to his own fuzzy memories of what happened during that time, but he claims he killed many people while in the mists, including the Red Wizard that transformed him the first time.

	Anyway, he's a blood-drinking black vampire cursed with yellow eyes (that turn into cat's eyes when he's pissed off) and with hands that resemble paws, being covered in fur and bearing retractile claws. He can still turn into a panther, in which state his bite turns people into werepanthers, and controls panthers instead of the normal wolves. His curse is to basically relive his most traumatizing event over and over again; he's constantly seeking a human bride, but once he has one, he can never trust her not to find out that he's not human, and inevitably murders her in a fit of paranoid fury. (He should try dating a [[Furry]] or Jacqueline Renier, that would solve it.)		Anyway, he's a blood-drinking black vampire cursed with yellow eyes (that turn into cat's eyes when he's pissed off) and with hands that resemble paws, being covered in fur and bearing retractile claws. He can still turn into a panther, in which state his bite turns people into werepanthers, and controls panthers instead of the normal wolves. His curse is to basically relive his most traumatizing event over and over again; he's constantly seeking a human bride, but once he has one, he can never trust her not to find out that he's not human, and inevitably murders her in a fit of paranoid fury. (He should try dating a [[Furry]] or Jacqueline Renier, that would solve it. Then again, he's a cat and she's a rat, he'd probably eat her.)
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Malus Sceleris

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	==Malus Sceleris==		==Malus Sceleris==
	Darklord of Nosos. Druid.		Darklord of Nosos. Druid. Captain Planet villain with somehow less subtlety than Pentex.
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Diamabel

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	==Diamabel==		==Diamabel==
	Darklord of Pharazia,		Darklord of Pharazia, and obvious expy of a... specific... religious leader in a desert land who lead a band of fanatics to conquer in the name of their god. Turns into a very angry angel during the day, and an even angrier one at night.
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1d4chan>Nubnuber: Chardath Spulzeer

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Chardath Spulzeer

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	He's mentioned in a single sentence in 5e, which states that apparently his spectral wives overthrew him and now endlessly torment him. Exactly how this happened or what this entails is not elaborated upon.		He's mentioned in a single sentence in 5e, which states that apparently his spectral wives overthrew him and now endlessly torment him. Exactly how this happened or what this entails is not elaborated upon.

			==Chardath Spulzeer==
			Darklord of Aggarath. Has gone irrevocably insane after murdering his sister while possessed by a lich, then attempting to murder the PCs while possessed by a sentient battleaxe.
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	==Davion the Mad==		==Davion the Mad==

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Tiyet

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	Whilst the undead Tiyet is tormented by her need to devour at least one human heart per year, being driven increasingly mad with hunger the longer she goes without her meals, the true focus of her curse is similar to that of fellow mummy Ankhtepot: being stuck in a forsaken desert ruin devoid of all life and culture. Even beyond how it torments her former ambitions to be stuck in the middle of the wasteland, there's also the basic fundamental torment of loneliness. Adding to her torment, the Dark Powers occasionally create phantasmal parties, filling her manor with the sounds of voices, even that of her beloved Zordenakht, but whenever Tiyet gives chase, she finds nothing but rooms empty of all life and light as soon as she enters them.		Whilst the undead Tiyet is tormented by her need to devour at least one human heart per year, being driven increasingly mad with hunger the longer she goes without her meals, the true focus of her curse is similar to that of fellow mummy Ankhtepot: being stuck in a forsaken desert ruin devoid of all life and culture. Even beyond how it torments her former ambitions to be stuck in the middle of the wasteland, there's also the basic fundamental torment of loneliness. Adding to her torment, the Dark Powers occasionally create phantasmal parties, filling her manor with the sounds of voices, even that of her beloved Zordenakht, but whenever Tiyet gives chase, she finds nothing but rooms empty of all life and light as soon as she enters them.

	Fighting Tiyet is dangerous because of her abilities. Whilst she lacks physical strength, she can paralyze and inflict heart attacks with her gaze (though she rarely uses the heart attack gaze, because it ruins the taste), deliver a deadly touch attack (and even delay the onset of damage, which combined with her ability to turn into a seemingly regular monkey lets her make deadly sneak attacks), drain [[Strength]] with a kiss, and rip the hearts out of those she paralyzes. If slain (and she takes +1 or better weapons to harm), she dissolves into sand and then reforms in a month; only by finding her heart where it is hidden in the Temple of Apophis and presenting it to her, whereupon she will be compelled to eat it and break the spells binding her soul, sending her on to the torments of the Egyptian afterlife.		Fighting Tiyet is dangerous because of her abilities. Whilst she lacks physical strength, she can paralyze and inflict heart attacks with her gaze (though she rarely uses the heart attack gaze, because it ruins the taste), deliver a deadly touch attack (and even delay the onset of damage, which combined with her ability to turn into a seemingly regular monkey lets her make deadly sneak attacks), drain [[Strength]] with a kiss, and rip the hearts out of those she paralyzes. If slain (and she takes +1 or better weapons to harm), she dissolves into sand and then reforms in a month. The only way to truly destroy her is by finding her heart where it is hidden in the Temple of Apophis and presenting it to her, whereupon she will be compelled to eat it and break the spells binding her soul, sending her on to the torments of the Egyptian afterlife.
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