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that spotthroughout the night,but vanishes with the sunrise thenext morning(see the Random Domains sidebar).As apassage to countless other worlds,the World Serpent Innis one of the few ways to escape the demiplane and as such,rumors of a mysterious,realm-shifting inn have inspiredmany foolhardy searches among the realm's populace.Anyone who does manage to find the inn can enter,withthe exception of darklords,the prisoners of Ravenlof'sdomains,who are barred by some mysterious power.  \nn the misty,forgotten reaches of the Multiverselies a sinister,composite world known by manynames:the Realms of Terror,the Demiplane ofDread,Ravenloft.While entering this dread realm isrelatively easy,exiting is an altogether different matter,and the unfortunate souls who find themselves withinits clutches soon learn that escape is all but impossible.The few travelers who have recently braved the Landof Mists have found themselves trapped within thedomain of Sithicus,a dismal realm thrown into turmoilby the departure of its tyrannical ruler,Lord Soth.  \nI  \nWhile offering hope to the people of Ravenloft,the inn'sconnection to the Dread Realmposes afearfulthreattopla-nartravelers.PatronswhoenterRavenloft,whetheracciden-tallyorout ofmorbidcuriosity,immediatelydrawthe atten-tion ofthe Dark Powers,forces which might try to coax the  \n# THE IDD ID THE DISTS\n\nAs with countless other worlds,the World Serpent Innreaches into the Dark Domains.Each night,at sundownin Ravenloft,a portalin the inn's ever-changing back halls  \nVback through the inn's door before ityanishes with the morning,he findshimself trapped within the Demi-plane of Dread.  \n# stHICCs \n\nThe domain of Sithicus formedaround the infamous death knightLord Soth in the year 72o,accord-ing to the Barovian calendar.Forthirty-two years,the Knight of theBlack Rose ruled over the domainwith cold indifference.While resid-ing on the world of Krynn,thedeath knight had clung fiercely tohis infamous history,but Sithi-cus was a place that threatened torob Soth of his memories.He leftmuch of the domain's day-to-dayrule to his seneschal—the mur-derous dwarven werebadger AzraelDak—and lost himself in magicalreverie through the use of memorymirrors,magical creations that con-tained fragments of Soth's past.  \nIn 752,plots by Azrael Dak and ayoung Vistani woman named InzaMagdova Kulchevich intertwinedwith supernatural events,lead-ing to Lord Soth's departure fromRavenloft.(Scholars still debatewhether the death knight escapedor was expelled after being bro-ken by the Dark Powers.)Azraeldeclared himself king and tookcontrol of the fractured Sithicangovernment.Inza,however,mergedwith the shadows of Sithicus'sdreaded Great Chasm,becomingthe domain's darklord and the truepower within the realm.  \nThe domain itself swiftly changedto reflect the new darklord.As Soth'sprison,Sithicus perverted history andtwisted memories.Inza's Sithicus,however,is a place where people can'tforget their misdeeds.Sithicans dwellupon their sins and flaws,no matterhow minor,and in doing so come toexpect everyone to share their fail-ings and imperfections.Paranoia andparalyzing distrust are the hallmarksof the current Sithican psyche.Even  \nvisitors to the domain are afflicted bythe“Guilt of Sithicus.”  \nFor Inza,her subjects'unease pro-vides a welcome distraction from thetruth that plagues her:nobility andinnocence can and do exist,evenwithin the Dark Domains.During herlife,Inza betrayed everyone aroundher and justified her actions with herassumption that all others were justas grasping,just as corrupt,as sheknew herself to be.As darklord,shehas come to realize the truth—andthat knowledge torments her.  \nTo dim that pain,Inza seeks tosubvert or destroy all nobility withinSithicus.She.directs the weak-minded in her domain to snuff outwhatever sparks of good","cbCaiuclOCsyjNKs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuclOCsyjNKs","pdf",1197604,"English","# THE IDD ID THE DISTS\n## THE DOTAID OFSITHICUS\n## 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