Freaks & Facades: A D&D Campaign Recap

     Welcome to the Ravenloft Reading Room !        Tonight, my friends, we discuss the very first canon novel set in the Ravenloft setting, " Vampire of the Mists"  by Christie Golden !       While this was not the very first Ravenloft novel I ever read, I really wish it had been.  That's all I have to say right now, haha!  Tonight, we're going to give a broad overview of the history of the novel, and the story contained within!       This is going to be a very, very, veeeeeeeeeeerry long post; and we're going through a lot of spoilers as well.  You have been warned!     Although, you can read the novel for yourself first, if you want to go on this journey with me.  ( oops how'd this link to the pdf on the Internet Archive get here? )  Vampire of the Mists  by Christie Golden Book cover from Wikipedia Ravenloft 101 - Backstory      Vampire of the M...

       Hello, new friends.  For those of you that are brand new, my name is  Aboleth Eye , and I welcome you all to my  Reading Room .  Here we collect, dissect and digest all the wondrous writings set in our favorite gothic fantasy setting-- Ravenloft !        As an eldritch abomination with fathomless lore trapped in my head, I decided to share some of my thoughts with you all; rather than seek power and world domination through an eldritch cult of tabletop roleplaying nerds.  ( Maybe next year? )      Here in the Ravenloft Reading Room --these special posts that will probably be interjected between the Second Arc recaps --I am challenging myself to read the novels of Ravenloft.  As well as any other Ravenloft publications that pique my interest.  Or that you lovely viewers wish me to look at.  I will give my honest opinions on what stories they had to tell, and maybe what lessons or in...