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==Canon Information==

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==Overview==
'''Dominic d'Honaire''' is the [[darklord]] of [[Dementlieu]]. He is not its [[temporal leader]] but does serve as an adviser for [[Marcel Guignol]].<ref name=dodp.32-33>[[Domains of Dread]] p.32-33</ref> He sits on the [[Council of Brilliance]] but he does not head it.<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III]] p.123</ref> However, Dominic's has much more power than his official position would suggest. The darklord's power is [[domination]] of the mind of [[humanoid|other people]] on a prodigious scale. A great many in the [[land]], including its recognized head<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II]] p.74</ref>, are his [[obedient|obedients]] and through this network he knows whatever goes on in his land.<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 86</ref>

Like all [[darklord]]s, Dominic is not without a [[curse]]. His personal [[curse]] is that any woman he woos sees him as more repulsive the more he is attracted to her.<ref name=dodp.33>[[Domains of Dread]] p.33</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III]] p.123-124</ref> Also, for some time his rule is challenged by an entity who is called (and virtually is) the [[Living Brain]], the last remains of [[Rudolph von Aubrecker]], the youngest son of [[Baron Vilhelm von Aubrecker | Lamordia's political ruler]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II]] p.72-75</ref>

==Background==
Dominic was born in [[Mordentshire]] in [[700 BC]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III]] p. 122</ref> He is the son of [[Ernestine Pasier]] and [[Claude d'Honaire]],  grandson of [[Dr. Germain d'Honaire]] and [[Alicia Corgiat]], , and half-brother of [[Julienne d'Honaire]] and another d'Honaire person of unspecified name or gender. With his first wife [[Louise Pecquet]], he sired [[Dominic d'Honaire II]] and three other children. With [[Louise Girod]], Dominic d'Honaire sired a single child.<ref>[[Realm of Terror]] p. 122</ref> That child's name is [[Germain d'Honaire (Son of Dominic)|Germain d'Honaire]]. Although only about a decade old, he also has already been referred to "[[heir]]" <ref>[[Gazetteer III]] p.124</ref>

Almost unnaturally intelligent and manipulative as a child, Dominic began a life of manipulation and subterfuge early in life. In the first few years of his life, Dominic caused plenty of chaos and woe just for the fun of it. His evil in [[Mordent]] culminated with the suicide of his nanny; Dominic had pushed her over the edge of sanity. The investigation of the affair spooked Dominic, and he manipulated his father into leaving Mordent. As his family left, they entered [[Dementlieu]], Domnic's new [[domain]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III]] p. 122-123</ref>

After entering Dementlieu, Dominic turned his talents to politics, using adults as his puppets. Reaching adulthood, he uses his talents (and his newly discovered [[domination]] abilities) to secure a position of power for himself not as the official [[ruler]] of [[Dementlieu]] but rather as chief adviser, member of the [[Council of Brilliance]], and secret puppet master. At the same time, he discovered his [[curse]]: to repulse every woman he became attracted to. This curse makes it impossible even for his vaunted mind control to contradict.<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III]] p. 123-124</ref>

==Character Evolution And Discrepancies==
The [[author]]s of the various [[2nd Edition]] [[source]]s universally describe Dominic as being born [[Evil]] and even imply that he was responsible for the death of his mother in childbirth. Indeed, he is called "the proverbial bad seed".<ref name=RoTp.9394>[[Realm of Terror]] p.93-94</ref><ref name=RCSDDp5859>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p.58-59</ref><ref name=DoDp.3233>[[Domains of Dread]] p.32-33</ref> On the other hand, authors [[3rd Edition]] sources have described his [[corruption]] in terms of his need for control and being [[spoiled]] without having a proper mother figure. For example, he [[gaslighted]]] his nanny because she was the only one not to completely indulge him.<ref name=SotDRp.2122>[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p.22-23</ref><ref name=GazIIIp.122-124>[[Gazetteer III]] p.122-124</ref>

==Enemies==
Although the [[Living Brain]] is perhaps Dominic's greatest nemesis, he is not without other enemies. {{netbook-small}}[[Donovan Kaizer]], the vengeful [[spirit]] of a [[thieves' guildmaster]] [[assassinated]] upon Dominic's orders, menaces Dominic's men as he tries to rebuild his old [[thieves' guild]].<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.59-60</ref> The Living Brain is employing a number of mercenaries and pawns against Dominic, including [[Angelique Molière]] <ref>[[The Forgotten Children]] p.30-35</ref> and [[Jacques du Almoy]]<ref>[[Book of Sacrifices]]</ref>

{{canon}}[[The Noble Brotherhood of Assassins]] make a point in general to strike at the [[oppressor]]s of [[Dementlieuse]] society through the use of intrigue and humilation<ref>[[Heroes of Light]] p.59</ref> Thus, on general principle they will inevitably come to contest the domination of D'Honaire and his [[Obedient]]s. However, the normally [[nonviolent]] Brotherhood has a terrible secret: their [[false history]] [[founder]] [[Mad Lord Kalen]] has left the senior members a terrible duty: to [[murder]] D'Honaire at all costs if they ever get the chance.<ref>[[Heroes of Light]] p.62</ref>

==Known [[Obedient]]s==
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*[[Councilor Claude LaGrange]]
*[[Councilor Jean-Pierre Theroux]]
*[[Councillor Josephine Chantreaux]]
*[[Lord-Governor Marcel Guignol]]

==Stats==

===[[2nd Edition]]===
Dominic was given the caster level and fighting abilities of a 7th level [[enchanter]], but used his innate powers of [[suggestion]] and [[domination]] rather than cast [[spell]]s normally.<ref name=RoTp.9394>[[Realm of Terror]] p.93-94</ref><ref name=RCSDDp5859>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p.58-59</ref><ref name=DoDp.3233>[[Domains of Dread]] p.32-33</ref>

===[[3rd Edition]]===
Male [[Human]], [[Aristocrat]] 10, [[Neutral Evil]], [[CR 9]]<ref name=SotDRp.2122>[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p.22-23</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III]] p.122</ref>

===[[Pathfinder]]===
{{netbook-small}} [[Bard]] 6/[[Courtier Prestige Class|Courtier]] 4

==Other Information==
*D'Honaire is known to have donated a ''[[protection | pistol of protection]]'' to the [[Guignol Museum|Guignol Museum's]] collection of enchanted weapons.<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], pp 41-42</ref>

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==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

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