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==Overview==
==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 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>
'''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 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>
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>


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Male [[Human]], [[Aristocrat]] 10, [[Neutral Evil]]
Male [[Human]], [[Aristocrat]] 10, [[Neutral Evil]], [[CR 9]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III]] p.122<ref>


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Revision as of 13:11, 12 April 2015

Canon Information

Overview

Dominic d'Honaire is the darklord of Dementlieu. He is not its temporal leader but does serve as an adviser for Marcel Guignol.[1] He sits on the Council of Brilliance but he does not head it.[2] However, Dominic's has much more power than his official position would suggest. The darklord's power is domination of the mind of other people on a prodigious scale. A great many in the land, including its recognized head[3], are his obedients and through this network he knows whatever goes on in his land.[4]

Like all darklords, 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.[5][6] 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 Lamordia's political ruler.[7]

Background

Dominic was born in Mordentshire, the son of Ernestine Pasier and Claude d'Honaire, and grandson of Dr. Germain d'Honaire. 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.[8]

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.[9]


D'Honaire is known to have donated a pistol of protection to the Guignol Museum's collection of enchanted weapons.[10]

Enemies

Although the Living Brain is perhaps Dominic's greatest nemesis, he is not without other enemies.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.[11] The Living Brain is employing a number of mercenaries and pawns against Dominic, including Angelique Molière [12] and Jacques du Almoy[13]

Stats

Male Human, Aristocrat 10, Neutral Evil, CR 9<ref>Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III p.122<ref>

References

  1. ↑ Domains of Dread p.32-33
  2. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III p.123
  3. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II p.74
  4. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p. 86
  5. ↑ Domains of Dread p.33
  6. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III p.123-124
  7. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II p.72-75
  8. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III p. 122-123
  9. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III p. 123-124
  10. ↑ Van Richten's Arsenal, pp 41-42
  11. ↑ Book of Souls p.59-60
  12. ↑ The Forgotten Children p.30-35
  13. ↑ Book of Sacrifices


Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Secrets of the Dread Realms
Domains of Dread

Secrets of the Dread Realms - p22
Domains of Dread - p32
Realm of Terror - reference card

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp21-23
Domains of Dread - p32
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p58-59
Realm of Terror - p93, reference card

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,21-23
Domains of Dread - pp32-33
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp14-15,58-59
Realm of Terror - p93,p122,reference card
Heroes of Light - p62
The Forgotten Children - pp32-35 Download Now!


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