Kalidnay

Kalidnay is a domain taken from Athas (Dark Sun setting). It is ruled by the High Priestess Thakok-An, whose defining crime was the sacrifice of her family in order to transform her Sorcerer King, Kalid-Ma, into a dragon. Instead of transforming, the King was put into a deep sleep, and half of the city's population was killed. As soon as this happened, Kalidnay was added to Ravenloft as an Island of Terror. Thakok's curse is having her beloved master at her side, as she wanted, but in a sleeping state, thus never having his favor. Worse, she cannot even try to awake him, because she knows if he awakens, he will probably kill her, or worse!Template:Citation needed

Discrepancies

Thakok-An and Kalid-Ma's gender are up for debate as they are two versions of this dark domain's origin. When Kalidnay first appeared in the Forbidden Lore supplement, Thakok-An was a high priest and Kalid-Ma was his Sorceress-Queen. The Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II supplement follows this view. In the Domains of the Dread corebook their genders were swapped: Kalid became a King while Thakok was transformed into a female priestess. The reasons for this change seem to be due to the fact that Dark Sun products refer to Kalid-Ma as a male.

Since Kalidnay strongly depended on the Dark Sun setting, and 3rd edition Ravenloft was published by Arthaus/White Wolf, this domain was left aside and forgotten by the new publisher, probably because using it would have required them to pay the rights to Wizards of the Coast as Arthaus/WW would need to cite Dark Suns and Athas' names, as they could not unbind it from his home scenario (as they did to all the other domains).

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Domains of Dread Forbidden Lore: Dark Recesses
		Domains of Dread - p90 Forbidden Lore: Dark Recesses - pp26-29 Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp116-117 Monsterous Compendium II - "Thrax (Palik)"
		Domains of Dread - p90 Forbidden Lore: Dark Recesses - p27, postermap