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Gabrielle Aderre

2021-01-01T11:12:02Z

Nirnel:

[[File:Gabrielle sm.jpg|thumb|alt=Gabrielle Aderre, with her daughter Lucita|Gabrielle Aderre, with her daughter Lucita]]
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Born in the approximate year of [[710 BC]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 46</ref>, '''Gabrielle Aderre''' is the [[darklord]] of [[Invidia]], though her rule over her [[domain]] is severely challenged by her son [[Malocchio Aderre]], whom she conceived with the [[Gentleman Caller]] as the father. Malocchio is widely considered to be the prophesied [[Dukkar]] who will bring about the destruction of the [[Vistani]].<ref name=dodp53-55>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53-55</ref>

Gabrielle Aderre is no pushover herself. A cruel and manipulative quarter-[[vistani]]. Gabrielle is a sorcerer who can cast enchantment spells as gaze attacks. After willingly allowing her mother to be torn apart by a [[werewolf]], Gabrielle was taken by the [[Mists]] to Invidia, where she used her [[evil eye]] to slay [[Bakholis]], its werewolf [[darklord]]. Gabrielle succeeded him as the temporal leader and darklord of the [[domain]].<ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref>

Gabrielle is the daughter of [[Isabella Aderre]] and [[Vlad Drakov]]. It is said that her [[Tarokka]] deck is the oldest in the Land of the Mists, and that it has passed on from mother to daughter from [[Madame Eva]]<ref name="Forbidden Lore - The Waking Dream p. 4">[[Forbidden Lore]] Waking Dream p. 4</ref>, which hints at the possibility that Gabrielle is a direct descendant of Eva herself. Isabella looked into the possible future of her daughter and warned Gabrielle to sire no child.<ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref>

She is the mother to [[Malocchio]] and [[Lucita Aderre]] and the lover of [[Matton Blanchard]] and [[Ardonk Szerieza]], and resides in [[Castle Hunadora]].

Known [[alias]]es include: [[Frau Braun]]<ref>[[The Evil Eye]] p.28</ref>

==History==
===Before Becoming a Darklord===
Raised by her mother Isabella in a nomadic lifestyle typical of their [[ancestor]]s, Gabrielle never knew her father. She held intense curiosity about him and even fantasized of whom he could be.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref> However, Isabella only said he was a very [[evil]] man and that Gabrielle was the [[heir]] of some of that evil. Furthermore, Isabella granted her a prophetic warning, to never bear [[child]]ren, for it will only bring disaster to her and all those around her. Isabella only meant to be [[helpful]], but Gabrielle took dire offense. In her [[heart]], Gabrielle eventually became estranged from her mother.<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>

Tragedy struck the family when Gabrielle was 19.<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref> In [[Arkandale]]<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref>, Gabrielle and Isabella were assaulted by a [[werewolf]]. Isabella called for Gabrielle's aid, but Gabrielle refused until Isabella told her the complete truth about her father. Isabella relinquished and revealed that Gabrielle's father was a [[wealthy]] [[Falkovnian]] whom owned Isabella as a [[slave]]. Isabella eventually escaped, but not before she was [[raped]] and left with child by the Falkovnian. Gabrielle rejected the revelation as a [[lie]] and [[abandoned]] her mother to be [[eaten]] by the werewolf.<ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>

As Gabrielle fled the scene, [[the Mists]] surrounded her and brought her to [[Invidia]]. She was [[captured]] by the minions of [[Bakholis]] and brought before him. She rendered the arrogant [[tyrant]] [[helpless]] with her [[Evil Eye]] and then struck him down with her [[silver]] [[dagger]]. Following Bakholis' demise, Gabrielle became "[[heir]]" to the title of [[darklord]] of Invidia.<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref> The year was [[729 BC]].<ref name=dodp17>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>

===Gabrielle's Rise===
The death of Bakholis inspired a [[peasant]] [[rebellion]]. [[The Citadel]] was set ablaze, and Bakholis' [[regime]] was quickly dismantled. Gabrielle became, as pronounced by the people, [[temporal leader]] in his place.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 46</ref>

Though Gabrielle now ruled, her rule was not a firm or even wholeheartedly organized one. Gabrielle used her power primarily to buy her comfort. Though [[cursed]] to personally never harm a [[Vistani]], Gabrielle instituted a disorganized persecution of the people whom she bitterly hated for causing Isabella, and by extension Gabrielle, to live in poverty and [[exile]].<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 46</ref> Meanwhile, she personally acted as a [[provocateur]] of malevolence by turning those living in love and happiness against each other through [[deception]], [[temptation]], and [[manipulation]]. She [[manipulated]] many lovers over the years<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>, yet few came to truly love her. [[Matton Blanchard]], a [[wolfwere]], was a notable exception.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 5">The Evil Eye p. 5</ref><ref name=dodp54>[[Domains of Dread]] p.54</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 46</ref>

===And Fall===
Gabrielle ruled more or less as above for several years. In [[746 BC]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 147">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 147</ref> , a new lover entered Gabrielle's life. This new suitor was in fact, a [[demon]]ic agent of [[Chaotic Evil|chaos and evil]], the [[incubus]] known as [[the Gentleman Caller]].<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 59">The Evil Eye p. 59</ref> The Gentleman Caller completely enraptured Gabrielle, turning her against Matton Blanchard. Badly [[battered|beaten]] by the Gentleman Caller, Matton was cast aside.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 5">The Evil Eye p. 5</ref> Now without rival, the Gentleman Caller left Gabrielle [[pregnant]] with his seed before departing, leaving Gabrielle with only fond if hazy memories of their encounter. In the [[spring]] of [[747 BC]], Gabrielle gave birth to their child.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 147">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 147</ref>

From early on after discovering his nature, Gabrielle intended to raise her son to be a weapon of [[genocide]] against the [[Vistani]] people that had wronged her. Malocchio matured unnaturally quickly and took to the role like a fish in water. If anything, Gabrielle was too effective in building a [[hatred]] of the Vistani within her son.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 5">The Evil Eye p. 5</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28-29">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28-29</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 147">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 147</ref>

Within months, Malocchio [[rebelled]] against his mother's authority, usurping her authority and rendering her servants [[disloyal]] using his mystical talents. He [[imprisoned]], [[tortured]], and [[gaslighted]] his mother before leaving her to die in a bloody heap during the following [[Carnival of Karina]] of 747 BC<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 147">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 147</ref> However, the still [[loyal]] [[Matton Blanchard]] discovered his fallen lover and nursed her back to health over the following [[winter]].<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref> Meanwhile, Malocchio used mystical [[manipulation]] and bloody terror to usurp Gabrielle's power and create a more united Invidia than it ever was under Gabrielle's rule. Unlike his mother's, Malocchio's persecution of the Vistani was a highly organized [[pogrom]] of extermination. The [[Invidian]]s, bolstered by a [[mercenary]] force hired by Malocchio, butchered and scattered to the winds the majority of Vistani and [[giomorgo]]s within Invidia.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 148">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 148</ref>

===Resurgence===
Although Gabrielle had been cast down, she was quick to seize ways of striking back. Matton Blanchard began recruiting [[wolfwere]] allies from [[Kartakass]] to use against Malocchio's forces. In [[748 BC]], the [[Gundarakite]] [[rebel leader]] [[Ardonk Szerieza]] rose to prominence<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 19">[[Gazetteer I]], p 19.</ref>, eventually gaining leadership of the [[oppressed]] Gundarakites in [[Barovia]]. As the Gundarakites were similarly oppressed by Malocchio in Invidia, Gabrielle Aderre was quick to exploit the situation. She beguiled him, and they began an illicit affair. Gabrielle gained a valuable tool to manipulate the Gundarakites with. By the middle of [[750 BC]], Gabrielle and the Gundarakites had seized control of [[Castle Hunadora]]. They repulsed Malocchio's attempts at retaliation.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 47-49">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 47-49</ref>

In the later part of [[752 BC]], Gabrielle learned of her pregnancy, though she did not know the father. [[Lucita Aderre]] was born Aderre's second child.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>

==Current Sketch==
For Gabrielle, Lucita is both a thing of joy and a potential cause of ruin. As the young girl ages, she will reveal Gabrielle's infidelity to either Matton Blanchard or Ardonk Szerieza by whether she eventually manifests as a [[shapechanging]] [[wolfwere]] or not. To add fuel to the fire, Gabrielle is conflicted over whom she wants to be the father. She loves Matton but not Ardonk, yet she hopes Lucita will not be a wolfwere.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145-146">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145-146</ref>

Gabrielle is [[cursed]] to never be able to directly attack the Vistani nor afflict them with her [[spell]]s or [[power]]s. Even [[giomorgo]]s and others with Vistani blood are afforded some protection against her attacks and mystical abilities. However, this curse does not prevent her from directing her servants and pawns to attack the Vistani and their descendants.<ref name="Black Box p. 90">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 90</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 44">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 44</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 61">The Evil Eye p. 61</ref><ref name=dodp54>[[Domains of Dread]] p.54</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 30">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 30</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 146">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 146</ref>

In addition to the above curse, Gabrielle is burdened with the knowledge that her imprisonment within Invidia prevents her from ever learning more about the identity of her father.<ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref>

==Sources==
Gabrielle has been with Ravenloft ever since its first published as a campaign setting in the ''[[Realm of Terror]]'' (" [[Black Box]]ed Set"). The information from RoT was later republished in the ''[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting]]'' (" [[Red Box]]ed Set ") several years later.

Gabrielle's background was expanded upon in the 1995 adventure [[module]] ''[[the Evil Eye]]''. In this [[source]], the previously [[unnamed]] [[werewolf]] [[darklord]] of [[Invidia]] is given a name ([[Bakholis]]). Gabrielle's explicit abandonment of her mother and the reasoning behind it were introduced for the first time. In addition, Gabrielle's tryst with [[the Gentleman Caller]] as part of the module's background. Two figures of importance to Gabrielle's present state, Matton Blanchard and Malocchio Aderre, are introduced for the first time. ''The Evil Eye'' plays out the events of Malocchio's emergence and rebellion against his mother during the [[Carnival of Karina]].

Information from ''the Evil Eye'' was incorporated into the third iteration of Ravenloft campaign setting, [[Domains of Dread]]. In the version of Invidia, Malocchio has seized control over Invidia, and Gabrielle Aderre is described as co-opting a [[Gundarakite]] resistance movement. Elsewhere in the book, a new figure, [[Ardonk Szerieza]] is mentioned for the first time. However, explicit details of Gabrielle's beguiling tryst with Ardonk were not given in canon sources until the publication of [[Gazetteer IV]].

{{questionably-canon}}
For the most part, the sources have not explicitly contradicted each other. However, there is one noticeable contradiction exists between the Red Boxed set and ''the Evil Eye'' and sources post-dating it. In the Red Boxed Set, Gabrille Aderre grows up despising her father.<ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref> In the Evil Eye and sources post-dating it, Gabrielle grows up dreamily fantasizing about who might have been.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>

==Statistics==
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===[[2nd Edition]]===
*female human [[Wizard]] ([[Enchanter]]) 8; [[Neutral Evil]]<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref>

===[[3rd Edition]]===
*female [[Zarovan]] [[giomorgo]] [[Sorcerer]] 11; [[Neutral Evil]]<ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 27">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 27</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 144">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 144</ref>

==TSR Collector Card==
Gabrielle Aderre's [[TSR 1991 Collector Card]] number is 481.

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==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==



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''[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]]'' 
''[[Ravenloft Third Edition]]'' 
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' 
''[[The Evil Eye]]''
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''[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]]'' - p29 
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - p53 
''[[Realm of Terror]]'' - p89 
''[[The Evil Eye]]'' - pp53,60
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''[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]]'' - pp27-30 
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - p53 
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''[[The Evil Eye]]'' - pp60-61
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''[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]]'' - pp7,27-30,61 
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''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - p53-54 
''[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens]]'' - pp17-18,43-44 
''[[The Evil Eye]]'' - pp3-4, 28-29, 33, 33, 49-55, 57, 59-61 
''[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Realm of Terror]]''
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''[[Forbidden Lore: Oaths of Evil]]'' - p31 
''[[Realm of Terror]]'' - pp89-90
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Frau Braun
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Gabrielle Aderre

2021-01-01T11:11:37Z

Nirnel: Included a Forbidden Lore mention of her Tarokka deck being passed from Madame Eva in a mother-daughter line.

[[File:Gabrielle sm.jpg|thumb|alt=Gabrielle Aderre, with her daughter Lucita|Gabrielle Aderre, with her daughter Lucita]]
{{canon}}
Born in the approximate year of [[710 BC]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 46</ref>, '''Gabrielle Aderre''' is the [[darklord]] of [[Invidia]], though her rule over her [[domain]] is severely challenged by her son [[Malocchio Aderre]], whom she conceived with the [[Gentleman Caller]] as the father. Malocchio is widely considered to be the prophesied [[Dukkar]] who will bring about the destruction of the [[Vistani]].<ref name=dodp53-55>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53-55</ref>

Gabrielle Aderre is no pushover herself. A cruel and manipulative quarter-[[vistani]]. Gabrielle is a sorcerer who can cast enchantment spells as gaze attacks. After willingly allowing her mother to be torn apart by a [[werewolf]], Gabrielle was taken by the [[Mists]] to Invidia, where she used her [[evil eye]] to slay [[Bakholis]], its werewolf [[darklord]]. Gabrielle succeeded him as the temporal leader and darklord of the [[domain]].<ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref>

Gabrielle is the daughter of [[Isabella Aderre]] and [[Vlad Drakov]]. It is said that her [[Tarokka]] deck is the oldest in the Land of the Mists, and thet it has passed on from mother to daughter from [[Madame Eva]]<ref name="Forbidden Lore - The Waking Dream p. 4">[[Forbidden Lore]] Waking Dream p. 4</ref>, which hints at the possibility that Gabrielle is a direct descendant of Eva herself. Isabella looked into the possible future of her daughter and warned Gabrielle to sire no child.<ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref>

She is the mother to [[Malocchio]] and [[Lucita Aderre]] and the lover of [[Matton Blanchard]] and [[Ardonk Szerieza]], and resides in [[Castle Hunadora]].

Known [[alias]]es include: [[Frau Braun]]<ref>[[The Evil Eye]] p.28</ref>

==History==
===Before Becoming a Darklord===
Raised by her mother Isabella in a nomadic lifestyle typical of their [[ancestor]]s, Gabrielle never knew her father. She held intense curiosity about him and even fantasized of whom he could be.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref> However, Isabella only said he was a very [[evil]] man and that Gabrielle was the [[heir]] of some of that evil. Furthermore, Isabella granted her a prophetic warning, to never bear [[child]]ren, for it will only bring disaster to her and all those around her. Isabella only meant to be [[helpful]], but Gabrielle took dire offense. In her [[heart]], Gabrielle eventually became estranged from her mother.<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>

Tragedy struck the family when Gabrielle was 19.<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref> In [[Arkandale]]<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref>, Gabrielle and Isabella were assaulted by a [[werewolf]]. Isabella called for Gabrielle's aid, but Gabrielle refused until Isabella told her the complete truth about her father. Isabella relinquished and revealed that Gabrielle's father was a [[wealthy]] [[Falkovnian]] whom owned Isabella as a [[slave]]. Isabella eventually escaped, but not before she was [[raped]] and left with child by the Falkovnian. Gabrielle rejected the revelation as a [[lie]] and [[abandoned]] her mother to be [[eaten]] by the werewolf.<ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>

As Gabrielle fled the scene, [[the Mists]] surrounded her and brought her to [[Invidia]]. She was [[captured]] by the minions of [[Bakholis]] and brought before him. She rendered the arrogant [[tyrant]] [[helpless]] with her [[Evil Eye]] and then struck him down with her [[silver]] [[dagger]]. Following Bakholis' demise, Gabrielle became "[[heir]]" to the title of [[darklord]] of Invidia.<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref> The year was [[729 BC]].<ref name=dodp17>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>

===Gabrielle's Rise===
The death of Bakholis inspired a [[peasant]] [[rebellion]]. [[The Citadel]] was set ablaze, and Bakholis' [[regime]] was quickly dismantled. Gabrielle became, as pronounced by the people, [[temporal leader]] in his place.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 46</ref>

Though Gabrielle now ruled, her rule was not a firm or even wholeheartedly organized one. Gabrielle used her power primarily to buy her comfort. Though [[cursed]] to personally never harm a [[Vistani]], Gabrielle instituted a disorganized persecution of the people whom she bitterly hated for causing Isabella, and by extension Gabrielle, to live in poverty and [[exile]].<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 46</ref> Meanwhile, she personally acted as a [[provocateur]] of malevolence by turning those living in love and happiness against each other through [[deception]], [[temptation]], and [[manipulation]]. She [[manipulated]] many lovers over the years<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>, yet few came to truly love her. [[Matton Blanchard]], a [[wolfwere]], was a notable exception.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 5">The Evil Eye p. 5</ref><ref name=dodp54>[[Domains of Dread]] p.54</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 46</ref>

===And Fall===
Gabrielle ruled more or less as above for several years. In [[746 BC]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 147">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 147</ref> , a new lover entered Gabrielle's life. This new suitor was in fact, a [[demon]]ic agent of [[Chaotic Evil|chaos and evil]], the [[incubus]] known as [[the Gentleman Caller]].<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 59">The Evil Eye p. 59</ref> The Gentleman Caller completely enraptured Gabrielle, turning her against Matton Blanchard. Badly [[battered|beaten]] by the Gentleman Caller, Matton was cast aside.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 5">The Evil Eye p. 5</ref> Now without rival, the Gentleman Caller left Gabrielle [[pregnant]] with his seed before departing, leaving Gabrielle with only fond if hazy memories of their encounter. In the [[spring]] of [[747 BC]], Gabrielle gave birth to their child.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 147">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 147</ref>

From early on after discovering his nature, Gabrielle intended to raise her son to be a weapon of [[genocide]] against the [[Vistani]] people that had wronged her. Malocchio matured unnaturally quickly and took to the role like a fish in water. If anything, Gabrielle was too effective in building a [[hatred]] of the Vistani within her son.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 5">The Evil Eye p. 5</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28-29">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28-29</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 147">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 147</ref>

Within months, Malocchio [[rebelled]] against his mother's authority, usurping her authority and rendering her servants [[disloyal]] using his mystical talents. He [[imprisoned]], [[tortured]], and [[gaslighted]] his mother before leaving her to die in a bloody heap during the following [[Carnival of Karina]] of 747 BC<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 147">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 147</ref> However, the still [[loyal]] [[Matton Blanchard]] discovered his fallen lover and nursed her back to health over the following [[winter]].<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref> Meanwhile, Malocchio used mystical [[manipulation]] and bloody terror to usurp Gabrielle's power and create a more united Invidia than it ever was under Gabrielle's rule. Unlike his mother's, Malocchio's persecution of the Vistani was a highly organized [[pogrom]] of extermination. The [[Invidian]]s, bolstered by a [[mercenary]] force hired by Malocchio, butchered and scattered to the winds the majority of Vistani and [[giomorgo]]s within Invidia.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 148">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 148</ref>

===Resurgence===
Although Gabrielle had been cast down, she was quick to seize ways of striking back. Matton Blanchard began recruiting [[wolfwere]] allies from [[Kartakass]] to use against Malocchio's forces. In [[748 BC]], the [[Gundarakite]] [[rebel leader]] [[Ardonk Szerieza]] rose to prominence<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 19">[[Gazetteer I]], p 19.</ref>, eventually gaining leadership of the [[oppressed]] Gundarakites in [[Barovia]]. As the Gundarakites were similarly oppressed by Malocchio in Invidia, Gabrielle Aderre was quick to exploit the situation. She beguiled him, and they began an illicit affair. Gabrielle gained a valuable tool to manipulate the Gundarakites with. By the middle of [[750 BC]], Gabrielle and the Gundarakites had seized control of [[Castle Hunadora]]. They repulsed Malocchio's attempts at retaliation.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 47-49">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 47-49</ref>

In the later part of [[752 BC]], Gabrielle learned of her pregnancy, though she did not know the father. [[Lucita Aderre]] was born Aderre's second child.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>

==Current Sketch==
For Gabrielle, Lucita is both a thing of joy and a potential cause of ruin. As the young girl ages, she will reveal Gabrielle's infidelity to either Matton Blanchard or Ardonk Szerieza by whether she eventually manifests as a [[shapechanging]] [[wolfwere]] or not. To add fuel to the fire, Gabrielle is conflicted over whom she wants to be the father. She loves Matton but not Ardonk, yet she hopes Lucita will not be a wolfwere.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145-146">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145-146</ref>

Gabrielle is [[cursed]] to never be able to directly attack the Vistani nor afflict them with her [[spell]]s or [[power]]s. Even [[giomorgo]]s and others with Vistani blood are afforded some protection against her attacks and mystical abilities. However, this curse does not prevent her from directing her servants and pawns to attack the Vistani and their descendants.<ref name="Black Box p. 90">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 90</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 44">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 44</ref><ref name="The Evil Eye p. 61">The Evil Eye p. 61</ref><ref name=dodp54>[[Domains of Dread]] p.54</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 30">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 30</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 146">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 146</ref>

In addition to the above curse, Gabrielle is burdened with the knowledge that her imprisonment within Invidia prevents her from ever learning more about the identity of her father.<ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref>

==Sources==
Gabrielle has been with Ravenloft ever since its first published as a campaign setting in the ''[[Realm of Terror]]'' (" [[Black Box]]ed Set"). The information from RoT was later republished in the ''[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting]]'' (" [[Red Box]]ed Set ") several years later.

Gabrielle's background was expanded upon in the 1995 adventure [[module]] ''[[the Evil Eye]]''. In this [[source]], the previously [[unnamed]] [[werewolf]] [[darklord]] of [[Invidia]] is given a name ([[Bakholis]]). Gabrielle's explicit abandonment of her mother and the reasoning behind it were introduced for the first time. In addition, Gabrielle's tryst with [[the Gentleman Caller]] as part of the module's background. Two figures of importance to Gabrielle's present state, Matton Blanchard and Malocchio Aderre, are introduced for the first time. ''The Evil Eye'' plays out the events of Malocchio's emergence and rebellion against his mother during the [[Carnival of Karina]].

Information from ''the Evil Eye'' was incorporated into the third iteration of Ravenloft campaign setting, [[Domains of Dread]]. In the version of Invidia, Malocchio has seized control over Invidia, and Gabrielle Aderre is described as co-opting a [[Gundarakite]] resistance movement. Elsewhere in the book, a new figure, [[Ardonk Szerieza]] is mentioned for the first time. However, explicit details of Gabrielle's beguiling tryst with Ardonk were not given in canon sources until the publication of [[Gazetteer IV]].

{{questionably-canon}}
For the most part, the sources have not explicitly contradicted each other. However, there is one noticeable contradiction exists between the Red Boxed set and ''the Evil Eye'' and sources post-dating it. In the Red Boxed Set, Gabrille Aderre grows up despising her father.<ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref> In the Evil Eye and sources post-dating it, Gabrielle grows up dreamily fantasizing about who might have been.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 4">The Evil Eye p. 4</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref><ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 28">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 28</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 145</ref>

==Statistics==
{{canon}}
===[[2nd Edition]]===
*female human [[Wizard]] ([[Enchanter]]) 8; [[Neutral Evil]]<ref name="Black Box p. 89">[[Realm of Terror]] (Black Box) p. 89</ref><ref name="Red Box p. 43">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Box) p. 43</ref><ref name=dodp53>[[Domains of Dread]] p.53</ref>

===[[3rd Edition]]===
*female [[Zarovan]] [[giomorgo]] [[Sorcerer]] 11; [[Neutral Evil]]<ref name="Secrets of the Dread Realms p. 27">[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]] p. 27</ref><ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 144">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 144</ref>

==TSR Collector Card==
Gabrielle Aderre's [[TSR 1991 Collector Card]] number is 481.

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Talk:Lyssa von Zarovich

2018-03-04T10:20:20Z

Nirnel:

So, if Sturm lived from 312 to 382 BC (dying at 70 years old) and she was born in 525 BC, how old was Tod at that point? 143 years had passed from Sturm's death up to her birth, an oddly long amount of time.

Maybe her being Sturm's granddaughter should be considered questionable-canon, being 2-3 more generations removed from him, or maybe she can just be far older than what the Gazetteer says she is.

Talk:Lyssa von Zarovich

2018-03-04T10:18:52Z

Nirnel: Doubts about Lyssa's canonical timeline