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Notable Inhabitants

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	*[[Helwa]], leader of a small party of mountainfolk hunters, taking shelter here when out [[hunting]]<ref>CoS p. 186-187</ref>		*[[Helwa]], leader of a small party of mountainfolk hunters, taking shelter here when out [[hunting]]<ref>CoS p. 186-187</ref>
	*[[Khazan]] (Formerly)<ref>CoS p. 167</ref>		*[[Khazan]] (Formerly)<ref>CoS p. 167</ref>
	*[[Neferon]] ([[arcanaloth]] [[guardian]])</ref>CoS p. 184</ref>		*[[Neferon]] ([[arcanaloth]] [[guardian]])<ref>CoS p. 184</ref>
	*[[Vilnius]] and [[Vilnius' Familiar\|his quasit familiar]], intruders who hide from the guardians<ref>CoS p. 185</ref>		*[[Vilnius]] and [[Vilnius' Familiar\|his quasit familiar]], intruders who hide from the guardians<ref>CoS p. 185</ref>

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In [[Curse of Strahd]], the Amber Temple is the so-called birthplace of [[the Dark Powers]]. An [[ancient]] [[prison]] created to store [[vestige]]s of by-gone evils, it is now "curated" by the amnesiac [[lich]], [[Exethanter]], whom happily shares the forbidden [[secret]]s of the temple to all comers.<ref name="Curse of Strahd p. 181">[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 181</ref> The vestiges herein offer [[temptation]]s of power to those who seek it, though for each boon there is a cost to be paid.<ref name="CoS p. 191">CoS p. 191</ref> It is here that [[Strahd]] made a vile pact with [[the Dark Powers]] to become a vampire and, in so doing, sealed his own fate.<ref name="Curse of Strahd p. 181">[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 181</ref>

==[[Cold]]==
Sitting upon [[Mount Ghakis]], it is eternally cold inside the temple. Existing at a perpetual state of below freezing temperature, [[character]]s who enter the temple face exposure to extreme cold.<ref name="Curse of Strahd p. 181">[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 181</ref>

==Dark Gifts==
The [[Dark Gifts]] of the vestiges here present boons of supernatural abilities or dark knowledge, but each comes with an attached flaw or minor physical [[transformation]] that may not be undone with anything short of a [[wish]] or divine intervention. In addition, each dark gift has a high chance of [[corruption]] to [[evil]]. [[Player Character]]s who become evil in this way fall under control of the Game Master.<ref name="CoS p. 191">CoS p. 191</ref>

==The Dark Powers Defined==
Although purposefully left undefined in previous versions of Ravenloft, ''Curse of Strahd'' a the [[vestige]]s, old [[spirit]]ual remains of deceased entities of malignant natures, held in the Amber Temple. They are dark entities that can be communed with and offer gifts of power tainted with associated defects. They can be directly communed with, as [[Strahd]] did when he [[murdered] his brother [[Sergei von Zarovich]] in return for the [[immortality]] of [[undeath]]. When he made the pact, the Dark Powers turned [[Barovia]] into his prison on the [[Shadowfell]]. The Dark Powers continually feast upon Strahd's evil.<ref name="Curse of Strahd p. 181">[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 181</ref>

==[[:category:Inhabitants of the Amber Temple|Notable Inhabitants]]==
*[[Amber Golem]] [[guardian]]s
*[[Exethanter]]<ref>CoS p. 181, 188-189</ref>
*[[Flameskull]] guardians animated by Exethanter
*[[Helwa]], leader of a small party of mountainfolk hunters, taking shelter here when out [[hunting]]<ref>CoS p. 186-187</ref>
*[[Khazan]] (Formerly)<ref>CoS p. 167</ref>
*[[Neferon]] ([[arcanaloth]] [[guardian]])</ref>CoS p. 184</ref>
*[[Vilnius]] and [[Vilnius' Familiar|his quasit familiar]], intruders who hide from the guardians<ref>CoS p. 185</ref>

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[[category:Locations in Barovia]]
[[category:Temple]]
[[category:former Place of Worship]]
[[category:Prison]]
[[category:The Dark Powers]]
[[category:Vestige]]
[[category:Corruption]]
[[category:Temptation]]