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'''Tristessa''', a [[shadow fey]] [[banshee]] who perpetually seeks her dead daughter, rules [[Keening]]. In life she was a noble in [[Arak| Arak's]] [[Unseelie Court]]. When three [[outlander| outlanders]] were brought to Arak by Ravenloft's [[Mists]], they were initially welcomed by the shadow fey. Their worship of Lolth became a popular cult among the Arak. When the drow had all been killed through a series of assassinations, Tristessa became the head priestess of Lolth's cult. The followers of this cult began to change in appearance: instead of their normally bone-white skin, they became similar in appearance to the drow[?]. Tristessa then gave birth to a daughter born with spider's legs. This was the final straw for Prince [[Loht]], ruler of the Unseelie shadow fey, and he outlawed the cult. Tristessa and her deformed baby were killed{{clarify}} by her fellow shadow fey by being staked to the ground and left to die in the sun. [[Vistani]] and others occasionally leave babies for Tristessa, but because she lacks the physical requirements to care for a baby (such as the ability to nurse a child), all of her surrogate babies die of starvation. Tristessa is served by undead fey from across the demiplane, alternately referred to as "widderìbhinn" or "umbra." | |||
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'''WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE :''' Resides on [[Mount Lament]]''(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)'' | '''WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE :''' Resides on [[Mount Lament]]''(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)'' | ||
==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue== | ==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue== | ||
Revision as of 03:14, 21 January 2010
Tristessa, a shadow fey banshee who perpetually seeks her dead daughter, rules Keening. In life she was a noble in Arak's Unseelie Court. When three outlanders were brought to Arak by Ravenloft's Mists, they were initially welcomed by the shadow fey. Their worship of Lolth became a popular cult among the Arak. When the drow had all been killed through a series of assassinations, Tristessa became the head priestess of Lolth's cult. The followers of this cult began to change in appearance: instead of their normally bone-white skin, they became similar in appearance to the drow[?]. Tristessa then gave birth to a daughter born with spider's legs. This was the final straw for Prince Loht, ruler of the Unseelie shadow fey, and he outlawed the cult. Tristessa and her deformed baby were killedTemplate:Clarify by her fellow shadow fey by being staked to the ground and left to die in the sun. Vistani and others occasionally leave babies for Tristessa, but because she lacks the physical requirements to care for a baby (such as the ability to nurse a child), all of her surrogate babies die of starvation. Tristessa is served by undead fey from across the demiplane, alternately referred to as "widderìbhinn" or "umbra."
WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Sith and Banshee(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)
WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Darklord of Keening(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)
WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Resides on Mount Lament(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp33-35 | |
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Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,33-35 | |
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The Sad One |
