Tristen ApBlanc

Tristen ApBlanc is the darklord of Forlorn, the second domain to join the Demiplane after Barovia. During the day, he is an living vampyre and at night a powerful ghost. He resides at Castle Tristenoira in the northern part of his tiny domain.

Tristen was born to Flora ApBlanc and Rivalin ApTosh several hundreds of years ago. Rivalin became a vampire after a battle, but could not bring himself to abandon his wife even in undeath, and his wife could not bear to turn him away. She allowed him to feed on her while she was pregnant with Tristen, which tainted him in the womb to become a vampire. When the townspeople found out, they killed and beheaded Rivalin and lynched Flora on the tree in the sacred grove, but not before she gave Tristen to a druid named Rual to raise.

Rual knew of Tristen's tainted being and researched ways to spare him from this fate. One day, she caught the 15-year old Tristen drinking the blood of a slain forest animal. In fear, Tristen attempted to murder her at the same tree his mother was lynched at, and in the process drank her blood - but not before she had drank holy water, which turned out to be poison for him. As both laid there, with Rual dying, she cursed him to never leave the sacred grove (that is, no more than 100 feet from the same tree.)

As it turns out, the holy water-infused blood that he drank turned out to affect a cure of sorts for his vampirism, instead turning him into a living vampire, or a vampyre. The curse Rual laid on him, however slayed him that evening and to rise as a ghost -- only to rise as a vampyre again the next morning. This day-and-night cycle would rule his existence for the rest of his days.

Over the years, and through theft and murder, Tristen built himself castle and a noble name on where the grove once stood. He also married Isolt and had three children: Gilan ApBlanc, Morholt ApBlanc, and Brangain ApBlanc. Everyone in Tristen's immediate family met their tragic end and became resident ghosts due to Tristen's evil ways, with the exception of Brangain who escaped and survived, and currently resides somewhere in the Demiplane.

Current Sketch

Tristen lives by himself in the castle, commanding the goblyns to deforest the domain and find any remaining druid who survive in his domain. If he is aware of his status as a Darklord or any other lords or domains of Ravenloft, he has yet to show it.

Statistics

Vampyre / Ghost, Bard 6 / Fighter 4, Neutral Evil

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Domains of Dread Castles Forlorn Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I
		Domains of Dread - p66 The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p48 Castles Forlorn: Eve of Sorrows - p13 Castles Forlorn: The Weeping Lands - p10 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - p131
		Domains of Dread - p66 The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p47 Castles Forlorn: The Weeping Lands - pp16-23 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - pp128-133
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7 Domains of Dread - p66 Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp16-17,47-49 Castles Forlorn: The Weeping Lands - throughout Castles Forlorn: Eve of Sorrows - p8 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - pp128-133 I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - p213
		The Solleyder