Castle Tristenoira

Castle Tristenoira, located in Forlorn, is the fortress of the darklord Tristen Apblanc. It is unique in the fact that the castle exists within three wholly separate time periods.

Description

The castle itself is built around what once used to be a grove inhabited and protected by druids, but now only one tree is left. Tristen is bound to this particular tree and is unable to leave the vicinity of it. Its appearance changes to suit which time period it has shifted to, but adventurers will always arrive at the castle in its final, modern state.

The time shift of the castle is inherent and happens quickly and in order. The earliest period was a relatively happier time when the castle was new and inhabited by Tristen and his human family, and long before its appearance in Ravenloft. Likewise, the second period is a later, darker period but with the castle practically uninhabited. The third period is the modern-day, and the only time period where explorers can leave the castle -- they are unable to in any other time period, which would in effect be a very easy escape from the the Demiplane.

Unknown even to Tristen, the very tree that binds him (and causes him great pain when it is harmed) will actually free him if it is ever destroyed. This action will trigger a seperate time shift into the far, grim future.

The castle has been noted to be of particular interest to those who dabble in time magic.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Realm of Terror Castles Forlorn Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I
		Realm of Terror - reference card
		Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - p84
		Ravenloft Third Edition - p121 Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p16 Castles Forlorn: The Weeping Lands - pp66-92 Realm of Terror - p70, reference card Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - pp83-84 I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - p200
		Castles Forlorn:Poster Map Realm of Terror - reference card
		Lord's Tower Castle ApBlanc