Curse of Strahd & Curse of Strahd: Origins
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Of Duty & Flightless Birds by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
11 Oct 2024
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Strahd von Zarovich did not become a warlord overnight; once he was but a child, born into the shackles of kismet and pedigree. When duty forces him to swear an oath to a stranger, he does not realize this will set into motion the downfall of an entire realm.
The ecclesiarch turns to me. “Speak your oath, child of glory, and seal your word in blood.”
I take the other sickle. Its weight is more than material; this blade will harvest a promise I will not be able to take back.Series
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Lyssa by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
11 Oct 2024
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He was supposed to be a revolutionary, but all Rahadin has to his name is the title of Archbetrayer and fealty to the House of Zarovich. And where one massacre caused the suffering of his people, another must end it.
There, on a pile of furs, lies a babe. The child, eerily silent, looks up at him with dark eyes. A tuft of black hair crowns its head, much unlike its mother’s ashen coloring. It yawns and lifts its tiny hand, as though reaching for him. As though to wash him clean of the sin he committed against its mother just moments before.
“Sergej,” he whispers. “You utter fool.”Series
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Teeth in the Dark by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
27 Mar 2025
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This is how a god’s mortal champion becomes Mother Night.
It’s not a happy story.In truth, she studies. She learns to tell the vestiges apart by how they shiver within the amber, how they sing their names and stories in a tongue so alien that, with every mote of understanding, Fryonan’s very being shifts into something other.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,426
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
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- 26
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After the Burial by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
08 May 2025
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Argynvost’s spirit is finally at rest. The beacon has been lit. But redemption is a long road indeed.
“You weren’t at your grave,” he says. “I thought you’d passed on for good, Val. I was ready to go after you.”
“And I thought I’d banished you,” says Vladimir. His hand finds the back of his husband’s neck and he pulls them both close, so that their foreheads meet. “I’m glad you’re here.”Series
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Numen by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
21 May 2025
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An alchemist comes face to face with the dark power hiding within Strahd.
“It is true that blood itself does not sustain me.”
“It's death, isn’t it?” says the Alchemist. In his peripheral vision, the room grows darker: awareness gnaws at his bones like rattling chains, urging him into flight. The man he shares this room with is no man at all but a predator: something clothed in the skin of a person but none of their kinship. This, all darklords have in common.Series
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He is the Land by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
17 Jun 2025
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Ludmilla has concerns when it comes to her patron.
“Clearly,” he says, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, “you want my attention.” His nails, sharp now like the claws of a beast, run down the length of her face, mimicking her earlier gesture. “You have it.”
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A Shared Delight by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
12 Aug 2025
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Ludmilla brings home certain experiences from her travels.
Too soon does Ludmilla retract her hand. In the dark of his study her eyes glow like coals, reflecting the shared magic between them. “Your verdict?”
“I should quite like to sample the experiences you’ve brought,” he hums.
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Little Devil by Anonymous for Hamartichi
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
05 Jan 2026
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Eleanora summons Alaric to relieve some of her soreness.
Outwardly, she feigns idle enjoyment, but beneath the surface her fingers weave the magic into a shape, an intent; as though plucking the strings of an instrument into a desired melody. A second later, the summoned hand grabs onto Alaric’s hair and yanks his head backwards, less than gently. His hitched breath floods her stomach with satisfaction. Then—
Pressure settles around her throat, making her stifle a gasp of her own. The bastard.
“Two can play at that game, my dear,” he rasps, lips pulled into a smirk.Series
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Hangman and Hanged by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
02 Feb 2026
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Whether Strahd wants to or not, he must abide by the laws of his vampirism.
A deal has been made, and I must collect its dues.
The shepherd’s lodge rises before me on a slope, flanking a barn and a high-walled goat’s pen fortified with iron pikes and prayer-runes. It would not deter me; but today, I cannot quench my shade’s desire with mere livestock. Today, my quarry is elsewhere.Series
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A Divergence of Fates by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
17 Feb 2026
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How Strahd and the puppet he sometimes inhabits begin to diverge into different people.
Do I regret saving the darklord’s body? I never do when I am him; but in this vessel, things have begun to diverge. Was I not free during those six blessed years?
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- Part 10 of Curse of Strahd & Curse of Strahd: Origins
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Of Kismet & Boyhood by Anonymous
Fandoms: Ravenloft (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
07 May 2026
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Before Strahd was a warlord, he was a boy who loved his brother very much.
When we enter, Sergej is on the floor, knocking the heads of two wooden horses against each other. An array of other toys lies strewn about, of which I recognize none. Rahadin must have had them delivered.
“Sergej,” I say.
The boy drops his horses. “My prince,” he says with big eyes.
Such formality at his little age. I rush to his side. “No. I’m your brother. Strahd.” I point at my chest. “When it’s just us you can call me Strahd.”Series
- Part 11 of Curse of Strahd & Curse of Strahd: Origins