Lord Soth became trapped in Ravenloft in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition. He would make his way out, but let's take a look at his domain within Ravenloft called Sithicus. Buy When Black Roses Bloom: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17528/When-Black-Roses-Bloom-2e?affiliate_id=50797

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Cold Open

It’s known as the Land of Specters in elvish, let's learn more about Lord Soth’s domain of Dread.

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about Sithicus, Lord Soth’s domain in Ravenloft. I would like to take a moment and thank the members of this channel, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am referencing Ravenloft Campaign Setting, Revised, Boxed Set and the When Black Roses Bloom Ravenloft Official Game Adventure for this episode. If I leave anything out or misspeak, please leave a comment below.

Discussion

Ravenloft is a terrifying, illogical realm, filled with a myriad of domains and islands all surrounded by mist. This mist is controlled by the Dark Powers, a wholly unknown, mysterious force that holds absolute power over who enters or leaves this Demiplane of Dread. To fully contextualize and understand the domain of Sithicus, one must understand its founding Dark Lord, Lord Loren Soth. I have produced a video all about Lord Soth’s rise to prominence in the Knights of Solamnia and subsequent fall to a Death Knight. I would recommend revisiting that video for context. Sufficit to say, one must understand the unflinching desire of Lord Soth to have the soul of his compatriot, the late Dragon Highlord Kitiara Uth Matar. They had worked together in the War of the Lance and the subsequent Blue Lady’s War, where Kitiara met her end. Lord Soth took Kitiara’s body, against the dying wish of Kitiara herself, who pleaded with Tanis Half-Elven to not allow Soth to take her. The problem arose when Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness took Kitiara’s Soul for herself. The Dark Queen would end up playing Kitiara’s Soul against Lord Soth and later Kitiara’s Blue Dragon Khellendros, otherwise Known as Skie or The Storm over Krynn in the Fifth Age. 

Lord Soth sent his loyal Seneschal, Caradoc, a former knight himself, who followed Soth into damnation, to seek out Kitiara’s soul in the Outer Plane of Baator. Caradoc was actually successful, but withheld the soul, trapped in a Black Sapphire set into a medallion, from Lord Soth, until the Dark Lord spoke to Chemosh on Caradoc’s behalf, seeking to regain his life. Lord Soth was so furious, even though Caradoc was a ghost, he strangled him and broke his ghostly neck. Just then, the Dark Powers sent the mists to Dargaard Keep, and lured Lord Soth and Caradoc in with the voice of Kitiara. To make a long story short, Lord Soth sought and ultimately recaptured Caradoc at the misty border in Gundarak. Soth destroyed Caradoc for his treachery and the mists swallowed Soth, creating an entire domain of Dread around him in 720 Barovian Calendar, as the other Dark Lords suffered. The Dark Powers formed a land called Sithicus which acted like a prison for Lord Soth, forever keeping him from the soul he sought.

The domain of Sithicus is located in the southwest region of the core, east of Valachan, and south of Verbrek and Invidia. It is densely forested. Its massive trees blot out the sun, creating a sense of eternal darkness below. It is lush with tangled ivy and ferns that carpet the...