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''"Guides us by vanities."''<br> | ''"Guides us by vanities."''<br> | ||
—- T. S. Eliot, "Gerontion" | —- T. S. Eliot, "Gerontion" | ||
== ''Introduction'' == | |||
The study of Ravenloft's past can prove a | |||
maddening exercise. When a new domain forms in | |||
the Mists, its denizens appear with complete | |||
memories of full lives, and their culture may | |||
record a history that stretches back centuries | |||
before the domain's actual creation. Whether these | |||
"false histories" are real and drawn from other | |||
worlds or entirely fabricated by the Dark Powers is | |||
a matter best left to the philosophers. | |||
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"History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors,"
"And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions,"
"Guides us by vanities."
—- T. S. Eliot, "Gerontion"
Introduction
The study of Ravenloft's past can prove a maddening exercise. When a new domain forms in the Mists, its denizens appear with complete memories of full lives, and their culture may record a history that stretches back centuries before the domain's actual creation. Whether these "false histories" are real and drawn from other worlds or entirely fabricated by the Dark Powers is a matter best left to the philosophers.