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The Red Death (Entity)

2020-09-10T20:03:07Z

Agiletek:

{{canon}}

[[The Red Death]] is some kind of otherwise nameless, faceless, transcendent entity [[exiled]] from a far away land of [[Mists]].<ref> [[Masque of the Red Death (Book)]] p. 5</ref> but [[summoned]] to [[Gothic Earth]] by [[Imhotep]] in 2700 BC.<ref>[[Masque of the Red Death (Book)]] p. 11-12</ref><ref> A Guide to Gothic Earth, p. 6, [[Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales]]</ref> Although Imhotep "merely" desired to summon the [[magic]] necessary to render his master [[King Djoser]] [[immortal]], the Red Death's answer gave him much more than he bargained for. [[Imhotep]] and [[King Djoser]] were among the first of the Red Death's [[corrupted]] servants.<ref>[[Masque of the Red Death (Book)]]p.224</ref>

Since its arrival in [[Gothic Earth]], the Red Death has been steadily working away at everything humanity holds dear. It has shrouded the Earth in a web of [[evil]] that cuts the world off from the [[plane]]s, and it has voraciously eaten away and tainted the essence of [[magic]] humanity used to rely on such a basic level.<ref>[[Masque of the Red Death (Book)]] p. 5</ref> As all but the incarnation of everything evil on [[Gothic Earth]] since its arrival, the Red Death has some influence on some level or another anything vile that occurs in the world. Wherever there is evil, the Red Death can inhabit.<ref>[[Masque of the Red Death (Book)]]p.224</ref><ref> A Guide to Gothic Earth, p. 105-106, [[Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales]]</ref>

Although it is the most malign of entities in nature, it is almost a force of evil than a decided presence itself. It has no ultimate agendas or goals beyond spreading evil. It prefers (and may ultimately need) to create minions through subtle temptation ultimately ending with Faustian pacts. However, unlike a devil, those who make deals with it don't end up as cheated pawns so much as willing tools of evil.<ref> A Guide to Gothic Earth, p. 106, [[Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales]]</ref> On the other hand, it has shown a malicious joy in animating from the dead those who would never serve it in life, such as the case of [[Tanner Edmund Jacobbi]]<ref> A Guide to Gothic Earth, p. 111-112, [[Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales]]</ref>

On December 20th 1899, agents of the [[The White Rose|Society of the White Rose]], alongside a band of 1500 Lakota Sioux warriors led by Sitting Bull, gathered in Cairo. From Cairo they sought to travel to Saqqara and enact what [[The Defiance]] sought to do millennia ago by conducting a ritual to banish the Red Death from Earth. <ref>[[Defiance]]</ref>

==Known Servants of the Red Death==
*[[Delphine LaLaurie]]
*[[Frankenstein's Monster]]
*[[Imhotep]]
*[[King Djoser]]
*[[Mihnea]]
*[[Professor Moriarty]]
*[[Tanner Edmund Jacobbi]]
*[[Vlad Tepes (Dracula)]]

==Servant Ranks of the Red Death==
*[[:category:Demilord (Red Death)‎]]
*[[:category:Lord (Red Death)‎]]
*[[:category:Mite (Red Death)]]
*[[:category:Overlord (Red Death)]]
*[[:category:Renegade (Red Death)]]‎
*[[:category:Underling (Red Death)‎]]

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Roshiya

2020-08-11T02:31:25Z

Agiletek:

{{canon}}
'''Roshiya''' is a [[large town]] in [[Rokushima Táiyoo]] with a population of 2,500.

==Behind the Scenes==
Like all the major settlements in its domain, its name is Japanese for a foreign country. This one is the most transparent of the four, being merely an alternate spelling of "Russia".

[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:Large Town]]
[[Category:Locations in Rokushima Táiyoo]]

==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==



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Eikoku

2020-08-11T02:29:59Z

Agiletek:

'''Eikoku''' is a [[large town]] in [[Rokushima Táiyoo]] with a population of 2,300.

==Behind the Scenes==
Like all the major settlements in its domain, its name is Japanese for a foreign country. In this case 英国, or the United Kingdom.

[[Category:Community]]
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==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==



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''[[Ravenloft Third Edition]]'' - pp170,171<br />
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Chuugoka

2020-08-11T02:29:20Z

Agiletek:

{{canon}}
'''Chuugoka''' is a [[large town]] in [[Rokushima Táiyoo]] with a population of 3,100.

==Behind the Scenes==
Like all the major settlements in its domain, its name is Japanese for a foreign country. In this case a corruption of 中国, or China.

[[Category:Community]]
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==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==



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Beikoku

2020-08-11T02:28:14Z

Agiletek:

{{canon}}
'''Beikoku''' is a [[small town]] in [[Rokushima Táiyoo]] with a population of 1,800.

==Behind the Scenes==
Like all the major settlements in its domain, its name is Japanese for a foreign country. In this case 米国, or the United States of America.

[[Category:Community]]
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[[Category:Locations in Rokushima Táiyoo]]
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''[[Ravenloft Third Edition]]'' - pp170,171<br />
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The White Rose

2020-05-17T03:31:32Z

Agiletek: /* Gothic Earth */

{{canon}}

In the [[Spectre of the Black Rose]] [[novel]], the White Rose is the [[leader]] of [[the Thorns of the White Rose]] [[resistance group]]. Her organization opposed [[Lord Soth]] in ways both conventional ([[bandit]]ry, [[spying]], etc.)<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 60">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 60</ref> and less conventional (the [[transformation]] of [[Sithicus]] through a complicated cryptic series of mystical acts).<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216</ref> In addition to her normal [[humanoid]] followers, she also commanded the obedience of the [[the Whispering Beast]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 208-209">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 208-209</ref>

The White Rose is a [[female]] [[elf]] who knew Lord Soth's origins, which led him to initially think she was [[Kitiara]] reborn in the [[flesh]]<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 99">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 99</ref>. However, this conclusion proved false, as Soth discovered the White Rose's true identity to be the [[spirit]] of his second wife, [[Isolde Denissa]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 298-299">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 298-299</ref>

==On The Nature of the White Rose==
The White Rose described herself and [[the Whispering Beast]] as "[[agent]]s of a [[justice]] [[old]]er than Sithicus, older than even Soth." There purpose was to remind Soth that "such justice reaches even into those places even into those places [[hidden]] from the [[god]]s."<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 214">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 214</ref> [[Dragon Magazine]] calls the Whispering Beast a [[supernatural agent]]<ref name="Land of Spectres p. 68">[[Land of Spectres]], [[Dragon #258]] (April 1999), p. 68</ref>, {{Spec|a label which might probably could be extended to the White Rose herself}}

Although she claims to Ganelon to serve some sort of [[ancient]] force of justice, the White Rose tells Soth that it was her [[curse]] that brought her to Ravenloft to make him remember and feel the curse once more.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 306">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 306</ref>

==History in Spectre of the Black Rose==
Though Soth and Azrael seek to root out the White Rose and her gang of [[rebel]]s, her goals remain largely a [[mystery]] until the later half of the book.

When [[Ganelon]] reaches the [[Lair of the Whispering Beast]], the White Rose reveals the nature of her plans. Those of the Thorns not gone off to quest pour sacks of gathered white and red [[rose]]s into purified [[cauldron]] furnaces in order to shine the [[Krynnish]] [[moon]]s of [[Lunitari]] and [[Solinari]] upon Sithicus such that Soth will face [[judgement]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216</ref> The White Rose offers Ganelon a trade: to heal [[Helain]] of [[madness]] in exchange for the collection and delivery of the red roses they needed for Solinari.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 216-218">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 216-218</ref>

To assist Ganelon, the Whispering Beast gave [[Ganelon's Severed Ear|a severed ear]] from [[The Necklace of Ears|his necklace of severed ears]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 207-208">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 207-208</ref> This allows Ganelon to lead and command the Whispering Beast's wards by speaking into the [[ear]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 233">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 233</ref> Later, [[the Bloody Cobbler]] reveals to Ganelon that Helain's madness has been cured when Solinari rises.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 284">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 284</ref>

The White Rose intervenes in Lord Soth's fight with [[Inza]] during the [[Hour of Screaming Shadows]], revealing her true nature as [[Isolde Denissa|Isolde]], brought there by the [[curse]] she had laid upon Soth centuries ago. Before she could be released from it, Isolde once more had to sting Soth once more and bring him to remember his curse. She presents to Soth a [[ghost]]ly [[Peradur]] once more, and once again he turns away from his child. The shadows fall upon and demolish [[Nedragaard Keep]], essentially repeating the [[disaster]] that destroyed [[Dragaard Keep]] so long before. With this, Soth's memory was restored, and he saw all that acts, both malevolent and benevolent, he had committed during his existence.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 297-299, 301-302, 304-307">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 297-299, 301-302, 304-307</ref>

==Final Whereabouts and True Nature==
In the epilogue of the book, Soth is returned to [[Krynn]]. With his vanishing from the [[Land of Mists]], so too the White Rose, [[the Bloody Cobbler]], and the Whispering Beast also vanished (the latter two being manifestations of Soth's son, Peradur).<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 304-310">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 304-310</ref> Curiously, although Isolde was supposed to be freed from her curse by punishing Soth one last time according to SotBR, Inza's entry in [[Gazetteer IV]] mentions that the White Rose still can be encountered as a benevolent spectral being within the [[ruins]] of Nedregaard Keep.<ref>[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 157</ref>

==Gothic Earth==
[[Gothic Earth]] is home to The Society of the White Rose, an organization of people who have experienced the supernatural and banded together to fight [[Red Death]]. They were founded in the late 1750s, possibly in North America with the help of Benjamin Franklin. Unusually by the standards of the 1890s, they were of multi-ethic composition.

In addition to requiring members be devoted to fighting the Red Death, they required all members be literate in some language, be able to set aside their beliefs and biases for the mission, and work with their team members. Members were expected to obey the local laws, but it was accepted if breaking the law was necessary for the mission. A member could be inducted into the senior membership if they had seasoned judgement, quick wit, impeccable morals, and dedication to the the Society's work and the recommendation of multiple senior members. <ref name="Living Death Campaign Sourcebook p.91-94">Living Death Campaign Sourcebook p.91-94</ref>

In December of 1899, heroes of the White Rose, including some senior management, gathered in Cairo in a plot to banish the Red Death once and for all. <ref name="Defiance">[[Defiance]]</ref>

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The White Rose

2020-05-17T03:29:53Z

Agiletek:

{{canon}}

In the [[Spectre of the Black Rose]] [[novel]], the White Rose is the [[leader]] of [[the Thorns of the White Rose]] [[resistance group]]. Her organization opposed [[Lord Soth]] in ways both conventional ([[bandit]]ry, [[spying]], etc.)<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 60">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 60</ref> and less conventional (the [[transformation]] of [[Sithicus]] through a complicated cryptic series of mystical acts).<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216</ref> In addition to her normal [[humanoid]] followers, she also commanded the obedience of the [[the Whispering Beast]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 208-209">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 208-209</ref>

The White Rose is a [[female]] [[elf]] who knew Lord Soth's origins, which led him to initially think she was [[Kitiara]] reborn in the [[flesh]]<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 99">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 99</ref>. However, this conclusion proved false, as Soth discovered the White Rose's true identity to be the [[spirit]] of his second wife, [[Isolde Denissa]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 298-299">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 298-299</ref>

==On The Nature of the White Rose==
The White Rose described herself and [[the Whispering Beast]] as "[[agent]]s of a [[justice]] [[old]]er than Sithicus, older than even Soth." There purpose was to remind Soth that "such justice reaches even into those places even into those places [[hidden]] from the [[god]]s."<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 214">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 214</ref> [[Dragon Magazine]] calls the Whispering Beast a [[supernatural agent]]<ref name="Land of Spectres p. 68">[[Land of Spectres]], [[Dragon #258]] (April 1999), p. 68</ref>, {{Spec|a label which might probably could be extended to the White Rose herself}}

Although she claims to Ganelon to serve some sort of [[ancient]] force of justice, the White Rose tells Soth that it was her [[curse]] that brought her to Ravenloft to make him remember and feel the curse once more.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 306">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 306</ref>

==History in Spectre of the Black Rose==
Though Soth and Azrael seek to root out the White Rose and her gang of [[rebel]]s, her goals remain largely a [[mystery]] until the later half of the book.

When [[Ganelon]] reaches the [[Lair of the Whispering Beast]], the White Rose reveals the nature of her plans. Those of the Thorns not gone off to quest pour sacks of gathered white and red [[rose]]s into purified [[cauldron]] furnaces in order to shine the [[Krynnish]] [[moon]]s of [[Lunitari]] and [[Solinari]] upon Sithicus such that Soth will face [[judgement]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216</ref> The White Rose offers Ganelon a trade: to heal [[Helain]] of [[madness]] in exchange for the collection and delivery of the red roses they needed for Solinari.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 216-218">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 216-218</ref>

To assist Ganelon, the Whispering Beast gave [[Ganelon's Severed Ear|a severed ear]] from [[The Necklace of Ears|his necklace of severed ears]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 207-208">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 207-208</ref> This allows Ganelon to lead and command the Whispering Beast's wards by speaking into the [[ear]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 233">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 233</ref> Later, [[the Bloody Cobbler]] reveals to Ganelon that Helain's madness has been cured when Solinari rises.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 284">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 284</ref>

The White Rose intervenes in Lord Soth's fight with [[Inza]] during the [[Hour of Screaming Shadows]], revealing her true nature as [[Isolde Denissa|Isolde]], brought there by the [[curse]] she had laid upon Soth centuries ago. Before she could be released from it, Isolde once more had to sting Soth once more and bring him to remember his curse. She presents to Soth a [[ghost]]ly [[Peradur]] once more, and once again he turns away from his child. The shadows fall upon and demolish [[Nedragaard Keep]], essentially repeating the [[disaster]] that destroyed [[Dragaard Keep]] so long before. With this, Soth's memory was restored, and he saw all that acts, both malevolent and benevolent, he had committed during his existence.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 297-299, 301-302, 304-307">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 297-299, 301-302, 304-307</ref>

==Final Whereabouts and True Nature==
In the epilogue of the book, Soth is returned to [[Krynn]]. With his vanishing from the [[Land of Mists]], so too the White Rose, [[the Bloody Cobbler]], and the Whispering Beast also vanished (the latter two being manifestations of Soth's son, Peradur).<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 304-310">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 304-310</ref> Curiously, although Isolde was supposed to be freed from her curse by punishing Soth one last time according to SotBR, Inza's entry in [[Gazetteer IV]] mentions that the White Rose still can be encountered as a benevolent spectral being within the [[ruins]] of Nedregaard Keep.<ref>[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 157</ref>

==Gothic Earth==
[[Gothic Earth]] is home to The Society of the White Rose, an organization of people who have experienced the supernatural and banded together to fight [[Red Death]]. They were founded in the late 1750s, possibly in North America with the help of Benjamin Franklin. Unusually by the standards of the 1890s, they were of multi-ethic composition.

In addition to requiring members be devoted to fighting the Red Death, they required all members be literate in some language, be able to set aside their beliefs and biases for the mission, and work with their team members. Members were expected to obey the local laws, but it was accepted if breaking the law was necessary for the mission. A member could be inducted into the senior membership if they had seasoned judgement, quick wit, impeccable morals, and dedication to the the Society's work and the recommendation of multiple senior members. <ref name="Living Death Campaign Sourcebook p.91-94">Living Death Campaign Sourcebook p.91-94</ref>

In December of 1899, heroes of the White Rose, including some senior management, gathered in Cairo in a plot to banish the Red Death once and for all. <ref name="Defiance">Defiance</ref>

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The White Rose

2020-03-09T06:18:28Z

Agiletek: Fixed ref tag

{{canon}}

In the [[Spectre of the Black Rose]] [[novel]], the White Rose is the [[leader]] of [[the Thorns of the White Rose]] [[resistance group]]. Her organization opposed [[Lord Soth]] in ways both conventional ([[bandit]]ry, [[spying]], etc.)<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 60">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 60</ref> and less conventional (the [[transformation]] of [[Sithicus]] through a complicated cryptic series of mystical acts).<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216</ref> In addition to her normal [[humanoid]] followers, she also commanded the obedience of the [[the Whispering Beast]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 208-209">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 208-209</ref>

The White Rose is a [[female]] [[elf]] who knew Lord Soth's origins, which led him to initially think she was [[Kitiara]] reborn in the [[flesh]]<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 99">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 99</ref>. However, this conclusion proved false, as Soth discovered the White Rose's true identity to be the [[spirit]] of his second wife, [[Isolde Denissa]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 298-299">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 298-299</ref>

==On The Nature of the White Rose==
The White Rose described herself and [[the Whispering Beast]] as "[[agent]]s of a [[justice]] [[old]]er than Sithicus, older than even Soth." There purpose was to remind Soth that "such justice reaches even into those places even into those places [[hidden]] from the [[god]]s."<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 214">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 214</ref> [[Dragon Magazine]] calls the Whispering Beast a [[supernatural agent]]<ref name="Land of Spectres p. 68">[[Land of Spectres]], [[Dragon #258]] (April 1999), p. 68</ref>, {{Spec|a label which might probably could be extended to the White Rose herself}}

Although she claims to Ganelon to serve some sort of [[ancient]] force of justice, the White Rose tells Soth that it was her [[curse]] that brought her to Ravenloft to make him remember and feel the curse once more.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 306">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 306</ref>

==History in Spectre of the Black Rose==
Though Soth and Azrael seek to root out the White Rose and her gang of [[rebel]]s, her goals remain largely a [[mystery]] until the later half of the book.

When [[Ganelon]] reaches the [[Lair of the Whispering Beast]], the White Rose reveals the nature of her plans. Those of the Thorns not gone off to quest pour sacks of gathered white and red [[rose]]s into purified [[cauldron]] furnaces in order to shine the [[Krynnish]] [[moon]]s of [[Lunitari]] and [[Solinari]] upon Sithicus such that Soth will face [[judgement]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216</ref> The White Rose offers Ganelon a trade: to heal [[Helain]] of [[madness]] in exchange for the collection and delivery of the red roses they needed for Solinari.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 216-218">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 216-218</ref>

To assist Ganelon, the Whispering Beast gave [[Ganelon's Severed Ear|a severed ear]] from [[The Necklace of Ears|his necklace of severed ears]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 207-208">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 207-208</ref> This allows Ganelon to lead and command the Whispering Beast's wards by speaking into the [[ear]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 233">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 233</ref> Later, [[the Bloody Cobbler]] reveals to Ganelon that Helain's madness has been cured when Solinari rises.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 284">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 284</ref>

The White Rose intervenes in Lord Soth's fight with [[Inza]] during the [[Hour of Screaming Shadows]], revealing her true nature as [[Isolde Denissa|Isolde]], brought there by the [[curse]] she had laid upon Soth centuries ago. Before she could be released from it, Isolde once more had to sting Soth once more and bring him to remember his curse. She presents to Soth a [[ghost]]ly [[Peradur]] once more, and once again he turns away from his child. The shadows fall upon and demolish [[Nedragaard Keep]], essentially repeating the [[disaster]] that destroyed [[Dragaard Keep]] so long before. With this, Soth's memory was restored, and he saw all that acts, both malevolent and benevolent, he had committed during his existence.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 297-299, 301-302, 304-307">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 297-299, 301-302, 304-307</ref>

==Final Whereabouts and True Nature==
In the epilogue of the book, Soth is returned to [[Krynn]]. With his vanishing from the [[Land of Mists]], so too the White Rose, [[the Bloody Cobbler]], and the Whispering Beast also vanished (the latter two being manifestations of Soth's son, Peradur).<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 304-310">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 304-310</ref> Curiously, although Isolde was supposed to be freed from her curse by punishing Soth one last time according to SotBR, Inza's entry in [[Gazetteer IV]] mentions that the White Rose still can be encountered as a benevolent spectral being within the [[ruins]] of Nedregaard Keep.<ref>[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 157</ref>

==Gothic Earth==
[[Gothic Earth]] is home to The Society of the White Rose, an organization of people who have experienced the supernatural and banded together to fight [[Red Death]]. They were founded in the late 1750s, possibly in North America with the help of Benjamin Franklin. Unusually by the standards of the 1890s, they were of multi-ethic composition.

In addition to requiring members be devoted to fighting the Red Death, they required all members be literate in some language, be able to set aside their beliefs and biases for the mission, and work with their team members. Members were expected to obey the local laws, but it was accepted if breaking the law was necessary for the mission. A member could be inducted into the senior membership if they had seasoned judgement, quick wit, impeccable morals, and dedication to the the Society's work and the recommendation of multiple senior members. <ref name="Living Death Campaign Sourcebook p.91-94">Living Death Campaign Sourcebook p.91-94</ref>

{{ref}}

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The White Rose

2020-03-09T06:17:21Z

Agiletek: Added information on The Society of the White Rose

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In the [[Spectre of the Black Rose]] [[novel]], the White Rose is the [[leader]] of [[the Thorns of the White Rose]] [[resistance group]]. Her organization opposed [[Lord Soth]] in ways both conventional ([[bandit]]ry, [[spying]], etc.)<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 60">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 60</ref> and less conventional (the [[transformation]] of [[Sithicus]] through a complicated cryptic series of mystical acts).<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216</ref> In addition to her normal [[humanoid]] followers, she also commanded the obedience of the [[the Whispering Beast]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 208-209">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 208-209</ref>

The White Rose is a [[female]] [[elf]] who knew Lord Soth's origins, which led him to initially think she was [[Kitiara]] reborn in the [[flesh]]<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 99">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 99</ref>. However, this conclusion proved false, as Soth discovered the White Rose's true identity to be the [[spirit]] of his second wife, [[Isolde Denissa]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 298-299">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 298-299</ref>

==On The Nature of the White Rose==
The White Rose described herself and [[the Whispering Beast]] as "[[agent]]s of a [[justice]] [[old]]er than Sithicus, older than even Soth." There purpose was to remind Soth that "such justice reaches even into those places even into those places [[hidden]] from the [[god]]s."<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 214">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 214</ref> [[Dragon Magazine]] calls the Whispering Beast a [[supernatural agent]]<ref name="Land of Spectres p. 68">[[Land of Spectres]], [[Dragon #258]] (April 1999), p. 68</ref>, {{Spec|a label which might probably could be extended to the White Rose herself}}

Although she claims to Ganelon to serve some sort of [[ancient]] force of justice, the White Rose tells Soth that it was her [[curse]] that brought her to Ravenloft to make him remember and feel the curse once more.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 306">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 306</ref>

==History in Spectre of the Black Rose==
Though Soth and Azrael seek to root out the White Rose and her gang of [[rebel]]s, her goals remain largely a [[mystery]] until the later half of the book.

When [[Ganelon]] reaches the [[Lair of the Whispering Beast]], the White Rose reveals the nature of her plans. Those of the Thorns not gone off to quest pour sacks of gathered white and red [[rose]]s into purified [[cauldron]] furnaces in order to shine the [[Krynnish]] [[moon]]s of [[Lunitari]] and [[Solinari]] upon Sithicus such that Soth will face [[judgement]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 215-216</ref> The White Rose offers Ganelon a trade: to heal [[Helain]] of [[madness]] in exchange for the collection and delivery of the red roses they needed for Solinari.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 216-218">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 216-218</ref>

To assist Ganelon, the Whispering Beast gave [[Ganelon's Severed Ear|a severed ear]] from [[The Necklace of Ears|his necklace of severed ears]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 207-208">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 207-208</ref> This allows Ganelon to lead and command the Whispering Beast's wards by speaking into the [[ear]].<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 233">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 233</ref> Later, [[the Bloody Cobbler]] reveals to Ganelon that Helain's madness has been cured when Solinari rises.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 284">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 284</ref>

The White Rose intervenes in Lord Soth's fight with [[Inza]] during the [[Hour of Screaming Shadows]], revealing her true nature as [[Isolde Denissa|Isolde]], brought there by the [[curse]] she had laid upon Soth centuries ago. Before she could be released from it, Isolde once more had to sting Soth once more and bring him to remember his curse. She presents to Soth a [[ghost]]ly [[Peradur]] once more, and once again he turns away from his child. The shadows fall upon and demolish [[Nedragaard Keep]], essentially repeating the [[disaster]] that destroyed [[Dragaard Keep]] so long before. With this, Soth's memory was restored, and he saw all that acts, both malevolent and benevolent, he had committed during his existence.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 297-299, 301-302, 304-307">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 297-299, 301-302, 304-307</ref>

==Final Whereabouts and True Nature==
In the epilogue of the book, Soth is returned to [[Krynn]]. With his vanishing from the [[Land of Mists]], so too the White Rose, [[the Bloody Cobbler]], and the Whispering Beast also vanished (the latter two being manifestations of Soth's son, Peradur).<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 304-310">Spectre of the Black Rose p. 304-310</ref> Curiously, although Isolde was supposed to be freed from her curse by punishing Soth one last time according to SotBR, Inza's entry in [[Gazetteer IV]] mentions that the White Rose still can be encountered as a benevolent spectral being within the [[ruins]] of Nedregaard Keep.<ref>[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 157</ref>

==Gothic Earth==
[[Gothic Earth]] is home to The Society of the White Rose, an organization of people who have experienced the supernatural and banded together to fight [[Red Death]]. They were founded in the late 1750s, possibly in North America with the help of Benjamin Franklin. Unusually by the standards of the 1890s, they were of multi-ethic composition.

In addition to requiring members be devoted to fighting the Red Death, they required all members be literate in some language, be able to set aside their beliefs and biases for the mission, and work with their team members. Members were expected to obey the local laws, but it was accepted if breaking the law was necessary for the mission. A member could be inducted into the senior membership if they had seasoned judgement, quick wit, impeccable morals, and dedication to the the Society's work and the recommendation of multiple senior members. <ref name="Living Death Campaign Sourcebook p.91-94">

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