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	==In [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]]==		==In [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]]==
	In the [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] version of [[Castle Ravenloft]], Aurica Saint Markovia is one of the [[deceased]] persons [[buried]] in the [[crypt]]s below the castle. Only [[Saint Markovia's Thighbone]] remains of ~~his~~ [[corpse]] and [[regalia]].<ref name="EtCR p. 119">[[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] p. 119</ref>		In the [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] version of [[Castle Ravenloft]], Aurica Saint Markovia is one of the [[deceased]] persons [[buried]] in the [[crypt]]s below the castle. Only [[Saint Markovia's Thighbone]] remains of her [[corpse]] and [[regalia]].<ref name="EtCR p. 119">[[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] p. 119</ref>

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	==In [[Curse of Strahd]]==		==In [[Curse of Strahd]]==
	Much of Saint Markovia's background mirrors in [[Curse of Strahd]] that related to her story from Expedition to Castle Ravenloft, particularly in relation to Saint Markovia's Thighbone. In CoS, she was a [[priestess]] of [[the Morninglord]].<ref>[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 222-223</ref> In addition, she left behind a group of followers that survived her death at [[The Abbey of Saint Markovia]]. However after her death, her followers closed off the abbey from the outside world and became [[corrupted]] only partially due to the influence of Strahd. Over time their number dwindled away to nothing, and the abbey became [[abandoned]] until [[the ~~Abbbot~~\|a new mysterious figure]] came to the abbey decades later.<ref>CoS p. 143</ref>		Much of Saint Markovia's background mirrors in [[Curse of Strahd]] that related to her story from Expedition to Castle Ravenloft, particularly in relation to Saint Markovia's Thighbone. In CoS, she was a [[priestess]] of [[the Morninglord]].<ref>[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 222-223</ref> In addition, she left behind a group of followers that survived her death at [[The Abbey of Saint Markovia]]. However after her death, her followers closed off the abbey from the outside world and became [[corrupted]] only partially due to the influence of Strahd. Over time their number dwindled away to nothing, and the abbey became [[abandoned]] until [[the Abbot\|a new mysterious figure]] came to the abbey decades later.<ref>CoS p. 143</ref>

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	==In [[Curse of Strahd]]==		==In [[Curse of Strahd]]==
	Much of Saint Markovia's background mirrors in [[Curse of Strahd]] that related to her story from Expedition to Castle Ravenloft, particularly in relation to Saint Markovia's Thighbone. In CoS, she was a [[priestess]] of [[the Morninglord]].<ref>[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 222-223</ref>		Much of Saint Markovia's background mirrors in [[Curse of Strahd]] that related to her story from Expedition to Castle Ravenloft, particularly in relation to Saint Markovia's Thighbone. In CoS, she was a [[priestess]] of [[the Morninglord]].<ref>[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 222-223</ref> In addition, she left behind a group of followers that survived her death at [[The Abbey of Saint Markovia]]. However after her death, her followers closed off the abbey from the outside world and became [[corrupted]] only partially due to the influence of Strahd. Over time their number dwindled away to nothing, and the abbey became [[abandoned]] until [[the Abbbot\|a new mysterious figure]] came to the abbey decades later.<ref>CoS p. 143</ref>

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	In the [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] version of [[Castle Ravenloft]], Aurica Saint Markovia is one of the [[deceased]] persons [[buried]] in the [[crypt]]s below the castle. Only [[Saint Markovia's Thighbone]] remains of his [[corpse]] and [[regalia]].<ref>p. 119</ref>		Though not mentioned in any Ravenloft campaign setting products of the main [[2nd Edition]] or [[Third Edition]] product line, Saint Markovia is a figure mentioned in the background of the standalone 3rd Edition reboot of [[I6]] known as [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] as well as the [[5th Edition]] module [[Curse of Strahd]]. In both modules, she is associated with [[Saint Markovia's Thighbone]].

			==In [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]]==
			In the [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] version of [[Castle Ravenloft]], Aurica Saint Markovia is one of the [[deceased]] persons [[buried]] in the [[crypt]]s below the castle. Only [[Saint Markovia's Thighbone]] remains of his [[corpse]] and [[regalia]].<ref name="EtCR p. 119">[[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] p. 119</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Saint Markovia was a local [[priest]] said to be untouchable by [[evil]], but she eventually [[disappeared]] regardless.<ref>p. 119</ref>		Saint Markovia was a local [[priest]] said to be untouchable by [[evil]], but she eventually [[disappeared]] regardless.<ref name="EtCR p. 119">[[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] p. 119</ref> The fame brought by her evangelism and good deeds won her the ire of [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]]. She met her doom inside [[Castle Ravenloft]] trying to undo his [[evil]] following an attack of [[vampire spawn]] upon her church. Her innate goodness seeped into her thighbone following her death, causing it to become a powerful weapon against the [[undead]] and [[vampire]]s. Her remains were [[entombed]] in the catacombs beneath the castle<ref>EtCR p. 216</ref>

			==In [[Curse of Strahd]]==
			Much of Saint Markovia's background mirrors in [[Curse of Strahd]] that related to her story from Expedition to Castle Ravenloft, particularly in relation to Saint Markovia's Thighbone. In CoS, she was a [[priestess]] of [[the Morninglord]].<ref>[[Curse of Strahd]] p. 222-223</ref>

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In the [[Expedition to Castle Ravenloft]] version of [[Castle Ravenloft]], Aurica Saint Markovia is one of the [[deceased]] persons [[buried]] in the [[crypt]]s below the castle. Only [[Saint Markovia's Thighbone]] remains of his [[corpse]] and [[regalia]].<ref>p. 119</ref>

==History==
Saint Markovia was a local [[priest]] said to be untouchable by [[evil]], but she eventually [[disappeared]] regardless.<ref>p. 119</ref>

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