Isabella von Carstein

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Isabella von Carstein

“Isabella von Drak was the only daughter of Otto von Drak, count of Sylvania. In 1797 IC, Otto lay in his death bed and vowed that he would rather see his daughter marry a Daemon of Chaos than let his inheritence fall into the hands of his brother, Leopold. Soon after, a black coach stopped in front of Castle Drakenhof and out stepped a stranger. The stranger, Vlad von Carstein, claims Isabella’s hand and her father, who might have regretted his cursing, could not but oblige. Priest Victor Guttman, who had been called to shrive Otto, immediately married them. Soon after Otto died and Leopold was thrown from the highest tower to his dead, the priest disappeared.
What had started as a marriage of convenience developed into something far more and Isabella soon demanded that Vlad would give her the Blood Kiss. Vlad long resisted her request untill Isabella fell to a fatal wasting illness. When one of the physicians stated her dead -her heart had stopped beating- Vlad denied it and dismissed the man. Three days, Vlad and Isabella locked themselves up inside their room and on the third day, Isabella emerged, alive. Ever afterwards, she was pale and wan and only seen outdoors by night. Vlad could not stand the prospect of a life without her and had eventually given her the gift of undeath.

In the years to come as Vlad and Isabella ruled Sylvania and in the ensuing Wars of the Vampire Counts, Isabella was Vlad’s confidante and the only person whose advice he valued and trusted. She was also the one who could temper her husbands fits of rage.

When Vlad eventually died at the siege of Altdorf in 2051 IC, Isabella was taken by grief and threw herself on a wooden stake after which she crumbled to dust in front of Ludwig, the Count of Altdorf.”

She is part of Games Workshop’s Vampire Counts Army. Her full bloody history is told in the novels, Inheritance, Dominion and Retribution all by Steven Savile

Underdark Frontier Encounter List

Underdark Frontier Encounter List

Possible list of encounters in the Frontier areas of the Underdark. Frontier areas are lightly settled tunnels or caves, but communities are small and far apart, usually separated by miles of tunnels. Occasional larger forts maybe present to give warning to larger settlements in the distance.

Abishai, black
Ankheg
Baphotaur
Bat, deep
Baneguard
Beholder, gauth
Bodak
Bugbear band (hunters, scouts, family group)
Chitine hunters
Cildabrin
Cloaker
Cockroach, giant
Desmodu
Dire corbie
Dragon, juvenile deep
Dragon, juvenile copper
Dragon, young adult black
Dragon, young red
Dragonkin
Drow scouts
Duergar marauders, scouts, hunting party, miners
Earth Glider
Ettin
Foulwing
Ghaunadan
Giant, phaerlin
Giant, stone
Gloura
Goblin war party
Grick
Grimlock hunters
Gray render
Hound of the gloom
Lamia
Lurker
Lurking strangler
Medusa
Metalmaster
Mind flayer
Mindshredder larva
Mohrg
Nifern
Nycter
Ooze, black pudding
Otyugh
Phaerlock
Psurlon, average
Raggamoffyn, shrapnyl
Reason stealer
Roper
Roper, prismatic
Scorpion, giant whip
Skindancer
Slaad, red
Spellgaunt
Spider, harpoon
Spider, Large monstrous
Spider, giant sun
Spider, giant whip
Spider, shadow
Spider, subterranean
Stonesinger
Susurrus
Svirfneblin patrol
Swarm, bat
Swarm, swamp strider (near lakes, rivers, and other wet/swampy areas)
Troglodyte war party
Troll
Troll, cave
Umber hulk
Vampire spawn
Vermin lord
Wererat troupe
Wraith
Xorn, average

Underdark: Settled Area Encounters

Underdark: Settled Area Encounters

Settled Underdark areas would be a large cavern with a city or several small villages. It could be on the edge of a larger city or fortress and maybe heavily patrolled. Most likely the lesser creatures and undead will be Illithid or Drow slave parties, sometimes accompanied by one or two of that race to control them.

Allip
Boggle
Baneguard (Undead)
Baphitaur
Barghest
Basilisk
Beholder, gauth
Bugbear
Carrion crawler
Centipede, Large monstrous
Chitine
Cildabrin
Darkmantle
Derro
Dire Corbie
Dragon, juvenile black
Dragon, young deep
Drow scouts
Duergar
Fungus, violet
Gargoyle
Ghast
Ghoul
Gibberling
Grick
Hell hound
Howler
Ibrandulin
Illithid (Mind Flayers)
Lith
Meazel
Minotaur
Phaerlock
Quaggoth
Roper
Rothe, deep
Shadow
Spawn of Kyuss
Spider, Large monstrous
Swarm, bat
Troglodyte
Troll
Troll, cave
Umber hulk
Vampire spawn
Vargouille
Vermin lord
Wererat troupe
Wight
Winter wolf
Wraith
Wyste
Xorn, minor
Zombie, medium