Elena is the Darklord of Nidala, Ebonbane is the Darklord of Shadowborn Manor (and, in some weird way, of the Phantasmal Forest, which from my understanding is peppered with the pseudo-pocket Domains of those Ebonbane corrupted linked to Kateri Shadowborn, which would IMO make them demilords like in Liffe of the Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer, but likely subservient to Ebonbane if he ever managed to escape).
And yes, but I'll likely keep him a fiend, it has to do with his expanded backstory I'm working on. It has precedent, as 2 of the Elder Evils in the book of the same name are fiends despite their cosmic horror nature (Zargon is an Ancient Baatorian while Sertrous is an Obyrith). He may not get a reality wrinkle though since some fiends like rakshasas and night hags don't have one. A non-imprisoned CR40 supernatural horror can probably batten down the Mists' and/or Dark Powers' barriers without one methinks.
Yep, and the rest of your post is spot-on too. I'll be using that lore as the basis for my treatment of the Shadowlands, though there is one BIG change in store for them...Mephisto of the FoS wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:14 am Elena Fainthold is Darklord of Nidala
Ebonbane is Darklord of Shadowborn Manor
Morgoroth is Darklord of Avonleigh
...And it'll definitely be a strongly-suggested campaign idea to stop them from freeing themselves given how catastrophic that would be for both the demiplane and beyond (ESPECIALLY Gwydion, whose aims would be cataclysmic for the very cosmology of the D&D multiverse); the machinations/attempts at freedom of fiends will definitively figure a lot in my timeline, including among others a Gentleman, a Duke, a Beast... and one with a book of contracts.Wolfglide of the Fraternity wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:58 am [That is my understanding of it as well. With Ebonbane sealed in a sword (or sealed in Alexei Shadowborn inside a crystal casket, depending on the point in time and whether or not I remembered that correctly) and Gwydion sealed in the Obsidian Gate, they can be bound to their domains (and their repeated failures to escape their prisons are part of their torment). If either slipped their bonds, they could perhaps make their own way out (probably doing quite a bit of damage in the process, in Gwydion's case), as they are such powerful and unique fiends.