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A Mistway is a type of path, usually located close to a [[domain]]'s border, leading through a bank of [[Ravenloft]]'s [[mists]], that may or may not deposit the traveller where he was expecting to go. Mistways vary in reliability to requiring a specific trigger to activate. Mistways can lead to literally anywhere, even providing an escape from the Demiplane itself (which, of course, is exceedingly rare.)  A traveler making use of a mistway located in icy reaches of [[Vorostokov]] may find themselves, moments later, in the searing desert domain of [[Har'Akir]].

Traveling a mistway is not as dangerous as just blindly entering the mists, but it's not entirely safe, either.  Only the [[Vistani]] and [[Mist Ferryman|Mist Ferrymen]] can expect to reach the desired destination at the other end of the mistway.

Several Mistways have been identified by the denizens of the Demiplane, however given their shaky reliability, only the more brave, foolhardy, or exceptionally desperate will make use of them.

==Types of Mistways==

'''Permanent Mistways:'''  A good number of these mistways have been discovered and documented by explorers, and their reliability ranges from reasonable to dangerously unreliable.  Below is a listing of know, and oft-used Mistways.

'''Temporal Mistways''' These mistways are triggered by seasonal, astronomical, and time-based events. Some may only operate in the summer, or some may operate only during an eclipse, etc etc.

'''Conditional Mistways''' Mistways that are triggered by entirely random events. A mistway may only operate for the undead, or a mistway may only open for someone who has never failed a [[powers check]], for example.

'''Ritual Mistways''' These are always triggered by some evil act, and the more atrocious the act, the better of a chance the mistway will open and operate correctly. Considering the nature of these horrible paths, some are simply one-way trips to a [[pocket domain]] awaiting a new evil master.

==Known Permanent Mistways==

'''The Bleak Road:  Southern [[Barovia]] to [[Vorostokov]]''' 

2-way, poor reliability.


'''The Emerald Stream: Northern [[Sea of Sorrows]] to eastern [[Sri Raji]]''' 

2-way, moderate reliability.


'''The Heretic's Egress: Southwestern [[G'henna]] to North-central [[Darkon]]''' 

2-way, moderate reliability.


'''The Jackal's Ruse: East-Central Nocturnal Sea to Western Har'Akir'''  

1-way, moderate reliability. 


'''Leviathan's Clutches: West-Central Sea of Sorrows to Western [[Saragoss]]''' 

1-way, excellent reliability.


'''Outlander's Gate:  [[Prime Material Plane]] to Southern Barovia'''  

Poor reliability, one way. Serves only to draw outsiders to the Demiplane.


'''The Path of Innocence: Southern [[Valachan]] to Northern [[Odiare]]'''  

One-way, Poor reliability.


'''The Road of a Thousand Secrets: Southern [[Hazlan]] to Southeastern [[Pharazia]]'''  

Two-way, moderate reliability


'''The Serpent's Coils: Eastern [[Nova Vaasa]] to Central [[Zherisia]]''' 

Two-way, moderate reliability.


'''The Shrouded Way: Northwestern Darkon to Southern [[Paridon]]''' 

Two-way, moderate reliability.


'''Via Corona: Northwestern Darkon to Eastern [[Nidala]]''' 

Two-way, moderate reliability.


'''The Wake of the Loa: Northwestern Nocturnal Sea to Northern [[Souragne]]''' 

Two-way, moderate reliability.


'''The Way of Venomous Tears: Southwestern Sea of Sorrows to Northeastern [[Rokushima Taiyoo]]''' 

Two-way, poor reliability.

==Known Temporal Mistways==

'''Mount Frost (Rokushima Taiyoo) to City of [[Anhalla]] in Sebua'''

Possibly 2-way, requires a snowstorm to exist in Rokushima Taiyoo at the same time of a sandstorm in Sebua

==Known Ritual Mistways==

'''Oak of Screams: Invidia to Unknown destination'''

One-way, requires the heart of an innocent during the full moon to operate.

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