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	[[Nightblood]] is a [[lich]] that resides in [[The Living Crypt (Location)]]<ref name="BoC p.78">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 78</ref>, which is in an unknown location (see below.) As a 20th level [[necromancer]]<ref name="BoC p.81">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 81</ref>, he is one of the most powerful [[spellcaster \| spellcasters]] in the [[Land of Mists]]. He is most notable for the creation of the [[Living Wall \| living wall]] and the spell that creates it.<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>
			[[Nightblood]] is a [[lich]] that resides in [[The Living Crypt (Location)\|The Living Crypt]]<ref name="BoC p.78">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 78</ref>, which is in an unknown location (see below.) As a 20th level [[necromancer]]<ref name="BoC p.81">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 81</ref>, he is one of the most powerful [[spellcaster \| spellcasters]] in the [[Land of Mists]]. He is most notable for the creation of the [[Living Wall \| living wall]] and the spell that creates it.<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	==Other information==		==Other information==

	The location of Nightblood's lair, [[the Living Crypt (Location)]], is presented as being at the DM's discretion, simply inside "a [[catacomb]] beneath the [[land]]s of Ravenloft."<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>		The location of Nightblood's lair, [[the Living Crypt (Location)\|The Living Crypt]], is presented as being at the DM's discretion, simply inside "a [[catacomb]] beneath the [[land]]s of Ravenloft."<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>

	[[Boris]] and [[Itzak]] are currently held as [[prisoners]] by Nightblood.<ref name="BoC p.79">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 79</ref>		[[Boris]] and [[Itzak]] are currently held as [[prisoners]] by Nightblood.<ref name="BoC p.79">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 79</ref>


	==Statistics==		==Statistics==
	male human [[lich]] [[Necromancer]] 20, [[Chaotic Evil]]<ref name="BoC p.81">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 81</ref>		male human [[lich]] [[Necromancer]] 20, [[Chaotic Evil]]<ref name="BoC p.81">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 81</ref>

			==Nightblood on Liffe==
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			According to the [[Circle of Blood]] [[Dread Possibility]], adventurers discovered [[The Living Crypt (Location)\|The Living Crypt]] and defeated Nightblood. Furthermore, they failed to recognize his phylactery, a silver circlet set with four opals. These adventurers claimed the circlet and had it refashioned into four individual pieces of jewelry, each containing one of the opals. Nightblood returned, but just as the circlet has been quartered, so has his arcane power. He now seeks to reunite the pieces of his phylactery, which are now scattered across [[Liffe]], and regain his full strength.<ref name="NSG_p37">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 37</ref>

	==In His Own Words==		==In His Own Words==
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	The anonymous work ''[[Interview with a Lich]]'' purports to record the time spent by its author in the presence of [[Nightblood]]. The work attributes the following discourse, seemingly alluding to a [[Living Wall\|living wall]], to the lich:		The anonymous work ''[[Interview with a Lich]]'' purports to record the time spent by its author in the presence of [[Nightblood]]. The work attributes the following discourse, seemingly alluding to a [[Living Wall\|living wall]], to the lich:
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	[[Nightblood]] is a [[lich]] that resides in [[The Living Crypt]], which is in an unknown location (see below.) As a 20th level [[necromancer]], he is one of the most powerful [[spellcaster \| spellcasters]] in the [[Land of Mists]]. He is most notable for the creation of the [[Living Wall \| living wall]] and the spell that creates it.		[[Nightblood]] is a [[lich]] that resides in [[The Living Crypt (Location)]]<ref name="BoC p.78">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 78</ref>, which is in an unknown location (see below.) As a 20th level [[necromancer]]<ref name="BoC p.81">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 81</ref>, he is one of the most powerful [[spellcaster \| spellcasters]] in the [[Land of Mists]]. He is most notable for the creation of the [[Living Wall \| living wall]] and the spell that creates it.<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==

	Born as [[Kael Norbin]] in [[Toril]], Nightblood's life began as an orphaned [[slave]] to a local [[Red Wizard]], [[Coerwyn]]. Over time, the [[wizard]] began to train Kael in the [[magic \| magical arts]] and eventually Kael gained membership into the Red Wizards himself, as a necromancer.		Born as Kael Norbin in [[Toril]], Nightblood's life began as an orphaned [[slave]] to a local [[Red Wizard]], [[Coerwyn]]. Over time, the [[wizard]] began to train Kael in the [[magic \| magical arts]] and eventually Kael gained membership into the Red Wizards himself, as a [[necromancer]].<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>

	Kael also had a love interest, a peasant girl named [[Shalla]]. Coerwyn considered her a nuisance and impediment to Kael's [[education]] and slew her. When Kael found out, he killed his master.		Kael also had a love interest, a peasant girl named [[Shalla]]. Coerwyn considered her a nuisance and impediment to Kael's [[education]] and slew her. When Kael found out, he killed his master.<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>

	Kael returned to his necromantic studies fervently, in order to find a way to resurrect Shalla. He would abduct other women from the village and killed them to fuel his dark [[experiments]]. Eventually, the populace set itself to the task of hunting him down, and with that Kael performed the [[ritual]] to become a [[lich]], which was successful. At that very moment, the mists rolled in and claimed Nightblood and his [[lair]] for its very own. Over time he forgot his true name, and renamed himself after his actions of abducting and killing.		Kael returned to his necromantic studies fervently, in order to find a way to resurrect Shalla. He would abduct other women from the village and killed them to fuel his dark [[experiments]]. Eventually, the populace set itself to the task of hunting him down, and with that Kael performed the [[ritual]] to become a [[lich]], which was successful. At that very moment, the mists rolled in and claimed Nightblood and his [[lair]] for its very own. Over time he forgot his true name, and renamed himself after his actions of abducting and killing.<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>

	==Current Sketch==		==Current Sketch==
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	Nightblood is more than likely continuing the very same sort of "research" that landed him in the [[Land of Mists]] in the first place. Considering his mastery of [[necromancy]], and as shown with his twisted [[creation]] of the living wall, it could be considered likely that he has modified or created new and terrible [[spells]] and [[magics]].		Nightblood is more than likely continuing the very same sort of "research" that landed him in the [[Land of Mists]] in the first place. Considering his mastery of [[necromancy]], and as shown with his twisted [[creation]] of the living wall, it could be considered likely that he has modified or created new and terrible [[spells]] and [[magics]].

	Despite all the [[evil]] he has committed, he is not a [[darklord]] and may leave his [[lair]], which he rarely does only to procure more victims for his [[experiments]]. It is unknown if he has encountered or communicated with the Land of Mist's more well-known denizens, many of whom he would be could easily best.		Despite all the [[evil]] he has committed, he is not a [[darklord]] and may leave his [[lair]], which he rarely does only to procure more victims for his [[experiments]].<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref> It is unknown if he has encountered or communicated with the Land of Mist's more well-known denizens, many of whom he would be could easily best.

	==Other information==		==Other information==

	The location of Nightblood's lair is presented as being at the DM's discretion.		The location of Nightblood's lair, [[the Living Crypt (Location)]], is presented as being at the DM's discretion, simply inside "a [[catacomb]] beneath the [[land]]s of Ravenloft."<ref name="BoC p.82">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 82</ref>

			[[Boris]] and [[Itzak]] are currently held as [[prisoners]] by Nightblood.<ref name="BoC p.79">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 79</ref>


			==Statistics==
			male human [[lich]] [[Necromancer]] 20, [[Chaotic Evil]]<ref name="BoC p.81">[[Book of Crypts]] p. 81</ref>

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	"There is hardly a man, woman or child who does not know at least one thing worth preserving. Yet they all are to die and rot away, even the children, damning their knowledge to oblivion. No longer. I save them. I guard what they have learnt. They endure within these walls. They are not corpses difficultly unearthed. And they are not hollowed out shells of their former selves. They are at hand. They are possessed of intelligence. And once I have mastered the rite for breaking through their raving [[madness]], few indeed will be the secrets hidden from me. And so it is time. Tell me. Tell me all. And you will serve me in life, enjoying a natural death. Otherwise, I will give you, as I have given your servant, to their grasping hands. I will wed you to them in collective torment til stone becomes sand and perhaps beyond."		"There is hardly a man, woman or child who does not know at least one thing worth preserving. Yet they all are to die and rot away, even the children, damning their knowledge to oblivion. No longer. I save them. I guard what they have learnt. They endure within these walls. They are not corpses difficultly unearthed. And they are not hollowed out shells of their former selves. They are at hand. They are possessed of intelligence. And once I have mastered the rite for breaking through their raving [[madness]], few indeed will be the secrets hidden from me. And so it is time. Tell me. Tell me all. And you will serve me in life, enjoying a natural death. Otherwise, I will give you, as I have given your servant, to their grasping hands. I will wed you to them in collective torment til stone becomes sand and perhaps beyond."

	~~==Statistics==~~		{{ref}}


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	==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==		==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

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