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	==In [[4th Edition]]==		==In [[4th Edition]]==
	In the [[4th Edition]] [[Dragon Magazine]] article [[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], the Headless Horseman is not a [[darklord]] but more a manifestation of a [[domain]] itself. The Headless Horseman wanders [[the Endless Road]] looking for ~~pray~~ and killing them as per standard Horseman behavior. It has effectively [[trapped]] the domain's true darklord, [[Eli van Hassen]], in the [[van Hassen Estates]] that are [[warded]] against the Horseman. The Horseman rides upon [[Spitfire]]<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>		In the [[4th Edition]] [[Dragon Magazine]] article [[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], the Headless Horseman is not a [[darklord]] but more a manifestation of a [[domain]] itself. The Headless Horseman wanders [[the Endless Road]] looking for prey and killing them as per standard Horseman behavior.
			It has effectively [[trapped]] the domain's true darklord, [[Eli van Hassen]], in the [[van Hassen Estates]] that are [[warded]] against the Horseman. The Horseman rides upon [[Spitfire]]<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>

	[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]] also provides the Headless Horseman with a background. In life, he was a [[mysterious]] [[hero]] known only as [[the Horseman]]. He eliminated a [[Hydra of Tranquility\|hydra]], earning the gratitude of the public and the love of [[Talitha van Hassen]], Eli's [[daughter]]. As the Horseman overstayed his welcome, Eli van Hassen brought him to trial for the supposed [[rape]] of his daughter. Under pressure from Eli, Talitha bore [[false witness]] against her (now former) lover, the Horseman. The Horseman was summarily [[executed]] by [[decapitation]]. A week later [[the Mists]] enveloped the town, taking with it when it dispersed the van Hassen's and their [[servant]]s. Overnight, the people had heard the sounds of galloping hooves, and in the morning the peasantry found their [[crop]] fields flattened.<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>		[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]] also provides the Headless Horseman with a background. In life, he was a [[mysterious]] [[hero]] known only as [[the Horseman]]. He eliminated a [[Hydra of Tranquility\|hydra]], earning the gratitude of the public and the love of [[Talitha van Hassen]], Eli's [[daughter]]. As the Horseman overstayed his welcome, Eli van Hassen brought him to trial for the supposed [[rape]] of his daughter. Under pressure from Eli, Talitha bore [[false witness]] against her (now former) lover, the Horseman. The Horseman was summarily [[executed]] by [[decapitation]]. A week later [[the Mists]] enveloped the town, taking with it when it dispersed the van Hassen's and their [[servant]]s. Overnight, the people had heard the sounds of galloping hooves, and in the morning the peasantry found their [[crop]] fields flattened.<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>
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	==The First and the Last to Follow==		==The First and the Last to Follow==
	Just because the Headless Horseman has passed does not mean the danger is over. [[The First to Follow]], a mob of [[reanimated]] [[head]]s of the Horseman's past victims, usually swarm the survivors of the Horseman's attacks en masse.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.45</ref> The truly unfortunate survivors of this second wave have to face a third wave of attacks from [[The Last to Follow]]. The Last to Follow is a group of flying reanimated [[head]]s but instead of normal [[humanoid]] heads, they are the heads of [[medusa]]e and [[maedar]].<ref name="Darklords p. 44">[[Darklords]] p.46</ref>		Just because the Headless Horseman has passed does not mean the danger is over. [[The First to Follow]], a mob of [[reanimated]] [[head]]s of the Horseman's past victims, usually swarm the survivors of the Horseman's attacks en masse.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.45</ref> The truly unfortunate survivors of this second wave have to face a third wave of attacks from [[The Last to Follow]]. The Last to Follow is a group of flying reanimated [[head]]s but instead of normal [[humanoid]] heads, they are the heads of [[medusa]]e and [[maedar]].<ref name="Darklords p. 46">[[Darklords]] p.46</ref>

	==Activities During the Grand Conjunction==		==Activities During the Grand Conjunction==

The Lesser Evil: /* Overview */

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Overview

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	The darklord of the [[Winding Road]]. He seeks his lost [[head]] (see: [[Headless Horseman's Head]]). The Headless Horseman is a [[legend]]ary figure throughout [[the Core]] and beyond, with an endless number of possible local variant origin stories.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.42</ref>		The darklord of the [[Winding Road]]. He seeks his lost [[head]] (see: [[Headless Horseman's Head]]). The Headless Horseman is a [[legend]]ary figure throughout [[the Core]] and beyond, with an endless number of possible local variant origin stories.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.42</ref>

	The Headless Horseman carries a wicked [[The Headless Horseman's Sickle\|sickle]] that can cleave a person's head off with any clean blow. He is not inhibited by most [[spell]]s that impede movement, and he is unaffected by turning.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.43</ref> The Horseman's fearsome activities have not gone unnoticed, as he is a subject of fear spoken of in [[ghost stories]] in at least the [[domain]] of [[Borca]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer IV]], p.14</ref>There, he is said to have been a [[victim]] of [[Lady Ivana Boritsi]]'s dangerous whims, a [[bard]] that failed to provide her with amusement. Unusually, Ivana did [[poison]] him, but instead ordered his [[decapitation]], due to the crescent shape of the [[moon]]. Elsewhere in [[Falkovnia]], legend has it the Horseman felt to the [[Talons]], whereas in [[Barovia]] he was said to have taken his own life before [[Strahd]]'s minions could get to him.<ref name="Darklords p. 44">[[Darklords]] p.44</ref>		The Headless Horseman carries a wicked [[The Headless Horseman's Sickle\|sickle]] that can cleave a person's head off with any clean blow. He is not inhibited by most [[spell]]s that impede movement, and he is unaffected by turning.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.43</ref> The Horseman's fearsome activities have not gone unnoticed, as he is a subject of fear spoken of in [[ghost stories]] in at least the [[domain]] of [[Borca]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer IV]], p.14</ref>There, he is said to have been a [[victim]] of [[Lady Ivana Boritsi]]'s dangerous whims, a [[bard]] that failed to provide her with amusement. Unusually, Ivana did not [[poison]] him, but instead ordered his [[decapitation]], due to the crescent shape of the [[moon]]. Elsewhere in [[Falkovnia]], legend has it the Horseman felt to the [[Talons]], whereas in [[Barovia]] he was said to have taken his own life before [[Strahd]]'s minions could get to him.<ref name="Darklords p. 44">[[Darklords]] p.44</ref>

	==The First and the Last to Follow==		==The First and the Last to Follow==

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	The darklord of the [[Winding Road]]. He seeks his lost [[head]] (see: [[Headless Horseman's Head]]). The Headless Horseman is a [[legend]]ary figure throughout [[the Core]] and beyond, with an endless number of possible local variant origin stories.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.42</ref>		The darklord of the [[Winding Road]]. He seeks his lost [[head]] (see: [[Headless Horseman's Head]]). The Headless Horseman is a [[legend]]ary figure throughout [[the Core]] and beyond, with an endless number of possible local variant origin stories.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.42</ref>

	The Headless Horseman carries a wicked [[The Headless Horseman's Sickle\|sickle]] that can cleave a person's head off with any clean blow. He is not inhibited by most [[spell]]s that impede movement, and he is unaffected by turning.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.43</ref> The Horseman's fearsome activities have not gone unnoticed, as he is a subject of fear spoken of in [[ghost stories]] in at least the [[domain]] of [[Borca]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer IV]], p.14</ref>		The Headless Horseman carries a wicked [[The Headless Horseman's Sickle\|sickle]] that can cleave a person's head off with any clean blow. He is not inhibited by most [[spell]]s that impede movement, and he is unaffected by turning.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.43</ref> The Horseman's fearsome activities have not gone unnoticed, as he is a subject of fear spoken of in [[ghost stories]] in at least the [[domain]] of [[Borca]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer IV]], p.14</ref>There, he is said to have been a [[victim]] of [[Lady Ivana Boritsi]]'s dangerous whims, a [[bard]] that failed to provide her with amusement. Unusually, Ivana did [[poison]] him, but instead ordered his [[decapitation]], due to the crescent shape of the [[moon]]. Elsewhere in [[Falkovnia]], legend has it the Horseman felt to the [[Talons]], whereas in [[Barovia]] he was said to have taken his own life before [[Strahd]]'s minions could get to him.<ref name="Darklords p. 44">[[Darklords]] p.44</ref>

	==The First and the Last to Follow==		==The First and the Last to Follow==
	Just because the Headless Horseman has passed does not mean the danger is over. [[The First to Follow]], a mob of [[reanimated]] [[head]]s of the Horseman's past victims, usually swarm the survivors of the Horseman's attacks en masse.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.43</ref> The truly unfortunate survivors of this second wave have to face a third wave of attacks from [[The Last to Follow]]. The Last to Follow is a group of flying reanimated [[head]]s but instead of normal [[humanoid]] heads, they are the heads of [[medusa]]e and [[maedar]].<ref>[[Darklords]] p.44</ref>		Just because the Headless Horseman has passed does not mean the danger is over. [[The First to Follow]], a mob of [[reanimated]] [[head]]s of the Horseman's past victims, usually swarm the survivors of the Horseman's attacks en masse.<ref>[[Darklords]] p.45</ref> The truly unfortunate survivors of this second wave have to face a third wave of attacks from [[The Last to Follow]]. The Last to Follow is a group of flying reanimated [[head]]s but instead of normal [[humanoid]] heads, they are the heads of [[medusa]]e and [[maedar]].<ref name="Darklords p. 44">[[Darklords]] p.46</ref>

	==Activities During the Grand Conjunction==		==Activities During the Grand Conjunction==

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	==Activities During the Grand Conjunction==		==Activities During the Grand Conjunction==
	The Headless Horseman played a strange and anomalous role in the [[Grand Conjunction]]. Apparently serving the interests of [[Azalin]], the Horseman began riding around causing havoc in order to lure out a group of [[hero]]es who would ultimately be used by [[Azalin]] to manipulate [[Hyskosa's Hexad]]. The heroes were directed to fight the Horseman by [[Soldani]], where they were ultimately defeated and [[decapitated]], and their heads delivered to [[Azalin]] through unknown means.		The Headless Horseman played a strange and anomalous role in the [[Grand Conjunction]]. Apparently serving the interests of [[Azalin]], the Horseman began riding around causing havoc in order to lure out a group of [[hero]]es who would ultimately be used by [[Azalin]] to manipulate [[Hyskosa's Hexad]]. The heroes were directed to fight the Horseman by [[Soldani]], where they were ultimately defeated and [[decapitated]], and their heads delivered to [[Azalin]] through unknown means.<ref>[[From the Shadows]] p. 5-9</ref>

	As out of character as it is for the [[bogeyman]]-like Headless Horseman to seemingly work for another [[darklord]]'s benefit, this was not the only anomaly. Instead of the usual [[Last to Follow]], the final wave of the Horseman's barrage was a group of bounding [[beholder]]s that finished off the last of the survivors of the Horseman's attack.<ref>[[From the Shadows]] p.8</ref>		As out of character as it is for the [[bogeyman]]-like Headless Horseman to seemingly work for another [[darklord]]'s benefit, this was not the only anomaly. Instead of the usual [[Last to Follow]], the final wave of the Horseman's barrage was a group of bounding [[beholder]]s that finished off the last of the survivors of the Horseman's attack.<ref>[[From the Shadows]] p.8</ref>

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The Lesser Evil: /* In 4th Edition */

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In 4th Edition

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	In the [[4th Edition]] [[Dragon Magazine]] article [[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], the Headless Horseman is not a [[darklord]] but more a manifestation of a [[domain]] itself. The Headless Horseman wanders [[the Endless Road]] looking for pray and killing them as per standard Horseman behavior. It has effectively [[trapped]] the domain's true darklord, [[Eli van Hassen]], in the [[van Hassen Estates]] that are [[warded]] against the Horseman. The Horseman rides upon [[Spitfire]]<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>		In the [[4th Edition]] [[Dragon Magazine]] article [[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], the Headless Horseman is not a [[darklord]] but more a manifestation of a [[domain]] itself. The Headless Horseman wanders [[the Endless Road]] looking for pray and killing them as per standard Horseman behavior. It has effectively [[trapped]] the domain's true darklord, [[Eli van Hassen]], in the [[van Hassen Estates]] that are [[warded]] against the Horseman. The Horseman rides upon [[Spitfire]]<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>

	[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]] also provides the Headless Horseman with a background. In life, he was a [[mysterious]] [[hero]] known only as [[the Horseman]]. He eliminated a [[Hydra of Tranquility/]hydra]], earning the gratitude of the public and the love of [[Talitha van Hassen]], Eli's [[daughter]]. As the Horseman overstayed his welcome, Eli van Hassen brought him to trial for the supposed [[rape]] of his daughter. Under pressure from Eli, Talitha bore [[false witness]] against her (now former) lover, the Horseman. The Horseman was summarily [[executed]] by [[decapitation]]. A week later [[the Mists]] enveloped the town, taking with it when it dispersed the van Hassen's and their [[servant]]s. Overnight, the people had heard the sounds of galloping hooves, and in the morning the peasantry found their [[crop]] fields flattened.<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>		[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]] also provides the Headless Horseman with a background. In life, he was a [[mysterious]] [[hero]] known only as [[the Horseman]]. He eliminated a [[Hydra of Tranquility\|hydra]], earning the gratitude of the public and the love of [[Talitha van Hassen]], Eli's [[daughter]]. As the Horseman overstayed his welcome, Eli van Hassen brought him to trial for the supposed [[rape]] of his daughter. Under pressure from Eli, Talitha bore [[false witness]] against her (now former) lover, the Horseman. The Horseman was summarily [[executed]] by [[decapitation]]. A week later [[the Mists]] enveloped the town, taking with it when it dispersed the van Hassen's and their [[servant]]s. Overnight, the people had heard the sounds of galloping hooves, and in the morning the peasantry found their [[crop]] fields flattened.<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>

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	==In [[4th Edition]]==		==In [[4th Edition]]==
	In the [[4th Edition]] [[Dragon Magazine]] article [[Domains of Dread: , the Headless Horseman is not a [[darklord]] but more a manifestation of a [[domain]] itself. The Headless Horseman wanders [[the Endless Road]] looking for pray and killing them as per standard Horseman behavior. It has effectively [[trapped]] the domain's true darklord, [[Eli van Hassen]], in the [[van Hassen Estates]] that are [[warded]] against the Horseman. The Horseman rides upon [[Spitfire]]<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>		In the [[4th Edition]] [[Dragon Magazine]] article [[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], the Headless Horseman is not a [[darklord]] but more a manifestation of a [[domain]] itself. The Headless Horseman wanders [[the Endless Road]] looking for pray and killing them as per standard Horseman behavior. It has effectively [[trapped]] the domain's true darklord, [[Eli van Hassen]], in the [[van Hassen Estates]] that are [[warded]] against the Horseman. The Horseman rides upon [[Spitfire]]<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>

	[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]] also provides the Headless Horseman with a background. In life, he was a [[mysterious]] [[hero]] known only as [[the Horseman]]. He eliminated a [[Hydra of Tranquility/]hydra]], earning the gratitude of the public and the love of [[Talitha van Hassen]], Eli's [[daughter]]. As the Horseman overstayed his welcome, Eli van Hassen brought him to trial for the supposed [[rape]] of his daughter. Under pressure from Eli, Talitha bore [[false witness]] against her (now former) lover, the Horseman. The Horseman was summarily [[executed]] by [[decapitation]]. A week later [[the Mists]] enveloped the town, taking with it when it dispersed the van Hassen's and their [[servant]]s. Overnight, the people had heard the sounds of galloping hooves, and in the morning the peasantry found their [[crop]] fields flattened.<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>		[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]] also provides the Headless Horseman with a background. In life, he was a [[mysterious]] [[hero]] known only as [[the Horseman]]. He eliminated a [[Hydra of Tranquility/]hydra]], earning the gratitude of the public and the love of [[Talitha van Hassen]], Eli's [[daughter]]. As the Horseman overstayed his welcome, Eli van Hassen brought him to trial for the supposed [[rape]] of his daughter. Under pressure from Eli, Talitha bore [[false witness]] against her (now former) lover, the Horseman. The Horseman was summarily [[executed]] by [[decapitation]]. A week later [[the Mists]] enveloped the town, taking with it when it dispersed the van Hassen's and their [[servant]]s. Overnight, the people had heard the sounds of galloping hooves, and in the morning the peasantry found their [[crop]] fields flattened.<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>

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	==In [[Tales of Ravenloft]]==		==In [[Tales of Ravenloft]]==
	The Headless Horseman appears in the [[Tales of Ravenloft]] [[short story]] [[Tales of Ravenloft:The Freak\|The Freak]], where the Horseman doggedly pursues the [[disfigured]] [[hermit]] known as [[Anatole the Freak]] while at the same time seemingly acting as the poor soul's [[guardian]].<ref>[[Tales of Ravenloft:The Freak]] p. 222-250</ref>		The Headless Horseman appears in the [[Tales of Ravenloft]] [[short story]] [[Tales of Ravenloft:The Freak\|The Freak]], where the Horseman doggedly pursues the [[disfigured]] [[hermit]] known as [[Anatole the Freak]] while at the same time seemingly acting as the poor soul's [[guardian]].<ref>[[Tales of Ravenloft:The Freak]] p. 222-250</ref>

			==In [[4th Edition]]==
			In the [[4th Edition]] [[Dragon Magazine]] article [[Domains of Dread: , the Headless Horseman is not a [[darklord]] but more a manifestation of a [[domain]] itself. The Headless Horseman wanders [[the Endless Road]] looking for pray and killing them as per standard Horseman behavior. It has effectively [[trapped]] the domain's true darklord, [[Eli van Hassen]], in the [[van Hassen Estates]] that are [[warded]] against the Horseman. The Horseman rides upon [[Spitfire]]<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>

			[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]] also provides the Headless Horseman with a background. In life, he was a [[mysterious]] [[hero]] known only as [[the Horseman]]. He eliminated a [[Hydra of Tranquility/]hydra]], earning the gratitude of the public and the love of [[Talitha van Hassen]], Eli's [[daughter]]. As the Horseman overstayed his welcome, Eli van Hassen brought him to trial for the supposed [[rape]] of his daughter. Under pressure from Eli, Talitha bore [[false witness]] against her (now former) lover, the Horseman. The Horseman was summarily [[executed]] by [[decapitation]]. A week later [[the Mists]] enveloped the town, taking with it when it dispersed the van Hassen's and their [[servant]]s. Overnight, the people had heard the sounds of galloping hooves, and in the morning the peasantry found their [[crop]] fields flattened.<ref name="Endless Road">[[Domains of Dread: The Endless Road]], [[Dungeon Magazine]] #174</ref>


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