Mother Night

In Curse of Strahd, Mother Night is a deity of Barovian religion and the nocturnal counterpart to the Morninglord. She is depicted by the Megaliths near Old Bonegrinder to have, along with the Morninglord, dwellled in the mythical Four Cities at the beginning of time. Her presence is said to have manifested the most during the night between dusk and dawn, but most Barovians think her, like the Morninglord, to have forsaken them. "The Devil Strahd" is commonly thought to have been chosen by her as a champion to punish the Barovian people for the sins of their familial progenitors. Thus, Mother Night is mostly venerated today by unnatural monsters and other creatures of the night.

Worshipers

As previously mentioned, a number of creatures of darkness and evil venerate Mother Night:

• Baba Lysaga has been a faithful devotee even before the birth of Strahd. As revenge for exile, Lysaga petitioned, prayed, and sacrificed to Mother Night to strike Queen Ravenovia van Roeyen down with disease. Mother Night finally granted after many years of Lysaga's devotion. Lysaga continues ritual blood sacrifice to this day in the ruins of Berez, to where she wards off both the toll of time to her person and the use of divination magic against her.
• A werewolf pack loyal to Strahd call themselves the Children of Mother Night, for they hold her in deep veneration. Strahd is seen as Mother Night's personal champion, so they hold him in high regard and operate as his agents. The Children have a shrine to Mother Night in the Werewolf Den west of Lake Baratok.