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What is a Fiend?

A fiend is evil, given substance, form and intelligence. This usually happens either when an otherworldly force of evil is summoned from the lower planes by a mortal, or when folkloric evil is shaped into reality by the thoughts and beliefs of generations. Examples of the former are creatures like the baatezu and tanar'ri, creatures formed from the souls of the damned over millennia and released by summoning rituals or transposition. The latter include fey-like evil such as the Straw God or White Fiend.

"Celebrated" Fiends

• The Devil Strahd who is actually not a fiend and the moniker is probably a metaphor as used by the vast majority of Barovians.

• The Black Duke thanks to The Beast of Ehrendton, his cult, and the destruction of the village of Drataan in Nova Vaasa is the most "celebrated" of actual fiends.

• Malocchio Aderre although he is known as such by few.

• The Whistling Fiend who destroyed the villages of Creeana in Darkon and Chiara in Borca.

Fiendish Philosophy

• The Madrigorian

Fiendish Cults

• The Brotherhood of the Whip
• Cult of Suppurration
• Lustmorde

Fiend Callers

• Azalin called both Styrix and, while still as a child, a demon that took the life of his brother.
• Brother Micah called the Black Duke and was destroyed for his trouble.
• Strahd called Inajira and sold him his soul in exchange for aid againt the Terg.
• Yagno Petrovna called Malistroi. [Research this, not exact]

Possession and Transposition

Fiend Hunters

The Monster Hunter prestige class includes an option to specialise in the hunting of fiends.

• Davvyd hunted Drigor with Dr. Rudolph van Richten and was killed for his trouble.

• Isolde hunts the Gentleman Caller.

• Josef Zhitoff hunts the Bad Wind.

• Ottelie Farringer hunted Drigor with Dr. Rudolph van Richten and was killed for her trouble.

• Samuel hunted Drigor with Dr. Rudolph van Richten and was killed for his trouble.

• "S" has become an unwitting hunter of fiends in the service of Azalin, who is seeking the children of the Gentleman Caller.

• Sir Armand Ironhand penned the The Beast of Ehrendton, having unwittingly and disastrously hunted its protagonist, the Black Duke.

• Dr. Rudolph van Richten published Van Richten's Guide to Demons in 741 BC and has hunted Drigor.

Fiend Hunting

Spells

• Dark Sentinels

• Mystick Cage

References

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Ravenloft Third Edition Van Richten's Guide to the Fiends
		Ravenloft Third Edition - p196
		Ravenloft Third Edition - pp195-199 Van Richten's Guide to the Fiends - throughout
		Ravenloft Third Edition - pp195-199 Van Richten's Guide to the Fiends - throughout
		demon devil