![]() ![]() Under his armor, he is a corpse of some sort, with very dark gray to almost black skin, when he pulls off one of his gauntlets, and also when he was able to take off his helmet and drink the water from the lake of Sounds, in the novel Spectre of the Black Rose. Like all death knights, there is always an aura of freezing unearthly cold around Soth, the demeanor so terrifying that even kender have been known to be frightened. His voice seems an echo from the depth of a bottomless cavern. Of the death knight himself, only two flaming dots red as blood shine from the eye slits on the helm. A sword black with the blood of countless victims hangs sheathed on his hip. A tassel of long black hair tops his helm, as worn and ancient as the rest of his armor. A long purple cloak hangs heavily on his shoulders, draped behind him almost to his knees. Damage from many battles mars the delicate ornamentation on his armor, obscuring its intricate carvings of kingfishers and roses, leaving only a charred black rose on the breastplate, which became Soth's symbol. Soth stands 6'5" or taller, wearing a full suit of Solamnic plate mail of ancient design. However, the sourcebook contains "several references and some easter eggs" to the character. Wes Schneider, lead designer Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021), confirmed that Soth is not included in the 5th Edition sourcebook to respect the canon history of the character. This "White Knight" version of Soth shows how anyone can be redeemed and is an anathema to that Dark Lord's corrupting influence on the land. It is also mentioned in an article in Dragon #351 that the new dark lord of Sithicus is plagued by a mockery of Lord Soth. Soth was killed off by the Hickmans in the novel Dragons of a Vanished Moon (2002). Lowder then pitched it to White Wolf in the 3rd Edition era (2001-2005), however, that didn't pan out. While Lowder had additional unpublished fiction about Soth and the domain of Sithicus, a short story and a third novel, Wizards of the Coast cancelled the Ravenloft fiction line. Wizards of the Coast has been vague on the subject but the last official word was that Soth did indeed enter Ravenloft but that the Mists returned him to Krynn at the very instant he was removed. Soth had one more Ravenloft focused novel, Spectre of the Black Rose (1999) by Lowder and Voronica Whitney-Robinson, which returned Soth to the Dragonlance setting as the Hickmans wanted. Reports say that as far as they were concerned, Soth had never gone to Ravenloft, and he even appeared in a cameo in Dragons of Summer Flame (1995) … which just confused the matter - though Wizards of the Coast has made it clear that Soth's sojourn to Ravenloft is a canon part of D&D lore". Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis had returned to the company to write new Dragonlance novels, and they were unhappy with Soth's use in Ravenloft. īy Soth's third appearance in Ravenloft, in the adventure When Black Roses Bloom (1995), the character had become "a bit of a political hot potato. In this book, the Mists of Ravenloft plucked Soth and Caradoc from Krynn while the two battled and eventually Soth was given the domain Sithicus. ![]() In the end, James Lowder himself was commissioned to write Knight of the Black Rose (1991), which more fully introduced Soth to the demiplane of Ravenloft". Other authors wrote proposals, but they all suggested big changes to Soth's character, which Ravenloft fiction line editor Jim Lowder refused, because he wanted to be able to hand Soth back to Krynn intact when Ravenloft was done with him. Tracy Hickman was offered a shot at the novel and declined because he and TSR were on the outs at the time. The original writer for the novel fell through. ![]() After Soth died in World of Krynn (1988), the character "then made the jump to Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, and was quickly lined up as the star of the second Ravenloft novel. Soth's tenure in Ravenloft is a topic of debate. Soth was also named as one of the greatest villains in D&D history in the final print issue of Dragon. The popularity of Lord Soth as a character has defined what a death knight means to the writers of the Dungeons & Dragons game over the years. He is depicted as a death knight and fallen Knight of Solamnia from the world of Krynn.Īccording to Tracy Hickman, he needed a powerful character for the Heroes of the Lance to fight at the High Clerist's Tower, and Lord Soth suddenly came into his mind with a complete history and personality. Lord Soth, the Knight of the Black Rose, is a fictional character appearing in the fantasy realms of Dragonlance and later Ravenloft. ![]()
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