#bc like. what's rahadin gonna do. he's got everything to lose and nothing to gain from pushing back

[nevermoretoleave]

is he your lord before he's your brother? how do you put your duty to your lord before your duty to your brother? how do you tell the difference? — on rahadin, of house zarovich.

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#curse of strahd #rahadin #strahd von zarovich #ravenloft #npc: rahadin. #relationship: strahd & rahadin. #hi this is the chara i have *the* most intense feelings and thoughts about #this module has such intense sibling relationships #(see: the kolyans + the velikovs + the zaroviches + etc) #the fact that rahadin's bond names (by name) not strahd but *barov* #and that his affiliation to barov as a *son* is listed before his affiliation to strahd #and that strahd is not even NAMED in there; just the family name #all of that has me FERAL #codependent suffocating toxic sibling narratives (w a dash of power imbalance) my BELOVED #they are NOT good to each other and they know it (and strahd pushes this) #bc like. what's rahadin gonna do. he's got everything to lose and nothing to gain from pushing back #it's not here but please know that in my heart 'how to be a dog' is also quoted here #(please ask me more abt rahadin i will go feral) #also shoutout to one of my players for that quote and grilling him abt his relationship w strahd