Dragonlance character
Lord Soth
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Created by	Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
First appearance	Dragons of Spring Dawning (1985)
Character information
Alias	Knight of the Black Rose
Race	Civilized human
Gender	Male
Class	Knight of Solamnia
Titles	Lord Soth of Dargaard Keep
Homeland	Solamnia

Lord Soth, the Knight of the Black Rose (full name: Lord Loren Soth of Dargaard Keep), is a fictional character in the fantasy realms of Dragonlance and later Ravenloft. He is a death knight and fallen Knight of Solamnia from the world of Krynn. Margaret Weis (born March 16, 1948 in Independence, Missouri, United States) is an extremely prolific fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in the world of Krynn. ... Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is a best-selling fantasy author, most commonly known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR. They also wrote the Dark Sword trilogy, the Death Gate Cycle, and the Sovereign... Dragons of Spring Dawning is the third book in the Dragonlance Saga, written by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. ... Humans are a humanoid race that are one of the primary races available for play as player characters in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Dragonlance, the Solamnic Knights are a chivalric order. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... A fantasy world is a type of fictional universe in which magic or other similar powers work. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dragonlance Dragonlance Logo Dragonlance is a large series of fantasy books, and a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. ... Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... In fantasy literature and role-playing games, a death knight (sometimes referred to as a shadow knight or dread knight) is an undead corruption of a righteous warrior who broke his or her code of honor and embraced evil. ... The Solamnic Knights are a fictional chivalric order found in the world of Krynn. ... Krynn is the fictional world of the Dragonlance setting. ...

According 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. Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is a best-selling fantasy author, most commonly known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR. They also wrote the Dark Sword trilogy, the Death Gate Cycle, and the Sovereign... Appearing in Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 1 Tanis Half-Elven Flint Fireforge Sturm Brightblade Tasslehoff Burrfoot Caramon Majere Raistlin Majere Goldmoon Riverwind Appearing in Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 2 Tika Waylan Laurana Kanan Berem Categories: Dragonlance characters | Dragonlance ... High Clerists Tower: Dwarven builders restructure the city of Palanthas and Vinas commissions the building of the High Clerists Tower for his knighthood. ...

Appearance

In all his undead glory, Soth stands 6'5 feet or taller. He wears a full suit of Solamnic plate mail that is of ancient design. 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 had become Soth's symbol. A long purple cloak hangs heavily on his shoulder, draped behind him almost to his knees. A tassel of long black hair tops his helm, as worn and ancient as the rest of his armor. A sword black with the blood of countless victims hangs sheathed on his hip. Of the death knight himself, only two flaming dots red as blood shine from the eye slits on the helm. His voice seems an echo from the depth of a bottomless cavern. Like all death knights, there is always an aura of freezing undeath cold around Soth, the demeanor so terrifying that even kender have been known to be frightened. Families Alcedinidae Halcyonidae Cerylidae Kingfishers are birds of the three families Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water kingfishers). ... Species About 100, see text A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa, and the flower of this shrub. ... Cuirass ( French cuirasse, Latin coriaceus, made of leather, from corium, the original breastplate being of leather), the plate armour, whether formed of a single piece of metal or other rigid material or composed of two or more pieces, which covers the front of the wearers person. ... A cloak is a type of loose garment which is worn over indoor clothing and serves the same purpose as an overcoat – it protects the wearer from the cold, rain or wind for example, or it may form part of a fashionable outfit (e. ... Pickelhaube of a Swedish Royal Guard soldier For the band, see Helmet A helmet (a 15th century loan from Middle French, a diminutive of Frankish helm, from Proto-Germanic *khelmaz, PIE *kelmo- a cover) is a form of protective clothing worn on the head and usually made of metal or... Alternative meanings: vehicle armour, Armor (novel) A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Sword (from Old English sweord, cognate to Old High German Schwert, literally wounding tool from a Proto-Indo-European root *swer- to wound, to hurt) is a term for a long edged weapon, fundamentally consisting of a blade, usually with two edges for striking... Kender are a fictional race unique to the Dragonlance world, a setting of the Dungeons and Dragons role playing game, most popularized by a large series of novels which take place there. ...

When traveling, Soth is usually mounted on a nightmare, a demonic steed with ebony skin and flaming feet. In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the nightmare is an outsider that comes from the Gray Waste of Hades. ...

Combat

Although evil and filled with an intense hatred for all living creatures, most of the time Soth retains a semblance of the pride he held as a Solamnic knight, and fights honorably. He will never ambush an opponent from behind, nor does he strike before his enemy can ready his weapon. Aside from these facts, however, Soth is a terrible enemy. An undead abomination, Soth has inhuman strength, which is further enhanced by his skill with the sword; something that he learned as a former Knight of the Rose. Soth also can cast various type of spells, including huge fireballs, magical wards which stun or kill enemies, ice walls, cone of cold, etc. With a single word, Soth can snuff the life out of (thus Power Word "Kill") a red dragon, or shatter the great city gate of Palanthas, which was formerly known as the "Unconquered City". In the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Dragonlance, the Solamnic Knights are a chivalric order. ... Draconomicon image of the Chromatic and Metallic Dragons In modern fantasy fiction, dragons are often depicted as having many different races, each usually based on a particular color of their scales or an affinity with an element; much of this originated in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) role-playing game... The List of Dragonlance locations tries to enumerate the most important cities, towns, castles and villages found in the world of Krynn, from the Dragonlance setting. ...

History

Life as a Knight

Soth was a Knight of the Rose, the most esteemed rank of knight in the Knights of Solamnia, and married. He and his wife, Lady Korrine of Gladria, tried over and over to have a son to be Soth's heir but had few positive results. Soth's wife then visited a witch to help her with this problem who then agreed but warned that the child would be a representation of Soth's soul. Thinking Sir Loran Soth pure of heart, the wife had no fear of this warning. Soon after, while on a trip with his loyal retainers they encountered a band of ogres attacking elven priestesses. They slew the ogres but Soth fell in love with the fairest priestess, the Silvanesti Elf Isolde Denissa, and eventually managed to seduce her bringing her back to Dargaard Keep as a friend in the eyes of the public and his wife. On the day Soth's wife gave birth the labor was very painful. After hours of childbirth the "child" came to be. It had the face similar to that of dragon-kin with two arms on one side and a leg on the other. The last leg was placed at the bottom of the buttocks as if a tail. Soth raged thinking his wife had been disloyal to him with some kind of demon and then slaughtered her and the abomination. Soth then asked Caradoc, his lieutenant to get rid of the evidence and reveal the news of the deaths as difficult childbirth. Soth's indescretion was discovered when the elf-maid's mistress, Mirrel Martlin, revealed to his superiors that she was pregnant with Soth's bastard son. Soth was brought to Palanthas, where he was brought before the Court of High Justice. The court then cast a spell over Istvan the Healer, the man who birthed his first "son". The spell forced Istvan to speak only the truth. He revealed that both the "son" and mother were alive and well after the birth, but were murdered by Soth. Soth was stripped of his rank and was banished from the Knighthood. He would have been executed had not his retainers spirited him away from his execution to his home, Dargaard Keep. In the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Dragonlance, the Solamnic Knights are a chivalric order. ... The Ogre from Tom Thumb illustrated by Gustave Doré An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a large and hideous humanoid monster. ... A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a creature of Norse mythology which survived in northern European folklore. ... Roman Catholic priests in traditional clerical clothing. ... The List of Dragonlance locations tries to enumerate the most important cities, towns, castles and villages found in the world of Krynn, from the Dragonlance setting. ... A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a creature of Norse mythology which survived in northern European folklore. ... Illegitimacy was a term in common use for the condition of being born of parents who were not validly married to one another; the legal term was bastardy. ... The List of Dragonlance locations tries to enumerate the most important cities, towns, castles and villages found in the world of Krynn, from the Dragonlance setting. ... The List of Dragonlance locations tries to enumerate the most important cities, towns, castles and villages found in the world of Krynn, from the Dragonlance setting. ...

Undead Curse

Besieged by the other knights, Soth's mood turned black, even striking his wife on one occasion. When he realised the monster he had become, he prayed to the deity Paladine for help. His wife prayed to the deity Mishakal. Mishakal showed her the future and the destruction that the arrogant Kingpriest of Istar was about to call upon Krynn. She was told that Soth could stop the Cataclysm by riding against the Kingpriest and striking him down. As a reward, he would be redeemed. However, because of the great power of the Kingpriest, he would die in the attempt. Isolde told Soth about her vision. He then set out on this quest, but encountered a group of three elf-maids. They poisoned Soth's mind with lies about his wife's infidelity. They told him that he was sent out on the quest because his wife knew he would die, which was her purpose all along. Enraged, Soth turned from his quest and confronted his wife just as the Cataclysm began. A chandelier fell upon his wife and new-born son, setting her aflame. His wife begged for him to save their child, but Soth stopped himself from doing so, as to prevent his own son growing up as Loren had. As her life ended she cursed him, "you shall live the lifetime of every soul that you have caused death today", and upon pronunciation of the curse the fire engulfed the entire keep, seemingly slaying Soth, his retainers, and the rest of the inhabitants of the Keep. But Soth did not die. He became a Death Knight, and his followers became skeleton warriors. The three elf-maids became banshees, cursed to remind him of his folly every night. Paladine, The Dragons Lord, is a fictional God from the Dragonlance fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, and numerous other authors. ... Mishakal, the Goddess of healing in the fictional Dragonlance setting, was the God that restored knowledge of the true Gods to the world after the Cataclysm. ... The Kingpriest of Istar is a fictional ruler the Dragonlance fantasy novels. ... In the Dragonlance books, the Cataclysm was a catastrophic event that occurred when the Kingpriest of Istar demanded to be given godlike powers in order to eliminate evil from the world. ... A chandelier in the U.S. vice presidents ceremonial office in the The Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds. ... In fantasy literature and role-playing games, a death knight (sometimes referred to as a shadow knight or dread knight) is an undead corruption of a righteous warrior who broke his or her code of honor and embraced evil. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game, Skeleton Warriors are a more powerful version of Animated Skeletons: ones created from great warriors. ... The banshee (IPA: ) is a creature in Irish mythology, the word being derived from the Gaelic ben síde, modern Irish bean sídhe or bean sí, fairy woman (bean, woman, and sidhe, being the tuiseal ginideach or possessive case of fairy). The sídh are derived from pre-Christian...

War of the Lance

In the event when Takhisis was trying to enter Krynn in her physical form, Soth was in command of her undead legion. Under his command, great number of undead creatures (including several of his fellow death knights and banshees with wyvern-carried chariots) breached Palanthas the Unconquered City. However, Soth had his own motivations. His goal was not to serve Takhisis, but to acquire the soul of one of her generals, a Dragon Highlord, the human female, Kitiara Uth Matar, (whose self-serving nature and survival-instinct had somehow rekindled his undead heart), and to make her become his eternal consort. However, due to the treachery of one of his servants, Caradoc, his plan failed. The computer role-playing game Death Knights of Krynn which Soth was featured in was also happened during this era.
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Lord Soth's Charge by Keith Parkinson.

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Rule in Ravenloft

The mists of Ravenloft plucked Soth and Caradoc from Krynn while the two battled, and separated them. When the mists of Ravenloft took Soth, he was brought to the domain of Barovia. Wanting to return to Krynn, Soth sought out Strahd Von Zarovich, ruler of the domain in hope that Strahd would help him. Strahd tried to use Soth to his advantage but this only cost him a red dragon which was one of his castle guardians. After a series of adventures with the Vistani girl Magda and the were-badger Azrael Dak, Soth had found out that Strahd was hiding Caradoc from him. Soth attacked Strahd unceasingly and the vampire had no choice but to release Caradoc in order to keep his domain in one piece. Soth then pursued Caradoc until he finally caught him at the edge of the mists. Soth was then given the domain Sithicus ("land of specters" in the elven tongue) in Ravenloft by the mists but had his vengeance upon Caradoc stolen. His castle, Nedragaard Keep, was a mockery of Dargaard in Krynn continuelly changing form so Soth could not maintain his military order he was accustomed to. The story of his ascension is told in Knight of the Black Rose, the story of his release is told in Specter of the Black Rose. Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... The Vistani are a fictional race of mystical gypsies native to the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Ravenloft. ... The fictional campaign setting of Ravenloft for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game is divided geographically into a number of domains. ... Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ...

War of the Soul

Upon his return to Krynn, Mina, Chosen of Takhisis, attempted to recruit Soth to lead the Dark Queen's armies. Soth's experiences in Sithicus had changed him however, and in this he refused her offer. Throughout his time in the Dread Realm, Soth found himself entering mirror worlds, each which contained a portion of his past. These images were enough to forever alter his being, returning a small piece of his humanity. In retaliation to this insult, Takhisis restored Soth's mortality, crushing him under the rubble of his own keep. The fallen knight perished with his honor restored, vowing that he would forever search for the elf maid and his son in the afterlife. // Summary Mina was a god of light, who was tricked by Takhsis into thinking that she was human, and who made Mina evil. ...

== References ==

• Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2000). Dragons of Autumn Twilight: Chronicles vol. I. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1574-9.
• Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2000). Dragons of Winter Night: Chronicles vol. II. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1609-5.
• Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2000). Dragons of Spring Dawning: Chronicles vol. III. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1589-7.
• Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2000). Time of the Twins: Legends vol. I. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1804-7.
• Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2000). War of the Twins: Legends vol. II. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1805-5.
• Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2000). Test of the Twins: Legends vol. III. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1806-3.
• Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2002). Dragons of a Lost Star: The War of Souls vol. II. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2706-2.
• Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2003). Dragons of a Vanished Moon: The War of Souls vol. III. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2950-2.
• Several (2003). The Cataclysm: Tales vol. V. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 1-56076-430-9.
• van Belkom, Edo (2004). Lord Soth: The Warriors vol. VI. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-0519-0.
• James Lowder. Knight of the Black Rose (Ravenloft). ISBN 1560761563.
• James Lowder; Voronica Whitney-Robinson. Spectre of the Black Rose (Ravenloft). ISBN 0786913339.