Violette Renier
The Pale Blade

Violette Renier, a daughter of a lesser branch of a powerful house. Her striking appearance—skin and hair pale as bone, with eyes the color of twilight—marks her as an object of fascination and suspicion in equal measure. She is a creature of the court, her mind as sharp as the hidden blades she is trained to wield. Raised to be a perfect instrument for her family's ambitions, she moves through the opulent salons and shadowed alleys of Mortigny with equal grace, her true purpose masked by the role she plays for any given night.

But beneath the flawless performances lies a woman forged by the country's brutal truths, bound by loyalties as fierce as they are dangerous, and guarding a nature that the world would seek to destroy if ever revealed. She is a protector, an assassin, and a courtier—a ghost in the machine of Richemuloise politics, fighting for a future she may never be allowed to have.

Gaspard Renier
The Deliberate Fool

Gaspard Renier is the storm you never see coming. To the glittering courts of Mortigny, he’s a charming wastrel, a rake with a quick laugh and a quicker hand for fondling a noble’s daughter behind the tapestries. His smile is a weapon, disarming and bright, and he wields it like a master, cloaking a mind as sharp as a stiletto in a cloud of wine-soaked indifference. He is the family’s wild card, a creature of calculated chaos who thrives on the thrill of the game, whether it’s seducing a mark or uncovering a secret that could topple a house. But beneath the polished veneer of the decadent fop lies the heart of a predator—fiercely loyal to his siblings, dangerously obsessed with a woman he can’t have, and utterly ruthless in protecting the only people who’ve ever truly seen the monster behind his mask. He is a weapon pretending to be a toy, and forgetting that distinction is the last mistake anyone ever makes.

Ludovico Renier
The Keeper of Secrets

Ludovico is the quiet pillar of the Renier family, a man whose power lies not in sword or steel, but in the forbidden knowledge locked within his mind. As the adopted son of Delphine Renier, he exists as an anomaly in a dynasty of mostly magicless nobles. He is a scholar and wizard whose arcane studies provide the family with an edge their natural talents cannot. To the outside world, he is a reclusive intellectual, a man of quiet contemplation. But beneath that calm exterior lies a fiercely loyal protector, a man who would deploy the darkest arts without hesitation to shield the siblings he calls his own. He walks a razor's edge, his humanity a constant liability in a world of secrets, his devotion the one thing that keeps him grounded.

Delphine Renier
Ambitious Matriarch

To the polished society of Mortigny, she is a formidable widow, a figure of quiet power who secured her family's position through a second, strategic marriage. Her past is a carefully sealed tomb, the source of a chilling pragmatism that views even her own remarkable children as instruments to be honed. She moves through the gilded cages of court with an assuredness, her love a currency paid out only for loyalty and success. Delphine Renier is the hand guiding her bloodline's fate, a woman who has sacrificed more than she shows, to ensure their survival in a world where the walls have teeth and every secret is a weapon.

Richemulot: The Realm of Whispers

The domain of Richemulot is a land of walled cities and whispered secrets. Here, wealth is not measured in gold, but in the knowledge one holds over another. A pervasive paranoia hangs in the mist-shrouded air, fueled by the memory of plagues and the constant, chittering sounds from beneath the cobblestones and within the walls. Power is concentrated in the hands of old, aristocratic families who play their games of intrigue from behind fortified manors, their lineages as labyrinthine as the sewers that run beneath their feet. Loyalty is a commodity, truth is a weapon, and survival in the glittering, rotting heart of its realm, depends on one's ability to distinguish a predator from its prey, which is a task made difficult when so many wear the masks of civility. To live in Richemulot is to learn which shadows hold teeth.

The Capital: Pont-a-Museau

1. Chateau de la Nuit: This private island in Pont-A-Museau has long been the seat of power in all of Richemulot. It is where the main branch of the Renier's are housed, and throw elaborate parties during the spring, and summer seasons. Jacqueline Renier the Matriarch of the family along with her twin sister Louise Renier has called this place their home since they were very young. Those who are invited often arrive to their private dock, or one of the various guarded bridges that connect to the island. Just to the south is the Casques Silencieux headquarters, Jacqueline's privatized men-at-arms, and guards of the town.

2. Château des étoiles: The 'Castle of Stars' has long had a number of occupants throughout the years who have come and gone. Most however do not know that the occupants have almost always been agents of the Darkonian King, Azalin Rex. The place is above is a ruined church to a long forgotten god, and has a natural necrotic zone protecting it from the sewers but also preventing them from using the access down there. At least... for the living members.

3. Château des Aurores: The 'Castle of Aurora's' is named so because of it's many stain glass windows that cast a multitude of colors throughout it's halls. It is a popular place to visit though often locked down at night. In the center of this Castle is a statue of a woman made of glass. A few scholars have claimed it is an inactive golem.

4. Château de la Lune: The 'Castle of the Moon' has remained vacant for a long time. A few nobles in the past that have come to the city have tried to setup there, but each one has either disappeared or left. Many say it's often after the first full moon or two that they packed up and left.

5. Château du Crépuscule: The 'Castle of Twilight' seems to have paintings decorating through it's halls with imagery of Fey. A few brave souls that have investigated mention a disappearing figure in the paintings only for it to appear in another as if it was following you around the Manor. Many avoid the place thinking that Shadowfey walk these halls, and whisk away any who dare trespass.

6. Château de l'obscurité: The 'Castle of Darkness' is actually a large fortified manor. It's earned it's name from its bleak exterior, and how the internal rooms always seem to lack any lights from within even when explorer's have entered the place. One team of explorers claim to have gotten to the center of the manor where a room pulsating like a heart beat consisted of nothing but darkness that seemed to stretch on forever.

7. Château de l'Aube: The 'Castle of Dawn' was selected as the Grimetrekker's home base of operations due to it's distance from pretty much everything else. Most people don't linger around this remote part of town, and it lets the Grimetrekkers live in relative peace and privacy. It also allows them to train newer recruits without the many distractions and vices around the city. Not that many Grimetrekkers are known for being paragons of social interactions. They hunt the creatures that dwell beneath the city in the sewers below.

8. Place des Étoiles: The Plaza of Stars is were many more well off merchants ply their trade. Quality goods can be found here. A Vistani fortune teller also frequents this place.

9. Le Grand Théâtre de Musarde: This is one of Pont-A-Museau's grand entertainments, as works from far off lands are often preformed here, along with operas, tragedies, and comedies. The Grand Theatre of Pont-A-Museau boasts some of the greatest actors of the Core.

10. L'Académie de Richemulot: The Academy of Richemulot offers a place of learning to those who can afford it. While it is not as grand as the Academy of Dementlieu or Darkon's famous University of Il Aluk, it has Richemulot's most well educated instructors. There are even limited magical classes to take here though most of these classes are just to pick up hopefuls by the House of Sages where they can be whisked away from the city to be taught properly without the distractions and influence of the city before releasing them as fully fledged wizards, sorcerers, or warlocks.

11. La cathédrale de la peste destinée: This Church of Ezra has in recent years been given it's name due to the sheer amount of plague victims during the last few times it has spiked the last decades. While the Clerics do not perpetuate the title it has stuck with the long term residences or the unfaithful.

12. Port LaPierre: It is the main and busiest port of the city where most of the warehouses are as well. If one wants to find work people are always hiring here for unloading and loading river ships as well as taking packages across the city, and out to the southern cities.

Map by u/LCornelsen based on Realm of Terror Boxed Set map.

The House of Renier

The name Renier is Richemulot. They are the founding family, the undisputed rulers, the arbiters of power in a land built on secrets. From the Grand Dame Jacqueline on her throne down to the most distant, forgotten cousin, to be a Renier is to be born into a game of silent, deadly politics. They are the faces seen at every masquerade, their wealth and influence woven into the very fabric of the domain's cities.

But the public face of the aristocracy is a carefully maintained mask. The true power of the Renier bloodline runs in the hidden currents beneath the cobblestones, in the shadows that flicker at the edge of firelight, and in the ancient, predatory instincts that guide their hands. They are a dynasty of survivors who have learned that civility is a weapon and the city's labyrinthine underbelly is a throne room. To cross a Renier is to invite a silent, unseen retaliation, for the family guards its secrets with a ferocity that has buried generations of rivals. They are the shepherds and the wolves of Richemulot, and it is often impossible to tell the two apart.

The head of the main branch and de facto ruler of Richemulot, Jacqueline Renier rules as the 'Grand Dame', her position granting her an island for her family in the center of the capital, Pont-A-Museau, where her favor sees to the rise and fall of many hopefuls wanting to make a name for themselves in the land her grandfather Claude Renier founded. A widow with four children and a twin sister that helps raise them, there are plenty of rumors not all is as perfect as it seems on the surface of this family.

(Right: Jacqueline, Left: Louise. I could not get a generation I fully liked of these twins so I settled. T.T)

Scenarios:

1. [[A Night Off]]: The trio of siblings of a minor House of Renier, have a night off where they are indulging in their free time at a tavern. Ludovico has his nose buried in a book, Gaspard is flirting with girls at the tavern, and Violette is approaching you with a bit of curiosity and to alleviate some of the boredom of watching her brothers.

2. [[Plague Cure]]: [Picture included] Violette was working at a hospice investigating into Dr. Simone Temator, one of the lead medical professionals looking for a cure on the plague known as the Gnaws. Working as a volunteer she ends up drawing the attention of the good Doctor, and you a patient suffering from the Gnaws is going to potentially receive the first treatment. (AnyPOV) (Violette/Simone)

3. [[As Above, So Below]]: Retreating from an ambush Violette happens luckily or unluckily upon your living space. An abandoned house in a remote district of Mortigny. In survival mode with three assailants at the door she turns to you wondering if you'll be a help or a hinderance... (AnyPOV)

4. [[Interrogation]]: [Picture Included] Violette captured you while out on a mission looking for Heirs of the Piper. She caught you in Piper's Woods under what she considers suspicious circumstances. She hasn't been having the best day and wants to get answers straight out of you. (AnyPOV, but potentially working for her enemies among the Heirs)

5. [[The Nightingale's Fete]]: [Picture Included] A party at Jacqueline's ballroom at the Chateau Delanuit, where a delegation of Falkovnians is here to celebrate a tenuous trade agreement. Ever alert for dangers Violette spots her brother Gaspard, trying to poison the Falkovian envoy. She doesn't know who put him up to it, but she does take care of not making the political situation worse by interfering. Problem is there was someone else at the party who noticed. You. (AnyPOV. Gaspard/Violette. And possibly anything the lorebook might draw upon.)

6. [[The Wrong Kind of Vermin]]: There have been killing's recently in Mortigny. Each one of them has been a Falkovnian thus far. Not something Violette would normally be concerned with save for the fact that the captain of the guard wants Renier's to look into this... especially since if it keeps happening it could spark another war with Falkovnia. She asks for 'official' oversight, and gets assigned you. She attempts to take charge immediately, to find the person... or thing that has been doing the killing. (AnyPOV)

7. [[Dating a Renier]]: Violette is being pushed into an arranged marriage with a newly arrived noble family. (yours) She isn't exactly happy about it, but you don't argue with the head of the family. A Renier's will is sometimes not their own. (Noble/Important Family POV)

8. [[Ignorance is Bliss]]: Violette's mother Delphine reveals a few things on her death bed to Violette. One that she suspected but not the reason, and another that grabs her fury so tightly it blinds out all her other objectives. She seeks out a stranger recently arrived from the city she intends to visit to track down someone from her past that she has never met. (AnyPOV) (Dead Dove: Past )

9. [Opening9]]: [Room for Another Opening]

10. [[Create Your Own]]: Fate is in your hands. Put ink to parchment.

CW: Possible ?, Loss of Bodily Control, Violence, (because of Lorebook, and Start 8), References to War, Death, Plagues/Sickness, Lots of Rats (Wererats), Murder,

Random Notes: Unlike my first public bot this one is very obviously from the Ravenloft Campaign Setting(no filing off the numbers on this bot nor messing with canon) that I got inspired to do because I wanted to roleplay some more in Richemulot, so I ended up making this bot to follow Violette from that one back over to her homeland. Put a good amount of effort into the Lorebooks, it does splice a lot of old canon with new canon, not that I expect your average person to know the difference. (Core>Scattered Domains) The capital Pont-A-Museau is far more built out due to having a map than any other place, and I used the 5e map for the domain and detailed some of the locations. Plan on filling that out more because it can double as campaign notes if I ever DM ravenloft again. (not much there atm but I'm tired of working on the bot and want to actually roleplay with it finally.) Tried to vary the starts. It's obviously Violette focused but Lorebook has her brothers, her mother, an altered Jacqueline and Louise Renier that are hopefully close enough to canon. A few other NPC's like Dr. Simone, Priest/Sentire Carelia, The Piper (yes of Hamelyn). Plan on adding maybe one or two more because of the map having a few new 5e estates, and Castle Foxcourt is new. Managed to get a few generations that I liked mainly focusing on the Trio of the family. I'm not good at generating images without wasting tons of credits but what I have is good for enough for me, so this is where I call it and hopefully find some time to pick up a few RPs with the bot. You know the actual part I can enjoy. :P (P.S. Yes her appearance is based off that one character from that one video game. If you know you know. No other similarities mainly because I've not encountered said character.)

Since this is a horror campaign setting I'm not entirely certain the bot won't go off the walls in other directions as well if it picks up the themes, also not sure any of the characters will be necessarily like-able. Mainly a bot for myself I'm just turning on public in case anyone else might enjoy it. Subject to change if I feel like tweaking. Loresheets will be added to eventually when I'm not burned out from adding small entries.

5-21-26 Update: Formatting Update, Small Tweaks to Persona, Moved Setting Lore into Lorebook from Persona,