Is Lord Soth in Dragonlance or in Ravenloft?
Knight of the Black Rose was published years ago, a Ravenloft book that detailed the death knight’s travel from Krynn to Ravenloft through the Mists. Soth got stuck in Ravenloft, and became a Darklord of a realm there called Sithicus. The book took place right after the events of the Legends trilogy. (See also question 7.2.) Unfortunately, many Dragonlance fans cried foul–they felt betrayed that the Ravenloft campaign setting would steal one of their favorite characters. Adding to the confusion, Soth creators Weis and Hickman maintained that the Soth in Ravenloft was not the real Lord Loren Soth. Weis and Hickman then had Soth appear in a Dragonlance novel, Dragons of Summer Flame, and many Ravenloft fans objected to this. Finally, James Lowder (author of Knight of the Black Rose), along with Voronica Whitney-Robinson, wrote Spectre of the Black Rose. Spectre details Soth’s recent adventures in Ravenloft, and his eventual escape. The conclusion shocked many Ravenloft fans; Darklords a
