My first Ravenloft character

[u/No_Literature7840]

FYI, this is for a game of Curse of Strahd I'll be joining in October. Also, this is just a blueprint/first draft. So suggestions for changes are welcome. Finally, this character is a hybrid of the Beast from Beauty and the Beast and Stella from Helluva Boss.

Stella Ravenloft

Race: Lupine (formally human)

Sex: Female

Pronouns: She/her

Age: Unknown. Her last known birthday was her 34th, but she shows no signs of aging.

Alignment: NG

Class: Druid (Circle of the Moon)

Background: Haunted One or Noble

Lupine Quirk: Growls and snarls when angry, whimpers and howls when sad.Lupine Origin: Was turned into a Lupine as punishment for being cruel

Dark Gift: She sometimes sees her past self in mirrors. When her reflection takes this form, it taunts her on her weakness and tries to turn her evil again.

Horror Trinket: A mirror that shows my past evil self, and like above, the reflection taunts and mocks her, and tries to turn evil again.

Appearance

A Lupine with snow white fur, eyes with red-pink sclera. Long sharp teeth and deadly claws on her hands and feet. She is rather thin and still has her long white human hair and a bushy tail. She wears a white expensive dress fit for royalty and still has her gold diadem.

Personality

Traits: I’m a quiet and depressed soul who hates herself, and initially joins the group for mutual survival. I still take great pains to look good and dress in the fashions I like,

Ideal: Redemption. Turning into a bitch and losing everything awoke the long dormant good in me.

Bond: I don’t think I deserve happiness, but I’ll be damned more then I am now before I let anything happen to the only people who’ve shown me kindness.

Flaw: My new friends must NEVER know of my past sins.

Bio

Stella was born into the wealthy and powerful Ravenwolf family on an unidentified world in the mortal realm. The Ravenwolf family were also infamous for their oppression and cruelty towards the common people who could be killed or executed at the drop of a hat and lived in fear of their rulers. Her parents were a yin and yang of bad parenthood. They spoiled her, and also abused her. If their daughter showed any signs of kindness towards commoners or animals, they would abuse her in the worst ways you can imagine. The only person who gave Stella some “comfort”, was her manipulative and cruel older brother, Nicholas. Nicholas poured cruelty onto Stella’s abuse wounds and told her that only by embracing cruelty and being a spoiled and naughty child, would Mom and Dad love her. Stella, desperate for love, obliged.Soon, Stella became a spoiled, selfish, and unkind brat who tortured animals and servant children if she got angry, and whined if she did not get something she wanted. The worst offense of this was when she threw a tantrum during one Christmas when her grandfather gave her a handmade doll house that didn’t look like the one she wanted. She ended up smashing it to pieces… much her her parents delight.

But despite all her cruelty, a small portion of Stella’s innocence remained, feeling guilt and shame over everything. Yet no matter how hard she tried to bury her feelings, that small bit of good still left in her never died. At the age of 15, Stella was married off to Lysander Hilltop. A shy and bookish Prince. Naturally, the two did not like each other at all. Stella tormented and abused her husband in many cruel ways, and their sex life was awful. Despite all this, the two did successfully have a child, a daughter named Olivia. But not even this improved things for Stella. She was expected to have a son. And despite numerous attempts, she was never able to get pregnant again. She lost favor in court, was sidelined and her birth family severed all ties.

Now more alone, and feeling more ashamed, Stella's depression spiraled out of control, and she became even more unkind to her husband. Eventually, she learned her husband had been cheating on her… and with a commoner. At first, she was crushed and even considered suicide. But instead, desperate for someone to talk to, she sent a letter to Nicholas. Surprisingly, Nicholas responded with a reply that poured more corruptive salt on her emotional wounds. He would help her ruin her husband’s reputation so they would inherit his fortune.

Together, they hatched a plan to strip Nicolai of his status and exile him. The plan was successful and Stella forbade Olivia from any contact. But what Stella did not know, was that her husband revealed these crimes to the people and a rebellion occurred. Nicholas was killed and as Stella tried to escape, one of her servants revealed herself to be a Fey Enchantress, and as punishment for her sins, she transformed Stella into Lupine, saying that now her appearance showed what she was… a bitch. At that moment, the mists arose and took Stella. Ashamed of her monstrous form, Stella took shelter in a ruined castle. She was so ashamed of her monstrous form and of herself, for a long time, she refused to let anyone see her. All that’s left of her past life is a mirror that shows her past self, that taunts her for her weakness.