Strahd and other undead are therefore her natural enemies, as their very existences are perversions of death. That’s why she’s the Huntress, since hunting has to do with taking life. Death is supposed to be a natural occurrence, meant to be accepted and not feared. The Huntress is basically a nature based Death god. If the Weave is like a cut of fabric, there can be a top and bottom, which is a very basic representation of light and dark, day and night, life and death. Instead, she represents the dark, underside of the Weave. In old lore, they didn’t believe in the concept of the present, just the past and the future. The Huntress of the Mountain Fane is a bit different from the other two. Her shrine is in the stone menhirs in Berez She’s sort of like a magical librarian that remembers everything. The Weaver of the Swamp Fane represents the remembrance of the past. Her shrine is in the circle of stones behind Old Bonegrinder. The Seeker is also the creator of wereraven lycanthropy in Barovia. The Seeker is often represented in the form of ravens, since they’re highly intelligent birds that have high-seeing eyes. So Madam Eva isn’t just a great fortune teller, she’s the god of fortune telling. In hag form, the Seeker has been locked into the body of Madam Eva. She “seeks” because, according to the old tales, she can see the future. The Seeker of the Forest Fane basically represents the coming of the future. While most of this old religion has been lost to time, the Vistani still believe in the Threads. The Threads of Fate are the theoretical strings that make up the grander Weave. Basically, the Weave represents the fabric of the world and the passage of time. In ye olde time, long before the Morning Lord, the people of Barovia believed in the Weave.
When Strahd came to the valley, he displaced the Ladies, desecrated their shrines, and reduced them to the forms of simple hags. The Fanes of Barovia were originally conceived in previous editions of dnd, In short, the original goddesses that reigned over the valley of Barovia were a trio of nature based archfey.
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