Lovecraft, Pinocchio, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the historical Borgia family among many others comprise only a few examples. Many of the individual domains of Ravenloft, along with their inhabitants, are directly inspired by classic horror and Gothic literature, infamous historical figures, and twisted versions of Fairy Tales and other stories. The name "Ravenloft" is actually the name of the castle which looms over the Land of Barovia, one of the most famous dark dominions of the setting. The enigmatic Dark Powers have cobbled together a patchwork land of diverse kingdoms, each hiding their own foul secrets and held in thrall by a hideously corrupt being-its darklord-for whom each domain is both a sovereign territory and a prison. The events take place in a pocket dimension called the "Land of Mists". But I still think you could really push the Core in a unique way, and if you didn't, I don't see much of a point for it existing at all in 5E Ravenloft.Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game, invoking themes of Gothic Horror and Dark Fantasy.
Which, really, I just reinvented my own setting as a Ravenloft one here, so I think I'm being biased. Now the civilization of the Core has to brave their fears and dive into the Domains of Dread to bring back resources to keep themselves afloat. Maybe the Domain's of Dread have appeared in vital places, like lakes and major rivers, destroying them. I'd like to make a version of the Core (with please another name "the Core" makes me think of something gross but not in a horror way) where the civilization there has adapted to the Domains of Dread filling the surrounding waters and appearing randomly in the land. It isn't bad, per se, and for its time it was actually pretty revolutionary I think, but I really think the idea isn't pushed far enough. It felt like there was so much more of a fertile concept there that ended up being reduced down to a bunch of scared, unwitting, non-educated, and wholly ignorant NPCs who are constantly in fear of weird things in the mist. The idea of a lone continent terrorized by Dark Powers who pull through time and space various evils to imprison in mist-bordered Domains of Dread is an interesting one, but not with the direction I read in the old 2E books. I've never liked how the Core was marketed or written.
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