Each Domain of Dread is ruled over by a darklord a tortured individual who now pays for past crimes as a an often unknowing prisoner within their own domain. There are dozens of known domains of dreads and potentially a myriad more that are unknown.Įach Domain of Dread is an isolated demi-plane, sometimes the size of an entire nation, or even as small as a house or a train. It is not set on the material plane but in demi-planes of the Shadowfell known as the Domains of Dread. Ravenloft is one of the settings within the D&D universe and one that’s filled with horror and evil.