Lord Soth

LORD SOTH

Real Name: Soth

Class: Deathknight

Occupation: Knight of the Black Rose

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Dargaard, Krynn, Earth-TSR

First Appearance: (comics) Dragonlance #1 (December, 1988)

Powers: Lord Soth was a Deathknight, immune to conventional forms of attack and radiating a constant aura of fear. He wore armor, and was armed with a sword. He was a powerful magic-user and could kill living things simply by pointing.

History: (Dragonlance #1) - Deathknight Lord Soth and an assembled army of Deathknights helped the Dark Queen wage war on Krynn. Lord Soth met with his Dragon Highlord, who was worried that followers of the old gods who'd destroyed Krynn in the Cataclysm still had followers that opposed the Dark Queen's dark gods. Soth said he had no fear of rabble-rousers, and trusted she could wipe them out with her dragon armies. The Highlord said only the dead had no fear, but she thought there was reason to worry. Soth, his Deathknights, and the Dragon Highlord and her steed attack a monastery of the Clerical Order of Majere, burning it to the ground. Cleric Vandar Brightblade and his ally Riva Silvercrown escaped the destruction, and Vandar recovered a Dragonlance from the monastery's armory.

(Dragonlance #2) - Soth sent his Draconians after Vandar and Riva when he learned they possessed the Medallion of Majere. One Draconian killed Riva's brother and impersonated him, acting as a spy in Silvercrown keep.

(Dragonlance #3) - Riva and Vandar found themselves in the same dream, and after Riva professed her love for Vandar he turned into a Draconian. Riva fought her father and brother, and Vandar was tortured by a hobgoblin. Vandar had to relive the night his brother died, and he told Riva how guilty he'd felt for allowing it to happen. It turned out that Soth was sending them the nightmare, and he introduced them to his queen Takhisis. She demanded to know who "the one" was, knowing the heroes had been with him. Riva didn't know what she was talking about, but attacked her anyway. Takhisis revealed her dragon form and Riva wounded her with the Dragonlance, causing the dream to end. They wondered who "the one" was and Fizban appeared, alive and well, and revealed that he was who Takhisis was after, an avatar of Paladine, the god of good.

(Dragonlance #10) - Riva Silvercrown used the Dragonlance to win the War of the Lance, defeating Lord Soth and his forces. Lord Soth quickly rebuilt his deathknight army, and sent Kitiara to Nethosak, the city of Minotaurs to offer them a military alliance, spreading his sphere of influence. Riva and Tanis-Half-Elven gave a counter-offer of a trade alliance. Kitiara reported back to Soth about the negotiations, telling him Tanis had been swallowed by the Blood Sea, although she knew he'd survived that trial once before. Soth said it was obvious she still had feelings for Tanis, even if she couldn't admit it to herself, and said that id Nethosak didn't ally themselves with him he'd see the city razed.

Comments: Created by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman.

Lord Soth was a character from TSR's AD&D role-playing game adapted to DC Comics. For more information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Soth.

Lord Soth had a cameo in Dragonlance #4, 18.