But on a closer look, they contradict themselves, and they contradict information presented elsewhere in the book. The Bloodlines section highlights this problem- at first glance, these family trees are a wonderful tool for fleshing out your NPCs. To put it bluntly, Ravenloft just can’t keep it’s dates straight.
Mangrum observes that the 'Realm of Terror started Ravenloft’s long-standing tradition of incoherence, a problem it’s still straining to escape today.
