According to the Solstice King, the Idea of Thorns is a memetic plague and an eldritch entity unleashed by the elves of Ynn. Originally quarantined in the Gardens of Ynn, it has somehow been unleashed on the Domains of Dread.

Surely that won’t have any repercussions whatsoever.

Interested parties may read more about the Idea of Thorns in Emmy Allen’s The Gardens of Ynn. Parties who wish to learn more about the Idea of Thorn’s role in the Chronicles of Khaldun are directed to the Arctic Death, Infinite Night wiki.

The Idea of Thorns also has a cameo in another Chronicles of Khaldun yarn, appearing in the annual Obligatory Halloween Ravenloft Adventure for Of Kith and Kin in . It’s almost like we’re building to something with these scattered references…