The Ladies Three

Three ladies crouched by open flame
One sat weaving
One slept dreaming
One watched the skies for rain
Where is my lady? High on the hill
Dead on her feet but tireless still
A dress of hide and a crown of bone
And where she walks, she walks alone
My lady's true, but far from kind
Keep your word and keep your mind
Whispered words and silken thread
Will bind the swift and raise the dead
My lady watches for the weather
She knows the road and where it wends
She knows the stars and those they tether
All beginnings and all ends

"The Ladies Three", a Vistani poem

(Credits to TrustyPeaches and DM-Kiwi for the poem)
Overview:
The Ladies Three are the traditional deities of Barovia , each sister ruling over a specific part of the land. The Huntress rules over the mountains, and death is her purview. The Seeker rules over the woods, the ravens her eyes and ears, and portends the future. Finally, the Weaver rules the fell bogs, and carries the memories of the past.
The Ladies were once the dominant religion of the native druidic tribes of Barovia, but their influence waned as more civilized peoples entered the valleys. By the time of Strahd's conquest, they were a diminished, but still mighty force. But their hold over Barovia was broken by Strahd when he took their power for his own, becoming "the Land".
In time, the Ladies were mostly forgotten, remembered only by the werewolf den near Krezk, a few scattered Forest Folk, and as fairy tales by a few Vistani and the Keepers of the Feather. But when a party of outlanders entered Barovia in 735 HR, they reconsecrated the Fanes and restored the Ladies to a semblance of their former power.
The Fanes:
Each of the Ladies ruled over a shrine called a Fane, which was sometimes used interchangeably to describe the Lady.
At the great burial cairn of Yesterhill ruled the Huntress. Yesterhill was once a place of great religious importance, but by the 8th century was used for blood magic and the veneration of Strahd by the corrupted remnants of the Forest Folk. A vast network of catacombs spanned beneath the gnarled Gulthias tree that crowned the burial mound, and in these catacombs the barrier between the Material and Ethereal plane was weakened.
The shrine of the Swamp Fane was a megalithic circle near the ruins of Berez. At the Swamp Fane the great events of the past could be relived, their memory kept alive by the power of the Weaver.
Lastly, the shrine of the Seeker was a ring of obsidian monoliths near the fell ruin of Old Bonegrinder, in the shadow of Ravenloft itself. These monoliths took the form of unassuming stone menhirs, but one who made the correct offering would find a dark reflection of themselves glaring back at them from a polished surface of obsidian.

The Fall of the Fanes
In ancient times, the native Forest Folk worshipped the Ladies Three, leaving offerings in the untamed wilderness, and raising stone circles in their honour. The Ladies bestowed their power in turn, creating fertile soil and verdant vineyards throughout the land.
Though migrations into Barovia weakened the power of the Fanes, as more and more Barovians turned to the faith of the Morninglord, the final blow came with the conquest of Barovia by Strahd von Zarovich. The warlord, seeking to hold absolute power over the land in the aftermath of his fall into vampirism, profaned the shrines of the Fanes. By desecrating them, he stole his power for himself. 
Now, the religion is all but extinct, with only the werewolf coven of Lake Baratok worshipping the Huntress.

Type

Religious, Pantheon

Alternative Names

The Fanes of Barovia