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Mochocarania (Domain)

2023-09-27T16:12:27Z

RandoTheCat: revamped and edited

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Mochocarania is the domain heavily populated by the Vistani and occasional outsider summoned by the [[dark powers]]. It is ruled by [[Malocchio Aderre]] as its king and darklord. Mochocarania is a plentiful [[:Category:Island of Terror|Island of Terror]], with fertile land and a sedentary [[Vistani]] population, unlike their kin in the other domains. They are ruled by King Malocchio, whom they all adore. Unbeknownst to the commonfolk, Malocchio is the [[Dukkar]], and despises everyone whom he is forced to live amongst. Whenever Malocchio passes a harmful law that the people do not like, they storm his fanatically loyal guards, the talons, and tear the Dukkar piece by piece until he is revived next morning, and the Vistani forget whatever law he passes and return to their villages.

Whenever a non-Vistani arrives in Mochocarania, Malocchio is immediately aware of their arrival. Although he always tries to meet them, he is stopped by duties he must attend to, and when he is free of such duties, the newcomer is taken by the mists to another land.

Mochocarania is a large producer of grain and other crops, second only to [[Falkovnia]]. The Vistani in the scattered villages are free to leave the domain and trade with others, and it is not a surprise to see a travelling merchant’s cart donning the Mochocarnian flag in a local market anywhere in the core.

In Malocchio’s home, Castle Aderre, he is constantly tormented by having to interact with politically important members of the domain (Who of course, are Vistani). The countless paintings show images only he can see, thousands of the mistakes he made, and hundreds of times he was torn apart by an angry crowd in his own castle.

<ref>[[Quoth the Raven Issue 22]] - "[[Mochocarania]]"</ref>

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The Southshore

2023-06-13T11:14:24Z

RandoTheCat:

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The Southshore is one of the seven [[Boroughs of Paridon]], located south of [[the Bowels]] and west of [[the Docks]]. Home to [[foreigner]]s, [[immigrant]]s, and people of non-[[Zherisian]] descent. [[Xenophobia]] from the other boroughs and the common belief that [[Bloody Jack]] lives here keeps the Southside hated by the rest of Paridon. Although the Southshore lacks the commercial breadth of [[Riverside]], the [[craftsman|craftspeople]] here create a number of exotic, even magical, goods not found in other places. Although mostly inhabited by [[human]]s, the Southshore also has a [[ghetto]] for nonhumans called [[Freak Street]].<ref>[[Zherisia Gazetteer]] p. 20-22</ref>
*Associated [[Dread Possibility]]: [[Fate of the Jackals?]]
*[[:category:Locations in the Southshore|Locations in the Southshore]]
*[[:category:Inhabitants of the Southshore|Inhabitants of the Southshore]]
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Acharistos

2023-06-12T18:05:45Z

RandoTheCat: minor grammatical corrections

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{{dombox
|culture_lvl=[[CL 5|5: Medieval]]
|ecology=[[Full Ecology | Full]]
|terrain='''Temperate [[forest]] and [[plain|plains]]'''
|year_formed=[[770 BC]]
|population=
|races=[[Human|Humans]], [[Vixen|Vixens]], [[Werewolf|Werewolves]], [[Wolfwere|Wolfweres]]
|languages='''Achartan'''.
|religions=[[Ezra]]'''*''', [[Lawgiver|the Lawgiver]], [[Mytteri]], [[Wolf God|the Wolf God]]
|government=[[Monarchy]]
|ruler=[[King]] '''Oubold Lukanos'''
|darklord='''Oubold Lukanos'''
|nationality='''Achartan'''
|analog='''Medieval''' [[Europe]]
}}
'''Acharistos''' is a homebrewed [[Domain]] in the [[Demiplane of Dread]], first introduced in the thread "''Who's the Darklord? [3]''" (https://fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10903).

==Location==
Acharistos is part of an as yet unnamed [[Cluster]] with [[Anaides]], located to the south beyond the Sea of Troubles. It is currently not known whether Acharistos is connected to any other Domain, nor whether it is connected to other points in the Demiplane by means of a reliable [[Mistway]].

==Geography==
Few features of the land are known, but it is fairly large. There is sufficient farmland to allow numerous villages to if not thrive, then at least survive, in spite of the armies rampaging throughout the land. A capitol city has been mentioned, but no other cities of note. The Far Forest is located at the far side of the Domain opposite the capitol city and its royal palace, and is home both to the worst monsters in the Domain and to princess '''Kaina Lukanos'''.

==Magic==
While [[arcane magic]] is a known quantity in Acharistos, it is not in common use. At the time of Oubold Lukanos' rule, there was only a handful of [[Wizard|wizards]] in the land, all of them men of high esteem and almost entirely self-taught. There is no mention of [[Sorcerer|sorcerers]] or [[Bard|bards]] having made any great names for themselves in the land.

==Religion==
The [[Church of Ezra]] traditionally anoints and crowns the High King or High Queen of Acharistos, but the [[Church of the Lawgiver]] and the [[Cult|Cults]] of the [[Wolf God]] and [[Mytteri]] are also known there.
There is a tradition for corpses to be wrapped in unrelieved black cloth, and for mourners to wear the same.

==History==
Acharistos is a nation with a legacy of kings and queens, who have ruled the nation with a hard hand, adhering to a philosophy of "the law of the jungle". In this philosophy, the ruling monarch is the apex predator in the political jungle; strong, fearless and manipulative, the ruling monarch must make the decisions necessary to:
*A) Remain in supreme power;
*B) Maintain order and prosperity in the kingdom;
*C) Ensure continuity of rule, so that strong rulers are succeeded by strong heirs.
Traditionally, the ruling king or queen is anointed and crowned by the [[Church of Ezra]], suggesting that [[Ezra]] is the nation's divine patron. (The possibility exists, of course, that this is a figment of [[false history]], and some other deity was once the patron of the royal line and the nation.)

Currently, Acharistos is in a state of anarchy and civil war, as the [[noble]] families are actively trying to exterminate each other and in so doing achieve political and military supremacy, allowing them to succeed the throne.
The common people huddle fearfully in villages and towns, around which they have built walls. Nobles who claim command over specific villages frequently tax them, not in the form of money, but in food, finished goods, and strong villagers to serve as replacement troops. The walls serve not only to protect the people from brigands and monsters, but also from the troops of rival nobles.

While the rightful King, '''Oubold Lukanos''', is still alive, he is commonly denounced as ''the Failed Man'' and ''Kinslayer'' by his people, and his line is thought to be extinct with the death of his grandchildren.
King Oubold firmly adhered to the law of the jungle, and made sure to not only sire a great many potential heirs, but to test them and forge them until he could winnow out the most promising candidate. His favoured tactic was to launch sly attacks against one child and to leave clues that another was responsible, thus pitting his sons and daughters against each other.
One of the royal princes, fifth born to the king's fifth concubine, proved to possess a kind and diplomatic nature and tried to forge bonds and alliances with his siblings. Seeing this as weakness, King Oubold punished his fifth son repeatedly, until the young man fled the royal court rather than continue to be subject to his father's rule. While the king saw his runaway son only as a disappointment and a failure, his other children were of a different opinion.
To the king's confusion, his other children were inspired by their runaway brother and rejected the notion of succeeding the throne ''en masse''. Each tried to forge lives of their own, which would take them away from the palace and their demanding father. While the king seemed to allow them their freedom, withdrawing his tests and tutelage... this lasted only until his children had themselves become parents.

On a holy night of the faith of Ezra, King Oubold had all his grandchildren abducted from their homes - even the fifth-born daughter and sole surviving child of the fifth son who was first to flee him - and brought to his castle. He intended to teach, test and winnow this new generation to create his heir, having concluded that he had simply started too late with his own children. In order to ensure that his children would not interfere with his plans, he had them all murdered.
The king repeated his program of having his offspring taught, trained and tested, in an effort to toughen them, educate them, and find the optimal scion to become his heir. The fifth-born child of his fifth son by his fifth concubine, '''Princess Kaina Lukanos''', was one of the children so tested; she was poisoned and nearly died. Upon recovering, she proved intelligent enough to see through the clues her grandfather had left, which had been meant to drive her into conflict with one of her cousins.
While her keenness of mind pleased the king, he was nonplussed by Kaina's reaction; the young child drove her maids from her presence, as she (correctly) suspected them of having slipped her the poison; she rejected the lavish luxuries of the palace by stripping her chambers bare of all finery; she rejected her own noble status by divesting herself of jewels and fine clothes, wearing only unrelieved black; she showed nothing but distrust for her relatives, refusing to attend family gatherings and lessons unless forced to, eating and drinking only what she could steal or scrounge for herself. Kaina spent as much time in her own company as she could, studying in the palace's great library.

King Oubold felt the first inklings of guilt and doubt when he saw how fiercely unhappy his grandchild was, but tried to make amends by offering the girl gifts - which she venomously rejected. When even maids experienced in dealing with 'difficult' children fled the princess's presence and refused to return, one of them whispered a warning to the king that princess Kaina had driven the maids away using [[arcane magic]]; Kaina had, through her solitary studies, become a self-taught [[Wizard]].
Initially, King Oubold was elated, and considered his granddaughter might make a fine Wizard-Queen. When he tried to talk to Kaina about this, however, he discovered that all she wanted was to return home to her parents. She had come to completely reject the royal court and all its fineries, considering both the king and his nobles to be enemies intent on turning her and her cousins against each other and killing them off.
Kaina's comments caused the king to discover some of his nobles had, indeed, been meddling in his educational program for his grandchildren. The net result was that King Oubold felt compelled to have several of his most cunning nobles executed -- as well as the children they had been influencing.

Left now with only a handful of potential heirs, the king finally selected his grandson Rozen as his heir. However, Rozen was the youngest remaining scion of the line and would need help. King Oubold offered Kaina a deal, based on a lie; that if she would study and act the role of a proper princess and help Rozen ascend the throne, he would release her to go home to her parents.
While he still felt unaccustomed pangs of guilt, the king did ''not'' tell his granddaughter that her parents were already dead, their bodies buried in a shallow grave near their shack in the Far Forest.
Although Kaina accepted the bargain, consenting to wear the dresses and eat the foods she was entitled to by rank, her quarters once again fit for royalty, the king soon came to regret his bargain. Kaina kept to the letter of the deal, but had no regard for its spirit. When the Wizard mentor the king found for Kaina suggested they should flee to another nation where she could ascend to the rank of Archmage, Kaina killed him in a sorcerous duel that blasted a significant part of the royal palace. When a cousin tried to make her dependent on a narcotic substance, so as to gain power over Rozen, Kaina murdered him in the castle courtyard, "causing him to scream his way to death". Rather than a trusted guardian and subordinate, prince Rozen came to see his Wizard cousin as a boogeyman and a threat constantly looming over his head. The other remaining cousins regarded her with knee-knocking dread.

Matters came to such a head that Prince Rozen broke under the strain and tried to flee the palace, as his uncle had done so long ago. The instant he left the palace's grounds, the boy fell deathly ill and had to be carried back into the castle. After hovering between life and death in the grip of a vile fever, the young prince finally recovered, but he was forever marked by fear.
King Oubold discovered to his horror that Rozen's unnaturally sudden illness was the effect of a curse that Kaina had placed on her young cousin. When he questioned her as to her reasons, Kaina replied simply that their deal relied on Rozen reaching the throne. To this end, she would kill anyone who threatened to interfere with the bargain - and she would prevent Rozen from escaping the destiny his grandfather had planned for him.

When King Oubold came to realize that Kaina held zero empathy or regard for any member of her family outside of her parents, and that she would never truly be part of his vision for the future, he resolved to have her assassinated. He sent the one maid who had come to hold - and continued to hold - a motherly affection for his granddaughter, with the same poison he had used once before.
The exact sequence of events is currently unknown, but Kaina was informed that her parents were dead. She proceeded to kill the maid who had been sent to poison her, then launched a destructive rampage throughout the royal palace. In her rage, she killed her last remaining cousins and most of the palace staff, before being confronted by King Oubold. Accusing her grandfather of the murder of her beloved parents, Kaina proceeded to blast the king with a spell at the same time that he stabbed her with a sword.

This, it can be agreed, was the seminal event upon which Acharistos became part of the Demiplane of Dread: with Oubold Lukanos finally crossing the line between causing the deaths of his descendants indirectly, to directly assaulting one whose life he had twisted so.

==Darklord: King Oubold Lukanos==
The general consensus of "''Who's the Darklord [3]''" is that King Oubold Lukanos is the Darklord of Acharistos. While the king survived his injuries, he is old now, his body too weak for him to wield his sword. Although he frequently wishes for death, he is unaging. His old influence and power are lost, as the nobles believe he has no remaining heirs, and everyone in the kingdom knows that this is his own doing.

Called ''the Failed Man'' and ''Kinslayer'', the king still possesses massive wealth, but his castle is largely ruined. Kaina stripped it of all of its luxuries as she departed, and none of the available craftsfolk is willing to waste time on restoring the royal palace when there are weapons and armour to forge or farms and homes to shore up and improve. Knights and soldiers refuse to work for the king because he is seen as a spent force, just waiting for whoever wins the civil war to step over his corpse and claim the throne. A skeleton staff of frightened - but loyal - servants struggles to keep the palace going; they are the few who did not flee Kaina's wrath or were at least not too frightened to return after she had left.

In truth, the king exerts considerable influence through his wealth. He uses thieves, spies and assassins, spreading rumours and lies, offering bribes, and doing everything he can to keep the nobles at each other's throats and away from his own. He is himself disgusted by the methods he has been forced to resort to, and longs keenly for the days of luxury and power he once enjoyed.

The king is aware that Kaina has survived. While he has not seen his granddaughter since Acharistos was drawn into the [[Mists]], the way she lives and her frequent rampages fill his withered heart with a mixture of hatred, remorse, frustration and confusion. Even now, the king cannot understand why Kaina turned out the way she did, even if a repressed part of him acknowledges that he himself is to blame.

===Closing the Borders===
When King Oubold wishes to close the borders of Acharistos - a rare event, as he far prefers troublemakers and enemies to leave his troubled lands over keeping them trapped with him in his own cage - a mirror-like membrane rises at the borders. Those who approach the border and see their own reflection, will soon find that the reflection steps out of the membrane, becoming flesh and blood (or whatever the ones trying to escape are made of).

Bearing the same equipment and possessing the same class levels as their original, these mirror-creatures will assault their original with all the force they can muster. They are soulless copies, who will fade from existence if their original is slain, yet still fixate on killing them. It is not impossible for someone to defeat their mirror opposite, and thus gain egress from Acharistos. Moreover, given that each mirror opposite focuses solely on their original, a party of people working together can usually make short work of their mirror opposites.

Blind and naturally sightless beings, as well as creatures without a reflection like [[Vampire|vampires]], can cross the closed border of Acharistos with impunity, as the border effect does not trigger for them at all.

===Game statistics===
(PF 1E): LE old [[male]] [[human]] [[Aristocrat]] 6 / [[Courtier Prestige Class|Courtier]] 7

Significant class abilities: Glib lie, Good name, Poison use, Terse threats, Undetectable

Special qualities: '' Unaging'', ''Disease immunity'' and ''Poison immunity''. No matter how old and withered Oubol Lukanos now looks, no matter how weary he feels, his health is actually inhumanly strong, and he will not physically age even a day no matter how many years pass. Unless someone actively kills him or he commits suicide, the king will not die.

==Princess Kaina Lukanos==
Although injured by her grandfather's sword, Kaina also survived. She scoured the royal palace of all the finery her grandfather prized so, then returned to the humble shack where she was born: in the Far Forest. The princess, sole surviving member of the Lukanos royal line who is theoretically capable of having children and continuing the family, lives in bitter solitude. She does what work is needed to stay alive and moderately comfortable, studies her books of arcane lore, and grieves over what mementos of her parents remain to her.
While Kaina has no desire to return to the capitol city (the very thought makes her skin crawl) and is unaware of her grandfather's survival, she holds a potential for monstrous violence. Every time people have wandered into Kaina's territory, regardless whether their intentions were benign, neutral or malicious, the Wizard has erupted in a terrible fury that scoured the area a mile around the Far Forest of all intelligent life.
The repeated slaughter has made the whole Far Forest into a Rank 2 [[Sinkhole of Evil]] with a taint of [[Wrath]]. Evil creatures lurk on the fringe of the forest, attracted to Kaina's madness and grief, but too wise to disturb her. Instead, they frequently attack the closest towns and villages, adding to the commoners' misery.

===Game Statistics===
(PF 1E) CE young [[female]] [[human]] [[Aristocrat]] 1 / [[Cleric]] 3 / [[Wizard]] (Universalist) 3 / [[Mystic Theurge]] 4

Patron: Mytteri; Domains: [[Destruction Domain|Destruction]], [[Magic Domain|Magic]]

Arcane bond: Amulet. This takes the form of a silver locket containing hand-drawn pictures of Kaina's parents.

Special qualities: the Dark Powers have cursed Kaina with the ''Unaging'' quality. No matter how much she might wish to slip into the embrace of death, to either find oblivion or be reunited with her parents, she remains young, healthy and beautiful.

==Diplomacy==
There is mention of allied nations in Acharistos' (false) history, and there used to be trade across the Sea of Troubles with [[Anaides]] to the south before the current state of civil war erupted, but it is currently not known whether there are other Domains with which it can have any kind of relationship at all.

==Local Horrors==
*[[Werewolf|Werewolves]] exist in Acharistos, as evidenced by local acknowledgment of the Wolf God. Most of these lycanthropes dwell in the unsettled parts of the Domain, preferring to keep away from the raging civil war.
*The border regions of the Far Forest are frequently haunted by Wrathspawn-type Sinspawn (https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/sinspawn), which rise from the unholy alchemy of Kaina's magical might, madness and anger.
*[[Wolfwere|Wolfweres]] and [[Vixen|Vixens]] tend to lurk closer to civilization, both infiltrating and feeding on the human population.

==Dread Possibilities==
===The Forgotten Prince===
Prince Rozen Lukanos was once a clever, ambitious and energetic child. Even when his grandfather had him abducted from his home, Rozen remained in high spirits; it was not that he did not love his parents, but he did not suspect he would never see them again. Even when he was subjected to the same hell of demanding training and threats against his life that gradually blackened his cousin Kaina's heart, Rozen remained strong and steadfast. He could see King Oubold was ... ''not right'', but he felt he could become a better High King in his stead. The old man could not live forever, after all.

It was only when Rozen's grandfather made the mistake of appointing Kaina to become his guard that the young prince lost hope. Constantly watched over by a cousin who had once simply been cold and disinterested, but had now become an obsessive and uncaring murderer, Rozen felt the grip of the Reaper around his throat during every waking moment. When he finally broke under the strain and tried to run away, he discovered Kaina had already made him a prisoner of the palace.

In the end, Rozen lost his life, shattered like a doll by Kaina's magic. His torment did not end there; whether it is because of the anguish Rozen felt in the weeks and months leading up to his death, or because Kaina's curse still lingers, but the young prince rose as a Rank 1 [[Ghost|ghost]] on the first night of the full moon after his death. Rozen is largely content to haunt the ruined portions of the palace, where he relives the happier moments of his short life unless he is disturbed. On the few occasions that palace staff came upon the prince's spirit while trying to make repairs, it was a toss-up whether the servant or the ghost was quicker to flee the other's presence. If someone with greater courage were to seek out Rozen's ghost, however, they might find him a font of knowledge: not only can the prince recite all of Oubold's crimes which have lead to the fall of Acharistos and describe what he knows of Kaina's magic, but the ghost has valuable current knowledge as well, obtained from lurking in the walls and listening in on his grandfather when he meets with his assassins, thieves and spies.

===Neither Mother nor Maid===
Primula was once a maid, serving in the royal palace of Acharistos before the whole land was drawn into the [[Mists]]. She was generally a kind, well-intentioned woman and a highly competent maid, whose only regret was that she had never married and had the children she longed for. When King Oubold Lukanos assigned her to take care of his granddaughter, Princess Kaina, Primula went to attend the child without hesitation. The first time she laid eyes on the little princess, Primula fell in love. Not romantic love, but maternal love; Kaina seemed so small, so vulnerable and afraid. Primula resolved to help the little princess and guard her safety with all her might, as though she were her own child. The fact that the servants were aware that the king had ordered his children executed so they could not interfere with his grandchildren's education was a contributing factor; adoration combined with pity in Primula's heart whenever she looked on Kaina.

For a time, the maid and the princess got along decently with each other. Kaina made it clear that she already had a mother and Primula would never take her place, but she accepted her as something like an aunt or a close friend. For her part, Primula was happy with anything she could get, and overjoyed to see her little princess adapt to the ways of the court - in no small part because Primula herself had been instructing her.

Then the order came down for Kaina's first serious test, and Primula was assigned to administer the poison. While she wrestled with her conscience and her love for her little princess, Primula did in the end poison her young charge. She rationalized this, considering that the court was ruled by the Lukanos version of the rule of the jungle, and every scion must be strengthened and taught to prepare for hostility. (In addition, Primula had secretly diluted the poison just a little, hoping to give Kaina a better chance of survival.)
Seeing the child she loved like a daughter hover between life and death nearly undid Primula. Although she did everything in her power to help Kaina pull through, she could not forgive herself for putting the child in this wretched state in the first place. When Kaina did recover, Primula was more relieved than anyone else; she resolved never again to harm her little princess, and to confess everything to her as soon as she could.

The maid never got the chance to confess. As soon as Kaina was well enough to speak and understand again, her first act was to order her maids out of her quarters, and she refused to let them back in. This is not to say that the servants did not creep back into her quarters whenever the little princess was out, so they might clean and do the laundry. The fact of the matter was, however, that there was little service to be provided - other than clearing debris.
To Primula's horror, the princess stripped a suite that had been all pastel colours and dust of gold and silks down to the brickwork, tossed priceless jewelry, a small icon of Ezra and pretty toys out into the hallway like trash. She also bullied the seamstresses until they made her clothes more appropriate to a mourner or a corpse, rather than a princess of the Lukanos bloodline!

Seeing how pale and thin Kaina grew day after day - always from a distance, as the little princess would not allow any servant close enough for an actual conversation - tore Primula apart inside. King Oubold Lukanos was not the only to try and send Kaina gifts to make her happier. Primula also left hot meals in her princess's rooms, and soft toys, and warm blankets, and letters full of encouragement and love. All were thrown out into the hallway; crumpled up, shattered, trod upon and disdained.
Even as she watched the child she loved like a daughter grow more unhappy by the day, Primula tore herself up inside in equal measure. What had she done? How could she have obeyed an order to poison her adored princess, law of the jungle or no? Why hadn't she warned her adored princess instead, told her the truth, smuggled her out of this hateful palace?

Then came the fateful bargain between the king and the princess, and Primula and other maids were allowed back into the princess's quarters! Decorators were allowed to restore them, the seamstresses to sew gowns that flattered her, and the girl - now a young woman in the making - fleshed out as she ate properly once more.
Primula was almost deliriously happy, even if her relationship with the princess had changed fundamentally. Kaina was cold and distant, though she adhered to strict forms of good manners. The maid did not care; she could see her princess grow healthier by the day, knew that she was doing some great service for the king, and believed - or at least wanted to believe - that all would be well.

When Kaina killed her Wizard mentor in a magical duel, Primula could not believe it. She had a front-row seat to watching her slaughter the cousin who had tried to turn her into a hopeless addict, and still she could not believe it. The Kaina she had come to know and adore was quiet, and shy, and yearned for nothing as much as to return to her parents. How could the girl she loved so much, the daughter she had never managed to bear, have turned into a person who would kill a member of her own family without turning a hair?
When King Oubold called for Primula and ordered her to once again poison her charge, her first impulse was to refuse. But the king talked to the maid at length, explaining how Kaina had gone completely off the rails, how she was now a danger to the Lukanos family and the kingdom at large - not to mention herself. Could Primula not see, so asked the king, that Kaina had not really gotten better at all? Could she not see that she was desperately unhappy, unhinged in mind and soul? Could she not see that life itself had become a burden for her little princess?

The king was the king, and he was persuasive. Although tears were streaming down her cheeks, Primula once again accepted the poison from his hand and made her way to her princess's quarters. There, she found Kaina in an unusually talkative mood; the Wizard-child reminisced about her parents, longing in her voice, and spoke to Primula of how much she wanted to leave the palace... and about the bargain she had made with the king.

"I can trust you with this, can I not?" Kaina asked of Primula, a longing in her eyes that Primula had not seen there for years. "I hate it here so much. What I've done... I'm so sick of it. But it's almost over. Once the king's brat grandson is on the throne, I can go ''home''. That's all I ever wanted; to go home and see my parents again. You should get out of here, too, Primula. You've been nothing but kind to me, and this place is a snake-pit."

Guilt smote Primula's heart and she fell to her knees, letting the poison fall to the carpet. While Kaina looked at her in confusion, the maid confessed everything: How she had poisoned her adored princess before; how she had been sent to poison her again; how her beloved parents had been murdered in the dark on the very night she was abducted to the palace; how much Primula loved her and genuinely only wished for her wellbeing.
"You should run," Primula started to say - but then she saw the darkness and the madness welling up in Kaina's eyes, and her voice caught in her throat. The last thing she heard in life was the princess's howl of unhinged rage, followed by the ''crunch'' of her own spinal cord being severed into pieces.

Primula rose on the next dark of the moon as a rank 1 [[Ghost|ghost]]. She dwells in the ruined section of the palace that once held Kaina's quarters. When the moon is dark, Primula wails her unending sorrow, driving away all living beings that have strayed near. On other nights, she scrabbles at the debris cluttering the rooms where her adored princess once lived, still trying to clean and restore them to this day. While usually caught up in the tragedy of her life and her guilt, Primula is not malicious and avoids conflict. If approached peacefully, she could offer a wealth of information about Acharistos as it was before its fall into the Demiplane of Dread, not to mention personal information about Princess Kaina Lukanos.

===The Mark of Five times Five times Five===
An offshoot of [[The Échansons Heresy|''les Échansons'']] operates in Acharistos. Believing that the blood of [[Ezra]] courses through the Lukanos bloodline, these secretive heretics see great significance in the existence of Princess Kaina Lukanos:

*Oubold Lukanos begat five sons upon his fifth concubine.
*The fifth son of Oubold Lukanos's fifth concubine begat five children upon his common wife.
*Four of the fifth son's children were still-born, but the fifth one lived; and that fifth child is Kaina Lukanos.

As Kaina is the fifth daughter of a fifth son with the bloodline of Ezra, who was himself born of a fifth wife, ''les Échansons'' believe that Kaina is a blessed child of the bloodline - but not yet as blessed as her own offspring might be.

''Les Échansons'' believe that Kaina represents a numerological factor of 5 x 5 x 5 = 125 = 1 + 2 + 5 = 8, which is a completed feminine number, implying that Kaina is a woman of great power. Even if the concubine is discarded from the equation, Kaina represents 5 x 5 = 25 = 2 + 5 = 7, a mystical number of both eternity and madness.
''Les Échansons'' believe that if the numerical value of Kaina's eventual, hypothetical offspring can be brought to equal five, the child born will be the vessel of Ezra's rebirth in the Demiplane of Dread.

Caring nothing for Acharistos and caring all for reviving the power of their goddess, ''les Échansons'' of Acharistos lurk among the accepted clergy of Ezra. Alignment-wise, most are either [[True Neutral]] or [[Lawful Evil]] in outlook, but even those whose alignment strays from the majority are dedicated to doing whatever is necessary to make Kaina Lukanos bear children and restore the goddess. They spend a great deal of time in study and careful plotting, but also tend to nudge events so that men they consider good candidates to father the next generation in the Lukanos bloodline will travel to the Far Forest.
In their desire to beget the rebirth of Ezra, ''les Échansons'' have done nothing but repeatedly arouse Kaina's wrath and scouring of the land around the Far Forest. And in spite of many setbacks, they show no sign of stopping their plans to breed their goddess back into corporeal life...

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'''Domains''' are land pieces brought together by a mysterious force known only as the "[[Dark Powers]]". Each domain is mystically ruled by a being called a "[[:Category:darklord|darklord]]", which is a person, monster, or being who has committed an act or acts of evil so foul as to attract special attention from the Dark Powers. The darklords are imprisoned within the borders of their domains and cannot escape by any means, although most can seal their domain borders with a thought. Within their domains, the darklords are forever tormented by the objects of their desire (often the objects they committed their crimes to achieve), which the Dark Powers dangle before them like the fruits of Tantalus.

==A Timeline of Domain Development==
*[[351 BC]] '''Summer''' - The [[massacre]] at [[the Wedding of Sergei von Zarovich]] occurs.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 14-15">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 14-15</ref> [[Barovia]] forms as the first [[Ravenloft]] [[domain]] due the actions of [[Strahd von Zarovich]].<ref>[[Gazetteer I]], pp 10, 16.</ref>

*[[547 BC]] '''1934 Forfarian Calendar''' - [[The Execution of Andrew ApFittle]]. [[Tristen ApBlanc]] wins a bloody civil war for [[Forfar]]. He orders the [[execution]] of the last [[Andrew ApFittle|ApFittle]]. As Tristen claims lordship of [[Forfar]] for himself, [[the Dark Powers]] respond. [[Forlorn]] becomes the second [[domain]] to form in [[Ravenloft]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>

*[[551 BC]] - [[Har'Akir]] and [[Paridon]] form.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[555 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}On this approximate year, [[Xi'anlin]] is drawn into [[the Mists]].<ref name="Navigaccio p. 40 n3">[[Navigaccio]] p. 40; "a hundred and fifty years after Niangxue's death"- see [[405 BC]] "Lai Niangxue dies..."</ref>

*[[564 BC]] - [[Sebua]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> 

*[[565 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Leederik's Tower]] becomes a [[floating pocket]] [[domain]]<ref name="Children of the Night: Darklords p.181">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 181</ref> 

*[[570 BC]] - [[The Mists]] claim [[Kalidnay]]<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> (or a copy of it), having been drawn from [[Athas]].<ref name="DoD p.90-91">[[Domains of Dread]] p.90-91</ref>

*[[575 BC]] - [[Arak]] takes shape.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>
*[[575 BC]] - {{questionably-canon-small}}[[Lamordia]] is formed as an [[Island of Terror]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 16">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 16</ref>

*[[579 BC]] - [[Strahd]] and [[Azalin]] create a [[portal]] to [[Mordent]]<ref name="GazII p.135">[[Gazetteer II]] p.135</ref>, where [[The Alchemist]] conducts strange research on changing the soul.<ref>[[I10: Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill]]</ref> [[The Mists]] snatch up [[Mordent]] before either [[Strahd]] or [[Azalin]] can make good their escape, leaving them with only hazy dream-like recollections of what happened.<ref name="GazII p.135">[[Gazetteer II]] p.135</ref>

*579 BC - [[Azalin]] leaves the service of [[Strahd]].<ref name="King of the Dead">[[King of the Dead]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> [[Darkon]] forms as he leaves [[Barovia]].<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 9">[[Gazetteer II]] p.9</ref><ref name="King of the Dead">[[King of the Dead]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="Gazetteer II p. 9">[[Gazetteer II]] p.9</ref>

*[[581 BC]] - [[Bluetspur]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> 

*[[584 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Ghastria]] forms.<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.54</ref> 

*[[586 BC]] - {{homebrew-small}}[[Al Kathos]] forms. 

*[[588 BC]] - [[The Scourge of Arak]]<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 21">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 21</ref> [[Keening]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>

*[[590 BC]] - [[Pharazia]] takes shape.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[593 BC]] - The domain of [[Gundarak]] appears.<ref name="Gazetter I p.18">[[Gazetteer I]] p.18</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> 

*[[596 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Cumbre de Oro (Domain)|Cumbre de Oro]] forms.<ref name=Bosac99>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.99</ref> 

*[[597 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Farelle]] forms.<ref name ="BoSacp p.86">[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.86</ref> 

*[[600 BC]] - [[Vechor]] is revealed.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> As [[Ravenloft]] claims the lair of [[Easan the Mad]], [[Ahmi Vanjuko]] is taken as well. As [[the Mists]] surround the [[mansion]], Vanjuko flees but winds up in [[Kartakass]].<ref name="MCI&II p.85-86">[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II]] p.85-86</ref> 

*600 BC - {{netbook-small}}[[The Drowning Deep]] forms.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 225">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 225</ref> 

*[[601 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Ustalav]] (or some version of it) forms as a [[domain]] within [[the Land of Mists]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref>

*[[603 BC]] - [[Bakholis totures and murders Marta and Karlus]].<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 44-45">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.44-45</ref> The domain of [[Invidia]] is revealed.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>

*[[607 BC]] - [[Sanguinia]] forms.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[611 BC]] - [[Shadowborn Manor]] is claimed by [[the Mists]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[613 BC]] - [[Kartakass]] is revealed.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 93">[[Gazetteer I]] p.93</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>

*[[613 BC]] {{Netbook-small}} [[Lilliend]] forms.

*[[615 BC]] - [[Nidala]] forms.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[620 BC]] - [[Timor]] appears.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[620 BC]] {{Questionably-canon-small}}[[Maridrar]] was an Oerth kingdom, and after more than a century of war, it was the last to fall to the evil Velkaarn. [[Maridrar]] is drawn into the mists. <ref>[[Castle of the Undead]] p.</ref>

*[[625 BC]] - [[Valachan]] forms.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

* [[630 BC]] - [[The Sea of Sorrows]] becomes the western coast of [[the Core]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>{{Questionably-canon-small}} [[Moridana]] a perversion of [[Maridrar]] appears from the mists to join the western core.<ref>[[Neither Man Nor Beast]] p.47</ref><ref>[[QtR22]] p.159</ref>

* [[632 BC]] - {{Homebrew non-canon-small}}[[Jonenmark]] forms.<ref name=ARWp.195>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/AlanikRay/From_Alanik_Ray%27s_Vaults_-_Places.pdf Alanik Ray's Library Archives Places] p.195</ref> 

*[[635 BC]] - [[Meredoth]]'s [[mass murder]] and [[reanimation]] of his subjects<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 80">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 80</ref> causes [[Nebligtode]] to form,<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> drawn in from off the coast of [[Norwold]] (a territory of the [[Alphatian Empire]] in the world of [[Mystara]]).<ref name="DoD p.79-80">[[Domains of Dread]] p.79-80</ref> At this stage of its evolution, Nebligtode consists of a number of [[island]]s<ref name="Ships of Horror p.54">[[Ship of Horror]] p.54</ref> in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="Ships of Horror p.43">[[Ship of Horror]] p.43</ref>

*635 BC - [[Souragne]] forms.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>

*[[643 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Blaustein]] forms.<ref name=qtr19p.54>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 19, p.54</ref>

*[[645 BC]] {{Questionably-canon-small}} [[Moridana]] vanishes in the mists.<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p.55-57</ref><ref>[[QtR22]] p.159</ref><ref>"Bait This Hook!" project on the FoS board</ref>

*[[646 BC]] - [[Avonleigh]] arises from [[the Phantasmal Forest]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> Note that there is some discrepancy here on when and how the Phantasmal Forest first forms. The Audio CD for [[A Light in the Belfry]] have the Phantasmal Forest taken as a part of Avonleigh when it enters Ravenloft. The [[3rd Edition]] [[Ravenloft]] products infer that the Phantasmal Forest already existed in Ravenloft, and that Tergeron Manor simply emerge from within in upon arrival to the Land of Mists.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> {{potential-canon-small}} According to the comments left by [[John W. Mangrum]], the Phantasmal Forest exists as a manifestation of [[Ebonbane]]'s [[evil]]<ref>Comments on plans for [[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume X]]</ref> as opposed to the origins given in [[A Light in the Belfry]].

*[[651 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Carcharodon Isle (Domain)|Carcharodon Isle]] appears in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name=BoSp.72>[[The Book of Souls (Netbook)]] p.72</ref> 

*[[653 BC]] - {{homebrew-small}} By this year or earlier, [[Agonia]] has formed.<ref name=ARWp6>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/AlanikRay/From_Alanik_Ray%27s_Vaults_-_Places.pdf Alanik Ray's Library Archives Places] p.6</ref> 

*[[654 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} On this approximate year, [[Locknar Cove]] is taken by [[the Mists]] to form an [[Island of Terror]].<ref name=booksacp118>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p. 118</ref>

*[[658 BC]] - [[The Wildlands]] forms<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[670 BC]] - Formerly part of a larger land on the Prime Material Plane<ref name="Web of Illusion p. 58">[[Web of Illusion]] p. 58</ref>, [[Sri Raji]] is drawn into the land of Mists.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[677 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[L'île de la Tempête]] forms.<ref name=NoctGazp.90>[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p.90</ref>

*[[682 BC]] - The domain of [[Nova Vaasa]] appears.<ref name="Ravenloft Gazetteer V p.155">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume V]] pg. 155</ref>

*[[683 BC]] - The domain of [[Lamordia]] forms.<ref name="Gaz II p.69">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 69</ref> {{questionably-canon-small}}(In the [[Domains of Dread]] timeline, Lamordia merely joins [[the Core]] on this year.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref>

*[[684 BC]] - The domain of [[Borca]] is revealed due to the actions of [[Camille Dilisnya]].<ref name=GazIVp.15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref>{{Questionably-canon-small}} The domain of [[Bileplate]] appears. <ref>[[Neither Man Nor Beast]] p.47</ref> 

*[[685 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Saarkaath]] forms in this approximate year.<ref name="BoSac p.92 Hakaan searching">[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.92; Hakaan has been looking for away out for "the past 70 years" from [[755 BC]], the then corresponding time of writing of the Book of Sacrifices</ref> 

*[[686 BC]] - In this year at the latest, The [[Isle of Demise]] forms.

*[[690 BC]] - [[Falkovnia]] forms,<ref name ="Gaz II p.93">[[Gazetteer II]] p.93</ref> {{netbook-small}} as does the [[floating pocket]] domains of [[The Endless Road]]<ref name="CotN:Darklords p. 136">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 136</ref> and [[the Winding Road]]<ref name="CotN:Darklords p. 141">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 141</ref> 

*[[691 BC]] - The domain of [[Tepest]] appears.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[694 BC]] - The domain of [[Richemulot]] is revealed. [[Claude Renier]] is its first [[darklord]].<ref name="Gaz III p.83">[[Gazetteer III]] p.83</ref>

*[[698 BC]] - [[Markovia]] forms.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[702 BC]] - After [[Yagno Petrovna]] flees into the Mists, When he exits the Mists, his domain, [[G'Henna]], reveals itself to him.<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17, 87</ref>

*[[703 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[The Mists]] claim [[Dur-Anea]] no later than this year.<ref name=NBp.11>[[Nebula Obscura]] p.11</ref>

*[[707 BC]] - The domain of [[Dementlieu]] appears as the [[d'Honaire family]] leave [[Mordent]].<ref name="Gazetteer III, p. 10, 123">[[Gazetteer III]] p. 10, 123</ref>

*[[708 BC]] - [[Arkandale]] is formed.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[714 BC]] - The domain of [[Hazlan]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="Gazetter I p.47">[[Gazetteer I]] p.47</ref>

*[[715 BC]] - [[Dorvinia]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>

*[[719 BC]] - {{homebrew-small}} [[Virisa]] is taken by [[the Mists]] after [[Lord Willem Ducas]] [[murder]]s and eats his parents.<ref name=ARWp335>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/AlanikRay/From_Alanik_Ray%27s_Vaults_-_Places.pdf Alanik Ray's Library Archives Places] p.335</ref> 

*[[720 BC]] '''March''' - [[Sithicus]] emerges.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>

*[[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[730 BC]] - [[Verbrek]] forms<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> after [[Alfred Timothy betrays a helpful Vistana]].

*[[731 BC]] - [[Vorostokov]] <ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> and {{homebrew-small}}[[Arkson]] forms.<ref name=ARWp.32>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/AlanikRay/From_Alanik_Ray%27s_Vaults_-_Places.pdf Alanik Ray's Library Archives Places] p.32</ref> 

*[[732 BC]] - [[Nosos]] and [[I'Cath]] form.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>. {{netbook-small}} [[Scaena]] becomes a domain.<ref name="Children of the Night: Darklords p. 184">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 184</ref>

*[[735 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Dat Cua Nhen]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="Children of the Night: Darklords p.178">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 178</ref> 

*[[736 BC]] - For a brief moment, [[Daglan]] becomes a domain in [[the Core]] before dissolving away.

*736 BC - {{netbook-small}} The future components of [[Liffe]] start forming.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref> 

*[[738 BC]] - [[Odiare]] is drawn into [[Ravenloft]]<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> from [[Gothic Earth]]'s [[Italy]].<ref name="DoD p.93">[[Domains of Dread]] p.93</ref>

*[[739 BC]] - {{Questionably-canon-small}}Theka appears.<ref>[[Neither Man Nor Beast]] p.47</ref><ref>[[Crystal Spheres]] p.58</ref>

*[[740 BC]] '''[[The Great Upheaval]]'''.<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref> Effects:
** [[Arak]], [[Arkandale]], [[Dorvinia]], and [[Gundarak]], ceased to be, their [[land|lands]] absorbed into or merged with neighboring domains.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
**[[Bluetspur]], [[G'Henna]], and [[the Nightmare Lands]] are thrown from [[the Core]] and became [[Islands of Terror]].<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
** [[Dominia]] forms as a small [[Island of Terror]]<ref name=rlcsanddp.35>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p.35</ref>
** [[Farelle]], [[Sanguinia]], and [[Vechor]] all [[disappeared|disappear]], seemingly destroyed.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
** [[Markovia]] is displaced but will eventually be rediscovered as an [[island]] in the [[Sea of Sorrows]]<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>, its [[climate]] and [[flora]] visibly changing from temperate to tropical.<ref name="Neither Man Nor Beast p. ">[[Neither Man Nor Beast]] p.</ref>
** [[Rokushima Táiyoo]] is revealed.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>
** [[The Shadow Rift]] appears where G'Henna and Markovia formerly were.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
** The [[Sea of Sorrows]] receives its own [[darklord]] for the first time.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
** The [[Verduous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>
** {{Netbook-small}} T'Lann almost escapes using the [[Ultimate Helm]] before being pulled back. [[Theka]] becomes an [[Island of Terror]].<ref>[[QtR22]] p.148-158</ref>
** {{Netbook-small}}[[Bileplate]] vanishes.<ref>[[QtR22]] p.132-148</ref>
** {{Netbook-small}} The [[Wartorn Cluster]] forms.

*740 BC ([[Dread Possibility]]): In [[Lamordia]], [[The Smothering of Reason]] first manifests.<ref name="Gaz II p.73">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 73</ref>

*[[742 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Romagna]] forms.<ref name=BoSp.84>[[Book of Sorrows]] p.84</ref> 

*[[743 BC]] - Having vanished from the mainland of [[the Core]], [[Markovia]] is found once again in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

*[[744 BC]] - The [[Zherisia]] [[Cluster]] forms from former [[Island of Terror|islands of terror]] [[Paridon]] and [[Timor]].<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

*744 BC - [[Castle Island]] forms.<ref name="Gazetteer V p. 77">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 77</ref>

*[[746 BC]] - [[The Amber Wastes]] [[cluster]] forms when [[Har'Akir]], [[Sebua]], and [[Pharazia]] fuse together into one landmass.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

*746 - {{netbook-small}} [[Mictlan]] forms.<ref name=CotnDarklords169>[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p.169</ref> 

*[[747 BC]] - [[The Shadowlands]] [[cluster]] forms from [[Nidala]], [[Avonleigh]], and [[Shadowborn Manor]].<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

*747 BC - {{netbook-small}} [[Nueva Aragona]] is drawn into [[the Mists]] as a [[cluster]] of two domains ([[Maconda]] and [[Resistencia]]).<ref name=USS143>[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2001]] p.143</ref> 

*[[750 BC]] - [[The Burning Peaks]] [[cluster]] ([[Cavitius]] and [[Tovag]]) forms as [[the Mists]] capture both [[Vecna]] and [[Kas]].<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>

*[[751 BC]] - [[Aggarath]] forms.<ref>[[The Forgotten Terror]]</ref>

*[[752 BC]] - In [[Sithicus]], [[The Night of Screaming Shadows]] occurs. [[Lord Soth]] leaves [[Ravenloft]], and [[Inza Kulchevich]] takes his place as [[darklord]]. As the darklord changes, the fundamental nature of Sithicus also changes.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 312">[[Spectre of the Black Rose]] p. 312</ref> The [[Guilt of Sithicus]] sets in.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 108">Gazetteer IV p.108</ref> Even [[Nuitari]], Sithicus' [[moon]], changes.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 120">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.120</ref>

*752 BC - {{netbook-small}}[[The Northlands]] form.<ref name=USS03174>[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2003]] p.174</ref> 

*[[753 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Locknar Cove]] joins [[the Core]] as a location in the [[Nocturnal Sea]].<ref name=booksacp118>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p. 118</ref>

*753 BC - {{netbook-small}} [[Gustavstan]]<ref name="USS2001 p.82">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2001]] p.82</ref> and [[Igid Rabi-i]]<ref name=BoSacp.96-97n1>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.96-97. Igid Rabi-i is taken a year after [[the Vestibulo]] is completed.</ref> are claimed by the Mists.

*753 BC - {{netbook-small}} '''Late Year''' The [[archipelago]] of [[Igid Rabi-i]] enters the [[the Demiplane of Dread]].<ref name=BoSacp.96-97n2>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.96-97. This event occurs a year after the Vestibulo is completed.</ref>

*[[755 BC]] - ([[Dread Possibility]]): In [[Lamordia]], [[the Smothering of Reason]] doubles in frequency.<ref name="Gaz II p.73">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 73</ref>

*[[755 BC]] - [[Necropolis]] becomes its own [[domain]] with [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)|Death]] as its [[darklord]].<ref name="Gaz II p.55">[[Gazetteer II]] p.55</ref>

*[[763 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Yuhaehan]] is freed from his imprisonment and ravages the land it once swore to protect. The dragon's evil makes it the [[darklord]] of the [[Dokyúumi]]<ref>[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 209</ref>

*763 BC - {{netbook-small}} The [[Scattered Lotus Cluster]] forms from [[Rokushima Taiyoo]], [[Dokyúumi]] (now its own domain), and [[Dat Cua Nhen]].<ref>[[Ryan Naylor]]'s [[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 167, 178, 209</ref>

* [[770 BC]] {{Homebrew-small}} [[Acharistos]] forms.

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''This page incorporates text from [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia].''
{{canon}}
'''Domains''' are land pieces brought together by a mysterious force known only as the "[[Dark Powers]]". Each domain is mystically ruled by a being called a "[[:Category:darklord|darklord]]", which is a person monster, or being who has committed an act or acts of evil so foul as to attract special attention from the Dark Powers. The darklords are imprisoned within the borders of their domains and cannot escape by any means, although most can seal their domain borders with a thought. Within their domains, the darklords are forever tormented by the objects of their desire (often the objects they committed their crimes to achieve), which the Dark Powers dangle before them like the fruits of Tantalus.

==A Timeline of Domain Development==
*[[351 BC]] '''Summer''' - The [[massacre]] at [[the Wedding of Sergei von Zarovich]] occurs.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 14-15">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 14-15</ref> [[Barovia]] forms as the first [[Ravenloft]] [[domain]] due the actions of [[Strahd von Zarovich]].<ref>[[Gazetteer I]], pp 10, 16.</ref>

*[[547 BC]] '''1934 Forfarian Calendar''' - [[The Execution of Andrew ApFittle]]. [[Tristen ApBlanc]] wins a bloody civil war for [[Forfar]]. He orders the [[execution]] of the last [[Andrew ApFittle|ApFittle]]. As Tristen claims lordship of [[Forfar]] for himself, [[the Dark Powers]] respond. [[Forlorn]] becomes the second [[domain]] to form in [[Ravenloft]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>

*[[551 BC]] - [[Har'Akir]] and [[Paridon]] form.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[555 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}On this approximate year, [[Xi'anlin]] is drawn into [[the Mists]].<ref name="Navigaccio p. 40 n3">[[Navigaccio]] p. 40; "a hundred and fifty years after Niangxue's death"- see [[405 BC]] "Lai Niangxue dies..."</ref>

*[[564 BC]] - [[Sebua]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> 

*[[565 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Leederik's Tower]] becomes a [[floating pocket]] [[domain]]<ref name="Children of the Night: Darklords p.181">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 181</ref> 

*[[570 BC]] - [[The Mists]] claim [[Kalidnay]]<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> (or a copy of it), having been drawn from [[Athas]].<ref name="DoD p.90-91">[[Domains of Dread]] p.90-91</ref>

*[[575 BC]] - [[Arak]] takes shape.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>
*[[575 BC]] - {{questionably-canon-small}}[[Lamordia]] is formed as an [[Island of Terror]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 16">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 16</ref>

*[[579 BC]] - [[Strahd]] and [[Azalin]] create a [[portal]] to [[Mordent]]<ref name="GazII p.135">[[Gazetteer II]] p.135</ref>, where [[The Alchemist]] conducts strange research on changing the soul.<ref>[[I10: Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill]]</ref> [[The Mists]] snatch up [[Mordent]] before either [[Strahd]] or [[Azalin]] can make good their escape, leaving them with only hazy dream-like recollections of what happened.<ref name="GazII p.135">[[Gazetteer II]] p.135</ref>

*579 BC - [[Azalin]] leaves the service of [[Strahd]].<ref name="King of the Dead">[[King of the Dead]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> [[Darkon]] forms as he leaves [[Barovia]].<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 9">[[Gazetteer II]] p.9</ref><ref name="King of the Dead">[[King of the Dead]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="Gazetteer II p. 9">[[Gazetteer II]] p.9</ref>

*[[581 BC]] - [[Bluetspur]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> 

*[[584 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Ghastria]] forms.<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.54</ref> 

*[[586 BC]] - {{homebrew-small}}[[Al Kathos]] forms. 

*[[588 BC]] - [[The Scourge of Arak]]<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 21">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 21</ref> [[Keening]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>

*[[590 BC]] - [[Pharazia]] takes shape.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[593 BC]] - The domain of [[Gundarak]] appears.<ref name="Gazetter I p.18">[[Gazetteer I]] p.18</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> 

*[[596 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Cumbre de Oro (Domain)|Cumbre de Oro]] forms.<ref name=Bosac99>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.99</ref> 

*[[597 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Farelle]] forms.<ref name ="BoSacp p.86">[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.86</ref> 

*[[600 BC]] - [[Vechor]] is revealed.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> As [[Ravenloft]] claims the lair of [[Easan the Mad]], [[Ahmi Vanjuko]] is taken as well. As [[the Mists]] surround the [[mansion]], Vanjuko flees but winds up in [[Kartakass]].<ref name="MCI&II p.85-86">[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II]] p.85-86</ref> 

*600 BC - {{netbook-small}}[[The Drowning Deep]] forms.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 225">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 225</ref> 

*[[601 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Ustalav]] (or some version of it) forms as a [[domain]] within [[the Land of Mists]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref>

*[[603 BC]] - [[Bakholis totures and murders Marta and Karlus]].<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 44-45">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.44-45</ref> The domain of [[Invidia]] is revealed.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>

*[[607 BC]] - [[Sanguinia]] forms.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[611 BC]] - [[Shadowborn Manor]] is claimed by [[the Mists]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[613 BC]] - [[Kartakass]] is revealed.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 93">[[Gazetteer I]] p.93</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>

*[[613 BC]] {{Netbook-small}} [[Lilliend]] forms.

*[[615 BC]] - [[Nidala]] forms.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[620 BC]] - [[Timor]] appears.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[620 BC]] {{Questionably-canon-small}}[[Maridrar]] was an Oerth kingdom, and after more than a century of war, it was the last to fall to the evil Velkaarn. [[Maridrar]] is drawn into the mists. <ref>[[Castle of the Undead]] p.</ref>

*[[625 BC]] - [[Valachan]] forms.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

* [[630 BC]] - [[The Sea of Sorrows]] becomes the western coast of [[the Core]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>{{Questionably-canon-small}} [[Moridana]] a perversion of [[Maridrar]] appears from the mists to join the western core.<ref>[[Neither Man Nor Beast]] p.47</ref><ref>[[QtR22]] p.159</ref>

* [[632 BC]] - {{Homebrew non-canon-small}}[[Jonenmark]] forms.<ref name=ARWp.195>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/AlanikRay/From_Alanik_Ray%27s_Vaults_-_Places.pdf Alanik Ray's Library Archives Places] p.195</ref> 

*[[635 BC]] - [[Meredoth]]'s [[mass murder]] and [[reanimation]] of his subjects<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 80">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 80</ref> causes [[Nebligtode]] to form,<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> drawn in from off the coast of [[Norwold]] (a territory of the [[Alphatian Empire]] in the world of [[Mystara]]).<ref name="DoD p.79-80">[[Domains of Dread]] p.79-80</ref> At this stage of its evolution, Nebligtode consists of a number of [[island]]s<ref name="Ships of Horror p.54">[[Ship of Horror]] p.54</ref> in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="Ships of Horror p.43">[[Ship of Horror]] p.43</ref>

*635 BC - [[Souragne]] forms.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>

*[[643 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Blaustein]] forms.<ref name=qtr19p.54>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 19, p.54</ref>

*[[645 BC]] {{Questionably-canon-small}} [[Moridana]] vanishes in the mists.<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p.55-57</ref><ref>[[QtR22]] p.159</ref><ref>"Bait This Hook!" project on the FoS board</ref>

*[[646 BC]] - [[Avonleigh]] arises from [[the Phantasmal Forest]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> Note that there is some discrepancy here on when and how the Phantasmal Forest first forms. The Audio CD for [[A Light in the Belfry]] have the Phantasmal Forest taken as a part of Avonleigh when it enters Ravenloft. The [[3rd Edition]] [[Ravenloft]] products infer that the Phantasmal Forest already existed in Ravenloft, and that Tergeron Manor simply emerge from within in upon arrival to the Land of Mists.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> {{potential-canon-small}} According to the comments left by [[John W. Mangrum]], the Phantasmal Forest exists as a manifestation of [[Ebonbane]]'s [[evil]]<ref>Comments on plans for [[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume X]]</ref> as opposed to the origins given in [[A Light in the Belfry]].

*[[651 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Carcharodon Isle (Domain)|Carcharodon Isle]] appears in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name=BoSp.72>[[The Book of Souls (Netbook)]] p.72</ref> 

*[[653 BC]] - {{homebrew-small}} By this year or earlier, [[Agonia]] has formed.<ref name=ARWp6>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/AlanikRay/From_Alanik_Ray%27s_Vaults_-_Places.pdf Alanik Ray's Library Archives Places] p.6</ref> 

*[[654 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} On this approximate year, [[Locknar Cove]] is taken by [[the Mists]] to form an [[Island of Terror]].<ref name=booksacp118>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p. 118</ref>

*[[658 BC]] - [[The Wildlands]] forms<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[670 BC]] - Formerly part of a larger land on the Prime Material Plane<ref name="Web of Illusion p. 58">[[Web of Illusion]] p. 58</ref>, [[Sri Raji]] is drawn into the land of Mists.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[677 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[L'île de la Tempête]] forms.<ref name=NoctGazp.90>[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p.90</ref>

*[[682 BC]] - The domain of [[Nova Vaasa]] appears.<ref name="Ravenloft Gazetteer V p.155">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume V]] pg. 155</ref>

*[[683 BC]] - The domain of [[Lamordia]] forms.<ref name="Gaz II p.69">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 69</ref> {{questionably-canon-small}}(In the [[Domains of Dread]] timeline, Lamordia merely joins [[the Core]] on this year.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref>

*[[684 BC]] - The domain of [[Borca]] is revealed due to the actions of [[Camille Dilisnya]].<ref name=GazIVp.15>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.15</ref>{{Questionably-canon-small}} The domain of [[Bileplate]] appears. <ref>[[Neither Man Nor Beast]] p.47</ref> 

*[[685 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Saarkaath]] forms in this approximate year.<ref name="BoSac p.92 Hakaan searching">[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.92; Hakaan has been looking for away out for "the past 70 years" from [[755 BC]], the then corresponding time of writing of the Book of Sacrifices</ref> 

*[[686 BC]] - In this year at the latest, The [[Isle of Demise]] forms.

*[[690 BC]] - [[Falkovnia]] forms,<ref name ="Gaz II p.93">[[Gazetteer II]] p.93</ref> {{netbook-small}} as does the [[floating pocket]] domains of [[The Endless Road]]<ref name="CotN:Darklords p. 136">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 136</ref> and [[the Winding Road]]<ref name="CotN:Darklords p. 141">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 141</ref> 

*[[691 BC]] - The domain of [[Tepest]] appears.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[694 BC]] - The domain of [[Richemulot]] is revealed. [[Claude Renier]] is its first [[darklord]].<ref name="Gaz III p.83">[[Gazetteer III]] p.83</ref>

*[[698 BC]] - [[Markovia]] forms.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[702 BC]] - After [[Yagno Petrovna]] flees into the Mists, When he exits the Mists, his domain, [[G'Henna]], reveals itself to him.<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17, 87</ref>

*[[703 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[The Mists]] claim [[Dur-Anea]] no later than this year.<ref name=NBp.11>[[Nebula Obscura]] p.11</ref>

*[[707 BC]] - The domain of [[Dementlieu]] appears as the [[d'Honaire family]] leave [[Mordent]].<ref name="Gazetteer III, p. 10, 123">[[Gazetteer III]] p. 10, 123</ref>

*[[708 BC]] - [[Arkandale]] is formed.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[714 BC]] - The domain of [[Hazlan]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="Gazetter I p.47">[[Gazetteer I]] p.47</ref>

*[[715 BC]] - [[Dorvinia]] appears.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>

*[[719 BC]] - {{homebrew-small}} [[Virisa]] is taken by [[the Mists]] after [[Lord Willem Ducas]] [[murder]]s and eats his parents.<ref name=ARWp335>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/AlanikRay/From_Alanik_Ray%27s_Vaults_-_Places.pdf Alanik Ray's Library Archives Places] p.335</ref> 

*[[720 BC]] '''March''' - [[Sithicus]] emerges.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>

*[[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears.<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

*[[730 BC]] - [[Verbrek]] forms<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> after [[Alfred Timothy betrays a helpful Vistana]].

*[[731 BC]] - [[Vorostokov]] <ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> and {{homebrew-small}}[[Arkson]] forms.<ref name=ARWp.32>[http://fraternityofshadows.com/AlanikRay/From_Alanik_Ray%27s_Vaults_-_Places.pdf Alanik Ray's Library Archives Places] p.32</ref> 

*[[732 BC]] - [[Nosos]] and [[I'Cath]] form.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>. {{netbook-small}} [[Scaena]] becomes a domain.<ref name="Children of the Night: Darklords p. 184">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 184</ref>

*[[735 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Dat Cua Nhen]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="Children of the Night: Darklords p.178">[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 178</ref> 

*[[736 BC]] - For a brief moment, [[Daglan]] becomes a domain in [[the Core]] before dissolving away.

*736 BC - {{netbook-small}} The future components of [[Liffe]] start forming.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref> 

*[[738 BC]] - [[Odiare]] is drawn into [[Ravenloft]]<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> from [[Gothic Earth]]'s [[Italy]].<ref name="DoD p.93">[[Domains of Dread]] p.93</ref>

*[[739 BC]] - {{Questionably-canon-small}}Theka appears.<ref>[[Neither Man Nor Beast]] p.47</ref><ref>[[Crystal Spheres]] p.58</ref>

*[[740 BC]] '''[[The Great Upheaval]]'''.<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref> Effects:
** [[Arak]], [[Arkandale]], [[Dorvinia]], and [[Gundarak]], ceased to be, their [[land|lands]] absorbed into or merged with neighboring domains.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
**[[Bluetspur]], [[G'Henna]], and [[the Nightmare Lands]] are thrown from [[the Core]] and became [[Islands of Terror]].<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
** [[Dominia]] forms as a small [[Island of Terror]]<ref name=rlcsanddp.35>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p.35</ref>
** [[Farelle]], [[Sanguinia]], and [[Vechor]] all [[disappeared|disappear]], seemingly destroyed.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
** [[Markovia]] is displaced but will eventually be rediscovered as an [[island]] in the [[Sea of Sorrows]]<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>, its [[climate]] and [[flora]] visibly changing from temperate to tropical.<ref name="Neither Man Nor Beast p. ">[[Neither Man Nor Beast]] p.</ref>
** [[Rokushima Táiyoo]] is revealed.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>
** [[The Shadow Rift]] appears where G'Henna and Markovia formerly were.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
** The [[Sea of Sorrows]] receives its own [[darklord]] for the first time.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref>
** The [[Verduous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>
** {{Netbook-small}} T'Lann almost escapes using the [[Ultimate Helm]] before being pulled back. [[Theka]] becomes an [[Island of Terror]].<ref>[[QtR22]] p.148-158</ref>
** {{Netbook-small}}[[Bileplate]] vanishes.<ref>[[QtR22]] p.132-148</ref>
** {{Netbook-small}} The [[Wartorn Cluster]] forms.

*740 BC ([[Dread Possibility]]): In [[Lamordia]], [[The Smothering of Reason]] first manifests.<ref name="Gaz II p.73">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 73</ref>

*[[742 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Romagna]] forms.<ref name=BoSp.84>[[Book of Sorrows]] p.84</ref> 

*[[743 BC]] - Having vanished from the mainland of [[the Core]], [[Markovia]] is found once again in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

*[[744 BC]] - The [[Zherisia]] [[Cluster]] forms from former [[Island of Terror|islands of terror]] [[Paridon]] and [[Timor]].<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

*744 BC - [[Castle Island]] forms.<ref name="Gazetteer V p. 77">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 77</ref>

*[[746 BC]] - [[The Amber Wastes]] [[cluster]] forms when [[Har'Akir]], [[Sebua]], and [[Pharazia]] fuse together into one landmass.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

*746 - {{netbook-small}} [[Mictlan]] forms.<ref name=CotnDarklords169>[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p.169</ref> 

*[[747 BC]] - [[The Shadowlands]] [[cluster]] forms from [[Nidala]], [[Avonleigh]], and [[Shadowborn Manor]].<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

*747 BC - {{netbook-small}} [[Nueva Aragona]] is drawn into [[the Mists]] as a [[cluster]] of two domains ([[Maconda]] and [[Resistencia]]).<ref name=USS143>[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2001]] p.143</ref> 

*[[750 BC]] - [[The Burning Peaks]] [[cluster]] ([[Cavitius]] and [[Tovag]]) forms as [[the Mists]] capture both [[Vecna]] and [[Kas]].<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>

*[[751 BC]] - [[Aggarath]] forms.<ref>[[The Forgotten Terror]]</ref>

*[[752 BC]] - In [[Sithicus]], [[The Night of Screaming Shadows]] occurs. [[Lord Soth]] leaves [[Ravenloft]], and [[Inza Kulchevich]] takes his place as [[darklord]]. As the darklord changes, the fundamental nature of Sithicus also changes.<ref name="Spectre of the Black Rose p. 312">[[Spectre of the Black Rose]] p. 312</ref> The [[Guilt of Sithicus]] sets in.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 108">Gazetteer IV p.108</ref> Even [[Nuitari]], Sithicus' [[moon]], changes.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 120">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.120</ref>

*752 BC - {{netbook-small}}[[The Northlands]] form.<ref name=USS03174>[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2003]] p.174</ref> 

*[[753 BC]] - {{netbook-small}}[[Locknar Cove]] joins [[the Core]] as a location in the [[Nocturnal Sea]].<ref name=booksacp118>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p. 118</ref>

*753 BC - {{netbook-small}} [[Gustavstan]]<ref name="USS2001 p.82">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2001]] p.82</ref> and [[Igid Rabi-i]]<ref name=BoSacp.96-97n1>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.96-97. Igid Rabi-i is taken a year after [[the Vestibulo]] is completed.</ref> are claimed by the Mists.

*753 BC - {{netbook-small}} '''Late Year''' The [[archipelago]] of [[Igid Rabi-i]] enters the [[the Demiplane of Dread]].<ref name=BoSacp.96-97n2>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p.96-97. This event occurs a year after the Vestibulo is completed.</ref>

*[[755 BC]] - ([[Dread Possibility]]): In [[Lamordia]], [[the Smothering of Reason]] doubles in frequency.<ref name="Gaz II p.73">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 73</ref>

*[[755 BC]] - [[Necropolis]] becomes its own [[domain]] with [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)|Death]] as its [[darklord]].<ref name="Gaz II p.55">[[Gazetteer II]] p.55</ref>

*[[763 BC]] - {{netbook-small}} [[Yuhaehan]] is freed from his imprisonment and ravages the land it once swore to protect. The dragon's evil makes it the [[darklord]] of the [[Dokyúumi]]<ref>[[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 209</ref>

*763 BC - {{netbook-small}} The [[Scattered Lotus Cluster]] forms from [[Rokushima Taiyoo]], [[Dokyúumi]] (now its own domain), and [[Dat Cua Nhen]].<ref>[[Ryan Naylor]]'s [[Children of the Night: Darklords]] p. 167, 178, 209</ref>

* [[770 BC]] {{Homebrew-small}} [[Acharistos]] forms.

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