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The Kargat is usually the dutiful agent of [[Azalin Rex]]. It is a largely clandistine [[organisation]] that is charged with being his eyes, ears, and fist.


'''WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE :''' Loyal to [[Azalin Rex]]''(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)''
==Activities and Operations==
The Kargat is at once a [[spy agency]] and an [[Assassins' Guild|assassins' guild]] with limited public duties as a [[law enforcement agency]]. It acts inside and outside of [[Darkon]]. It targets [[Darkonian|Darkonians]] and [[foreigner|foreigners]]. Its lower ranks are filled by [[humans]] and [[demihumans]]. Its middle ranks are filled by [[lycanthrope|lycanthropes]] and their like. Its upper ranks are filled by [[vampire|vampires]] and the [[The Undead|undead]], many of whom are [[assassins]]. All told, there might presently (as of [[756 BC]]) be 200 members, considering the losses the Kargat suffered during [[the Requiem]] and [[the Shrouded Years]].<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 36">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 36</ref> {{Spec|up to half of these agents may be stationed abroad.}}<br>


'''WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE :''' Headquarters scattered throughout [[Darkon]]''(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)''
{{Spec|Up to 20 mid- and high-level members, mostly lycanthropes and undead, are [[assassin]]s. It is certainly conceivable that the training necessary to enter the [[assassin]] [[prestige class]] could be secured through employment with the Kargat. But it could subsequently prove to be quite difficult to resign one's post without forfeiting one's life.}}<br>


[[Category:Extra-Judicial]][[Category:Law Enforcement]][[Category:Spying]][[Category:Darkonese]]
Abroad a member of the Kargat may have some measure of fear of that land's law enforcement agencies, but he or she has no respect for that land's law itself. At home members of the Kargat are exempt from [[baronical law]] and are responsible for the enforcement of [[royal law]]. Baronical law is set locally by the 22 barons of [[Darkon]]. Royal law is set nationally by [[Azalin Rex]] and is enforced as he sees fit.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 34-35">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 34-35</ref> In consequence a member of the Kargat answers only to his or her superiors and ultimately [[Azalin Rex]].<ref name="Ravenloft CS: Domans and Denizens p. 11">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red Boxed Set) p. 11</ref> A member of the Kargat does not worry about having to justify the legality of his or her actions publicly in a court of law. Rather he or she should worry about having to justify the wisdom of his or her actions in private to individuals concerned with both results and appearances. The Kargat is able to employ very unsavory types precisely because it is capable of putting each on a very short leash ending in choker chain. The difficulty is that superiors right up the chain of command to Azalin Rex himself must be competent and must remain vigilant. When Azalin is busy with one of his grand schemes, the Kargat fails to receive the attention required for individual agendas to be kept properly in check. When Azalin nearly destroyed himself in the [[Requiem]], it was [[Tavelia]], the head of the Martira Bay cell of the Kargat, who attempted to engineer his return as her [[slave]].<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 36">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 36</ref>
 
==Structure==
Despite the [[power]] and [[fear]] the Kargat command, the Kargat are far from monolithic. The organization's power structure is decentralized and cellular, with few agents knowing those outside of their immediate cells.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 36">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 36</ref> {{Spec|It is possible that a complete list of its membership does not exist.}} The recent years of Azalin's negligence and then absence caused the Kargat's structure to become more scattered and in conflict with itself. Despite his ongoing efforts to reorganize and rebuild the worn ties of the Kargat, three main cliques continue to be at odds with each other. Their power bases are divided geographically, with [[Lady Kazandra]] being the leader based in [[Martira Bay]], [[Venrith Chole]] being the leader based in [[Karg]], and [[Beryl Silvertress]] being the leader based in [[Corvia]].<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 36">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 36</ref>
 
The public face of the Kargat's enforcement of royal law are prisons, in a handful of towns, administered by the Kargat, to which offenders are dragged by the Kargat and from which the condemned are never released by the Kargat or anyone else.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 35">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 35</ref> For example, [[The Black Hole]] in [[Karg]]<ref name="Gaz II p.44">[[Gazetteer II]] p.44</ref> or (formerly) the [[Grim Fastness]] in [[Il Aluk]]<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.138</ref>. The unseen face of the Kargat's enforcement of royal law are disappearances in the dead of night.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 36">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 36</ref>
 
==[[Leader of the Kargat]]==
 
==[[Former Leader of the Kargat]]==
 
==[[Officer of the Kargat]]==
 
==[[Former Officer of the Kargat]]==
 
==[[Member of the Kargat]]==
 
==[[Former Member of the Kargat]]==
 
==Chronology==
{{canon}}
 
*[[581 BC]] '''Early Summer'''  A [[lycanthrope]] [[agent]] of the Kargat infiltrates the [[Krezk]] militia before meeting his own demise.<ref>[[I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin]] p.265-266</ref>
 
*[[581 BC]]  '''Summer'''  [[Strahd]]'s minions assassinate the leaders of the Kargat. This leaves the Kargat in shambles for years, and Azalin ceases the skirmish attacks on the borders of [[Barovia]].<ref>[[I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin]] p.265-302</ref>
 
*{{netbook-small}} [[595 BC]] [[Malamere]] turns Tavelia into a vampire. Tavelia is enslaved by Malamere, but her contributions speed her up the ranks. Eventually at some later date, she received her freedom for her efforts, and Azalin eliminates Malamere.<ref name="Death Undaunted p. 4">[[Death Undaunted]] p. 4</ref>
 
*[[605 BC]] [[Urik von Kharkov]] enters [[Darkon]] through [[the Mists]]. He hears about the immortal power of the [[Kargat]] [[vampire]]s and seeks them out. However, he is en[[slave]]ed as one of their vampiric thralls for two decades.<ref name="Darklords p. 54">[[Darklords]] p.54</ref>
 
*[[625 BC]] [[Urik von Kharkov]]'s [[vampire]] master is slain. Kharkov flees, casually [[murder]]ing any souls unfortunate to cross his path.<ref name="Darklords p. 54">[[Darklords]] p.54</ref> As a result, [[Valachan]] forms, and he becomes a [[darklord]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>
 
*{{netbook-small}}[[595 BC]] [[Malamere]] turns Tavelia into a vampire. Tavelia is enslaved by Malamere, but her contributions speed her up the ranks. Eventually at some later date, she received her freedom for her efforts, and Azalin eliminates Malamere.<ref name="Death Undaunted p. 4">[[Death Undaunted]] p. 4</ref>
 
*{{netbook-small}}[[640 BC]] Azalin appoints Tavelia as Kargat leader in Matira Bay.<ref name="Death Undaunted p. 4">[[Death Undaunted]] p. 4</ref>
 
*[[645 BC]] [[Lady Kazandra]], future Kargat leader, is born in [[Maykle]].<ref name="Gazetteer II p.147">[[Gazetteer II]] p.147</ref>
 
*[[650 BC]] [[The Kargat]] establish the [[Faith of the Overseer]] in [[Darkon]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> Tavelia is the one most responsible for its creation, having woven the dogma of the church from bits of various [[outlander]] [[religion]]s and stuck them into the [[Doctrinae]].<ref name="Gazetteer II p.32">[[Gazetteer II]] p.32</ref>
 
*{{netbook-small}}[[651 BC]] [[Baron Mikhail Ulyanov]], Kargant agent and [[wolfwere]], is appointed [[ruler]] of the newly formed [[Carcharodon Isle (Domain)|Carcharodon Isle]]. His arrival on the island also hearkens the first appearance of [[wolves]] on the island.<ref name="Book of Souls p. 73">[[Book of Souls]] p.73</ref>
 
*{{Spec|[[703 BC]]}} [[Mongrelmen]] flee [[G’Henna]] into the Darkonian wilderness. [[Karuk Abjen]] and a Kargat legion is sent to destroy them, but Karuk and his army are destroyed instead.<ref>[[The Revised, Annotated,and Totally Unofficial Ravenloft Timeline]] Speculation, "[[VRGtG]] pg. 84 says “nearly half a century ago, i.e. @686. However, G’Henna doesn’t exist until 702, so I’ve settled on this date."</ref>
 
*{{netbook-small}}[[719 BC]] [[Bartholomew Nylreave]] is born to a [[ghoul]] father and a Kargat agent mother. His parents raise him in a [[cellar]] for the next decade.<ref name="Book of Sorrows p. 77">[[Book of Sorrows]] p. 77</ref>
 
*[[728 BC]] [[Dr. Van Richten]] and his companions defeats [[Karuk Abjen]], former Kargat agent turned [[ghost]], and his [[Phantom Army]].<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts]] p. 91</ref>
 
*{{netbook-small}}[[729 BC]] [[Lady Kazandra]] takes Bartholomew Nylreave from his parents and begins training him to be an agent of the Kargat.<ref name="Book of Sorrows p. 77">[[Book of Sorrows]] p. 77</ref>
 
*{{netbook-small}}[[734 BC]] [[Azalin]] knights Bartholomew Nylreave for his services to [[Dakron]].<ref name="Book of Sorrows p. 77">[[Book of Sorrows]] p. 77</ref>
 
*[[743 BC]] [[Carnival]] returns to [[Darkon]]. [[Tenira Courant]], an agent of the Kargat, enlists.<ref name="Carnival p. 49">[[Carnival]] p. 49</ref>
 
*[[744 BC]] [[Lady Kazandra]] is sent to Matira Bay. Through her, the Kargat achieve more of a hold on criminal activity within the Bay. Tavelia keeps the Faith of the Overseer from getting mixed up in Kazandra's affairs.<ref name="Gazetteer II p.147">[[Gazetteer II]] p.147</ref>
 
*[[747 BC]] [[Alanik Ray]] becomes [[Chief Constable]] of [[Martira Bay]].<ref name="Champions of the Mists p. 57">[[Champions of the Mists]] p. 57</ref> His actions within the City Constabulary prove a thorn in Tavelia's (and the Kargat's) side.<ref name="Gazetteer II p.148">[[Gazetteer II]] p.148</ref>
 
*[[749 BC]]<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 23">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 23</ref> or [[750 BC]]<ref name="Gaz II p.138">[[Gazetteer II]] p.138</ref> The [[Doomsday Device]]'s last prototype is tested by [[the Kargat]], transforming former Kargat agent [[Lowellyn Dachine]] into [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)|Death]].
 
*[[750 BC]] (Or shortly before) Prior to the Requiem, Tavelia tries to dispatch Lady Kazandra and Alanik Ray by sending Kazandra to dispatch Ray. The effort fails, and Ray flees Darkon. However, Kazandra fails to take notice of Tavelia's traitorous plan against Azalin.<ref name="Gazetteer II p.148">[[Gazetteer II]] p.148</ref>
 
*[[750 BC]] Tavelia has built (and continues to build) a large Kargat network of agents loyal to her first.<ref name="Bleak House p.31">[[Bleak House: Heroes, Monsters, and Settings]] p. 31</ref>
 
*[[750 BC]] '''December:''' [[The Requiem]] occurs.<ref>[[Requiem]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> As Azalin [[disappears]] and [[Il Aluk]] is engulfed by [[the Shroud]], all living Kargat agents within are killed and [[reanimated]] as [[the Slain]]. [[Jacques Dauphant]]<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 128">[[Gazetteer II]] p.128 </ref> and [[Venrith Chole]]<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 36">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 36</ref> are among the agents so transformed. Jacques joins the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]]<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 128">[[Gazetteer II]] p.128 </ref>, but Venrith Chole eventually escapes and rejoins the Kargat.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 36">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 36</ref>
 
*[[751 BC]] Thought destroyed with the fall of Azalin, [[the Kargatane]] goes underground. [[Lady Kazandra]] restructures [[the Kargatane]] to meet the demands of a world without Azalin and turns newcoming members into her own [[puppet]]s. However, the Kargatane as a whole serves no single master.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 137">[[Domains of Dread P.137</ref>
 
*{{potential-canon-small}}[[755 BC]]'''Summer''' [[Tavelia]] hatches her plans to enslave Azalin.<ref name="Death Undaunted p. 3-5">[[Death Undaunted]] p. 3-5</ref>
 
*[[755 BC]] Tavelia's plans to take control of Azalin fail with his restoration to power.<ref name="Gazetteer II p.24">[[Gazetteer II]] p.24</ref> Following Tavelia's fall from grace, Kazandra becomes leader of the Kargat in Matira Bay.<ref name="Gazetteer II p.148">[[Gazetteer II]] p.148</ref>
 
*{{netbook-small}}Sometime between [[755 BC]] and [[760 BC]] [[Tavelia]] resurfaces on [[Liffe]] under the guise of [[Baroness Liae Tva Kolsson]], wife of [[Baron Rognavold Kolsson]]. Becoming a [[Demilord of Liffe]] hinders her schemes both there and in Darkon.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 41">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p.41</ref>
 
 
{{ref}}
 
[[Category:Law Enforcement Agency]]
[[Category:Law Enforcement in Darkon]]
[[Category:Spy Agency]]
[[Category:Secret Society]]
[[Category:Organisation]]
[[Category:Darkonian]]
[[category:Secret Police]]
[[category:Assassins' Guild]]


==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==
==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

Latest revision as of 12:14, 3 April 2021

The Kargat is usually the dutiful agent of Azalin Rex. It is a largely clandistine organisation that is charged with being his eyes, ears, and fist.

Activities and Operations

The Kargat is at once a spy agency and an assassins' guild with limited public duties as a law enforcement agency. It acts inside and outside of Darkon. It targets Darkonians and foreigners. Its lower ranks are filled by humans and demihumans. Its middle ranks are filled by lycanthropes and their like. Its upper ranks are filled by vampires and the undead, many of whom are assassins. All told, there might presently (as of 756 BC) be 200 members, considering the losses the Kargat suffered during the Requiem and the Shrouded Years.[1] up to half of these agents may be stationed abroad.
Up to 20 mid- and high-level members, mostly lycanthropes and undead, are assassins. It is certainly conceivable that the training necessary to enter the assassin prestige class could be secured through employment with the Kargat. But it could subsequently prove to be quite difficult to resign one's post without forfeiting one's life.

Abroad a member of the Kargat may have some measure of fear of that land's law enforcement agencies, but he or she has no respect for that land's law itself. At home members of the Kargat are exempt from baronical law and are responsible for the enforcement of royal law. Baronical law is set locally by the 22 barons of Darkon. Royal law is set nationally by Azalin Rex and is enforced as he sees fit.[2] In consequence a member of the Kargat answers only to his or her superiors and ultimately Azalin Rex.[3] A member of the Kargat does not worry about having to justify the legality of his or her actions publicly in a court of law. Rather he or she should worry about having to justify the wisdom of his or her actions in private to individuals concerned with both results and appearances. The Kargat is able to employ very unsavory types precisely because it is capable of putting each on a very short leash ending in choker chain. The difficulty is that superiors right up the chain of command to Azalin Rex himself must be competent and must remain vigilant. When Azalin is busy with one of his grand schemes, the Kargat fails to receive the attention required for individual agendas to be kept properly in check. When Azalin nearly destroyed himself in the Requiem, it was Tavelia, the head of the Martira Bay cell of the Kargat, who attempted to engineer his return as her slave.[1]

Structure

Despite the power and fear the Kargat command, the Kargat are far from monolithic. The organization's power structure is decentralized and cellular, with few agents knowing those outside of their immediate cells.[1] It is possible that a complete list of its membership does not exist. The recent years of Azalin's negligence and then absence caused the Kargat's structure to become more scattered and in conflict with itself. Despite his ongoing efforts to reorganize and rebuild the worn ties of the Kargat, three main cliques continue to be at odds with each other. Their power bases are divided geographically, with Lady Kazandra being the leader based in Martira Bay, Venrith Chole being the leader based in Karg, and Beryl Silvertress being the leader based in Corvia.[1]

The public face of the Kargat's enforcement of royal law are prisons, in a handful of towns, administered by the Kargat, to which offenders are dragged by the Kargat and from which the condemned are never released by the Kargat or anyone else.[4] For example, The Black Hole in Karg[5] or (formerly) the Grim Fastness in Il Aluk[6]. The unseen face of the Kargat's enforcement of royal law are disappearances in the dead of night.[1]

Leader of the Kargat

Former Leader of the Kargat

Officer of the Kargat

Former Officer of the Kargat

Member of the Kargat

Former Member of the Kargat

Chronology

  • 581 BC Summer Strahd's minions assassinate the leaders of the Kargat. This leaves the Kargat in shambles for years, and Azalin ceases the skirmish attacks on the borders of Barovia.[8]
  • 595 BC Malamere turns Tavelia into a vampire. Tavelia is enslaved by Malamere, but her contributions speed her up the ranks. Eventually at some later date, she received her freedom for her efforts, and Azalin eliminates Malamere.[9]
  • 595 BC Malamere turns Tavelia into a vampire. Tavelia is enslaved by Malamere, but her contributions speed her up the ranks. Eventually at some later date, she received her freedom for her efforts, and Azalin eliminates Malamere.[9]
  • 640 BC Azalin appoints Tavelia as Kargat leader in Matira Bay.[9]
  • 729 BC Lady Kazandra takes Bartholomew Nylreave from his parents and begins training him to be an agent of the Kargat.[17]
  • 744 BC Lady Kazandra is sent to Matira Bay. Through her, the Kargat achieve more of a hold on criminal activity within the Bay. Tavelia keeps the Faith of the Overseer from getting mixed up in Kazandra's affairs.[13]
  • 750 BC (Or shortly before) Prior to the Requiem, Tavelia tries to dispatch Lady Kazandra and Alanik Ray by sending Kazandra to dispatch Ray. The effort fails, and Ray flees Darkon. However, Kazandra fails to take notice of Tavelia's traitorous plan against Azalin.[21]
  • 750 BC Tavelia has built (and continues to build) a large Kargat network of agents loyal to her first.[24]
  • 751 BC Thought destroyed with the fall of Azalin, the Kargatane goes underground. Lady Kazandra restructures the Kargatane to meet the demands of a world without Azalin and turns newcoming members into her own puppets. However, the Kargatane as a whole serves no single master.[28]
  • 755 BC Tavelia's plans to take control of Azalin fail with his restoration to power.[30] Following Tavelia's fall from grace, Kazandra becomes leader of the Kargat in Matira Bay.[21]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Gazetteer II p. 36
  2. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 34-35
  3. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens (Red Boxed Set) p. 11
  4. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 35
  5. ↑ Gazetteer II p.44
  6. ↑ Domains of Dread p.138
  7. ↑ I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin p.265-266
  8. ↑ I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin p.265-302
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Death Undaunted p. 4
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Darklords p.54
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gazetteer II p.147
  14. ↑ Gazetteer II p.32
  15. ↑ Book of Souls p.73
  16. ↑ The Revised, Annotated,and Totally Unofficial Ravenloft Timeline Speculation, "VRGtG pg. 84 says “nearly half a century ago, i.e. @686. However, G’Henna doesn’t exist until 702, so I’ve settled on this date."
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Book of Sorrows p. 77
  18. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 91
  19. ↑ Carnival p. 49
  20. ↑ Champions of the Mists p. 57
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Gazetteer II p.148
  22. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 23
  23. ↑ Gazetteer II p.138
  24. ↑ Bleak House: Heroes, Monsters, and Settings p. 31
  25. ↑ Requiem
  26. ↑ Domains of Dread p.17
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Gazetteer II p.128
  28. ↑ [[Domains of Dread P.137
  29. ↑ Death Undaunted p. 3-5
  30. ↑ Gazetteer II p.24
  31. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p.41

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Secrets of the Dread Realms
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II

Secrets of the Dread Realms - p21,55
Death Ascendant - pp31-33
Realm of Terror - p67
Bleak House:Heroes, Monsters, and Settings - p31
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - p35

Secrets of the Dread Realms - p21
Ravenloft Third Edition - p117
Death Ascendant - pp31-33
Realm of Terror - p67
Bleak House:Heroes, Monsters, and Settings - p31
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp11-12,96
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - pp35-36
I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - p256, 259, pp263-266

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