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|picture=Jester-Kartakass.png
|culture_lvl=Medieval
|ecology=Full
|terrain=Temperate forest, hills
|year_formed=[[613 BC]]
|population=5,000
|races=Humans 94%, wolfweres 4%, half-elves 1%, other 1%
|languages=[[Vaasi]], [[Old Kartakan]], [[Balok]], [[Sithican]]
|religions=[[The Ancestral Choir]], [[Church of Ezra]], [[Church of Hala]]
|government="Meritocratic independent settlements"<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]]</ref>
|ruler=autonomous meistersingers
|darklord=Harkon Lukas
|analog=Scotland, Scandinavia, The Black Forest
|nationality=[[Kartakan]]
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[[Category:The Core]]
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'''Kartakass''' is the most musical domain in [[Ravenloft]], and most native bards originate from or have been trained there. It lies in the south of the [[Core]].
 
A domain with lush forests, it contains only two major settlements: [[Skald]] and [[Harmonia]]. It is crisscrossed with the rivers that originate from the [[Musarde River]], which flows in from [[Sithicus]] and disappears into [[Hazlan]]. The domain is bordered by [[Barovia]] in the north, Hazlan in the east, and Sithicus in the west. South of this domain lay the [[Mists]].
Wedged between Barovia and Kartakass lies [[Forlorn]], a mostly empty domain.
 
Kartakass is infested with [[Wolfwere| wolfweres]] (wolves that transform into humans and humanoid-wolf hybrids). The darklord is the Meistersinger (German for "master singer"), [[Harkon Lukas]]. This fact is unknown to outsiders, who regard the country as simply being the homeplace for bards and a particular potent alcoholic drink called [[Meekulbrau]]. The natives suspect that the very numerous wolves of the land are more than they appear to be but the literal truth about them is rarely whispered. The figurative truth is, however, lent voice in song by the wolfwere bards themselves, who never tire of recounting the tales of the cunning of [[Grandfather Wolf]] over and against the stupidity of [[Grandfather Boar]] and the feebleness of mankind.
 
==Chronology==
* [[610 BC]] - Harkon Lukas is brought to the [[Land of Mists]].<ref name="DoD p.16,64">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16, 64</ref>
* [[613 BC]] - [[Kartakass]] is revealed.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 93">[[Gazetteer I]] p.93</ref>
* [[613 BC]] [[False History]] - The [[Invidian Occupation]] of [[Kartakass]] ends with the fall of [[Dargacht Keep]]<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 93">[[Gazetteer I]] p.93</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[669 BC]] - Orinda is born in Skald.<ref name="Book of Secrets p. 123">[[Lights in the Fog]], [[Book of Secrets]] p.123</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[677 BC]] - Orinda begins [[singing]] for the patrons at the [[Tippling Minstrel]]<ref name="Book of Secrets p. 123">[[Lights in the Fog]], [[Book of Secrets]] p.123</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[685 BC]] - [[The Adventuring Band of Loran Elbrian]] visits the [[tavern]]. Perryn and Orinda fall in love<ref name="Book of Secrets p. 123">[[Lights in the Fog]], [[Book of Secrets]] p.123</ref>, and they are wed in a private ceremony with only the other adventurers present. Orinda begins receiving training to become an [[adventurer]].<ref name="Book of Secrets p. 124">[[Lights in the Fog]], [[Book of Secrets]] p.124</ref>
* [[696 BC]] or [[697 BC]] - [[Calum Songmaster]], a [[Kartakan]] [[Bard]], founds [[The Brotherhood of Broken Blades]].<ref>date taken from [[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]] p.106- "nearly 60 years ago", meaning nearly 60 years prior to the contemporary time period of [[Gazetteer I]] ([[756 BC]]))</ref>
* {{questionably-canon-small}}[[709 BC]] - After his bids to build trade enclaves fail, [[Vlad Drakov]]'s men try to setup a checkpoint along the [[Crimson Highway]] and gain a stranglehold over trade moving along it. A door is left open, and they are killed to the last man by [[wolves]].<ref>[[Gazetteer I]] p. 94, this contradicts the 710s time range for Drakov's attempts to establish trade enclaves. {[Spec|This may have been a typo and was supposed to be [[719 BC]]</ref>
* {{questionably-canon-small}} 710s - [[Falkovnian]]s try to set up enclaves in Kartakass. They are rebuked by the citizens of both [[Skald]] and [[Harmonia]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 94">[[Gazetteer I]]] p. 94</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[711 BC]] - [[Duke Gundar]]'s men kidnap Orinda and Perryn from [[Invidia]] and bring them to [[Castle Hunadora]].<ref name="Book of Secrets p. 124">[[Lights in the Fog]], [[Book of Secrets]] p.124</ref> Perryn sacrifices his own life to save Orinda, but Orinda is still [[maimed]]. After retrieving and cremating Perryn's corpse, Orinda rides to [[Kartakass]], where she becomes [[Meistersinger of Chord]] and retires from [[adventuring]].<ref name="Book of Secrets p. 125">[[Lights in the Fog]], [[Book of Secrets]] p.125</ref>
* [[717 BC]] - [[Zhone Clieous]] assumes the title of [[Meistersinger of Harmonia]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 95">[[Gazetteer I]] p.95</ref>
* {{Spec|[[719 BC]] - After his bids to build trade enclaves fail, [[Vlad Drakov]]'s men try to setup a checkpoint along the [[Crimson Highway]] and gain a stranglehold over trade moving along it. A door is left open, and they are killed to the last man by [[wolves]].}}<ref>[[Gazetteer I]] p. 94, the date is speculation to correct for a likely typo that places this final attempt at creating a trade enclave before all the others.</ref>
*[[720 BC]] - [[Sithicus]] forms<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref><ref name="Gaz IV p.107">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.107</ref> Overtaken by [[:category:curious|curiosity]], many Kartakans begin exploring this exotic new land. Over the next 10 years, the Kartakans will absorb many [[Elven]] linguistic expressions into their own lexicon.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 105">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 105</ref>
* [[724 BC]] - Dr. Van Richten battles the [[Bog Monster of Hroth]], and meets [[Jameld of Hroth|Jameld]]. This is also Van Richten's first visit to both [[Kartakass]] and [[Sithicus]].
* [[729 BC]] - In [[Invidia]], [[Bakholis]] is overthrown by [[Gabrielle Aderre]]. The Kartakans celebrate the demise of a [[tyrant]] and set up informal mercantile alliances with Invidian settlements.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 105">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 105</ref>
* [[730 BC]] - By this  year, the Kartakans have absorbed many [[Sithican]] linguistic expressions into their own lexicon.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 105">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 105</ref>
* [[733 BC]] - '''Summer''' [[Luther Bedarik]] becomes [[Meistersinger of Skald]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 95">[[Gazetteer I]] p.95</ref>
* [[736 BC]] - [[Coraline]] becomes the lover and [[spy]] of [[Harkon Lukas]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 122">[[Gazetteer I]] p.122</ref>
* [[736 BC]] - [[Harkon Lukas]]' daughter, [[Akriel]], conspires with [[Dr. Daclaud Heinfroth]] to overthrow both [[Harkon Lukas]] and [[Duke Gundar]] with the capture of the [[Crown of Souls]].<ref>[[Feast of Goblyns]] p.12-13</ref>
* [[736 BC]] - [[Jaconos Hanabra]] goes on a rampage in the [[Harmonia Jailhouse]].<ref>[[Feast of Goblyns]] p.23, 25</ref>
* [[736 BC]] - [[Radaga]] is driven from the [[Catacombs of Kartakass]] and flees over the border, where she becomes the [[darklord]] of [[Daglan]].<ref>[[Feast of Goblyns]] p. 82</ref> She is struck down, and [[Daglan Daegon]] revives. However, his fate is sealed with the destruction [[Crown of Souls]] and dissolution of all Daglan itself.<ref>[[Feast of Goblyns]] p.92</ref> Through these events, the [[1st Verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref>
* [[737 BC]] '''Summer''' - [[Sundered Heart]] challenges [[Zhone Clieous]] for title of [[Meistersinger of Harmonia]], but is defeated at the last minute due to an unlikely loss of voice.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 95">[[Gazetteer I]] p.95</ref>
* [[737 BC]] - [[Sundered Heart]] reveals himself as [[Casimir]] and ousts [[Zhone Clieous]] from power by exposing him as a [[werewolf]]. Casimir confronts Zhone at the [[Crystal Club]] and kills him.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 95">[[Gazetteer I]] p.95</ref>
* [[737 BC]] '''(Near year's end)''' - [[Casimir]] is also ousted as a [[werewolf]] and driven from town. He is said to have perished soon after.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 95">[[Gazetteer I]] p.95</ref>
* [[742 BC]] '''(Autumn)''' - [[Luther Bedarik]], the then [[Meistersinger of Skald]], writes [[the Soulless Crown]], a [[ballad]] that was a thinly disguised allegory for [[Casimir Lukas]] and [[Akriel Lukas]]'s betrayals of [[Harkon Lukas]], intimating they are all [[narrulve]]s and that [[Harkon Lukas]] is [[Grandfather Wolf]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 95">[[Gazetteer I]] p.95</ref>
* [[743 BC]] '''Summer''' - [[Harkon Lukas]] shames [[Luther Bedarik]] by winning the title of [[Meistersinger of Skald]] from him.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 95">[[Gazetteer I]] p.95</ref>
* [[746 BC]] or shortly thereafter - [[Mother Fury]] and her [[Howling Clan]] are driven from [[Verbrek]] by [[Alfred Timothy]]. They end up settling in Kartakass.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 88">[[Gazetteer I]] p.88; soon after "a decade ago"</ref>
* [[747 BC]] - Relations between Kartakass and Invidia become strained with the overthrow of Gabrielle Aderre by her son [[Malocchio Aderre]]. Commerce between the two nations continues for now, but the Kartakan view of Invidia becomes anxious.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 105">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 105</ref>
* [[756 BC]] - [["S"]] tours Kartakass. [[Jainos]] serves as a [[guide]] for part of the way, but he reveals himself as a [[wolfwere]] and attempts to devour her. "S" paralyzes him with a [[spell]] and vivisects him.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 92">[[Gazetteer I]] p.92</ref>
 
[[File:Kartakass.png|thumb|Kartakass map by the [[MCS]].  ''Note: Since this fan-made map predates 3rd Edition Ravenloft, there are some inconsistencies with the more recent maps.'']]
 
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Kartakass
Culture Level Medieval
Ecology Full
Climate & Terrain Temperate forest, hills
Year Formed 613 BC
Population 5,000
Races (%) Humans 94%, wolfweres 4%, half-elves 1%, other 1%
Languages Vaasi, Old Kartakan, Balok, Sithican
Religions The Ancestral Choir, Church of Ezra, Church of Hala
Government "Meritocratic independent settlements"[1]
Ruler(s) autonomous meistersingers
Darklord(s) Harkon Lukas
Nationality Kartakan
Analog Scotland, Scandinavia, The Black Forest
Related Categories
Locations in Kartakass
Transportation in Kartakass
Inhabitants of Kartakass
Former Inhabitants of Kartakass
Flora of Kartakass
Fauna of Kartakass
Native Monsters of Kartakass

Kartakass is the most musical domain in Ravenloft, and most native bards originate from or have been trained there. It lies in the south of the Core.

A domain with lush forests, it contains only two major settlements: Skald and Harmonia. It is crisscrossed with the rivers that originate from the Musarde River, which flows in from Sithicus and disappears into Hazlan. The domain is bordered by Barovia in the north, Hazlan in the east, and Sithicus in the west. South of this domain lay the Mists. Wedged between Barovia and Kartakass lies Forlorn, a mostly empty domain.

Kartakass is infested with wolfweres (wolves that transform into humans and humanoid-wolf hybrids). The darklord is the Meistersinger (German for "master singer"), Harkon Lukas. This fact is unknown to outsiders, who regard the country as simply being the homeplace for bards and a particular potent alcoholic drink called Meekulbrau. The natives suspect that the very numerous wolves of the land are more than they appear to be but the literal truth about them is rarely whispered. The figurative truth is, however, lent voice in song by the wolfwere bards themselves, who never tire of recounting the tales of the cunning of Grandfather Wolf over and against the stupidity of Grandfather Boar and the feebleness of mankind.

Chronology

Kartakass map by the MCS. Note: Since this fan-made map predates 3rd Edition Ravenloft, there are some inconsistencies with the more recent maps.

References

  1. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I
  2. ↑ Domains of Dread p.16, 64
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gazetteer I p.93
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lights in the Fog, Book of Secrets p.123
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lights in the Fog, Book of Secrets p.124
  6. ↑ date taken from Ravenloft Gazetteer I p.106- "nearly 60 years ago", meaning nearly 60 years prior to the contemporary time period of Gazetteer I (756 BC))
  7. ↑ Gazetteer I p. 94, this contradicts the 710s time range for Drakov's attempts to establish trade enclaves. {[Spec|This may have been a typo and was supposed to be 719 BC
  8. ↑ Gazetteer I] p. 94
  9. ↑ Lights in the Fog, Book of Secrets p.125
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Gazetteer I p.95
  11. ↑ Gazetteer I p. 94, the date is speculation to correct for a likely typo that places this final attempt at creating a trade enclave before all the others.
  12. ↑ Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
  13. ↑ Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
  14. ↑ Gazetteer IV p.107
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Gazetteer I p. 105
  16. ↑ Gazetteer I p.122
  17. ↑ Feast of Goblyns p.12-13
  18. ↑ Feast of Goblyns p.23, 25
  19. ↑ Feast of Goblyns p. 82
  20. ↑ Feast of Goblyns p.92
  21. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17
  22. ↑ Gazetteer I p.88; soon after "a decade ago"
  23. ↑ Gazetteer I p.92
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Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread
Feast of Goblyns Download Now!
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,28,30-33
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp17,110,125-126
Domains of Dread - p63
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp18-20
Feast of Goblyns - p10 Download Now!
Realm of Terror - pp73-74
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - pp85-110

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9
Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover
Domains of Dread - pp42-43
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - poster map
Feast of Goblyns - poster map Download Now!
Realm of Terror - poster map
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - p88


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