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|picture=Jester-Falkovnia.png
|culture_lvl=Medieval
|ecology=Full
|terrain=[[Temperate Forest|Temperate forests]], [[Hill|hills]], [[marshes]], and [[Plain|plains]]
|year_formed=690 BC
|population= 64,300
|races=Human 93%, Halfling 2%, Half-elves 2%, Gnomes 1%, Elves 1%, Other 1%
|languages=[[Falkovnian]]
|religions=[[Hala]], [[Ezra]]
|government=Military Dictatorship
|ruler=[[Vlad Drakov]]
|darklord=[[Vlad Drakov]]
|analog=20th century fascist states, Wallachi under Vlad the Impaler
|nationality=[[Falkovnian]]
}}
{{canon}}
'''Falkovnia''' is ruled by [[Vlad Drakov]], a mad tyrant (and former [[Krynnian]] mercenary) with a love of impaling as an [[execution]] method (an obvious reference to the Wallachian voivode, sometimes known as "Vlad the Impaler", although Drakov also shows echoes of Hitler and Stalin).
 
Falkovnia produces much of the [[Core| Core's]] grain and wheat, which Drakov uses to fund his war machine. As absolute ruler of Falkovnia, everything is his property, including the population, which are branded with the mark of a hawk on their foreheads shortly after birth (perhaps a reference to Italian fascism symbols).
 
Drakov has attempted to invade [[Darkon]], the vast domain to the north, no less than four times since Falkovnia was formed, and every time his [[army]] reached the border, an [[army]] of [[undead]] creatures rose again to stop them. Every man in Drakov's [[army]] who fell rose to fight for Darkon. Four domains around Falkovnia ([[Borca]], [[Richemulot]], [[Dementlieu]], and [[Mordent]]) have signed a [[Treaty of the Four Towers|mutual defense treaty]] in the event that Drakov invades any of them, although he believes that they are not worth invading, being run by women and fops.
[[Category:The Core]]
 
==Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend==
 
==Biology==
 
===Flora===
 
[[Abfalduz]]
 
===Fauna===
 
 
===Native Horrors===
 
==Geography==
[[File:Falkovnia.png|thumb|Falkovnia map by the [[MCS]].  ''Note: Since this fan-made map predates 3rd Edition Ravenloft, there are some inconsistencies with the more recent maps.'']]
 
===[[Weather]]===
 
===Terrain===
 
====Hills====
[[Weissfalkund]], the foothills of the [[Sleeping Beast Mountains]].
 
[[Crumbling Hills]], leading into the Shadow Rift.
 
====Canyons====
[[Shadow Rift]]
 
====Forests====
[[Dunkelhertzwald]]
 
[[Vigila Dimorta Forest|Vigila Dimorta]], or "Sentries of Death," called that for the local legend wherein one spontaneously combusts for each of Drakov's victims.
 
====Lakes====
[[Lake Kriegvogel]], a reputedly bottomless lake near [[Silbervas]].
 
[[The Raptor Lakes]] ([[Lake Adler]], [[Lake Eule]], [[Lake Falk]]) on the Vuchar River.
 
[[Lake Schvort]] and [[Lake Beschir]]. on the [[Dementlieu]] border.
 
====Rivers====
The [[Arbket River]], with tributaries [[Talon River]] and [[Zhukfer River]], flowing along the southern border and joining the Musarde just south of [[Lake Kriegvogel]].
 
The [[Drogach River]], with its tributary, the [[Grashen River]], fed by the [[Umysher River]], all running along the northern border until they join the [[Vuchar River]].  The point where the Grashen empties into the Drogach is the site of [[Grashen Falls]], and the eponymous village.
 
The [[Musarde]], flowing north out of [[Richemulot]] and into Dementlieu.
 
The [[Vuchar River]], flowing south out of [[Darkon]] and into the [[Musarde]].
 
====Roads====
[[Scythe Road]], or Scythe Highway
 
[[King's Road]]
 
[[West Timori Road]]
 
==Economy==
 
===Agrarian===
 
====Crops====
 
===Manufacturing===
 
===Trade===
 
===Taxation===
 
===Black Market===
 
===Landmarks===
 
====The [[Shadow Rift]]====
 
===Population Distribution===
 
====Towns====
 
[[Aerie]]
 
[[Lekar]]
 
[[Morfenzi]]
 
[[Silbervas]]
 
[[Stangengrad]]
 
====Villages====
[[Grashen Falls]]
 
==Authority==
 
===Temporal Rule===
 
====Legendary====
 
====Contemporary====
 
===Spiritual Rule===
 
====Legendary====
 
====Contemporary====
 
===Church and State===
 
===Government===
 
[[Falkfuhrer Calons Weir]]
 
[[Falkfuhrer Jardian Kovedknochen]]
 
[[Falkfuhrer Mikhail Drakov]]
 
[[Falkfuhrer Vigo Drakov]]
 
[[Falkfuhrer Vjorn Horstman]]
 
===Law===
 
===Law-Enforcement===
 
[[Talons]]
 
====Extra-Judicial====
 
===Intelligence Gathering===
 
===Military Footing===
 
===''Casus belli''===
 
====Past====
 
====Present====
 
====Future====
 
==Language & Culture==
 
==Gods and Religions ==
 
==Inns & Taverns==
 
==NPC==
 
{{MCS}}
 
 
==Chronology==
*[[689 BC]]: [[Vlad Drakov]] and his [[Talons of the Hawk]] enter [[the Mists]] and come out in [[Darkon]]. They immediately put the [[Darkonian]] [[village]]s of [[Pound (Village)|Pound]], [[S'Realm]], and [[Glymshire]] to the torch. The [[undead]] retaliate, and Vlad's mercenaries are expelled into the Mists.<ref name ="Gaz II p.92-93">[[Gazetteer II]] p.92-93</ref>
*689 BC ([[False History]]): [[The Bloody Ride]] Vlad Drakov and his men cut their way through the heart of Falkovnia, all the way to [[Lekar]]. There, Drakov faces off against [[Falcon the Great]] and kills him<ref name="Gaz II p. 92">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 92</ref>
*[[690 BC]]: [[Falkovnia]] forms.<ref name ="Gaz II p. 93">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 93</ref>
*[[691 BC]]: [[Falkovnia]] faces two threats in [[Silbervas]]: a rising [[thieves' guild]] and an infestation of [[wererat]]s. They are both led by [[Claude Renier|the Clawed]]. The period of [[:category:History of Falkovnia|Falkovnian history]] known as the [[Years of Impaled Rats]] begins.<ref name="Gaz II p. 93">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 93</ref>
*[[694 BC]]: [[Vlad Drakov]] drives out the [[wererat]]s (and [[Claude Renier|their leader]] of [[Silbervas]] and [[Falkovnia]] altogether. The [[Years of Impaled Rats]] period ends.<ref name="Gaz II p. 93">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 93</ref>
*[[694 BC]]: The domain of [[Richemulot]] is revealed.
*[[695 BC]]: [[Falkovnia]] invades [[Lamordia]] in the [[Winter War]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 93">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 93</ref>
*[[696 BC]]: '''January''': The [[Falkovnian]]s retreat from [[Lamordia]] due to its freaklishly harsh winter, ending the [[Winter War]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 93">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 93</ref>
*[[700 BC]]: [[First Dead Man’s War]] waged by [[Falkovnia]] upon [[Darkon]]<ref name="Gaz II p. 93">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 93</ref>
*[[700 BC]]: [[Rumor]]: [[Lamordia]] strikes a trade agreement (and therefore, peace treaty) with [[Falkovnia]].<ref name="Gaz II p.78">[[Gazetteer II]] p.78</ref>
*[[703 BC]]: [[Falkovnia]] and [[Lamordia]] formally acknowledge a pact of nonaggression.<ref name="Gaz II p. 93">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 93</ref>
*[[704 BC]]: [[Second Dead Man’s War]] is waged by [[Falkovnia]] upon [[Darkon]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 93">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 93</ref>
*[[706 BC]]: Falkovnia tries to invade [[Borca]], and the [[Widow's Massacre]] takes place.
*[[707 BC]]: [[Dementlieuvian Annexation]]: [[Falkovnia]] invades [[Dementlieu]] but is repulsed.<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref>
*[[711 BC]]: [[Third Dead Man’s War]]<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref>
*711 BC: [[:Category:Karloff Family Servants|The servants]] of the [[:category:Karloff Family|Karloff Family]] hatch a [[The Conspiracy to Murder the Karloffs|a conspiracy to murder the Karloffs]]. However, the plot fails, and it is the servants who perish. They are soon [[reanimated]] as [[:category:Juju Zombie|juju zombies]].<ref name="Horror's Harvest p. 61 n1">[[Horror's Harvest]], [[Dungeon Magazine #38]] p. 61, says the conspiracy happened "twenty-six years ago", [[Gazetteer II]] (p. 98)  places the events of the [[Horror's Harvest]] [[module]] at [[737 BC]], therefore twenty-six years earlier than 737 BC is [[711 BC]].</ref>
*[[712 BC]]: Falkovnia begins entering a planning phase of a larger [[invasion]] against [[Darkon]].
*[[716 BC]]: [[Borderlands War]]: [[Falkovnia]] tries to invade [[Richemulot]] but is repulsed.<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref>
*[[719 BC]]: The [[Starving March]] occurs. [[Falkovnia]] invades [[G'Henna]] but is repulsed.<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref>
*[[722 BC]]: [[The Fourth Dead Man's War]]<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[722 BC]] [[Colonel Hellman]] leaves Falkovnia to learn the [[secret]]s of [[arcane lore]] as the basis for a military training program for [[arcane spellcaster]]s.<ref name="QtR 4 p. 51">[[Quoth the Raven]] 4, p. 51</ref>
* {{netbook-small}} [[723 BC]] The [[Knights of the Ashen Bough]] is founded.<ref name="Book of Secrets p.131">[[Lights in the Fog]], [[Book of Secrets]] p.131</ref>
*[[724 BC]]: [[Falkovnia]] invades [[Dementlieu]] and [[Richemulot]], resulting in the [[Executioner's Campaign]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref>
*[[727 BC]]: [[Falkovnia]] tries to invade [[Dorvinia]]; this results in the [[Gold Claw Massacre]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref>
*[[729 BC]]: '''September:''' The fiend [[Elsepeth]] enters Ravenloft via [[transposition]] in a small village outside of [[Stangengrad]].
*[[729 BC]]: [[Treaty of the Four Towers]] is signed, signaling an allied defense against Falkovnia.<ref name="Gaz II p. 103">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 103</ref>
*[[737 BC]]: [[Falling Star (737 BC)|A falling star]] lights up the night sky in eastern [[Falkovnia]] before crash landing near the thorp of [[Delmunster]]. The falling star proved to be, or to contain, a [[doppelganger plant]] that would devastate the community.<ref>[[Dungeon #38]] p.52</ref> [[The Hospice of the Doe]] is lost amid the destruction.<ref name="Gaz II p.98">[[Gazetteer II]] p.98</ref>
*[[740]] [[The Grand Conjunction]]
*[[740 BC]] Panicked by the Grand Conjunction, Hermos and the rest of the folks from L'Morai flee from Darkon into [[Falkovnia]] seeking a better life. [[Isolde (Carnival)|Isolde]] saves them from certain demise. Under her leadership, a new [[Carnival (Society)|Carnival]] assembles.<ref name="Carnival p. 40">[[Carnival]] p. 40</ref>
*[[741 BC]]: [[The Grey Wyrm]] rises from the depths of the [[Lake Kriegvogel]] to devour several boats and run amok in the town of [[Silbervas]]. Although the creature is beaten back into the lake, the disaster leaves Silbervas' citizens with dread over the beast's return. Henceforth, this year will be known as the [[Year of the Gray Wyrm]].<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 111">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 111</ref>
*[[747 BC]] [[Malocchio Aderre]] usurps political rulership over [[Invidia]] from his mother [[Gabrielle Aderre]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>
*[[748 BC]]: [[The Ebon Fold]] are sent out to begin collecting [[soul]]s. [[Falkovnian]] citizens are among those chosen for their attacks.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 23">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 23</ref>
*[[750 BC]]: Everyone in the [[Sisters of Mercy Hospice]] is [[murdered]].<ref name="Gaz II p.98">[[Gazetteer II]] p.98</ref>
*[[750 BC]] Under Malocchio Aderre, Invidia negotiates a military alliance with Falkovnia. Aderre employs Falkovnian [[soldier]]s to boost his [[mercenary]] forces and help exterminate the [[Vistani]].<ref name="Gaz IV p.47-48">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.47-48</ref>
*[[751 BC]]: [[The Green Maiden]]'s [[disease]] begins spreading among the [[fauna]] of [[Falkovnia]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 91">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 91</ref>
*[[751 BC]]: '''March:''' [[Falkovnia]] launches its fifth invasion of [[Darkon]] in the [[March of Doom]]. Falkovnian forces reach as far north as [[Nartok]] before being turned back by the undead.
*[[757 BC]]: '''February''' [["S"]] enters Falkovnia and begins her survey.<ref name="Gazetteer II]] p. 86">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 86</ref>
 
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'''WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE :''' Ruled by [[Vlad Drakov]]''(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)''

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Falkovnia
Culture Level Medieval
Ecology Full
Climate & Terrain Temperate forests, hills, marshes, and plains
Year Formed 690 BC
Population 64,300
Races (%) Human 93%, Halfling 2%, Half-elves 2%, Gnomes 1%, Elves 1%, Other 1%
Languages Falkovnian
Religions Hala, Ezra
Government Military Dictatorship
Ruler(s) Vlad Drakov
Darklord(s) Vlad Drakov
Nationality Falkovnian
Analog 20th century fascist states, Wallachi under Vlad the Impaler
Related Categories
Locations in Falkovnia
Transportation in Falkovnia
Inhabitants of Falkovnia
Former Inhabitants of Falkovnia
Flora of Falkovnia
Fauna of Falkovnia
Native Monsters of Falkovnia

Falkovnia is ruled by Vlad Drakov, a mad tyrant (and former Krynnian mercenary) with a love of impaling as an execution method (an obvious reference to the Wallachian voivode, sometimes known as "Vlad the Impaler", although Drakov also shows echoes of Hitler and Stalin).

Falkovnia produces much of the Core's grain and wheat, which Drakov uses to fund his war machine. As absolute ruler of Falkovnia, everything is his property, including the population, which are branded with the mark of a hawk on their foreheads shortly after birth (perhaps a reference to Italian fascism symbols).

Drakov has attempted to invade Darkon, the vast domain to the north, no less than four times since Falkovnia was formed, and every time his army reached the border, an army of undead creatures rose again to stop them. Every man in Drakov's army who fell rose to fight for Darkon. Four domains around Falkovnia (Borca, Richemulot, Dementlieu, and Mordent) have signed a mutual defense treaty in the event that Drakov invades any of them, although he believes that they are not worth invading, being run by women and fops.

Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend

Biology

Flora

Abfalduz

Fauna

Native Horrors

Geography

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

Weather

Terrain

Hills

Weissfalkund, the foothills of the Sleeping Beast Mountains.

Crumbling Hills, leading into the Shadow Rift.

Canyons

Shadow Rift

Forests

Dunkelhertzwald

Vigila Dimorta, or "Sentries of Death," called that for the local legend wherein one spontaneously combusts for each of Drakov's victims.

Lakes

Lake Kriegvogel, a reputedly bottomless lake near Silbervas.

The Raptor Lakes (Lake Adler, Lake Eule, Lake Falk) on the Vuchar River.

Lake Schvort and Lake Beschir. on the Dementlieu border.

Rivers

The Arbket River, with tributaries Talon River and Zhukfer River, flowing along the southern border and joining the Musarde just south of Lake Kriegvogel.

The Drogach River, with its tributary, the Grashen River, fed by the Umysher River, all running along the northern border until they join the Vuchar River. The point where the Grashen empties into the Drogach is the site of Grashen Falls, and the eponymous village.

The Musarde, flowing north out of Richemulot and into Dementlieu.

The Vuchar River, flowing south out of Darkon and into the Musarde.

Roads

Scythe Road, or Scythe Highway

King's Road

West Timori Road

Economy

Agrarian

Crops

Manufacturing

Trade

Taxation

Black Market

Landmarks

The Shadow Rift

Population Distribution

Towns

Aerie

Lekar

Morfenzi

Silbervas

Stangengrad

Villages

Grashen Falls

Authority

Temporal Rule

Legendary

Contemporary

Spiritual Rule

Legendary

Contemporary

Church and State

Government

Falkfuhrer Calons Weir

Falkfuhrer Jardian Kovedknochen

Falkfuhrer Mikhail Drakov

Falkfuhrer Vigo Drakov

Falkfuhrer Vjorn Horstman

Law

Law-Enforcement

Talons

Extra-Judicial

Intelligence Gathering

Military Footing

Casus belli

Past

Present

Future

Language & Culture

Gods and Religions

Inns & Taverns

NPC

This page incorporates content from the inactive Mordent Cartographic Society. Used with their express permission.


Chronology

References

  1. ↑ Gazetteer II p.92-93
  2. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 92
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gazetteer II p. 93
  4. ↑ Gazetteer II p.78
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Gazetteer II p. 94
  6. ↑ Horror's Harvest, Dungeon Magazine #38 p. 61, says the conspiracy happened "twenty-six years ago", Gazetteer II (p. 98) places the events of the Horror's Harvest module at 737 BC, therefore twenty-six years earlier than 737 BC is 711 BC.
  7. ↑ Quoth the Raven 4, p. 51
  8. ↑ Lights in the Fog, Book of Secrets p.131
  9. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 103
  10. ↑ Dungeon #38 p.52
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gazetteer II p.98
  12. ↑ Carnival p. 40
  13. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 111
  14. ↑ Ravenloft Third Edition p.18
  15. ↑ Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.20
  16. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 23
  17. ↑ Gazetteer IV p.47-48
  18. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 91
  19. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 86

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II

Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - p86

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7, 24-25
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp14, 17, 19, 119-121
Domains of Dread - pp35-36
Death Unchained - pp53-56
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp15-16
Realm of Terror - pp69-70
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - pp85-112

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9
Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover
Domains of Dread - p26
Realm of Terror - poster map
Servants of Darkness - poster map
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - p87

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