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*[[690 BC]] [[Falkovnia]] forms.<ref name ="Gaz II p.93">[[Gazetteer II]] p.93</ref> | *[[690 BC]] [[Falkovnia]] forms.<ref name ="Gaz II p.93">[[Gazetteer II]] p.93</ref> | ||
*[[695 BC]] [[Falkovnia]] invades Lamordia in the [[Winter War]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref> | *[[695 BC]] [[Falkovnia]] invades Lamordia in the [[Winter War]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</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. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref> | *[[695 BC]] After {[Lamordian]] forces skirmish with [[Falkovnian [[invader]]s, the [[Hoftman Hospital]] is opened to [[soldier]]s wounded in war.<ref name="QTR 6 p. 71">[[QtR]] 6 p. 71</ref> Unfortunately, the field hospital is built upon the [[prison]] of [[Malgorboth]], a [[fiend]] [[imprisoned]] in the ground long ago. The [[pain]] and agony of the soldiers begin to awaken Malgorboth.<ref name="QTR 6 p. 72">[[QtR]] 6 p. 72</ref> | ||
*{{netbook-small}}[[696 BC]] '''January''': The [[Falkovnian]]s retreat from Lamordia due to its freaklishly harsh winter, ending the [[Winter War]].<ref name="Gaz II p. 94">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 94</ref> | |||
*{{netbook-small}}[[697 BC]]With a ceasefire at hand, the [[Hoftmann Hospital]] opens its doors to the public after being refurbished into a full hospital.<ref name="QTR 6 p. 72">[[QtR]] 6 p. 72</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> | *[[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> | ||
*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
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*[[727 BC]] [[Merilee Markuza]] kills [[Claudia DeShanes]] and eludes [[Van Richten]] in Lamordia.<ref name="Darklords p. 63">[[Darklords]] p. 63</ref> | *[[727 BC]] [[Merilee Markuza]] kills [[Claudia DeShanes]] and eludes [[Van Richten]] in Lamordia.<ref name="Darklords p. 63">[[Darklords]] p. 63</ref> | ||
[[727 BC]] [[Van Richten]] witnesses the [[Thundering Carriage]] at the [[Thistle and Bonnet]]] in Lamordia. He begins to hunt [[ghost]]s.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 6">[[Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts]] p. 6</ref> | [[727 BC]] [[Van Richten]] witnesses the [[Thundering Carriage]] at the [[Thistle and Bonnet]]] in Lamordia. He begins to hunt [[ghost]]s.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 6">[[Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts]] p. 6</ref> | ||
*[[738 BC]] On this approximate year, [[Dr. Mordenheim]] invites social [[outcast]] [[Gerhard Beckmann]] is to study and work at [[Schloss Mordenheim]]. Beckman eagerly accepts.<ref name="Book of Souls p. 70">[[Book of Souls]] p.70</ref> | *{{netbook-small}}[[738 BC]] On this approximate year, [[Dr. Mordenheim]] invites social [[outcast]] [[Gerhard Beckmann]] is to study and work at [[Schloss Mordenheim]]. Beckman eagerly accepts.<ref name="Book of Souls p. 70">[[Book of Souls]] p.70</ref> | ||
*[[739 BC]] Dr. Mordenheim throws Beckman out reacts with horror upon seeing [[Elise Mordenheim|Elise]]. Beckmann works for a few months on recreating Elise but instead only creates [[the Patchwork Bride]]. Mordenheim reacts even worse and casts out Beckmann and his creation out forever. Beckmann deserts his creation and flees Lamordia altogether. He eventually settles down in [[Kartakass]]. The child-like Elise replica is picked up by a [[Ludendorf]] freak show (where she gains the Patchwork Bride moniker) until she kills a child and disappears in the confusion.<ref name="Book of Souls p. 70">[[Book of Souls]] p.70</ref> | *{{netbook}}[[739 BC]] Dr. Mordenheim throws Beckman out reacts with horror upon seeing [[Elise Mordenheim|Elise]]. Beckmann works for a few months on recreating Elise but instead only creates [[the Patchwork Bride]]. Mordenheim reacts even worse and casts out Beckmann and his creation out forever. Beckmann deserts his creation and flees Lamordia altogether. He eventually settles down in [[Kartakass]]. The child-like Elise replica is picked up by a [[Ludendorf]] freak show (where she gains the Patchwork Bride moniker) until she kills a child and disappears in the confusion.<ref name="Book of Souls p. 70">[[Book of Souls]] p.70</ref> | ||
*[[739 BC]] [[Fleas of Madness]] plague Lamordia. [[Hendrik von Aubrecker]] dies as a result. [[Baron Vilhelm Von Aubrecker]]'s mind and body soon begin to deteriorate as a result of this loss.<ref name="Gaz II p.75">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 75</ref> | *[[739 BC]] [[Fleas of Madness]] plague Lamordia. [[Hendrik von Aubrecker]] dies as a result. [[Baron Vilhelm Von Aubrecker]]'s mind and body soon begin to deteriorate as a result of this loss.<ref name="Gaz II p.75">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 75</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> | *[[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> | ||
Revision as of 21:14, 7 February 2016
| Lamordia | |
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| Culture Level | Renaissance (9)[1] |
| Ecology | Full[1] |
| Climate & Terrain | Temperate Forests, Hills, and Plains[1] |
| Year Formed | 683 BC[1] |
| Population | 3,280[1] |
| Races (%) | Humans (99%), Other (1%)[1] |
| Languages | Lamordian, Mordentish, Falkovnian, Darkonese, Dwarven[1] |
| Religions | None[1] |
| Government | Hereditary aristocracy with republican settlements[1] |
| Ruler(s) | Baron Vilhelm von Aubrecker; Gerta von Aubrecker, regent.[1] |
| Darklord(s) | Victor Mordenheim's monster, Adam[1] |
| Nationality | Lamordian |
| Analog | Germany, the Low Countries, Switzerland[1] |
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| Transportation in Lamordia | |
| Inhabitants of Lamordia | |
| Former Inhabitants of Lamordia | |
| Flora of Lamordia | |
| Fauna of Lamordia | |
| Native Monsters of Lamordia | |
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This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
Lamordia is the cold, modern, coastal domain ruled by Baron Vilhelm von Aubrecker and Adam.
Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend
Biology
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Fauna
Native Horrors
Geography

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Terrain
Delta
Mountains
Hills
Forests[2]
Lakes
Communication
Rivers
Black River
Muscarde River System
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- The [[]] runs from [[]], through [[]] and [[]], and to [[]].
Economy
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Taxation
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Language & Culture
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NPC
Chronology
575 BC Lamordia is formed.[3]
583 BC Adam kidnaps Elise.[3]
671 BC Howard Lumley creates a few very crude prototypes of machines that are powered by larger boilers, but nothing tiny enough for his Automatic Man. He employs some Vistani thieves to retrieve a book from Lamordia for him.[4] That text is Notes on Animation (written by Creighton Arkwright) and is actually a manual of golems.[5]- 675 BC False History? First records of abnormal creatures appearing in the land of Lamordia. Meanwhile, the people blame Dr. Mordenheim for a plethora of crimes ranging from grave robbery to murder.[6]
- 683 BC Mordenheim creates Adam.[7] The domain of Lamordia forms.[6]
(In the [[Domains of Dread timeline, Lamordia merely joins the Core on this year.[8] - 690 BC Falkovnia forms.[9]
- 695 BC Falkovnia invades Lamordia in the Winter War.[10]
- 695 BC After {[Lamordian]] forces skirmish with [[Falkovnian invaders, the Hoftman Hospital is opened to soldiers wounded in war.[11] Unfortunately, the field hospital is built upon the prison of Malgorboth, a fiend imprisoned in the ground long ago. The pain and agony of the soldiers begin to awaken Malgorboth.[12]
696 BC January: The Falkovnians retreat from Lamordia due to its freaklishly harsh winter, ending the Winter War.[10]
697 BCWith a ceasefire at hand, the Hoftmann Hospital opens its doors to the public after being refurbished into a full hospital.[12]- 698 BC Markovia forms.[13][14]
- 700 BC Rumor: Lamordia strikes a trade agreement (and therefore, peace treaty) with Falkovnia.[15]
- 703 BC Falkovnia and Lamordia formally acknowledge a pact of nonaggression.[9]
- 712 BC Rudolph von Aubrecker nearly dies in the wreck of the Haifisch, ultimately leading to his transformation into The Living Brain
- 713 BC The crime lord known as The Brain begins manipulating the underworld of Dementlieu.[13][14]
- 727 BC Merilee Markuza kills Claudia DeShanes and eludes Van Richten in Lamordia.[16]
727 BC Van Richten witnesses the Thundering Carriage at the Thistle and Bonnet] in Lamordia. He begins to hunt ghosts.[17]
738 BC On this approximate year, Dr. Mordenheim invites social outcast Gerhard Beckmann is to study and work at Schloss Mordenheim. Beckman eagerly accepts.[18]
739 BC Dr. Mordenheim throws Beckman out reacts with horror upon seeing Elise. Beckmann works for a few months on recreating Elise but instead only creates the Patchwork Bride. Mordenheim reacts even worse and casts out Beckmann and his creation out forever. Beckmann deserts his creation and flees Lamordia altogether. He eventually settles down in Kartakass. The child-like Elise replica is picked up by a Ludendorf freak show (where she gains the Patchwork Bride moniker) until she kills a child and disappears in the confusion.[18]
This section contains netbook-canon info from netbooks - 739 BC Fleas of Madness plague Lamordia. Hendrik von Aubrecker dies as a result. Baron Vilhelm Von Aubrecker's mind and body soon begin to deteriorate as a result of this loss.[19]
- 740 BC The Great Upheaval.[20][21]
- 740 BC (Dread Possibility): The Smothering of Reason first manifests.[22]
- 748 BC All Lamordian colonists on Markovia disappear, leaving behind no remnants of their existence.[20][21][15]
- 757 BC January: S enters Lamordia on New Year's Day.[1] During her time in Lamordia, "S" encounters, and interrogates, Adam.[23]
This page incorporates content from the inactive Mordent Cartographic Society. Used with their express permission.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Gazetteer II p. 66 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Gaz II p. 66" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II, p.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Domains of Dread p. 16
- ↑ Children of the Night: The Created p.22
- ↑ Children of the Night: The Created p.26
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gazetteer II p.69
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.152
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gazetteer II p.93
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Gazetteer II p. 94
- ↑ QtR 6 p. 71
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 QtR 6 p. 72
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Gazetteer II p.78
- ↑ Darklords p. 63
- ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 6
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Book of Souls p.70
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 75
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.18
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.20
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 73
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.81
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II
Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,35-39
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp17,127-129
Domains of Dread - pp28-29
Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I - pp260-262
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp22-23
Adam's Wrath - p4
Van Richten's Guide to the Created - pp71-72
Realm of Terror - pp75-76
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - pp65-84
I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - p206
Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9
Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover
Domains of Dread - p26
Ravenloft Campaign Setting - poster map
Adam's Wrath - poster map
Realm of Terror - poster map
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - p67