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*[[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> | |||
*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
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*[[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> | *[[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]]. | *[[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]] (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> | ||
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*[[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> | *[[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> | |||
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Revision as of 22:09, 27 March 2016
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. It 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 be 200 members.
The Kargat, secret police and intelligence service of Darkon numbering 200 members, up to half of who may be stationed abroad, 20 mid- and high-level members, mostly lycanthropes and undead, are assassins, Martira Bay faction and overall organisation led by Lady Kazandra (vampire Rog5/Asn3 LE), Karg faction led by Venrith Chole (ghost werewolf Rog6/Asn6 LE), and Corvia faction, which is gradually crumbling into disarray, led by the paranoid Beryl Silvertress (vampire Ftr5/Ari5 NE), secretive and cellular organisation that never engages in contracted assassinations in its own name but from time to time may create fronts that do, accepting only those contracts consistent with the will of one or more of its leaders and not inconsistent with the commands of Azalin Rex;
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. In consequence a member of the Kargat answers only to his or her superiors and ultimately Azalin Rex. A member of the Kargat does not worry about having to justify the legality of his or her actions publically 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.
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. For example, The Black Hole in Karg or even Grim Fastness in Il Aluk. The unseen face of the Kargat's enforcement of royal law are disappearences in the dead of night.
The Kargat is a somewhat cellular and scattered organisation. It is possible that a complete list of its membership does not exist. The Kargat is 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.
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Chronology
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This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
- 581 BCEarly Summer A lycanthrope agent of the Kargat infiltrates the Krezk militia before meeting his own demise.[1]
- 581 BCSummerStrahd'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.[2]
- 605 BC Urik von Kharkov enters Darkon through the Mists. He hears about the immortal power of the Kargat vampires and seeks them out. However, he is enslaveed as one of their vampiric thralls for two decades.[3]
- 625 BC Urik von Kharkov's vampire master is slain. Kharkov flees, casually murdering any souls unfortunate to cross his path.[3] As a result, Valachan forms, and he becomes a darklord.[4][5]
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.[6]
- 645 BC Lady Kazandra, future Kargat leader, is born in Maykle.[7]
- 650 BC The Kargat establish the Faith of the Overseer in Darkon.[4][5] Tavelia is the one most responsible for its creation, having woven the dogma of the church from bits of various outlander religions and stuck them into the Doctrinae.[8]
- 651 BC Baron Mikhail Ulyanov, Kargant agent and wolfwere, is appointed ruler of the newly formed Carcharodon Isle. His arrival on the island also hearkens the first appearance of wolves on the island.[9]
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.[10]
- 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.[11]
- 728 BC Dr. Van Richten and his companions defeats Karuk Abjen, former Kargat agent turned ghost, and his Phantom Army.[12]
- 729 BC Lady Kazandra takes Bartholomew Nylreave from his parents and begins training him to be an agent of the Kargat.[11]
- 743 BC Carnival returns to Darkon. Tenira Courant, an agent of the Kargat, enlists.[13]
- 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.[7]
- 747 BC Alanik Ray becomes Chief Constable of Martira Bay.Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; invalid names, e.g. too many His actions within the City Constabulary prove a thorn in Tavelia's (and the Kargat's) side.[14]
- 749 BC[15] or 750 BC[16] The Doomsday Device's last prototype is tested by the Kargat, transforming former Kargat agent Lowellyn Dachine into 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.[14]
- 750 BC Tavelia has built (and continues to build) a large Kargat network of agents loyal to her first.[17]
- 750 BC December: The Requiem occurs.[18][19] 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[20] and Venrith Chole[21] are among the agents so transformed. Jacques joins the Unholy Order of the Grave[20], but Venrith Chole eventually escapes and rejoins the Kargat.[21]
- 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.[22]
- 755 BC Tavelia's plans to take control of Azalin fail with his restoration to power.[24] Following Tavelia's fall from grace, Kazandra becomes leader of the Kargat in Matira Bay.[14]
- 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.[25]
References
- ↑ I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin p.265-266
- ↑ I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin p.265-302
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Darklords p.54
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Death Undaunted p. 4
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gazetteer II p.147
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.32
- ↑ Book of Souls p.73
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Book of Sorrows p. 77
- ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 91
- ↑ Carnival p. 49
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Gazetteer II p.148
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 23
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.138
- ↑ Bleak House: Heroes, Monsters, and Settings p. 31
- ↑ Requiem
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.17
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Gazetteer II p.128
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Gazetteer II p.36
- ↑ [[Domains of Dread P.137
- ↑ Death Undaunted p. 3-5
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.24
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p.41
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Subcategories
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Pages in category "The Kargat"
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