View source for 740 BC

==Events==
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* ([[Dread Possibility]]): [[The Smothering of Reason]] first manifests,<ref name="Gaz II p.73">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 73</ref> though source materials don't specify the time of year this manifestation began.
* [[Gabrielle Aderre]] manipulates [[Lady Haptmeyer]] and [[Lord Haptmeyer]] into destroying each other, leaving the [[Haptmeyer Estate]] largely abandoned for seven years.<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 49">[[The Evil Eye]] p. 49</ref>
* '''Early Spring''' Dr. Van Richten publishes the ''[[Van Richten's Guide to the Ancient Dead]]''.
* '''Summer''' [[The Great Upheaval]] occurs,<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p. 20</ref>, causing a number of massive effects.
** The [[darklord]]s and the other denizens of the [[Demiplane of Dread]] are temporarily released from their domain prisons, and some escape into [[the Material Plane]].<ref name="Roots of Evil p. 8-9">[[Roots of Evil]] pp. 8-9</ref>
** Many minor [[conjunction]]s occur as part of this cataclysmic event.<ref name="Roots of Evil p. 8-9">[[Roots of Evil]] pp. 8-9</ref>
**[[The Lawgiver]] ceases to grant spells for a number of months thereafter.<ref name="Gazetter I p.53">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 53</ref>
** The geography of [[the Core]] greatly changes. [[Arak]], [[Arkandale]], [[Dorvinia]], and [[Gundarak]] all cease to be, their [[land]]s absorbed into or merged with neighboring domains. [[The Shadow Rift]] replaces the land where [[G'Henna]] and [[Markovia]] once were. [[Bluetspur]] and [[the Nightmare Lands]] similarly vanish from the Core. G'Henna, Bluetspur, and the Nightmare Lands become [[Island of Terror|islands of Terror]] whereas Markovia becomes an island in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref> The Conjunction causes [[Valachan]] to rotate 90 degrees.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 88">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 88</ref>
** [[Dr. Dominiani]] vanishes from [[Gundarak]].<ref name="Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens p. 62">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p. 62</ref> [[Dominia]] forms as a small [[Island of Terror]]<ref name=rlcsanddp.35>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p. 35</ref> with Dominiani as its darklord.<ref name="Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens p. 62">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p. 62</ref>
** The [[Sea of Sorrows]] gains its first [[darklord]]<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref> as [[Captain Pieter van Riese]] pledges his life and those of his crew to any power that will move his ship through the great storm that plagues it.<ref name=DoDp74>[[Domains of Dread]] p. 74</ref> 
** [[Rokushima Táiyoo]] is revealed.<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref><ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p. 20</ref>
**[[Farelle]], [[Sanguinia]], and [[Vechor]] all [[disappeared]], seemingly destroyed.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.19">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 19</ref> (However, they would return or be mentioned in later [[Ravenloft]] products, revealing that the domains were not truly destroyed.)<ref>Vechor reappears in [[Domains of Dread]] as part of [[the Core]] on the eastern side of [[the Nocturnal Sea]]. [[Sanguinia]] reappears in [[Ravenloft Third Edition]] as part of [[the Frozen Wastes]] [[cluster]]. [[Farelle]] is mentioned in [[Van Richten's Arsenal]])</ref>
* Panicked by the Grand Conjunction, [[Hermos]] and the rest of the refugee carnival folk 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>
*Hazlik briefly escapes back to [[Thay]]. He witnesses the progeny of his enemies flourishing. Infuriated, he is recaptured by [[the Mists]] before he can fully wreak his revenge.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 68">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 68</ref>
* [[Strahd]] begins the annexation of the annexation of eastern [[Gundarak]]. Nine months of bloody war ensue.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 19">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 19</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 19">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 19</ref> Meanwhile, [[Gabrielle Aderre]] cozies up to the village leaders in western Gundarak with advice against the Barovians. Her [[Invidian]] troops henceforth move in and occupy western Gundarak (including [[Castle Hunadora]]).<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref>
* Another revolt occurs in [[Valachan]], and [[Baron Urik von Kharkov]] barely manages to survive an attempted [[assassination]]. As he is badly [[injured]], [[earthquake]]s rock the land.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 91">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 91</ref> The Conjunction causes Valachan to rotate 90 degrees.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 88">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 88</ref> Von Kharkov's survival is taken as a sign of [[Yutow]]'s divine protection bestowed upon von Kharkov.<ref name="Gaz IV p. 91">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 91</ref>
* The [[Verdurous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p. 20</ref>
* The Grand Conjunction rocks the lives of both [[Teodorus Raines]] and [[Wyan of Viktal]] and causes them to believe that more great strife on the way. Teodurus Raines begins traveling [[Darkon]] preaching apocalyptic visions  and conversion to [[the Church of Ezra]], though he will not be successful until after [[the Requiem]].<ref name="Gaz II p.30">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 30</ref> Many people of [[Tepest]] despair the end of the world is nigh, but Wyan, one of [[Belenus]]' clergy, preaches it is merely the [[fey]]'s first strike and declares [[war]] on them.<ref name="GazV p. 55">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 55</ref>
* {{netbook-small}} The Grand Conjunction rearranges much of the celestial bodies, causing the starmaps of [[the Celestines]] to become inaccurate. [[Tiryn Olenka-Blaas]] dies, but her former pupils carry on her work. A falling star leads [[Astrilax diCorvi]] to a hilly set of [[ruins]] just out of [[Vallaki]]. The Celestines build [[Midway Haven]], the first [[Secret Observatory|Celestine Observatory]] there.<ref name="USS 2002 p. 127-1288">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p. 128</ref>
* In the aftershocks of [[the Grand Conjunction]], a [[:Category:Planar Disruption|rift]] opens up between [[Dementlieu]] and [[Hell]], letting [[The nameless Amnizu|an aminzu devil]] and [[The nameless Barbazu|a bearded devil]] slip through the barrier with several [[larva]]e in tow. The two [[devil]]s end up in [[Chateaufaux]] and [[murder]] [[Mayor Henri Melano]] and [[Captain Domini Tisiphanes]] and assume their identities, establishing the [[Black Watch]].<ref>[[Chilling Tales]] p. 56</ref>
* [[August]] [[The Lawgiver]] returns the power to his [[cleric]]s, leading the day to become remembered as [[Celebration of the Reemergence]].<ref name="Gazetter I p.53">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 53</ref>
* Despairing that he may never escape to wreak his revenge, Hazlik does an about-face on his views of [[magic]]. He now condones it and begins taking apprentices.<ref name="Gazetter I p.51">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 51</ref> Furthermore, Hazlik travels to (or rather, creates) [[Ramulai]] and establishes [[the Red Academy]].<ref name="Gazetter I p.60">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 60</ref>
* '''September''' Dr. Van Richten inherits the [[library (Aimon Davidovitch)|personal library]] of [[Aimon Davidovitch]]. Dr. Van Richten starts studying tomes.<ref>JWM Timeline p. 35 "Extrapolated from [[VRGtF]] p. 4"</ref>
* {{netbook-small}} The [[Domain|domains]] that make up the [[Wartorn Cluster]] join together into a new [[Cluster]].
* {{netbook-small}} [[The Red Haunt]] develops the [[Centurions of the Night|Centurion]]-persona in the [[Wartorn Cluster]].
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