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==Canon Information==
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The Fraternity of Shadows was described in ''[[Domains of Dread]]'' as a [[neutral evil]] [[secret society]] of [[wizards]] dedicated to discovering the secrets of the [[Land of Mists]].  Only neutral evil male [[wizard | wizards]] who can cast [[illusion spell|illusion spells]] are allowed membership, and the upper echelons of the society are composed entirely of [[illusionist | illusionists]].<ref name="note1">Under the Second Edition rules for specialist wizards, this meant that [[necromancers]] could not join the Fraternity, and the highest ranking members of the Fraternity could not cast necromantic spells.</ref>
The Fraternity of Shadows was described in ''[[Domains of Dread]]'' as a [[neutral evil]] [[secret society]] of [[wizards]] dedicated to discovering the secrets of the [[Land of Mists]].  Only neutral evil male [[wizard | wizards]] who can cast [[illusion spell|illusion spells]] are allowed membership, and the upper echelons of the society are composed entirely of [[illusionist | illusionists]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 138">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 138</ref><ref name="note1">Under the Second Edition rules for specialist wizards, this meant that [[necromancers]] could not join the Fraternity, and the highest ranking members of the Fraternity could not cast necromantic spells.</ref> [[Van Richten's Arsenal]] added that the Fraternity had [[sorcerer]]s among their ranks as well.<ref name="VRA p. 147">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 147</ref>


Members of the Fraternity identify themselves by their possession of a [[Fraternity of Shadows Signet Ring|signet ring]] in the shape of two intertwining asps whose mouths form the setting for an onyx; this ring can cast a ''darkness 15' radius'' spell once per day.
Members of the Fraternity identify themselves by their possession of a [[Fraternity of Shadows Signet Ring|signet ring]] in the shape of two intertwining asps whose mouths form the setting for an onyx; this ring can cast a ''darkness 15' radius'' spell once per day.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 138">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 138</ref>


In ''[[Van Richten's Arsenal]]'' it was revealed that the leaders of the Fraternity are known as the [[Umbra]], and that [[Lord Balfour de Casteelle]], president of the [[University of Dementlieu]], is one of the [[Umbra]].  In ''[[Gazetteer II]]'' [["S"]] reveals that her attempt to join the Fraternity was rebuffed because of her gender, and that the [[Brautslava Institute]] in [[Darkon]] is a center of the Fraternity's power.
In ''[[Van Richten's Arsenal]]'' it was revealed that the leaders of the Fraternity are known as the [[Umbra]], and that (as a [[Dread Possibility]]) [[Lord Balfour de Casteelle]], president of the [[University of Dementlieu]], is one of the [[Umbra]].<ref name="VRA p. 147">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 147</ref> In ''[[Gazetteer II]]'' [["S"]] reveals that her attempt to join the Fraternity was rebuffed because of her gender, and that the [[Brautslava Institute]] in [[Darkon]] is a center of the Fraternity's power. However, many of [[the Core]]'s institutes of higher learning also provide hubs for Fraternity activity.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 27-28">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 27-28</ref> The University of Dementlieu is an exception, as Lord de Casteele has barred the Fraternity from operating there.<ref name="VRA p. 147">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 147</ref> Of other past meeting places, the [[Radiant Tower]] and the [[Great Library]] are among them.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 138">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 138</ref>


==Noncanon Information==
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===Prestige Class===
The prestige class for members of the Fraternity appears in the articles [[Scholars of Darkness]]<ref>[[USS2002]] - p15</ref> and [[Perilous Pursuits]]<ref>[[Quoth the Raven X]] - p45</ref>


'''The Umbra'''
===The Umbra===


As detailed in Quoth the Raven volume 13, the present leaders of the Fraternity of Shadows are, in order of seniority, [[Tarnos Shadowcloak]], [[Count Wilhelm von Lovenhorst]], [[Lord Balfour de Casteelle]], [[Malcolm Scott]], and [[Jan Mikkelson]].   
As detailed in Quoth the Raven volume 13, the present leaders of the Fraternity of Shadows are, in order of seniority, [[Tarnos Shadowcloak]], [[Count Wilhelm von Lovenhorst]], [[Lord Balfour de Casteelle]], [[Malcolm Scott]], and [[Jan Mikkelson]].   




'''Women in the Fraternity'''
===Women in the Fraternity===


[[Countess Karla von Lovenhorst]], daughter of [[Count Wilhelm von Lovenhorst]], a member of the Umbra, was allowed to join<ref name="USS2001">shown in the framing fiction to the [[Undead Sea Scrolls 2001]]</ref>, but it is unclear whether this is an exception or a precedent. [[Professor Viktor Hazan]] indirectly addresses the matter while slandering [[Professor Mirella Agrippa]]: "I chuckled over and annotated her errors, emotionally-based comments and weak hypotheses. (No wonder that women are rarely accepted into our Fraternity. That’s just how it is, I guess.)" <ref name="NSG1">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]], p119.</ref> [[Professor Viktor Hazan]] also shed light on the ambition of "S" to join the Fraternity, describing her in these terms: "a stern scholar for whom I once sat as token out-ofbranch examiner in Darkon. She tried to impress the Brautslava cell’s admissions committee by her superior wit, yet failed the second figment quiz. Her own arcane interests, she’d sullenly retorted, lay elsewhere. It’d been a while since I saw her work in the occult journals; I wondered what had happened to her and what kind of trouble she was involved in now." <ref name="NSG2">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]], p119.</ref>
[[Countess Karla von Lovenhorst]], daughter of [[Count Wilhelm von Lovenhorst]], a member of the Umbra, was allowed to join<ref name="USS2001">shown in the framing fiction to the [[Undead Sea Scrolls 2001]]</ref>, but it is unclear whether this is an exception or a precedent. [[Professor Viktor Hazan]] indirectly addresses the matter while slandering [[Professor Mirella Agrippa]]: "I chuckled over and annotated her errors, emotionally-based comments and weak hypotheses. (No wonder that women are rarely accepted into our Fraternity. That’s just how it is, I guess.)" <ref name="NSG1">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]], p119.</ref> [[Professor Viktor Hazan]] also shed light on the ambition of "S" to join the Fraternity, describing her in these terms: "a stern scholar for whom I once sat as token out-ofbranch examiner in Darkon. She tried to impress the Brautslava cell’s admissions committee by her superior wit, yet failed the second figment quiz. Her own arcane interests, she’d sullenly retorted, lay elsewhere. It’d been a while since I saw her work in the occult journals; I wondered what had happened to her and what kind of trouble she was involved in now." <ref name="NSG2">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]], p119.</ref>
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The [[Fraternity of Shadows (Real World)|Fraternity of Shadows]] is also used as the real-world name for the moderators and managers of the Fraternity of Shadows website, presently the largest active Ravenloft site on the Internet.
The [[Fraternity of Shadows (Real World)|Fraternity of Shadows]] is also used as the real-world name for the moderators and managers of the Fraternity of Shadows website, presently the largest active Ravenloft site on the Internet.


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==Chronology==
*[[617 BC]]{{netbook-small}} [[Lazarus Ikonnas]] and 4 other [[arcane spellcaster]]s found the Fraternity.<ref name="Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 8">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p. 8</ref><br>
 
*[[650 BC]]{{netbook-small}} Membership is only at 16, but the spread of the organization will begin to speed up soon after.<ref name="Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 8">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p. 8</ref><br>
 
*[[652 BC]]{{netbook-small}} [[Mercantor Melachthon]], one of the founders of the Fraternity, is lost to [[the Mists]]. [[Feynnman Ikonnas]] is his replacement.<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[678 BC]]{{netbook-small}} [[Jerubaal Iskway]], one of the founding members, disappears in [[Castle Tristenoira]]. He is presumed to be [[deceased]].<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[679 BC]]{{netbook-small}}[[Wilhelm von Lovenhorst]] becomes one of the Umbra.<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[680 BC]]{{netbook-small}} The [[lich]] [[Phantom's Bane]] kills [[Adame Nicht]], one of the founders of the fraternity. [[Mazer Tam]] takes his place<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[683 BC]] {{canon-small}}[[Lamordia]] joins [[the Core]].<ref name="DoD p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref> {{netbook-small}}As this and the other more advanced domains form, the Fraternity spreads to the educated classes of these other lands.<ref name="Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 8">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p. 8</ref><br>
 
*[[684 BC]] {{canon-small}}[[Borca]] forms.<ref name="DoD p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref><br>
 
*[[686 BC]] {{canon-small}}[[False History]]: [[Lord Balfour de Casteelle]] is born.<ref name="VRA p. 146">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 146</ref><br>
 
*[[694 BC]] {{canon-small}}[[Richemulot]] forms.<ref name="DoD p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref><br>
 
*[[700 BC]] {{canon-small}}[[First Dead Man’s War]].<ref name="DoD p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref> {{netbook-small}}Several members of the Fraternity back [[Falkovnia]] in an effort to unseat [[Azalin]]. After the invasion fails, [[Azalin]] and his [[Kargat]] conduct a purge to free the [[University of Il Aluk]] and [[Il Aluk]]'s [[intellectual]] community of Fraternity agents. Several members of the Fraternity, including [[Lazarus Ikonnas]], are [[assassinated]] in the purge. Others are better prepared and flee into neighboring domains, where they are more evenly matched against the Kargat. Azalin eventually halts active extermination attempts against the Fraternity.<ref name="Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 8">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p. 8</ref> The only two of the then-current [[Umbra]] to escape are [[Tarnos Shadowcloak]] and [[Wilhelm von Lovenhorst]].<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[704 BC]] {{questionably-canon-small}} Or Possibly [[False History]]: At age 18, Lord Balfour is inducted into the Fraternity of Shadows.<ref name="VRA p. 147">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 147</ref><br>
 
*704 BC {{netbook-small}}[[Joachim ApMorte]], [[John Diamante]], and [[Hammar Hammarson]] fill empty seats in the Umbra left from Azalin's purge.<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[706 BC]]{{canon-small}}[[False History]] Lord Balfour's parents burn to death in a fire accident. He inherits their [[land]], holdings, and [[title]]s, including the presidency of the [[University of Dementlieu]] and the land it rests upon. Soon thereafter, [[Lord Balfour de Casteelle]] finishes his doctorate degrees and takes over the [[University of Dementlieu]].<ref name="VRA p. 146">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 146</ref><br>
 
*[[707 BC]]{{canon-small}} [[Dementlieu]] forms.<ref name="DoD p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref> {{netbook-small}} Following this development, the highly sophisticated domain draws many brothers of the Fraternity to it.<ref name="Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 9">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p. 9</ref><br>
 
*[[709 BC]]{{netbook-small}}[[John Diamante]] disappears.<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[710 BC]]{{netbook-small}}[[Helvaar Whitehand]] joins the Umbra.<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[716 BC]]{{netbook-small}} [[Marcos Vedarrak]] is born.<ref>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p. 64, he is 38 as of 754 BC.</ref><br>
 
*[[718 BC]]{{netbook-small}} [[Paul Dirac]] moves his family to [[Falkovnia]]. Marcos Veddarak is only two years old at the time.<ref>[[Book of Sacrifices]] p. 63; see 716 BC to get deerifq5ion.</ref><br>
 
*[[720 BC]] {{netbook-small}} [[Aleister Smythe]] is born in [[Dementlieu]].
 
*[[724 BC]]{{netbook-small}} [[Lord Balfour de Casteelle]] joins the Umbra.<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[736 BC]]{{netbook-small}}[[Hammar Hammarson]] is found [[murdered]] in his home. [[Malcolm Scott]] is his replacement.<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[738 BC]] {{netbook-small}} [[Aleister Smythe]] is inducted into the Fraternity.
 
*[[742 BC]]{{netbook-small}}[[Count Wilhelm von Lovenhorst]] disappears, thus ending [[Professor Viktor Hazan]]'s service to him.<ref>[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p.40</ref><br>
 
*[[742 BC]]{{netbook-small}}[[Alfred Larner]] finishes his degree at the [[University of Richemulot]]. He travels back home to [[Paridon]] and starts recruiting members there.<ref name="Zherisia Gazetteer p. 107">[[Zherisia Gazetteer]] p. 107</ref>
 
*[[750 BC]]-[[755 BC]]{{netbook-small}} The Kargat and the Fraternity achieve (slightly) more peaceful relations in Azalin's absence.<ref name="Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 8">[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p. 8</ref><br>
 
*[[751 BC]] {{netbook-small}} [[Aleister Smythe]] shares Fraternity lore with the [[Scions of Irul]], allowing him to co-found the [[Centurions of the Night]] with [[The Red Haunt|the Red Haunt]].
 
*[[752 BC]] {{netbook-small}}[[Helvaar Whitehand]] is lost in [[the Mists]]. (A wizard resembling him is [[executed]] in [[Pharazia]] in [[755 BC]].)<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[754 BC]]{{netbook-small}}[[Jan Mikkelson]] joins the Umbra.<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[755 BC]]{{netbook-small}}Possible [[execution]] of [[Helvar Whitehand]] in [[Pharazia]].<ref name="Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 13]] p. 72</ref><br>
 
*[[756 BC]]{{netbook-small}}'''November 15''' The Fraternity gathers at [[the Great Library]].. [[Professor Viktor Hazan]] and [[Erik van Rijn]] present a manuscript called the Undead Sea Scrolls to the Fraternity. Erik also surreptitiously receives a [[book]] on [[necromancy]] from [[Marcos Vedarrak (NPC)|Marcos Vedarrak]].<ref>[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2001]] p. ii-x</ref></br>
 
*[[758 BC]]{{netbook-small}}The [[Ste. Ronges Cell of the Fraternity of Shadows]] assembles.<ref name="QTR 10 p.34">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 10]] p. 34 </ref><br>
 
*[[758 BC]]{{netbook-small}}'''Winter''' [[Kristoff Lutemmi]] assaults the [[Midway Haven Observatory]] and [[murder]]s three [[Celestines]]. [[Fritz Winterboone]] is nearly slain himself, but [[Katyarna Ivanova-Rudenko]] intervenes.<ref name="QTR 10 p.34">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 10]] p. 34 </ref><br>
 
*[[759 BC]]{{netbook-small}}'''October 29''' [[Professor Erik van Rijn]] enacts his plans of [[betrayal]] against the Fraternity.<ref name="Souragne Gazetteer p. 5">[[Souragne Gazetteer]] p. 5</ref> Now a [[lich]] <ref name="FoS Post">[http://fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3482&start=0&hilit=october+29+rijn Fraternity of Shadows Message Board Post]</ref>, vann Rijn organizes a contingent of the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] and unleashs an attack upon the [[Ste. Ronges Cell of the Fraternity of Shadows]].<ref name="Souragne Gazetteer p. 5">[[Souragne Gazetteer]] p. 5</ref> The Fraternity's headquarters, the [[Manoir de Penombre]] was burnt to the ground, and the cell's members were put to flight. In the chaos, Van Rijn steals plans of [[Azalin]]'s [[Doomsday Device]] from thee Fraternity's archives.<ref name="FoS Post">[http://fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3482&start=0&hilit=october+29+rijn Fraternity of Shadows Message Board Post]</ref><br>
 
*[[760 BC]]{{netbook-small}}'''January''' Upon the suggestion of [[Ambrose Skully]], [[Professor Viktor Hazan]], [[Dr. Anthony Reuland]], and a number of others from the [[Ste. Ronges Cell of the Fraternity of Shadows]] settle down in [[La Maison Soulombre]], a lonely [[plantation]] outside of [[Port d'Elhour]]. Led by Hazan, they begin the hunt for the [[traitor]]ous [[Erik van Rijn]] in [[Souragne]].<ref name="Souragne Gazetteer p. 5">[[Souragne Gazetteer]] p. 5</ref><br> Later that month, [[Anton Misroi]] calls them to his presence, where they proceed to strike a truce with each other.<ref name="Souragne Gazetteer p. 67-69">[[Souragne Gazetteer]] p. 67-69</ref>
 
*760 BC {{netbook-small}} '''February''' By this time, [[Alfred Larner]] has learned of Van Rijn's treachery and begins surveying [[Zherisia]] in the hunt for the renegade lich.<ref name="Zherisia Gazetteer p. 6">[[Zherisia Gazetteer]] p. 6</ref><br>
 
*760 BC {{netbook-small}}'''June''' An assassin attempts to murder Alfred Larner, but he foils the attempt. Under interrogation, the culprit is revealed to be  [[doppelganger]] sent by a "dead thing". The Paridonian Brothers take this to be Van Rijn<ref name="Zherisia Gazetteer p. 64">[[Zherisia Gazetteer]] p. 64</ref><br>
 
*760 BC {{netbook-small}}'''July''' [[Paul Dirac]] and Viktor Hazan begin exploring [[the Nocturnal Sea]] in search of Erik van Rijn.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 7-8">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 7-8</ref><br>
 
*760 BC {{netbook-small}}'''August-September''' Viktor Hazan discovers Dirac stranded on a rock near the [[harbor]] of [[Graben-town]]. Delirious, cold, and almost unconscious, Dirac is fished out by Viktor and the [[sailor]]s under his employ. Delivered to [[Dr. Gunnar Illhousen]] for treatment, Dirac makes little progress for the next several days. Eventually, Dirac escapes from his cell and walks into the sea. However, Dirac leaves behind some notes on [[the Drowning Deep]] he wrote while under the mental influence by [[Virundus]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 219-224">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 219-224</ref><br>
 
*760 BC {{netbook-small}}'''October''' A series of strange [[murder]]s occurs in [[Paridon]]. Because of the taint of strong [[necromancy]] on the bodies, Alfred Larner links the murders to Erik Van Rijn (though he is not the culprit of all the murders). However, Larner suspects the lich may have already fled the city.<ref name="Zherisia Gazetteer p. 94">[[Zherisia Gazetteer]] p. 94</ref><br>
 
*760 BC {{netbook-small}} [[The Fraternity of Shadows]] creates [[the Cellar Door]], an artificial [[mistway]]. It links [[Souragne]] to [[Richemulot]] and back.<ref>[[Quoth the Raven Issue 16]], p. 39-43</ref>
 
 
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==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==
==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

Latest revision as of 06:08, 30 December 2022

Canon Information

The Fraternity of Shadows was described in Domains of Dread as a neutral evil secret society of wizards dedicated to discovering the secrets of the Land of Mists. Only neutral evil male wizards who can cast illusion spells are allowed membership, and the upper echelons of the society are composed entirely of illusionists.[1][2] Van Richten's Arsenal added that the Fraternity had sorcerers among their ranks as well.[3]

Members of the Fraternity identify themselves by their possession of a signet ring in the shape of two intertwining asps whose mouths form the setting for an onyx; this ring can cast a darkness 15' radius spell once per day.[1]

In Van Richten's Arsenal it was revealed that the leaders of the Fraternity are known as the Umbra, and that (as a Dread Possibility) Lord Balfour de Casteelle, president of the University of Dementlieu, is one of the Umbra.[3] In Gazetteer II "S" reveals that her attempt to join the Fraternity was rebuffed because of her gender, and that the Brautslava Institute in Darkon is a center of the Fraternity's power. However, many of the Core's institutes of higher learning also provide hubs for Fraternity activity.[4] The University of Dementlieu is an exception, as Lord de Casteele has barred the Fraternity from operating there.[3] Of other past meeting places, the Radiant Tower and the Great Library are among them.[1]

Noncanon Information

Prestige Class

The prestige class for members of the Fraternity appears in the articles Scholars of Darkness[5] and Perilous Pursuits[6]

The Umbra

As detailed in Quoth the Raven volume 13, the present leaders of the Fraternity of Shadows are, in order of seniority, Tarnos Shadowcloak, Count Wilhelm von Lovenhorst, Lord Balfour de Casteelle, Malcolm Scott, and Jan Mikkelson.


Women in the Fraternity

Countess Karla von Lovenhorst, daughter of Count Wilhelm von Lovenhorst, a member of the Umbra, was allowed to join[7], but it is unclear whether this is an exception or a precedent. Professor Viktor Hazan indirectly addresses the matter while slandering Professor Mirella Agrippa: "I chuckled over and annotated her errors, emotionally-based comments and weak hypotheses. (No wonder that women are rarely accepted into our Fraternity. That’s just how it is, I guess.)" [8] Professor Viktor Hazan also shed light on the ambition of "S" to join the Fraternity, describing her in these terms: "a stern scholar for whom I once sat as token out-ofbranch examiner in Darkon. She tried to impress the Brautslava cell’s admissions committee by her superior wit, yet failed the second figment quiz. Her own arcane interests, she’d sullenly retorted, lay elsewhere. It’d been a while since I saw her work in the occult journals; I wondered what had happened to her and what kind of trouble she was involved in now." [9]

Real World Organization

The Fraternity of Shadows is also used as the real-world name for the moderators and managers of the Fraternity of Shadows website, presently the largest active Ravenloft site on the Internet.

Chronology

  • 650 BC Membership is only at 16, but the spread of the organization will begin to speed up soon after.[10]
  • 683 BCLamordia joins the Core.[12]As this and the other more advanced domains form, the Fraternity spreads to the educated classes of these other lands.[10]
  • 707 BC Dementlieu forms.[12] Following this development, the highly sophisticated domain draws many brothers of the Fraternity to it.[14]
  • 750 BC-755 BC The Kargat and the Fraternity achieve (slightly) more peaceful relations in Azalin's absence.[10]
  • 760 BC February By this time, Alfred Larner has learned of Van Rijn's treachery and begins surveying Zherisia in the hunt for the renegade lich.[24]
  • 760 BCJune An assassin attempts to murder Alfred Larner, but he foils the attempt. Under interrogation, the culprit is revealed to be doppelganger sent by a "dead thing". The Paridonian Brothers take this to be Van Rijn[25]
  • 760 BCAugust-September Viktor Hazan discovers Dirac stranded on a rock near the harbor of Graben-town. Delirious, cold, and almost unconscious, Dirac is fished out by Viktor and the sailors under his employ. Delivered to Dr. Gunnar Illhousen for treatment, Dirac makes little progress for the next several days. Eventually, Dirac escapes from his cell and walks into the sea. However, Dirac leaves behind some notes on the Drowning Deep he wrote while under the mental influence by Virundus.[27]
  • 760 BCOctober A series of strange murders occurs in Paridon. Because of the taint of strong necromancy on the bodies, Alfred Larner links the murders to Erik Van Rijn (though he is not the culprit of all the murders). However, Larner suspects the lich may have already fled the city.[28]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Domains of Dread p. 138
  2. ↑ Under the Second Edition rules for specialist wizards, this meant that necromancers could not join the Fraternity, and the highest ranking members of the Fraternity could not cast necromantic spells.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Van Richten's Arsenal p. 147
  4. ↑ Gazetteer II p. 27-28
  5. ↑ USS2002 - p15
  6. ↑ Quoth the Raven X - p45
  7. ↑ shown in the framing fiction to the Undead Sea Scrolls 2001
  8. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer, p119.
  9. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer, p119.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 8
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Domains of Dread p. 17
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Van Richten's Arsenal p. 146
  14. ↑ Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 9
  15. ↑ Book of Sacrifices p. 64, he is 38 as of 754 BC.
  16. ↑ Book of Sacrifices p. 63; see 716 BC to get deerifq5ion.
  17. ↑ Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p.40
  18. ↑ Zherisia Gazetteer p. 107
  19. ↑ Undead Sea Scrolls 2001 p. ii-x
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Quoth the Raven Issue 10 p. 34
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Souragne Gazetteer p. 5
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Fraternity of Shadows Message Board Post
  23. ↑ Souragne Gazetteer p. 67-69
  24. ↑ Zherisia Gazetteer p. 6
  25. ↑ Zherisia Gazetteer p. 64
  26. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 7-8
  27. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 219-224
  28. ↑ Zherisia Gazetteer p. 94
  29. ↑ Quoth the Raven Issue 16, p. 39-43

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Domains of Dread
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II

Domains of Dread p138
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - p28

Fraternity of Shadows, The Fraternity of Shadows


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