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*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
*[[742 BC]]{{netbook-small}}[[Count Wilhelm von Lovenhorst]], thus ending [[Professor Viktor Hazan]]'s service to him.<ref>[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2002]] p.40</ref><br> | |||
*[[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> | *[[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> |
Revision as of 19:26, 14 April 2016
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 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
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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
- 617 BC Lazarus Ikonnas and 4 other arcane spellcasters found the Fraternity.[10]
- 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.[11]As this and the other more advanced domains form, the Fraternity spreads to the educated classes of these other lands.[10]
- 694 BCRichemulot forms.[11]
- 700 BCFirst Dead Man’s War.[11]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.[10]
- 704 BC Or Possibly False History: At age 18, Lord Balfour is inducted into the Fraternity of Shadows.[3]
- 706 BCFalse History Lord Balfour's parents burn to death in a fire accident. He inherits their land, holdings, and titles, 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.[12]
- 707 BC Dementlieu forms.[11] Following this development, the highly sophisticated domain draws many brothers of the Fraternity to it.[13]
- 742 BCCount Wilhelm von Lovenhorst, thus ending Professor Viktor Hazan's service to him.[14]
- 750 BC-755 BC The Kargat and the Fraternity achieve (slightly) more peaceful relations in Azalin's absence.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Domains of Dread p. 138
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Van Richten's Arsenal p. 147
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 27-28
- ↑ USS2002 - p15
- ↑ Quoth the Raven X - p45
- ↑ shown in the framing fiction to the Undead Sea Scrolls 2001
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer, p119.
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer, p119.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 8
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Domains of Dread p. 17
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Van Richten's Arsenal p. 146
- ↑ Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p. 9
- ↑ Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p.40
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Pages in category "The Fraternity of Shadows"
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