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* [[542 BC]] - [[Strahd]] discusses the potential threat [[Azalin]] poses with [[Madame Ilka]], the new raunie of the [[Zarovan]] tribe ([[Maruschka]] having apparently died at some point in the last 40 years).  <ref>[[I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin]] - p71, pp109-117, pp167-171</ref>
* [[542 BC]] - [[Strahd]] discusses the potential threat [[Azalin]] poses with [[Madame Ilka]], the new raunie of the [[Zarovan]] tribe ([[Maruschka]] having apparently died at some point in the last 40 years).  <ref>[[I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin]] - p71, pp109-117, pp167-171</ref>
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*{{questionably-canon-small}} [[671 BC]] - [[Howard Lumley]] employs some [[Vistani]] [[thief|thieves]] to retrieve a [[manuscript]] called [[Notes on Animation]] from [[Lamordia]] for him.<ref name="Cotn:Created p.22, 26">[[Children of the Night: The Created]] p.22, 26</ref><br>


* [[706 BC]] -  For his inability to save [[Radovan Radanavich]], [[Dr. Van Richten]] suffers the wrath of the [[Radanavich clan]]; the Vistani steal his son [[Erasmus van Richten|Erasmus]]; they sell Erasmus to [[Baron Metus]]<ref name="VRA p. 4">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], p. 4</ref>, a vampire from [[Richemulot]]; with the help of an amused [[Azalin]], Van Richten wipes out all but one member of the Radanavich caravan<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani]]</ref>; [[Madame Radanavich]] [[curse | curses]] Van Richten<ref name="VRA p. 4">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], p. 4</ref>, although he doesn’t realize it until the end of his career.<ref name="VRA p. 6">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], p. 6</ref><br>
* [[706 BC]] -  For his inability to save [[Radovan Radanavich]], [[Dr. Van Richten]] suffers the wrath of the [[Radanavich clan]]; the Vistani steal his son [[Erasmus van Richten|Erasmus]]; they sell Erasmus to [[Baron Metus]]<ref name="VRA p. 4">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], p. 4</ref>, a vampire from [[Richemulot]]; with the help of an amused [[Azalin]], Van Richten wipes out all but one member of the Radanavich caravan<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani]]</ref>; [[Madame Radanavich]] [[curse | curses]] Van Richten<ref name="VRA p. 4">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], p. 4</ref>, although he doesn’t realize it until the end of his career.<ref name="VRA p. 6">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], p. 6</ref><br>
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* [[729 BC]] -  After [[Gabrielle Aderre]] leaves her mother, [[Isabella Aderre]], to die at the hands of a [[werewolf]], the Mists take Gabrielle to Invidia, where she faces and kills Bakholis, becoming Invidia's new darklord and ruler.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.145</ref>
* [[729 BC]] -  After [[Gabrielle Aderre]] leaves her mother, [[Isabella Aderre]], to die at the hands of a [[werewolf]], the Mists take Gabrielle to Invidia, where she faces and kills Bakholis, becoming Invidia's new darklord and ruler.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.145</ref>
* [[730 BC]] - [[Alfred Timothy]] becomes [[darklord]] of [[Verbrek]] after killing a [[Vistani]] woman whom only wished to help him. {{potential-canon-small}}This person was implied by [[the Kargat (Real World)]] to be [[Isabella Aderre]].<br>


* [[735 BC]] [[Hyskosa]], the first known [[dukkar]], completes [[Hyskosa's Hexad|his hexad]], a prediction of the [[Grand Conjunction]] to come in the following years.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.18">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 18</ref>
* [[735 BC]] [[Hyskosa]], the first known [[dukkar]], completes [[Hyskosa's Hexad|his hexad]], a prediction of the [[Grand Conjunction]] to come in the following years.<ref name="Red Box CS Realm of Terror p.18">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] ([[Red Box]]) p. 18</ref>
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*[[742 BC]] - '''October''' Dr. Van Richten writes his ''[[Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani]]'' and retires.<ref name="VRA p. 6">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], p. 6</ref>
*[[742 BC]] - '''October''' Dr. Van Richten writes his ''[[Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani]]'' and retires.<ref name="VRA p. 6">[[Van Richten's Arsenal]], p. 6</ref>


*[[743 BC]] - The [[Skurra]] known as the [[Crimson Rose]] joins [[Carnival]]. Her son, called simply [[the Familiar]], is born soon thereafter and has the [[Skurra-verra]] [[paint]] applied to his face as soon as he is born.<ref name="Carnival p. 37">[[Carnival]] p. 37</ref>
* [[743 BC]] - The [[Skurra]] known as the [[Crimson Rose]] joins [[Carnival]]. Her son, called simply [[the Familiar]], is born soon thereafter and has the [[Skurra-verra]] [[paint]] applied to his face as soon as he is born.<ref name="Carnival p. 37">[[Carnival]] p. 37</ref>
 
* [[745 BC]] The [[Vistani Tribe]] of [[Marda]] flees persecution in [[G'Henna]]. Marda stays behind to advise the [[Circle of Darkness]], but [[Callian]], her sister, meets her demise accosting some [[adventurer]]s.<ref>[[Circle of Darkness]] p. 7-9, dating based on the year assigned to [[Circle of Darkness (Module)]] in [[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref>


* [[746 BC]] - [[The Gentleman Caller]] beguiles [[Gabrielle Aderre]] and sires [[Malocchio Aderre]] with her.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.145</ref>  
* [[746 BC]] - [[The Gentleman Caller]] beguiles [[Gabrielle Aderre]] and sires [[Malocchio Aderre]] with her.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 145">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.145</ref>  


* [[747 BC]] -  [[Malocchio]] is recognized as the new [[dukkar]].<ref>[[The Evil Eye]]</ref><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> He usurps political rulership over the domain from his mother [[Gabrielle Aderre]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>
* [[747 BC]] -  [[Malocchio]] is recognized as the new [[dukkar]].<ref>[[The Evil Eye]]</ref><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> He usurps political rulership over the domain from his mother [[Gabrielle Aderre]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>
* [[749 BC]] - Surviving members of the [[Ebon Fold]] [[murder]] the [[Romenza Family]] in [[Lekar]], inadvertently leaving [[Vito Romenza]] the sole [[survivor]].<ref name="Death Ascendant p. 12-14">[[Death Ascendant]] p.12-14</ref>


* [[750 BC]] - Dr. Rudolph Van Richten dies in [[Richten Haus|Bleak House]] in the fight against [[Madame Radanavich]]<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17, as told in [[Bleak House]], particularly [[Bleak House: Homecoming]] p. 58-63</ref>
* [[750 BC]] - Dr. Rudolph Van Richten dies in [[Richten Haus|Bleak House]] in the fight against [[Madame Radanavich]]<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17, as told in [[Bleak House]], particularly [[Bleak House: Homecoming]] p. 58-63</ref>
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* [[753 BC]] - [[Burgomaster Shaithis Vosrovna]] is [[executed]] by none other than [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] himself. Vosrovna's crimes were [[:category:Manipulation|manipulating]] [[adventurers]] into slaying a local [[Vistana]], at once abusing her authority and violating the [[law]] of the land.<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]], p35.</ref>
* [[753 BC]] - [[Burgomaster Shaithis Vosrovna]] is [[executed]] by none other than [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] himself. Vosrovna's crimes were [[:category:Manipulation|manipulating]] [[adventurers]] into slaying a local [[Vistana]], at once abusing her authority and violating the [[law]] of the land.<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]], p35.</ref>
 
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*{{netbook-canon-small}}[[755 BC]], [[Valana]], now [[raunie]] of the [[cursed]] [[Tribe of Hyksosa]], attempts to prevent [[Balitor]] and others of [[Azalin]]'s minions to restore [[Azalin]]. Her mission fails.<ref name="DU p.5-6">[[Death Undaunted]] p. 5-6</ref>
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* [[757 BC]] - The incursion of Malocchio's mercenaries into Borca drives [[Ivan Dilisnya]] up the wall. By this year, he has commissioned his own killers for hire to terminate any Invidians that come over the border looking for Vistani.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 32">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.32</ref>  
* [[757 BC]] - The incursion of Malocchio's mercenaries into Borca drives [[Ivan Dilisnya]] up the wall. By this year, he has commissioned his own killers for hire to terminate any Invidians that come over the border looking for Vistani.<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 32">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.32</ref>  


Revision as of 20:26, 7 May 2016

"Vistani Seer," by Talon Dunning
A Vistani Seer

The Vistani are a human sub-race of gypsy wanderers who centuries ago adopted the Land of the Mists as their home. It in turn has adopted them, granting them several unique abilities that command respect and inspire fear. It is possible that their place or origin either is lost to them or is mythical. It is suggested that they can still venture beyond the Land of the Mists and they have been encountered on Gothic Earth in particular.

The Vistani are a stateless ethnic group, tightly bound together by ties of blood and of culture. Individual vistani are not assigned a nationality even if the state of their birth is known. A vistani baby adopted by a family of giorgio or one raised by its parents within the confines a single domain would, however, be assigned a nationality. The Vistani are rigorously divided into three tasques and further subdivided into several tribes.

In 4th edition, Vistani can be found in many worlds, and are planar wanderers. Vistani outside of Ravenloft adopt like minded people of any race into their clan. A sidebar mentions that the DM can limit membership in the Vistani to certain races if it makes sense for the campaign world, a hint that in Ravenloft, the vistani may remain all human and bound by blood, not adoption.

Curse

Bitterblot

Evil Eye

The Sight

The Omen Watchers, based in Sidnar, study the prophecies of the Vistani.

Bigotry

The hunting of vistani is the passion of Malocchio Aderre, who is in fact one-eighth vistani through his mother. No Vistana is safe within Invidia or in the immediate vicinity of its borders. Others certainly would like to harm vistani, the Syndicate of Enlightened Citizens for example, but few dare not do so directly and have difficulty finding proxies, such is the fear of the evil eye and the curse that lies in wait on the Vistani tongue. Monsters even seem to have some appreciation of the risks and prefer to seek out less dangerous prey. An exception is the fiend Credimori who is a sworn enemy of the Vistani, but his methods are subtle, fermenting bigotry against them in places so devoid of education or good sense that his victims are unconstrained by the honestly earned reputation of the Vistani for dire retribution.

Encountering

It is said that one finds the vistani only when they wish to be found. As they are a nomadic people with a mobility unequaled by any other race in existence, the vistani can conceivably be found just about any where. The one place where they keep a near permanent camp is beside the Tser pool near the village of Barovia. The presence of Vistani may also be divined by spotting Vista-Chiri, a species of bird that follow Vistani caravans.

In Literature

The Blind Gypsy

John W. Mangrum's Vistani Lore[1]

Characters with ranks in Knowledge (local) or Knowledge (Ravenloft) can learn more about the Vistani. When a character makes a successful skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the information from lower DCs.

DC Result

  • 11 This aloof, colorfully dressed stranger is one of the Vistani, a mysterious, nomadic folk. This result reveals all humanoid traits and the human subtype.
  • 16 The Vistani are infamous for their ability to cast the evil eye or terrible curses on anyone who cross them. They have no respect for the laws of any society but their own.
  • 21 Vistani can navigate the Mists, and can lead others to any destination. Female Vistani possess the Sight, allowing them to see the future. The Vistani are usually willing to provide their services to non-Vistani, for a price. Vistani speak a patchwork language called patterna, but they often know other languages as well.
  • 26 Although Vistani are always on the move, a semi-permanent camp can be found at the foot of the Tser Falls, in the shadow of Castle Ravenloft in Barovia. The Vistani sell an antidote for the poisonous fog that surrounds the Village of Barovia.
  • 31 The Vistani must always stay on the move. If they abandon their nomadic ways, they destroy the strange magic that grants them their powers. Vistani are divided into several “tasques,” or nations. Members of each tasque specialize in different skills and talents.
  • 36 The Vistani fear a legendary foe called the Dukkar. Any male Vistana with the Sight is fated to become a Dukkar unless quickly put to death.

Chronology


  • 720 BC-722 BC - Magda Kulchevich spends two years fleeing from Gundarakite bounty hunters and the minions of Duke Gundar. Along the way, she begins gathering aa group Vistani followers that will eventually become the inter-tribe group known as the Wanderers.[13]
  • 750 BC - Midyear Gabrielle Aderre and the Gundarakite rebels capture Castle Hunadora. Her hold on the Gundarakite rebels is strong, and they rebuke Malocchio's retaliation. Stymied against the rebels, Malocchio turns his eyes back to his pogrom against the Vistani[34]
  • 750 BC - Under Malocchio Aderre, Invidia negotiates a military alliance with Falkovnia. Aderre employs Falkovnian soldiers to boost his mercenary forces and help exterminate the Vistani.[35]
  • 752 BC - Inza Kulchevich betrays the Wanderers. She sabotages Gard using Novgor. She then instigates the salt shadows to attack the Wanders' camp. Gard's power fails, and it shatters as Magda Kulchevich tries to protect her tribe. She perishes in the battle. Following the attack, Inza manipulates some of Malocchio's ogres into attacking the surviving Wanderers in order to gain the personal protection of Lord Soth.[38]
  • 752 BC - The Night of Screaming Shadows Shortly after Madga Kulchevich's death, Azrael Dak enacts his ritual to gain control of Sithicus's shadows. However, he is disrupted by Ganelon. The shadows coalesce and besiege Nedragaard Keep, tearing it apart and seemingly destroying Soth.[36] Inza's treachery is revealed to Nabon and the three remaining Wanderers. To escape their wrath, she jumps into the Great Chasm, right into the thick of the gathering darkness. She survives the impact but becomes the new darklord of Sithicus. The Wanderers swear revenge.[39]



  • 757 BC - The incursion of Malocchio's mercenaries into Borca drives Ivan Dilisnya up the wall. By this year, he has commissioned his own killers for hire to terminate any Invidians that come over the border looking for Vistani.[42]


References

  1. ↑ Mangrum's Monster Lore
  2. ↑ Gaz 1, p 17.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
  5. ↑ Domains of Dread p.16
  6. ↑ VotM pg. 284: “died four years ago.” RLMC I&II pp. 89-90: tells us how it happened.
  7. ↑ I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - p71, pp109-117, pp167-171
  8. ↑ Children of the Night: The Created p.22, 26
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Van Richten's Arsenal, p. 4
  10. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Van Richten's Arsenal, p. 6
  12. ↑ Bleak House: Homecoming p. 3 says one decade after her death, but Bleak House: Heroes, Monsters, and Settings p.16 says two decades
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Heroes of Light p. 92
  14. ↑ Bleak House: Heroes, Monsters, and Settings p.16 says two decades after her death butBleak House: Homecoming p. 3 says one decade
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Gazetteer IV p.145
  16. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror (Red Box) p. 18
  17. ↑ Gazetteer IV p. 113-114
  18. ↑ JWM Timeline points to Van Richten's Guide to the Created p. 20: The golem appeared “the following year” after Vaasa’s soul is taken."
  19. ↑ JWM Timeline points to Van Richten's Guide to the Created p. 19 "just last year"
  20. ↑ Gazetteer IV p. 113
  21. ↑ Night of the Walking Dead p. 2-4
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Ravenloft Third Edition p.18
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.20
  24. ↑ Champions of Darkness p. 68
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Carnival p. 40
  26. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani p.5-7; 87-89
  27. ↑ Carnival p. 37
  28. ↑ Circle of Darkness p. 7-9, dating based on the year assigned to Circle of Darkness (Module) in Domains of Dread p. 17
  29. ↑ The Evil Eye
  30. ↑ Domains of Dread p.17
  31. ↑ Death Ascendant p.12-14
  32. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17, as told in Bleak House, particularly Bleak House: Homecoming p. 58-63
  33. ↑ Carnival p.39
  34. ↑ Gazetteer IV p.47
  35. ↑ Gazetteer IV p.47-48
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Gazetteer IV p.153
  37. ↑ Heroes of Light p. 100
  38. ↑ Heroes of Light p. 93
  39. ↑ Gazetteer IV p.157
  40. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer I, p35.
  41. ↑ Death Undaunted p. 5-6
  42. ↑ Gazetteer IV p.32

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Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Denizens of Darkness

Denizens of Darkness - p82

Denizens of Darkness - pp82-83

Denizens of Darkness - pp82-83

Human, Vistani Vistani Human


Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread

Ravenloft Third Edition - p206
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p105, 109,112
Roots of Evil - p19 Download Now!
Feast of Goblyns - p9 Download Now!
The Evil Eye - p38
House of Strahd - p23

House of Strahd - pp17,20,22
Ravenloft I6 - p8,11,32

Secrets of the Dread Realms - p10,12,27-30,50,61
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp13-14,17,25,34-36,124,202-208
Domains of Dread - p135
Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I - p8,208
Death Ascendant - pp12-15
Death Unchained - p62
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p9, pp102-128
Mordenheim - p143 and onwards
House of Strahd - pp16-17,20,22-23
Roots of Evil - pp16-23 Download Now!
Van Richten's Guide to The Created - p19
Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts - pp81-82
Van Richten's Guide to Vampires - p4
Vampire of the Mists - pp50-67,284-289
Realm of Terror - pp35-37
Ravenloft I6 - pp7,8,11,32
Heroes of Light - pp66,69
I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - pp44-65, pp109-117, pp167-171

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