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Ustalav is a [[domain]] taken (or copied) from the word of [[Golarion]], the world for the [https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game Pathfinder Roleplaying Game]. It is described as a adaption to [[Ravenloft]] in [[Ustalav Gazetteer]] in [[QtR22]]. A more thorough description is given in the [[Pathfinder Campaign Setting]] [[sourcebook]] [[Rule of Fear]].


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|year_formed=[[601 BC]]<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|year_formed=[[601 BC]]<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|population=46,000<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|population=46,000<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|races=[[Human]] (Barovian (89%), half-Vistani, (8%), Terg (3%))<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>, [[Caliban]]
|races=[[Human]] (Barovian (89%), half-Vistani, (8%), Terg (3%))<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>, [[Caliban]], [[Elf]], [[Dwarf]]<ref name=p225>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.225</ref>
|languages=[[Balok]]*<ref name=p210>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.210</ref>
|languages=[[Balok]]*<ref name=p210>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.210</ref>
|religions=[[Lawgiver]], [[Hala]], [[The Eternal Order]]<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|religions=[[Lawgiver]], [[Hala]], [[The Eternal Order]]<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|government=?
|government=[[Monarchy]] in theory, as the prince has absolute power over the region. In practice, the [[aristocracy]] runs things from a day to day basis. Two [[counties]] have [[rebelled]] and replaced their local [[leader]]s with citizen's councils. Unfortunately, these tend to be as [[corrupt]] as the former nobility were.
|ruler=[[Prince Aduard Ordranti III]]<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|ruler=[[Prince Aduard Ordranti III]]<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|darklord=[[Venture Captain James Weylan]]<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|darklord=[[Venture Captain James Weylan]]<ref name=p207>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.207</ref>
|analog=
|nationality=[[Ustalavic]]
|analog=[[Transylvania]], Gothic Horror in general
}}
}}
==Placement in [[the Core]]==
As a [[dread alternative]] to the [[canon]] placement of [[the Shadow Rift]] as an open gash in the surface of the Core, the Ustalav Gazetteer places the domain atop the Shadow Rift, with certain [[cavern]]s leading down into the Rift.
==Differences from Golarion's Ustalav==
Ustalav on Golarion is a much larger nation than the domain of the same in the [[Land of Mists]]. Ustalav in Ravenloft is much smaller, small enough to cover the Shadow Rift but no further. While Golarion's Ustalav boasts thirteen [[region]]s, Ustalav in the Land of Mists has only 8. Moreover, in the Land of Mists, the religious upheaval caused by the death of [https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Aroden Aroden] (known as [[the Forgotten God]] in Ravenloft) resulted in an almost complete displacement of Ustalav's native religions by faiths from the Land of Mists (most notably the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], but also [[the Eternal Order]], [[Hala]], and [[Ezra]]).<ref>QtR p. 217, 224-225</ref> [[Cleric]] [[NPC]]s and other religious devotees may, unlike their Golarion counterparts, thereby belong to one of Ravenloft's faiths.
Although many [[event]]s in Ravenloft Ustalav's [[history]] mirror those in Golarion Ustalav's history, the dates and exact details of Ravenloft Ustalav's history is often quite muddled and inconsistent.<ref>QtR p. 215</ref> This is due to the nature of the demiplane in general and the [[curse]] of Ustalav's [[darklord]] in specific. [[James Weylan]], a driven [[historian]] and leader of Ravenloft's [[Pathfinder Society]], wishes to catalog the history and [[geography]] of the world, but the fickle Land of Mists torments him with its incoherent past.<ref>QtR p. 241</ref>
*[[:category:Inhabitants of Ustalav|Inhabitants of Ustalav]]
*[[:category:Locations in Ustalav|Locations In Ustalav]]
*[[:category:Nobility of Ustalav|Nobility of Ustalav]]


==Timeline==
==Timeline==
*[[100 BC}] Approximate year for the revolution against [[The Whispering Tyrant]] in [[Ustalav]].<ref name=p214>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.214</ref>
*[[100 BC]] Approximate year for the revolution against [[The Whispering Tyrant]] in [[Ustalav]].<ref name=p214>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.214</ref>
*[[160 BC]] Approximate year for the founding of [[the Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye]]. [[Aldus Aldon Canter]] returns to [[Ustalav with wealth from far away lands that resemble [[the Amber Wastes]].<ref name=p215>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.215</ref>
*[[160 BC]] Approximate year for the founding of [[the Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye]]. [[Aldus Aldon Canter]] returns to [[Ustalav with wealth from far away lands that resemble [[the Amber Wastes]].<ref name=p215>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.215</ref>
*[[171 BC]] The year given in [[history]] for the founding of [[Lepidstadt]].<ref name=p215>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.215</ref>
*[[171 BC]] The year given in [[history]] for the founding of [[Lepidstadt]].<ref name=p215>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.215</ref>
*[[460 BC]] A [[curse]] transforms [[Castle Maiserene]] (from the county of [[Varno]]) into [[Bastardhall]].<ref name=p215>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.215</ref>
*[[460 BC]] A [[curse]] transforms [[Castle Maiserene]] (from the county of [[Varno]]) into [[Bastardhall]].<ref name=p215>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.215</ref>
*[[469 BC]] Approximate year for the founding of the [[University of Lepidstadt]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref
*[[469 BC]] Approximate year for the founding of the [[University of Lepidstadt]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref>
*[[560 BC]] Last known sighting of [[the Black Coach]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref>
*[[560 BC]] Last known sighting of [[the Black Coach]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref>
*[[601 BC]] [[Ustalav]] forms as a [[domain]] within [[the Land of Mists]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref>
*[[601 BC]] [[Ustalav]] forms as a [[domain]] within [[the Land of Mists]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref>
*[[615 BC]] [[The Sincomakti School of Sciences]] was founded on the south shore of [[Lantern Lake]] in [[Versex]].
*[[615 BC]] [[The Sincomakti School of Sciences]] was founded on the south shore of [[Lantern Lake]] in [[Versex]].<ref name=p217>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.217</ref>
*[[635 BC]] [[Mr. D.]] goes on a [[murder]] spreed in [[Caliphas]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref
*[[635 BC]] [[Mr. D.]] goes on a [[murder]] spreed in [[Caliphas]].<ref name=p216>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.216</ref>
*[[651 BC]] The Last Azlanti, [[god]] of [[Human]]ity, goes silent and henceforth becomes known as [[the Forgotten God]].<ref name=p217>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.217</ref>
*[[651 BC]] The Last Azlanti, [[god]] of [[Human]]ity, goes silent and henceforth becomes known as [[the Forgotten God]].<ref name=p217>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.217</ref>
*[[706 BC]] [[The Harrowstone Fire]] occurs.<ref name=p217>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.217</ref>
*[[706 BC]] [[The Harrowstone Fire]] occurs.<ref name=p217>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.217</ref>
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*[[719 BC]] [[Vlad Drakov]] attempts to invade [[Ustalav]], but the [[Falkovnian]]s are pushed back.<ref name=p208>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.208</ref>
*[[719 BC]] [[Vlad Drakov]] attempts to invade [[Ustalav]], but the [[Falkovnian]]s are pushed back.<ref name=p208>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.208</ref>
*[[720 BC]] [[Prince Aduard III]] ascends to the throne of [[Ustalav]].<ref name=p218>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.218</ref>
*[[720 BC]] [[Prince Aduard III]] ascends to the throne of [[Ustalav]].<ref name=p218>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.218</ref>
*[[730 BC]] [[Alison Kindler]] allegedly plays a role in the demise of [[Viscount Galdyce of the Vale of Red Breath]]. The encounter is said to have left Kindler's fiancé [[Duristan Barlhein]] [[deceased]].<ref name=p218>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.218</ref>
*[[730 BC]] [[Ailson Kindler]] allegedly plays a role in the demise of [[Viscount Galdyce of the Vale of Red Breath]]. The encounter is said to have left Kindler's fiancé [[Duristan Barlhein]] [[deceased]].<ref name=p218>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.218</ref>
*[[732 BC]] [[Enteric fever]] decimates one of every five denizens of [[Rozenport]].<ref>[[QtR22]] p.236-237</ref>
*[[733 BC]] [[Vlad Drakov]] attempts to invade [[Ustalav]] for the second time, but the [[Falkovnian]]s are again pushed back.<ref name=p209>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.209</ref>
*[[733 BC]] [[Vlad Drakov]] attempts to invade [[Ustalav]] for the second time, but the [[Falkovnian]]s are again pushed back.<ref name=p209>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.209</ref>
*[[734 BC]] [[The War Without Rivals]] occurs.<ref name=p218>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.218</ref>
*[[734 BC]] [[The War Without Rivals]] begins.<ref name=p218>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.218</ref>
*[[749 BC]] [[Ustalav]] is inundated with [[refugee]]s fleeing [[Darklon]] in the wake of [[the Requiem]]. Many [[Darkonian]] [[scholar]]s wind up in [[Lepidstadt]]. [[he University of Lepidstadt]] become a central hub in [[the Core]] for knowledge and education.<ref name=p219>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.219</ref>
*[[738 BC]] [[The War Without Rivals]] ends.<ref name=p218>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.218</ref>
*[[749 BC]] [[Ustalav]] is inundated with [[refugee]]s fleeing [[Darkon]] in the wake of [[the Requiem]]. Many [[Darkonian]] [[scholar]]s wind up in [[Lepidstadt]]. [[the University of Lepidstadt]] become a central hub in [[the Core]] for knowledge and education.<ref name=p219>[[Ustalav Gazetteer]], [[QtR22]] p.219</ref>
 
==External links==
[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Ustalav Ustalav] on the PathfinderWiki


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Latest revision as of 16:47, 31 July 2026

Ustalav is a domain taken (or copied) from the word of Golarion, the world for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. It is described as a adaption to Ravenloft in Ustalav Gazetteer in QtR22. A more thorough description is given in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting sourcebook Rule of Fear.

Ustalav
Culture Level Medieval (7)[1]
Ecology Full[1]
Climate & Terrain Temperate forest, hill, plains, and mountains[1]
Year Formed 601 BC[1]
Population 46,000[1]
Races (%) Human (Barovian (89%), half-Vistani, (8%), Terg (3%))[1], Caliban, Elf, Dwarf[2]
Languages Balok*[3]
Religions Lawgiver, Hala, The Eternal Order[1]
Government Monarchy in theory, as the prince has absolute power over the region. In practice, the aristocracy runs things from a day to day basis. Two counties have rebelled and replaced their local leaders with citizen's councils. Unfortunately, these tend to be as corrupt as the former nobility were.
Ruler(s) Prince Aduard Ordranti III[1]
Darklord(s) Venture Captain James Weylan[1]
Nationality Ustalavic
Analog Transylvania, Gothic Horror in general
Related Categories
Locations in Ustalav
Transportation in Ustalav
Inhabitants of Ustalav
Former Inhabitants of Ustalav
Flora of Ustalav
Fauna of Ustalav
Native Monsters of Ustalav

Placement in the Core

As a dread alternative to the canon placement of the Shadow Rift as an open gash in the surface of the Core, the Ustalav Gazetteer places the domain atop the Shadow Rift, with certain caverns leading down into the Rift.

Differences from Golarion's Ustalav

Ustalav on Golarion is a much larger nation than the domain of the same in the Land of Mists. Ustalav in Ravenloft is much smaller, small enough to cover the Shadow Rift but no further. While Golarion's Ustalav boasts thirteen regions, Ustalav in the Land of Mists has only 8. Moreover, in the Land of Mists, the religious upheaval caused by the death of Aroden (known as the Forgotten God in Ravenloft) resulted in an almost complete displacement of Ustalav's native religions by faiths from the Land of Mists (most notably the Church of the Lawgiver, but also the Eternal Order, Hala, and Ezra).[4] Cleric NPCs and other religious devotees may, unlike their Golarion counterparts, thereby belong to one of Ravenloft's faiths.

Although many events in Ravenloft Ustalav's history mirror those in Golarion Ustalav's history, the dates and exact details of Ravenloft Ustalav's history is often quite muddled and inconsistent.[5] This is due to the nature of the demiplane in general and the curse of Ustalav's darklord in specific. James Weylan, a driven historian and leader of Ravenloft's Pathfinder Society, wishes to catalog the history and geography of the world, but the fickle Land of Mists torments him with its incoherent past.[6]

Timeline

External links

Ustalav on the PathfinderWiki

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.207
  2. ↑ Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.225
  3. ↑ Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.210
  4. ↑ QtR p. 217, 224-225
  5. ↑ QtR p. 215
  6. ↑ QtR p. 241
  7. ↑ Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.214
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.215
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.216
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.217
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.218
  12. ↑ Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.208
  13. ↑ QtR22 p.236-237
  14. ↑ Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.209
  15. ↑ Ustalav Gazetteer, QtR22 p.219
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