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Ghastria is a dull, gray domain, ruled by a darklord who literally is gray, in a pastiche of The Picture of Dorian Gray with some inspiration by the Marquis De Sade. The domain is infested with undead ghasts and ghouls and with monstrous carrion crawlers. No food produced here has any flavour whatsoever. The domain is the core's leading producer of [[umbral gray]], an element used in paintings to add a smoky, misty effect but which is also lethally poisonous; the darklord has discovered that by mixing [[carrion crawler venom]] with umbral gray, one eliminates the strong flavour, thus making it much more useful as a poison.
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|culture_lvl={{netbook-small}}[[CL 8|Chivalric (8)]]<ref name=qtr20p.7>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 20, p.7</ref>
|ecology={{netbook-small}}Full<ref name=qtr20p.7>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 20, p.7</ref>
|terrain={{netbook-small}}Temperate [[forest]]s, [[hill]]s, and [[plain]]s<ref name=qtr20p.7>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 20, p.7</ref>
|year_formed={{netbook-small}}[[584 BC]]<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.54</ref>
|population={{netbook-small}}2,900<ref name=qtr20p.7>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 20, p.7</ref>
|races=[[Human]]s, {{netbook-small}}[[Kender]]s (thought to be [[elves]], [[refugee]]s from [[Sithicus]])<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.57</ref>, [[Elves]], [[Half-elves]] (mostly of [[Sithican]] descent)<ref name="QTR 20 p. 22">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 22</ref>
|languages={{netbook-small}}[[Mordentish]]<ref name=qtr20p.7>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 20, p.7</ref>
|religions=There was once a [[Church of East Riding|church]] of an unspecified religion in [[East Riding]], but it was [[razed]] to the ground.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref>
|government=[[Monarchy]]
|ruler=[[Marquis Stezen D'Polarno]]<ref name=DLp.79>[[Darklords]] p.79</ref><ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref>
|darklord=[[Marquis Stezen D'Polarno]]<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref><ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref>
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'''Ghastria''' is an [[island]] [[domain]] ruled by a [[darklord]] who is a pastiche of Dorian Gray (see: ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'') with some inspiration from the Marquis De Sade. Ghastria is infested with [[ghasts]], [[ghouls]] and [[carrion crawlers]].<ref name=DLp.79>[[Darklords]] p.79</ref> Although the land is lush with greenery and bountiful harvests, no [[food]] produced here has any flavor whatsoever.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref><ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.73</ref> {{netbook-small}}The domain is the [[Core|Core]]'s leading producer of [[umbral gray]], an element used in paintings to add a smoky, misty effect but which is also a lethal [[poison]]. The darklord has discovered that by mixing [[carrion crawler venom]] with umbral gray, one eliminates the latter's strong flavour, making it much more useful as a poison.<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.58</ref>


The [[darklord]] [[Marquis Stezen D'Polarno]] is also the political lord, his curse being that he cannot feel any form of emotion (this has the physical effect of leaving him a dull gray in colour) unless he first shows a living being his self-portrait, which sucks the life from them and leaves him with emotions until the effect wears off. He always plans great things to do when he regains his emotions, but he lacks the discipline to do them; thus he never gets anything accomplished.
[[Marquis Stezen D'Polarno]] is the [[darklord]]<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref> and [[ruler]] of the island.<ref name=DLp.79>[[Darklords]] p.79</ref> His [[curse]] is that that he cannot feel any form of emotion (this has the physical effect of leaving him a dull gray in colour) unless he has recently sucked the life out of others by showing them his self-portrait. He always plans great things for the time when he regains his emotions, but he lacks the discipline to follow through on them, never getting anything accomplished.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref>


Ghastria was a domain in the second edition of Ravenloft, and hasn't been translated into the third edition. Ghastria first appeared in the 2-round RPGA tournament "Dance of the Dead" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.
Ghastria was at one time a small land in [[the Core]] bordering the western edge of [[Sithicus]],<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref> but by [[750 BC]] it had become an island floating in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.74-75</ref>
 
Ghastria was a domain in the second edition of Ravenloft, and has only been mentioned in [[3rd Edition]] sources as as island in the Sea of Sorrows. Ghastria first appeared in the 2-round RPGA tournament "[[Dance of the Dead (Module)|Dance of the Dead]]" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.
 
==Chronology==
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*[[584 BC]] [[The Pasques Massacre]]. [[Ghastria]] forms as a [[Island of Terror]].<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref> (Note that this differs from canon, in which Ghastria was a domain in [[the Core]])
 
*[[589 BC]] - A [[mistway]] to [[Sithicus]] is found.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>
 
*[[591 BC]] - Marquis d'Polarno razes the [[Church of East Riding]].<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>
 
*[[736 BC]] - [[Adventurer]]s steal [[the Portrait of Marquis Stezen d'Polarno]] and eventually give it [[the Vistani]]. The adventurers' description of their encounter with d'Polarno causes civil unrest.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>
 
*[[737 BC]] - '''Early Year''' The portrait is recovered by [[mercenaries]], but the Marquis betrays his benefactors. The mercenaries put [[Marquis Manor]] to the torch. The [[fire]] of the manor incites the [[Ghastrian Peasant Rebellion]]. d'Polarno is critically wounded and seemingly [[killed]]. Thus ends the reign of "d'Polarno I".<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>
 
*[[739 BC]] - The literary works of d'Polarno are published for the first time.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>
 
*[[740 BC]] - [[The Grand Conjunction]] causes the mistway between Sithicus and Ghastria to vanish. Previously traveling abroad, [[Baron Camar D’Marosso]] cannot return home in Ghastria<ref name="QTR 20 p. 43">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 43</ref> whereas a number of [[Sithican]] [[elves]] and [[half-elves]] are [[trapped]] in Ghastria.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 22">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 22</ref>
*{{netbook-small}} The [[Devoratrix]] known as [[Roe]] enters the Demiplane in East Riding.
 
*[[741 BC]] - After several years of hiding, d'Polarno reemerges in the guise of his son, d'Polarno II. Thus begins the reign of d'Polarno II.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>
 
*[[742 BC]] - '''Fall''' [[The Dark Powers]], pleased with d'Polarno's grand [[deception]], bring Ghastria into [[the Core]] as an [[island]] in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>
 
*[[751 BC]] - [[The Polonists]] organize.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>
 
*[[755 BC]] - [[Ezrite]] [[:category:missionary|missionaries]] land in Ghastria, and the [[Church of Ezra]] establishes a foothold there.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 28">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 28</ref>
 
*[[759 BC]] - d'Polarno fakes his death as an accident while [[boar]] [[hunting]].<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>
 
*[[760 BC]] - d'Polarno reinvents himself as d'Polarno III, his supposed grandson, and begins his third reign.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>
*{{netbook-small}} Scarred and afraid for her life, [[Roe]] returns to Ghastria. She establishes a lair under the ruins of the church in East Riding and desecrates it in the name of Shar.
 
*[[762 BC]] [[The Fraternity of Shadows]] move through Ghastria in the hunt for the traitor [[Professor Erik van Rijn]]<ref name="QTR 20 p. 7-20, 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 7-20, 35</ref>
 
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Ghastria
Culture Level Chivalric (8)[1]
Ecology Full[1]
Climate & Terrain Temperate forests, hills, and plains[1]
Year Formed 584 BC[2]
Population 2,900[1]
Races (%) Humans, Kenders (thought to be elves, refugees from Sithicus)[3], Elves, Half-elves (mostly of Sithican descent)[4]
Languages Mordentish[1]
Religions There was once a church of an unspecified religion in East Riding, but it was razed to the ground.[5]
Government Monarchy
Ruler(s) Marquis Stezen D'Polarno[6][5]
Darklord(s) Marquis Stezen D'Polarno[7][5]
Nationality Ghastrian
Analog Dorian Gray/Marquis de Sade
Related Categories
Locations in Ghastria
Transportation in Ghastria
Inhabitants of Ghastria
Former Inhabitants of Ghastria
Flora of Ghastria
Fauna of Ghastria
Native Monsters of Ghastria

Ghastria is an island domain ruled by a darklord who is a pastiche of Dorian Gray (see: The Picture of Dorian Gray) with some inspiration from the Marquis De Sade. Ghastria is infested with ghasts, ghouls and carrion crawlers.[6] Although the land is lush with greenery and bountiful harvests, no food produced here has any flavor whatsoever.[5][8] The domain is the Core's leading producer of umbral gray, an element used in paintings to add a smoky, misty effect but which is also a lethal poison. The darklord has discovered that by mixing carrion crawler venom with umbral gray, one eliminates the latter's strong flavour, making it much more useful as a poison.[9]

Marquis Stezen D'Polarno is the darklord[7] and ruler of the island.[6] His curse is that that he cannot feel any form of emotion (this has the physical effect of leaving him a dull gray in colour) unless he has recently sucked the life out of others by showing them his self-portrait. He always plans great things for the time when he regains his emotions, but he lacks the discipline to follow through on them, never getting anything accomplished.[5]

Ghastria was at one time a small land in the Core bordering the western edge of Sithicus,[7] but by 750 BC it had become an island floating in the Sea of Sorrows.[10]

Ghastria was a domain in the second edition of Ravenloft, and has only been mentioned in 3rd Edition sources as as island in the Sea of Sorrows. Ghastria first appeared in the 2-round RPGA tournament "Dance of the Dead" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.

Chronology

  • 739 BC - The literary works of d'Polarno are published for the first time.[11]
  • 741 BC - After several years of hiding, d'Polarno reemerges in the guise of his son, d'Polarno II. Thus begins the reign of d'Polarno II.[12]
  • 760 BC - d'Polarno reinvents himself as d'Polarno III, his supposed grandson, and begins his third reign.[12]
  • Scarred and afraid for her life, Roe returns to Ghastria. She establishes a lair under the ruins of the church in East Riding and desecrates it in the name of Shar.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Quoth the Raven Issue 20, p.7
  2. ↑ Book of Souls p.54
  3. ↑ Book of Souls p.57
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Quoth the Raven Issue 20 p. 22
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Darklords p.77
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Darklords p.79
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Darklords p.74
  8. ↑ Domains of Dread p.73
  9. ↑ Book of Souls p.58
  10. ↑ Domains of Dread p.74-75
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Quoth the Raven Issue 20 p. 35
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Quoth the Raven Issue 20 p. 33, 35, 37
  13. ↑ Quoth the Raven Issue 20 p. 43
  14. ↑ Quoth the Raven Issue 20 p. 28
  15. ↑ Quoth the Raven Issue 20 p. 7-20, 35

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread
Darklords

Ravenloft Third Edition - p138
Domains of Dread - p73
Darklords - pp77-78

Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover
Domains of Dread - p72


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