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'''Forlorn''' is a tiny domain mainly inhabited by [[goblyn| goblyns]], monstrous [[slaves]] created by [[Create Goblyn | dark magic]]. A handful of humans live in the woods and underground, fighting the goblyns. The [[darklord]] is a cursed individual named [[Tristen ApBlanc]], [[vampyre]] by day, [[ghost]] by night, who inhabits a castle caught in [[Temporal Flux | temporal flux]] due to the massive amounts of [[ethereal resonance]] created by the ghosts there. Those who enter [[Castle Tristenoira]] are subject to [[time travel]] to one of three time-lines, each fundamental to the [[creation]] of the [[domain]].
 
As such, Forlorn maintains no ties with any other domain and none of the other lords or lands pay it any heed.
 
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|picture=Forlorn.png
|culture_lvl=Iron Age (3); the ruins in Forlorn indicate a Medieval (7) culture
|ecology=Full Ecology
|terrain=Temperate Temperate Forests, Hills, and Plains
|year_formed=[[547 BC]] (1,934 by the Forfarian calendar)
|population=2,025
|races=94% [[Goblyn]], 6% Human
|languages=[[Forfarian]]
|religions=[[Forfarian druidism]]
|government=Anarchy
|ruler=None
|darklord=[[Tristen ApBlanc]]
|analog=Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
|nationality=[[Forfarian]]
}}
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==Geography==
 
Forlorn is a hilly, mountainous terrain with wooded lowlands. Mounts Arawn and Mathonwy reside at the center of the domain, Arawn in particular permanently enshrouded in a sickly yellow fog.
 
===[[Weather]]===
 
Forlorn is almost always overcast, and often raining accompanied by thunder and lightning. In the summer months, the clouds give way to the sun to produce a hot muggy climate, but this doesn't last for long.
 
===Terrain===
 
Muddy, with bogs and marshes dotting the region.
 
====Lakes====
 
The [[Lake of Red Tears]] at the northern part of the domain is the source of the [[Musarde River]], and home to [[Aggie]], an undead sea serpent.
 
===Landmarks===
 
Two haunted, mostly abandoned keeps are located at the north and south ends of the domain: [[Castle Tristenoira]] and [[Castle Forfarmax]].
 
====Rivers====
 
The [[Musarde River]] begins at the northern end of the domain, and [[Kendall Creek]] passes through the southern end.
 
====Settlements====
 
There are no permanent settlements in Forlorn proper, but its culture thrives (so to speak) in the hamlet of [[Forfarmax]] which resides in the relative safety on the border of Forlorn, in [[Hazlan]].
 
(Note the error in the map on this page, placing the village in Kartakass instead.  This map predates [[Gazetteer I]], which places it definitively in Hazlan.  Gomez, of the MCS says, "the neighbouring village of Forfarmax contained living inhabitants, which meant that the village itself could not possibly be in Forlorn (all the domain's former inhabitants are [[Goblyn|Goblyns]]). I therefore put the village in Kartakass.")
 
[[Druid|Druids]] also maintain a small presence in the domain, in multiple hidden [[sanctuary|sanctuaries]], split between the larger [[Oak faction]], and the recently reduced [[Rowan faction]].
 
==Chronology==
* '''1 Forfarian Calendar''' The [[Forfarian Calendar]] begins with  [[Unification of Firfair Kingdom| the founding]] of the [[Kingdom of Firfair]] by [[King Caral Firfair]]. Forfarians have something resembling a common culture for the first time<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 70">[[Gazetteer I]] p.70</ref>
 
* '''952 Forfarian Calendar''' With [[Liberation of Forfar from Merionite Rule|the overthrow]] of [[Merionite]] rule but no good claimant to the throne of Firfair, the former [[kingdom]] splits into several baronies, the [[Barony of Forfar]] being one of them. The [[ApBlanc Family]] rules over it for the next 641 years in relative peace and stability.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 70">[[Gazetteer I]] p.70</ref>
 
* [[186 BC]] '''1573 Forfarian Calendar''' [[Flora ApBlanc]] is born to [[Lord Keegan ApBlanc]] and [[Lady Eileen ApBlanc]].<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 27">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 27</ref>
 
* [[206 BC]] '''1593 Forfarian Calendar''' (Winter) - [[The Barony of the Western Highlands]] goes to war against the [[March of Goteer]]. The war drags in other [[clan]]s against the Barony of the Western Highlands, and in turn that Barony calls upon the [[Barony of Forfar]] for aid. [[Baron Gillian ApBlanc]], then [[Baron of Forfar]], grants this request, though he forbids sending [[soldier]]s until after the [[wedding]] of [[Flora ApBlanc]] and [[Rivalin ApTosh]]<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 70">[[Gazetteer I]] p.70</ref>
 
* [[207 BC]] '''1594 Forfarian Calendar''' (Spring) - Rivalin ApTosh and Flora ApBlanc become [[married]], but Rivalin is called away to [[war]] against the [[Goteeran]]s. Rivalin earns glory through his bravery and decisive action, personally killing [[Earl DunDugan|the leader of the Goteerans]]. [[Forfarian]] [[druid]]s call upon a great [[storm]] to route the Goteerans. However, the storm takes the lives of both friend and foe. Rivalin is one of the lives lost, leaving Flora a [[widow]]]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 6">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 6</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 70-71">[[Gazetteer I]] p.70-71</ref> and their unborn son without a father.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 6">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 6</ref>
 
* 207 BC - Rivalin returns to Flora as a vampire, and she falls under his sway. He partakes of  her [[blood]] for a period of time, tainting their unborn son's blood. Rivalin eventually starts feeding upon other people in [[Birnam]], but he is caught and destroyed. With his blood tainted by a latent [[vampirism]], [[Tristen ApBlanc]] is born to Flora ApBlanc. Rivalin is [[killed]] and Flora is [[hanged|lynched]] by a mob as a [[witch]]. Upon Flora's request, [[Rual]] and the [[druid]]s take in the boy.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 70-72">[[Gazetteer I]] p.70-72</ref><ref>[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5-8</ref>
 
* [[213 BC]] - '''1600 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Lady Briony ApFittle]] is born.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref>
 
*[[222 BC]] '''1609 Forfarian Calendar''' After his reversion to an unnatural is discovered, Tristen ambushes Rual and [[murder]]s her. The [[holy water]] in her [[blood]] purifies the taint of [[vampirism]] from him, but her [[curse]] causes him to manifest as a [[vampyre]] by day and a [[ghost]] by night. He is bound to the [[defiled]] [[Sacred Grove]] for all time.<ref>[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5, 8-11</ref>
 
* [[231 BC]] - '''1618 Forfarian Calendar''': Tristen tries burning down the sacred grove he's bound to in an effort to escape his curse. It fails, he goes on a rampage, terrorizing the people of [[Birnam]] with his [[wolf|wolves]] as a result. Tristan keeps the stolen possessions for himself. He repeats the process of murdering and looting for the next couple of centuries.<ref>[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,11</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 130">[[Gazetteer I]] p.130</ref>
 
* [[250 BC]] - '''1637 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Lord Keegan ApBlanc]] and [[Lady Eileen ApBlanc]] pass without an [[heir]], leaving the [[ApFittle Family]], or more specifically [[Lady Briony ApFittle]], to take charge of [[Forfar]].<ref>[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5, 11; [[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref>
 
* [[269 BC]] - '''1656 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Lady Briony ApFittle]] grants the [[ApKie Family]] a large holding of [[land]] in [[Forfar]].<ref>[[Weeping Lands]] p. 37</ref>
 
* [[274 BC]] - '''1661 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Lady Briony ApFittle]] dies.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref>
 
* [[349 BC]] - '''1736 Forfarian Calendar''' From his deathbed in absence of an [[heir]],[[MacFarn of MacFarn]], chief of [[Clan MacFarn]], delegates the responsibility of choosing a successor from among his nephews to [[Lady Iolan]]. Of the choice between [[Duncan MacFarn]] and [[Donal MacFarn]], Donal is eventually chosen.<ref name="Children of the Night: Ghosts]] p. 79">[[Children of the Night: Ghosts]] p. 79</ref>
 
* [[350 BC]] - '''1737 Forfarian Calendar''': An [[unnamed]] [[cleric]] of [[Diancecht]] writes [[The Purification of the Corrupt Flesh]].<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 27">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 27</ref>
 
* 350 BC - Duncan MacFarn lures his brother Donal MacFarn into a [[trap]] under a pretense of a feast at [[Castle Forfarmax]]. Once Donal and his guard are inside the feast hall, Donal orders his archers to shoot them all dead. Donal and his soldiers all perish. Duncan's agents entomb the dead bodies beneath the [[stone]]s of the castle's floor.<ref name="Children of the Night: Ghosts]] p. 79">[[Children of the Night: Ghosts]] p. 79</ref>
 
* [[351 BC]] - '''1738 Forfarian Calendar''': On the anniversary of their [[murder]], Donal MacFarn and the [[Ghosts of Hospitality]] possess the [[stone]]s of Castle Forfarmax and kill the [[traitor]] Duncan MacFarn and his retinue of servants and guests, leaving Castle Forfarmax empty and [[abandoned]] for centuries.<ref name="Children of the Night: Ghosts]] p. 79">[[Children of the Night: Ghosts]] p. 79</ref>
 
* [[422 BC]] - '''1809 Forfarian Calendar''': Tristen ApBlanc resurfaces under the guise of a [[minstrel]] and distant relative of the ApBlancs. He lays claim to their old lands and orders the construction of [[the Lord's Tower]].<ref>[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5, 11-12</ref>
 
* 422 BC '''1809 Forfarian Calendar''': ([[Death of an Ancestor]]) [[The Minstrel ApBlanc]] saves the future mother of [[Corey]], an [[ancestor]] of one of the [[player character]]s.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 29">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 29</ref>
 
* [[423 BC]] '''1810 Forfarian Calendar''': ([[Death of an Ancestor]]) [[Corey]], an [[ancestor]] of one of the [[player character]]s, is born.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 29">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 29</ref>
 
* [[426 BC]] -  '''1813 Forfarian Calendar''': Tristen ApBlanc tricks [[Isolt ApVay]] into marrying him by praying upon her sympathies for him as a [[cursed]] being. Over the next three years, they would produce three children, [[Gilan ApBlanc]], [[Morholt ApBlanc]], and [[Brangain ApBlanc]].<ref>[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5, 12-13</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 130">[[Gazetteer I]] p.130</ref>
 
* [[439 BC]] - '''1825 Forfarian Calendar'''': Tristen ApBlanc accidentally kills [[Gilan ApBlanc]] when he sends his [[wolves]] after the boy's dog [[Petitcrieu]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5,13">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5, 13</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 130, based upon 12 years after Gilan's birth">[[Gazetteer I]] p.130, based upon Gilan being "12 years old" at the time of death</ref>
 
* [[446 BC]] - '''1833 Forfarian Calendar''': Tristen ApBlanc mistakenly [[murder]]s the sleeping [[Morholt ApBlanc]], intending instead to [[murder]] his [[teacher]] [[Duncan ApDuguid]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 13">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,13</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 130">[[Gazetteer I]] p.130</ref>
 
* [[451 BC]] - '''1838 Forfarian Calendar''': Tristen ApBlanc [[imprison|puts away]] [[Brangain ApBlanc]] in a [[hidden]] cell because of he feared her [[holy]] powers.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 13">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,13</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 130-131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.130-131, "one year earlier" than 1839 Forfarian Calendar/452 BC</ref>
 
* [[452 BC]] - '''1839 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Castle A]] Timeframe. Despite being locked in her [[cell]], [[Brangain ApBlanc]] vanishes without a trace. Tumbling to the truth of her huband's [[evil]] nature, [[Isolt ApBlanc]] confronts Tristen. He ultimately [[murder]]s her, but he manages to cover it up as a suicide.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 13">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,13</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>
 
* [[463 BC]] - '''1850 Forfarian Caledar''': Minstrel Tristen vanishes. The Lord's Tower now (or is thought to now) lies [[abandoned]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 14">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,14</ref>
 
* [[507 BC]] - '''1894 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Andrew ApFittle]] and [[Nellie ApFittle]], [[twin]] brother and sister, are born.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref>
 
* [[512 BC]] - '''1901 Forfarian Calendar''' [[Herrold ApKie]] (later known as [[Herrd]]) is born.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref>
 
* [[519 BC]] - '''1906 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Castle B]] Tristen, under the guise of [[Marc ApBlanc]]- the grandson of Bragain, claims the Lord's Tower and begins refurbishing it. Against the protests of the ApFittles, Tristen/Marc builds [[wall]]s around his [[keep]] and begins recruiting [[mercenaries]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 14">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,14</ref>
 
* 519 BC-[[522 BC]] -  [[Monster]]s begin flooding the lands of [[Forfar]], distracting the ApFittles from Tristen/Marc's activities of building up his castle and power.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref>
 
* 522 BC - '''1909 Forfarian Calendar''': The Lord's Tower has now been remade into [[Castle ApBlanc]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref>
 
* [[527 BC]] '''1914 Forfarian Calendar'': Nellie ApFittle, an ancestor of [[Shelaugh]], joins the [[druid]]s of Forfar.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref>
 
* [[537 BC]]-[[543 BC]] '''late 1920s Forfarian Calendar''' Tristen/Marc challenges the ApFittles for rule over Forfar, plunging it into [[Forfarian Civil War|Civil War]]. Tristen's forces eventually triumph.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref>
 
* [[542 BC]] '''1929 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Lord Patrick ApFittle]] dies, and [[Andrew ApFittle]] becomes lord of Forfar.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref>
 
* [[543 BC]] - '''1930 Forfarian Calendar''': [[The Massacre of the ApFittles]]- [[ApFittle Hall]] is [[razed]], leaving only the skeletal [[ruins]] of its foundation behind. In the smoldering ruins, Tristen orders the [[mass execution]] of no less than 27 of the [[ApFittle Family|ApFittles]], thus heralding the start of the [[Time of Terrors]]. The spilled [[blood]] allows the [[seed]] of a [[Death's Head Tree]] to germinate.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30, MM p.30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30; [[Melancholy Meetings]] p. 30</ref>
 
* [[546 BC]] '''1933 Forfarian Calendar''': The people of [[Birnam]] sign papers of formal surrender to the minions of Tristen ApBlanc.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref>
 
* [[547 BC]] - '''1934 Forfarian Calendar''': [[The Execution of Andrew ApFittle]]. Tristen ApBlanc wins a bloody civil war for [[Forfar]]. He orders the [[execution]] of the last [[Andrew ApFittle|ApFittle]]. As Tristen claims lordship of [[Forfar]] for himself, [[the Dark Powers]] respond. [[Forlorn]] becomes the second [[domain]] to form in [[Ravenloft]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref> As part of the land's [[corruption]], the [[Lake of Red Tears]] emerges, and [[Agatha]] swims in its depths.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 28">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 28</ref> Most of the surviving human Forfarians will flee Forlorn during this [[Time of Terror]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30</ref>
 
* 547 BC - [[Strahd]] sends [[Azalin]] to investigate Forlorn, but nothing of value to them is found.<ref>[[Gazetteer I]] p.73-74</ref>
 
* [[550 BC]] - In this approximate [[year]], [[Forfarian]] [[survivor]]s stream over the border from [[Forlorn]] to [[Barovia]] and end up settling in [[Immol]].<ref name="Gazetter I p.18">[[Gazetteer I]] p.18</ref>
 
* [[595 BC]] - '''1982 Forfarian Calendar''' The [[Death's Head Tree of ApFittle Hall]] sprouts its first batch of [[Death's Head|"fruit"]].<ref name="Melancholy Meetings p. 30 n 1">[[Melancholy Meetings]] p. 30; "52 years" after the mass execution of a large number of [[ApFittles]].</ref>
 
* [[622 BC]] - '''2009 Forfarian Year''': After seven decades, Tristen puts all of the [[goblyn]]s of [[forlorn]] under his control.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref> Under his command, they extend and build out the structures of [[Castle Tristenoira]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref><ref name="Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.74">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.74</ref> Tristen begins persecuting the [[Forfarian]] [[druid]]s.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 27">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 27</ref>
 
* [[636 BC]] - '''2023 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Gregory (Druid)|Gregory]] and [[Dorina]] craft the [[horn of the sacred grove]] in this year at the earliest.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 23 n1">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 23; "nearly one hundred years ago" from 735 BC</ref>
 
* [[643 BC]]-[[659 BC]] '''2030s-2040s Forfarian Calendar''' [[Gundarakite]] [[logger]]s exploit the [[forest]]s of Forlorn. However, when they delve in too near to [[Castle Tristenoira]], Tristen gathers his goblyns and drives the loggers off.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 31, Gaz I p. 67">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 31, [[Gazetteer I]] p. 67</ref>
 
*[[678 BC]]{{netbook-small}} [[Jerubaal Iskway]], one of the founding members of [[the Fraternity of Shadows]], 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>
 
* [[682 BC]] - '''2069 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Shelaugh]], one of the surviving [[ApFittle Family]] and future leader of the [[Rowan Faction]], is born.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 41">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 41</ref>
 
* [[688 BC]] - '''2075 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Hoder MacGranin]], along with a group of other [[Forfarian]] [[settler]]s, emerge from [[the Mists]] to find the lost (to them) [[Barony of Forfar]]. Hoder is inspired by the twin [[castle]]s of [[Castle Forfarmax]] and [[Castle ApBlanc]] to establish the [[hamlet]] of [[Forfarmax]] nearby just across the border.<ref>[[Gazetteer I]] p. 82</ref>
 
* [[706 BC]] - '''2093 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Maeve (Leader of the Oak Faction), future leader of the [[Oak Faction]] of [[Forfarian]]] [[druid]]s, is born in [[Teufeldorf]] in [[Gundarak]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 41">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 41</ref>
 
* [[722 BC]] - '''2109 Forfarian Calendar''': Maeve dedicates her life to the path of the druid and restoring balance in [[Forlorn]].<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 42 n1">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 42; has spent the last 13 years to restoring balance in [[Forlorn]]</ref>
 
* [[730 BC]] - '''2117 Forfarian Calendar''': According to [["S"]], this is the final year of where "credible" and documented cases of [[goblyn]] attacks from beyond the borders of [[Forlorn]] occur.<ref>[[Gazetteer I]] p.74</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}} [[731 BC]] - '''2118 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Professor Abelhous Nicholsi]] is [[scarred]] by a [[goblyn]] in [[Forlorn]].
 
* [[733 BC]] - '''2120 Forfarian Calendar'''': [[Svendar]] and four [[adventurer|adventuring]] companions stumble through [[the Mists]] into Forlorn. They discover [[Castle Tristenoira]] and are bested in side. Svendar is the only known [[survivor]].<ref name="Melancholy Meetings p. 6 n1">[[Melancholy Meetings]] p. 6; "Two years ago" from [[735 BC]]</ref>
 
* [[735 BC]] - [[Lazlo Meistersinger]], a [[Kartakan]] [[adventurer]], travels through Forlorn but succumbs to [[madness]], becoming a [[Lost One]].<ref name="Melancholy Meetings p. 21 n1">[[Melancholy Meetings]] p. 21, "a few weeks ago"</ref>
 
* 735 BC - '''2122 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Castle C]] Current day of the [[Castles Forlorn]] boxed set.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref>
 
* 735 BC - [[Adventurer]]s try to penetrate [[Castle Tristenoira]]. A few days later, only a couple make it back out alive, but with a female [[prisoner]] freed form the castle in tow.<ref>[[Gazetteer I]] p.74</ref> {{Potential-canon-small}}This prisoner is [[Brangain ApBlanc]].
 
* [[739 BC]] - '''2126 Forfarian Calendar''': By this year, Tristen ApBlanc has noticed the threat [[Azenwrath]] represents. Tristen manipulates [[Kyall]] into bringing down Azenwrath.[<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 68">[[Gazetteer I]] p.68</ref>
 
* [[747 BC]] - '''2134 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Druid]]ic records show that this year marks the most recent significant expansion of [[goblyn]] clear-cutting.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 67">[[Gazetteer I]] p.67</ref>
 
* [[750 BC]] - '''2137 Forfarian Calendar''': [[Shelaugh]] commands a force of no less than 46 [[druid]]s of the [[Rowan Faction]] and 20 [[mercenaries]] to storm [[Castle Tristenoira]]. The majority are horribly massacred, with less than a fourth returning alive. Half of the survivors have gone [[mad]]. The [[Oak Faction]] assumes more power in [[Forlorn]] as a result of this event.<ref>[[Gazetteer I]] p.74</ref>
 
* [[1237 BC]] - '''2624 Forfarian Castle''' The seen future of [[Castle Tristenoira]] in [[ruins]] and Tristen free of his curse.<ref>[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5, [[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 32</ref>
 
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Forlorn is a tiny domain mainly inhabited by goblyns, monstrous slaves created by dark magic. A handful of humans live in the woods and underground, fighting the goblyns. The darklord is a cursed individual named Tristen ApBlanc, vampyre by day, ghost by night, who inhabits a castle caught in temporal flux due to the massive amounts of ethereal resonance created by the ghosts there. Those who enter Castle Tristenoira are subject to time travel to one of three time-lines, each fundamental to the creation of the domain.

As such, Forlorn maintains no ties with any other domain and none of the other lords or lands pay it any heed.

Forlorn
Culture Level Iron Age (3); the ruins in Forlorn indicate a Medieval (7) culture
Ecology Full Ecology
Climate & Terrain Temperate Temperate Forests, Hills, and Plains
Year Formed 547 BC (1,934 by the Forfarian calendar)
Population 2,025
Races (%) 94% Goblyn, 6% Human
Languages Forfarian
Religions Forfarian druidism
Government Anarchy
Ruler(s) None
Darklord(s) Tristen ApBlanc
Nationality Forfarian
Analog Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
Related Categories
Locations in Forlorn
Transportation in Forlorn
Inhabitants of Forlorn
Former Inhabitants of Forlorn
Flora of Forlorn
Fauna of Forlorn
Native Monsters of Forlorn

Geography

Forlorn is a hilly, mountainous terrain with wooded lowlands. Mounts Arawn and Mathonwy reside at the center of the domain, Arawn in particular permanently enshrouded in a sickly yellow fog.

Weather

Forlorn is almost always overcast, and often raining accompanied by thunder and lightning. In the summer months, the clouds give way to the sun to produce a hot muggy climate, but this doesn't last for long.

Terrain

Muddy, with bogs and marshes dotting the region.

Lakes

The Lake of Red Tears at the northern part of the domain is the source of the Musarde River, and home to Aggie, an undead sea serpent.

Landmarks

Two haunted, mostly abandoned keeps are located at the north and south ends of the domain: Castle Tristenoira and Castle Forfarmax.

Rivers

The Musarde River begins at the northern end of the domain, and Kendall Creek passes through the southern end.

Settlements

There are no permanent settlements in Forlorn proper, but its culture thrives (so to speak) in the hamlet of Forfarmax which resides in the relative safety on the border of Forlorn, in Hazlan.

(Note the error in the map on this page, placing the village in Kartakass instead. This map predates Gazetteer I, which places it definitively in Hazlan. Gomez, of the MCS says, "the neighbouring village of Forfarmax contained living inhabitants, which meant that the village itself could not possibly be in Forlorn (all the domain's former inhabitants are Goblyns). I therefore put the village in Kartakass.")

Druids also maintain a small presence in the domain, in multiple hidden sanctuaries, split between the larger Oak faction, and the recently reduced Rowan faction.

Chronology

  • 207 BC 1594 Forfarian Calendar (Spring) - Rivalin ApTosh and Flora ApBlanc become married, but Rivalin is called away to war against the Goteerans. Rivalin earns glory through his bravery and decisive action, personally killing the leader of the Goteerans. Forfarian druids call upon a great storm to route the Goteerans. However, the storm takes the lives of both friend and foe. Rivalin is one of the lives lost, leaving Flora a widow]].[3][4] and their unborn son without a father.[3]
  • 207 BC - Rivalin returns to Flora as a vampire, and she falls under his sway. He partakes of her blood for a period of time, tainting their unborn son's blood. Rivalin eventually starts feeding upon other people in Birnam, but he is caught and destroyed. With his blood tainted by a latent vampirism, Tristen ApBlanc is born to Flora ApBlanc. Rivalin is killed and Flora is lynched by a mob as a witch. Upon Flora's request, Rual and the druids take in the boy.[5][6]
  • 231 BC - 1618 Forfarian Calendar: Tristen tries burning down the sacred grove he's bound to in an effort to escape his curse. It fails, he goes on a rampage, terrorizing the people of Birnam with his wolves as a result. Tristan keeps the stolen possessions for himself. He repeats the process of murdering and looting for the next couple of centuries.[9][10]
  • 350 BC - Duncan MacFarn lures his brother Donal MacFarn into a trap under a pretense of a feast at Castle Forfarmax. Once Donal and his guard are inside the feast hall, Donal orders his archers to shoot them all dead. Donal and his soldiers all perish. Duncan's agents entomb the dead bodies beneath the stones of the castle's floor.[13]
  • 422 BC - 1809 Forfarian Calendar: Tristen ApBlanc resurfaces under the guise of a minstrel and distant relative of the ApBlancs. He lays claim to their old lands and orders the construction of the Lord's Tower.[14]
  • 463 BC - 1850 Forfarian Caledar: Minstrel Tristen vanishes. The Lord's Tower now (or is thought to now) lies abandoned.[22]
  • 519 BC - 1906 Forfarian Calendar: Castle B Tristen, under the guise of Marc ApBlanc- the grandson of Bragain, claims the Lord's Tower and begins refurbishing it. Against the protests of the ApFittles, Tristen/Marc builds walls around his keep and begins recruiting mercenaries.[22]
  • 519 BC-522 BC - Monsters begin flooding the lands of Forfar, distracting the ApFittles from Tristen/Marc's activities of building up his castle and power.[23]
  • 522 BC - 1909 Forfarian Calendar: The Lord's Tower has now been remade into Castle ApBlanc.[23]
  • 537 BC-543 BC late 1920s Forfarian Calendar Tristen/Marc challenges the ApFittles for rule over Forfar, plunging it into Civil War. Tristen's forces eventually triumph.[23]
  • 546 BC 1933 Forfarian Calendar: The people of Birnam sign papers of formal surrender to the minions of Tristen ApBlanc.[7]
  • 547 BC - Strahd sends Azalin to investigate Forlorn, but nothing of value to them is found.[27]
  • 722 BC - 2109 Forfarian Calendar: Maeve dedicates her life to the path of the druid and restoring balance in Forlorn.[37]
  • 730 BC - 2117 Forfarian Calendar: According to "S", this is the final year of where "credible" and documented cases of goblyn attacks from beyond the borders of Forlorn occur.[38]
  • 739 BC - 2126 Forfarian Calendar: By this year, Tristen ApBlanc has noticed the threat Azenwrath represents. Tristen manipulates Kyall into bringing down Azenwrath.[[42]
  • 747 BC - 2134 Forfarian Calendar: Druidic records show that this year marks the most recent significant expansion of goblyn clear-cutting.[43]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gazetteer I p.70
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eve of Sorrows p. 27
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Weeping Lands p. 6
  4. ↑ Gazetteer I p.70-71
  5. ↑ Gazetteer I p.70-72
  6. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5-8
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Eve of Sorrows p. 28
  8. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 8-11
  9. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5,11
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Gazetteer I p.130
  11. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 11; Eve of Sorrows p. 28
  12. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 37
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Children of the Night: Ghosts p. 79
  14. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 11-12
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Eve of Sorrows p. 29
  16. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 12-13
  17. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 13
  18. ↑ Gazetteer I p.130, based upon Gilan being "12 years old" at the time of death
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Weeping Lands p. 5,13
  20. ↑ Gazetteer I p.130-131, "one year earlier" than 1839 Forfarian Calendar/452 BC
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Gazetteer I p.131
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Weeping Lands p. 5,14
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 Weeping Lands p. 5,15
  24. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 30; Melancholy Meetings p. 30
  25. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 28
  26. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 30
  27. ↑ Gazetteer I p.73-74
  28. ↑ Gazetteer I p.18
  29. ↑ Melancholy Meetings p. 30; "52 years" after the mass execution of a large number of ApFittles.
  30. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.74
  31. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 27
  32. ↑ Eve of Sorrows p. 23; "nearly one hundred years ago" from 735 BC
  33. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 31, Gazetteer I p. 67
  34. ↑ Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Weeping Lands p. 41
  36. ↑ Gazetteer I p. 82
  37. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 42; has spent the last 13 years to restoring balance in Forlorn
  38. ↑ Gazetteer I p.74
  39. ↑ Melancholy Meetings p. 6; "Two years ago" from 735 BC
  40. ↑ Melancholy Meetings p. 21, "a few weeks ago"
  41. ↑ Gazetteer I p.74
  42. ↑ Gazetteer I p.68
  43. ↑ Gazetteer I p.67
  44. ↑ Gazetteer I p.74
  45. ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, Eve of Sorrows p. 32

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread
Castles Forlorn
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,50
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp13,17,121
Domains of Dread - p65
Castles Forlorn: The Weeping Lands - pp24-27
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp16-17
Realm of Terror - p70
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - pp62-84
I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - pp179-203

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9
Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover
Domains of Dread - p43
Castles Forlorn- poster map
Castles Forlorn: Melancholy Meetings - p32
Ravenloft Campaign Setting - poster map
Feast of Goblyns - poster map Download Now!
Realm of Terror - p70
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - p65

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