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|ecology=Full<ref name=rlphbp.155>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.155</ref>
|ecology=Full<ref name=rlphbp.155>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.155</ref>
|terrain=Temperate [[Aquatic]]<ref name=rlphbp.155>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.155</ref>
|terrain=Temperate [[Aquatic]]<ref name=rlphbp.155>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.155</ref>
|year_formed=[[630 BC]]<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>
|year_formed=[[630 BC]]<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>
|population=1,300<ref name=rlphbp.155>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.155</ref>
|population=1,300<ref name=rlphbp.155>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.155</ref>
|races=[[Human]]s 99%, Other 1%<ref name=rlphbp.155>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.155</ref>
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==Chronology==
*[[630 BC]] [[The Sea of Sorrows]] forms.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.16">[[Domains of Dread]], p. 16</ref>
*[[635 BC]]<ref name="Domains of Dread p.16">[[Domains of Dread]], p. 16</ref> In a brutal [[winter]], Meredoth [[poison]]s his subjects and reanimates them as [[lebendtod]] to keep them from bothering him for help. His [[island]] (or a version of his island) is taken to an unfamiliar land.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 80">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 80</ref> The domain of [[Nebligtode]] forms as a number of [[island]]s<ref name="Ships of Horror p.54">[[Ship of Horror]] p.54</ref> in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="Ships of Horror p.43">[[Ship of Horror]] p.43</ref> After spending some time exploring, Meredoth kills and reanimates the [[Graben Family]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p.79-80">[[Domains of Dread]] p.79-80</ref>
*[[683 BC]] [[Lamordia]] forms.<ref name="Gaz II p. 69">[[Gazetteer II]] p.69</ref>
*[[686 BC]] or earlier: the [[Isle of Demise]] forms.
*[[686 BC]] [[The Doma Odana]], piloted by [[Captain Johan Werner]] and his crew, crashes into the [[hidden]] [[Isle of Demise]]. Most perish instantly, but Captain Werner and his men explore the Isle. They come to a path underground, eventually leading to a labyrinth. All but Werner are slain by [[Althea]] or other menaces. Werner is [[blinded]], but he escapes, as commented about in [[Werner's Journal|his journal]]. His final [[:category:Fate Unknown|fate remains unknown]].<ref name="MCI&II p.103-105">[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II]] p. 103-105</ref>
*[[707 BC]] [[Dementlieu]] forms.
*[[724 BC]] The [[old]] ship captain [[Captain Killian|Captain Killian]] retires and leaves his [[ship]], [[the Endurance]], to his nephew, [[Captain Garvyn|Garvyn]]<ref name="Ship of Horrors p. 13">[[Ship of Horrors]] p.13</ref>
*[[734 BC]] [[Captain Garvyn]], his crew, and his [[ship]], [[the Endurance]] become [[cursed]]for dumping overboard the [[corpse|corpses]] of [[Madeline Stern]], [[Jacob]], and [[Charlotte Reisland]] which he had been hired to deliver to [[Todstein]].<ref name="SoH p.12,38-39">[[Ship of Horrors]] p.12,38-39</ref> As a consequence, the Endurance became the [[Ship of Horrors]].
*[[737 BC]] With the delivery of the corpses to their proper resting places, [[Captain Garvyn]] and the Endurance are freed from their [[curse]]<ref name="Ship of Horrors">[[Ship of Horrors]]</ref> as the [[2nd Verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref>
*[[740 BC]] [[The Grand Conjunction]] causes the Sea of Sorrows to get a [[darklord]]<ref name="Red Box RoT">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror]] (Red Box) p.19</ref>, [[Captain Peter van Riese]]<ref name="RCS D&D p. 29">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p.29</ref>
*[[740 BC]] [[Markovia]] relocates to the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="RCS D&D p. 29">[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p.29</ref>
*[[750 BC]] [[Graben Island]] and the other islands that were formerly [[Neblintode]] break off from the Sea of Sorrows and become [[the Nocturnal Sea]] on the opposite side of the Core.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 17, 78-80">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17, 78-80</ref>
*[[750]] By this year, [[Dominia]] has changed from an [[Island of Terror]] to an island in the Sea of Sorrows.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 19">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 19</ref>


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The Sea of Sorrows
Culture Level Varies by island, mostly Medieval to Chivalric[1]
Ecology Full[1]
Climate & Terrain Temperate Aquatic[1]
Year Formed 630 BC[2]
Population 1,300[1]
Races (%) Humans 99%, Other 1%[1]
Languages Mordentish, Lamordian, Darkonese[1]
Religions Ezra, Hala[1]
Government No formal government for the sea itself, but the islands have their own.[3]
Ruler(s) None[3]
Darklord(s) Captain Pieter Van Riese[4]
Nationality
Analog
Related Categories
Locations in The Sea of Sorrows
Transportation in The Sea of Sorrows
Inhabitants of The Sea of Sorrows
Former Inhabitants of The Sea of Sorrows
Flora of The Sea of Sorrows
Fauna of The Sea of Sorrows
Native Monsters of The Sea of Sorrows

The Sea of Sorrows is the domain ruled by Captain Pieter Van Riese.[4]

Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend

Biology

Flora

Fauna

Native Horrors

Sailors

Chronology

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.155
  2. ↑ Domains of Dread p.16
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.156
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Domains of Dread p.74
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 29
  6. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p.64
  7. ↑ Denizens of Dread p.122
  8. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p.83
  9. ↑ Requiem: The Grim Harvest p.31
  10. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II p.45
  11. ↑ Denizens of Dread p.175-176
  12. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p.96-97
  13. ↑ Neither Man Nor Beast p.15,25
  14. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p.121
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Domains of Dread, p. 16
  16. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 80
  17. ↑ Ship of Horror p.54
  18. ↑ Ship of Horror p.43
  19. ↑ Domains of Dread p.79-80
  20. ↑ Gazetteer II p.69
  21. ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II p. 103-105
  22. ↑ Ship of Horrors p.13
  23. ↑ Ship of Horrors p.12,38-39
  24. ↑ Ship of Horrors
  25. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17
  26. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror (Red Box) p.19
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens p.29
  28. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17, 78-80
  29. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 19

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread

Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp14,17-19,110,137-138
Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp40-41
Domains of Dread - pp73-74
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p29

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9
Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover
Domains of Dread - p72
Ravenloft Campaign Setting - poster map

Sea of Sorrows, The Sea of Sorrows


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