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|religions=[[Church of Ezra]], [[Hala]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref>  
|religions=[[Church of Ezra]], [[Hala]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref>  
|government=Formerly independent settlements transitioning towards [[despotism]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref>  
|government=Formerly independent settlements transitioning towards [[despotism]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref>  
|ruler=[[Malocchio Aderre]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref> ; Previously: [[Gabrielle Aderre]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 45-46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 47</ref> and, before her, [[Bakholis]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 47">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 45-46</ref>  
|ruler=[[Malocchio Aderre]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref> ; Previously: [[Gabrielle Aderre]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 47">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 47</ref> and, before her, [[Bakholis]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 44-46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 45-46</ref>  
|darklord=[[Gabrielle Aderre]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref> ; Previously: [[Bakholis]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 45-46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 45-46</ref>  
|darklord=[[Gabrielle Aderre]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</ref> ; Previously: [[Bakholis]]<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 45-46">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 45-46</ref>  
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*[[729 BC]] The [[Invidian]] [[peasant]]ry revolt against Bakholis' decaying regime and burn part of [[the Citadel]].<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 29">[[The Evil Eye]] p. 29</ref>
*[[729 BC]] The [[Invidian]] [[peasant]]ry revolt against Bakholis' decaying regime and burn part of [[the Citadel]].<ref name="The Evil Eye p. 29">[[The Evil Eye]] p. 29</ref>
*[[729 BC]] The overthrow of Bakholis is celebrated in [[Kartakass]]. [[Kartakan]] [[merchant]]s forge trade alliances with [[Invidian]] settlements.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 105">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 105</ref>
*[[729 BC]] The overthrow of Bakholis is celebrated in [[Kartakass]]. [[Kartakan]] [[merchant]]s forge trade alliances with [[Invidian]] settlements.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 105">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 105</ref>
*[[740 BC]] [[The Grand Conjunction]] causes the land that was formerly in [[Gundarak]] to be split down the middle between [[Barovia]] and [[Invidia]].<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p.39</ref>
*[[740 BC]] [[The Grand Conjunction]] causes the land that was formerly in [[Gundarak]] to be split down the middle between [[Barovia]] and [[Invidia]].<ref name="Gazetteer IV p. 39">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 39</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> Relations with [[Kartakass]] become strained as a result.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 105">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 105</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> Relations with [[Kartakass]] become strained as a result.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 105">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 105</ref>

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Invidia
Culture Level Chivalric[1]
Ecology Full[1]
Climate & Terrain Temperate forests, hills[1]
Year Formed 603 BC[2][3]
Population 6,900[1]
Races (%) Humans 99%, other 1%[1]
Languages Balok*, Luktar, Mordentish, Falkovnian, Vaasi
Religions Church of Ezra, Hala[1]
Government Formerly independent settlements transitioning towards despotism[1]
Ruler(s) Malocchio Aderre[1] ; Previously: Gabrielle Aderre[4] and, before her, Bakholis[5]
Darklord(s) Gabrielle Aderre[1] ; Previously: Bakholis[6]
Nationality Invidian
Analog
Related Categories
Locations in Invidia
Transportation in Invidia
Inhabitants of Invidia
Former Inhabitants of Invidia
Flora of Invidia
Fauna of Invidia
Native Monsters of Invidia

A land of passion torn by civil war and awash with the blood of ethnic strife, Invidia hangs on by a tenuous thread above the jaws of all-out chaos.[7] The fiendish tyrant Malocchio Aderre deposed the lackadaisical rule of his mother Gabrielle Aderre[4] and has begun to formerly independent settlements of Invidia into a unified nation, though one that is firmly beneath his heel. Yet, as the much-feared Dukkar, he mainly seeks power to eradicate the Vistani and torment those around him.[8]

Malocchio is opposed by an alliance of strange bedfellows thanks to the charm and wiles of Gabrielle Aderre. Through her proxies Matton Blanchard and Ardonk Szerieza, she has drawn on Kartakan wolfweres and oppressed Gundarakite resisters. However, her manipulations threaten to tear her fragile alliance apart.[9]

For his part, Malocchio may be little better off in his predicament than his mother. He leads a powerful army of mercenaries bolstered by ogres, [[giant]s, and other monsters not often found elsewhere, let alone in the employ of a military.[10] However, the incursion of his Vistani-hunting mercenaries into other domains has earned the enmity of other neighboring powers and their lords, most notably Ivan Dilisnya and Count Strahd von Zarovich. Furthermore, Malocchio's army was greatly weakened by the mass slaughter in the Hour of Screaming Shadows.[11]

Mountains

Chronology


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Gazetteer IV p. 39
  2. Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
  3. Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gazetteer IV p. 47 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Gazetteer IV p. 47" defined multiple times with different content
  5. Gazetteer IV p. 45-46
  6. Gazetteer IV p. 45-46
  7. Gazetteer IV p. 47-49
  8. Gazetteer IV p. 54
  9. Gazetteer IV p. 47-48,145
  10. Gazetteer IV p. 55-56
  11. Gazetteer IV p. 49,57
  12. Gazetteer IV p.43
  13. Gazetteer IV p.44
  14. 14.0 14.1 Gazetteer IV p.45
  15. Domains of Dread p.16
  16. Gazetteer I p.93
  17. Lights in the Fog, Book of Secrets p.124-125
  18. Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p.117-118
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Gazetteer IV p.145
  20. The Evil Eye p. 29
  21. 21.0 21.1 Gazetteer I p. 105
  22. The Evil Eye
  23. Domains of Dread p.17
  24. 24.0 24.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.18
  25. 25.0 25.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.20
  26. Gaz 1, p 19.
  27. Gazetteer IV p.48
  28. 28.0 28.1 Gazetteer IV p.49
  29. Carnival p.39
  30. Gazetteer IV p.47-48
  31. Undead Sea Scrolls 2002 p.122
  32. Gazetteer IV p.32

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread
The Evil Eye

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,28-30
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp14,15,17,20,123-124
Domains of Dread - p52
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp17-18
The Evil Eye - pp56-59
Realm of Terror - p73

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9
Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover
Domains of Dread - p42
Ravenloft Campaign Setting - poster map
Realm of Terror - poster map
The Evil Eye - poster map