The Sea of Sorrows
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| The Sea of Sorrows | |
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| 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] |
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| 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
- Bowlyns[5]
- Jolly Roger[6][7]
- Lacedons[5]
- Lycanthrope, Wereray[8]
- Ravenloft Siren[9]
- Reaver[10][11]
- Sea Spawn, Master and Minion[12]
- Soul-Kraken[13]
- Will O'Sea[14]
Sailors
Chronology
500 BC Audun Beck, captain of the Illsong, discovers a magic gem while looting a wizard's tower. It transforms him into a sea vampire. After the healer in his village fail to restore him to life, he massacres everyone and burns the village to the ground. The Mists abduct him and his ship, taking them to the Sea of Sorrows.[15]- 630 BC The Sea of Sorrows forms.[16]
- 635 BC[16] In a brutal winter, Meredoth poisons 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.[17] The domain of Nebligtode forms as a number of islands[18] in the Sea of Sorrows.[19] After spending some time exploring, Meredoth kills and reanimates the Graben Family.[20]
643 BC Blaustein forms.[21]- 683 BC Lamordia forms.[22]
- 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 his journal. His final fate remains unknown.[23]
- 707 BC Dementlieu forms.
- 724 BC The old ship captain Captain Killian retires and leaves his ship, the Endurance, to his nephew, Garvyn[24]
- 734 BC Captain Garvyn, his crew, and his ship, the Endurance become cursedfor dumping overboard the corpses of Madeline Stern, Jacob, and Charlotte Reisland which he had been hired to deliver to Todstein.[25] 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[26] as the 2nd Verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass.[27]
- 740 BC The Grand Conjunction causes the Sea of Sorrows to get a darklord[28], Captain Peter van Riese[29]
- 740 BC Markovia relocates to the Sea of Sorrows.[29]
- 750 BC Graben Island and the other islands that were formerly Nebligtode break off from the Sea of Sorrows and become the Nocturnal Sea on the opposite side of the Core.[30]
- 750 BC By this year, Dominia has changed from an Island of Terror to an island in the Sea of Sorrows.[31] Ghastria has broken off from the mainland and also become an island in the Sea of Sorrows.[32]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.155
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.156
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Domains of Dread p.74
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 29
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p.64
- ↑ Denizens of Dread p.122
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p.83
- ↑ Requiem: The Grim Harvest p.31
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II p.45
- ↑ Denizens of Dread p.175-176
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p.96-97
- ↑ Neither Man Nor Beast p.15,25
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p.121
- ↑ Children of the Night: Vampires p. 14-15; The date is questionable because it precedes the formation of the Sea by 130 years.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Domains of Dread, p. 16
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 80
- ↑ Ship of Horror p.54
- ↑ Ship of Horror p.43
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.79-80
- ↑ Quoth the Raven Issue 19, p.54
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.69
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II p. 103-105
- ↑ Ship of Horrors p.13
- ↑ Ship of Horrors p.12,38-39
- ↑ Ship of Horrors
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror (Red Box) p.19
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens p.29
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17, 78-80
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 19
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 74-75
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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