Verbrek
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| Verbrek | |
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| Culture Level | Medieval (7)[1]; CL4 |
| Ecology | Full[1] |
| Climate & Terrain | Temperate Forest, Hills, and Swamp[1] |
| Year Formed | 730 BC[1] |
| Population | 830; Doesn't include population of 1140 Natural Werewolves[1] |
| Races (%) | Humans 97%, half-elves 1%, half-Vistani 1%, other 1%[1] |
| Languages | Mordentish]*, Balok, Vaasi. Sithican[1] |
| Religions | The Wolf God, Church of Ezra, Church of Hala[1] |
| Government | Independent gerontocratic settlements and farms[1] |
| Ruler(s) | None[1] |
| Darklord(s) | Alfred Timothy |
| Nationality | Verbreker[1] |
| Analog | Werewolf country |
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Verbrek is a land of rugged forests and scattered settlements. In this wild and woolly domain, it is not the human that dominates but rather the wolf. More specifically, the werewolf, as werewolves both outnumber and out-power the humans of Verbrek.[2] The Verbrekers can't even completely trust their own, as the sheepskinner werewolves dons the guise of humanity and live in seemingly normal communities.[3]
Verbrek is dominated by Alfred Timothy in both temporal and spiritual power. He embraces the beast inside through his development of the Wolf God. Yet despite all his ambitions, he cannot fully forget the fact that he is human as well as wolf. Nonetheless, his evil and cruelty is not stymied, as evidenced by [[the Grand Conjunction. During that cataclysm, Verbrek absorbed neighboring Arkandale during the Grand Conjunction. Whether by his own power or "favor" of the Dark Powers, Alfred claimed the lands formerly controlled by his father, Captain Nathan Timothy.[4]
Biology
Flora
Trees (mostly deciduous)[5][6]
Mountains
Chronology
- Mythic History The Birth of the Wolf God[7]
- 684 BC Nathan Timothy, future darklord of Arkandale and father of Alfred Timothy, is born in Mordent.[8]
- 708 BC Arkandale is formed.[9][10][11]
- 709 BC Alfred Timothy, son of Nathan Timothy is born in Arkandale.[8]
- 730 BC Verbrek forms[9][10][11] after Alfred Timothy murders the Vistani whom had saved him from being burnt at the stake.[12]
737 BC After Carnagan Wolfe discovers the dead body of a friend and encounters the vampire who murdered him, Wolfe transforms into a mountain loup-garou for the first time. He has no memory of it, so he is Horrified to find the vampire torn to pieces when he regains his wits. Carnagan rushes to Lian for a cure. Lian discerns that Carnagan is a natural lycanthrope, preventing any kind of cure. Wolfe flees Dementlieu forever, eventually drifting to Verbrek.[13]- 740 BC The Grand Conjunction occurs. Arkandale dissolves, and its former lands are absorbed into Verbrek. Nathan Timothy is no longer a darklord and may sail all the rivers of the Core.[14]
- 741 BC George Weathermay is seduced by the werewolf Natalia Vhorishkova in order to get at Dr. van Richten. In the chaos of battle, Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove, a mere bystander, is wounded and afflicted with lycanthropy. George Weathermay gives chase to Natalia out of Mordent. In Verbrek, he confronts the Vhorishkova family and, upon finding they are werewolves, murders them all to the last noncombatant, yet he fails to catch Natalia. Out of this mass murder emerges a changed, more bitter and driven George Weathermay. Out of shame and guilt over what happened to Gennifer, George Weathermay does not return to Mordent.[15]
- 746 BC Alfred Timothy exiles and curses Carnagan Wolfe after he assists prey in escaping the hunt.[16]
- 757 BC By this year at the latest, Celia Whitmoor and Argent have settled down and established the Duskpeace Lodge, home to the Duskpeace Outcasts.[17]
- 757 BC "S" explores [[Verbrek]. However, she is betrayed by Gwalon, and a large pack of werewolves fall upon her.[18]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Gazetteer IV p. 63
- ↑ Ravenloft Player's Handbook p. 184
- ↑ Gazetteer IV p. 77
- ↑ Gazetteer IV p. 160-161
- ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 81
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 32
- ↑ Gazetteer IV p.67
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Realm of Terror p.126
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Domains of Dread p.17
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
- ↑ Gazetteer IV p.160
- ↑ Book of Secrets p.86-87, derived from age 14 at this time vs. age 30 at 753 BC
- ↑ Gazetteer IV p.70
- ↑ Champions of the Mists p.63
- ↑ Book of Secrets p.87; see previous age reference
- ↑ Gazetteer IV p.82
- ↑ Gazetteer IV p.83-84
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