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	* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17" /><ref name="RLPHB p.19" />		* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17" /><ref name="RLPHB p.19" />
	* [[732 BC]] - In this approximate year, monks in [[Sri Raji]] construct [[Picalinni's Palette]] upon commission by [[Jaspor Picalinni]]. However, Jaspor gravely offends them, and they [[curse]] the palette.<ref name="Children of the Night: Werebeasts p. 74">[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 74; "almost two decades ago" from [[751 BC]] corresponding in game date to publication</ref>		* [[732 BC]] - In this approximate year, monks in [[Sri Raji]] construct [[Picalinni's Palette]] upon commission by [[Jaspor Picalinni]]. However, Jaspor gravely offends them, and they [[curse]] the palette.<ref name="Children of the Night: Werebeasts p. 74">[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 74; "almost two decades ago" from [[751 BC]] corresponding in game date to publication</ref>
	* [[740 BC]] - The [[Verdurous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>		* [[740 BC]] - The [[Verdurous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref><ref name="DoD p.102">[[Domains of Dread]] p.102; here the cluster is called "The Steaming Lands"</ref>
	* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>		* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>
	* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>		* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>

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	[[File:verdurous-lands.png\|thumb\|alt=Verdurous Lands Map By [[David Gibson]]\|Verdurous Lands Map By [[David Gibson]]]]		[[File:verdurous-lands.png\|thumb\|alt=Verdurous Lands Map By [[David Gibson]]\|Verdurous Lands Map By [[David Gibson]]]]
	{{canon}}		{{canon}}
	A [[Cluster]] composed of [[Saragoss]], [[Sri Raji]], and the [[Wildlands]], The Verdurous Lands are sweltering, tropical domains where the lush vegetation grows dense and wild. The heat and humidity are unrelenting, drenching travelers in sweat. In these muggy lands, torrential [[rain\|rains]] define the years, deluging the verdant landscape with an annual [[Wet Season\|wet season]]. The wilds are shadowy and menacing in the Verdurous Lands, stalked by vicious predators and choked by [[poisonous\|toxic]] [[plant\|plant life]]. Where humanity has slashed back the strangling vegetation and toiled to survive, nature seems to scrabble and claw at his handiwork. In these lands, the savagery of the wilderness is unremitting and terrible.

	The [[Verdurous Lands \| Verdurous Lands ~~cluster~~]] does not have a [[moon]] with potentially interesting consequences for [[lycanthropes]] having some part of the [[lunar cycle]] as their trigger condition. Equally, there should be no [[tide~~\|tides~~]].		The '''Verdurous Lands''' is a [[cluster]] composed of [[Saragoss]], [[Sri Raji]], and [[The Wildlands]]. The Verdurous Lands are sweltering, tropical domains where the lush vegetation grows dense and wild. The heat and humidity are unrelenting, drenching travelers in sweat. In these muggy lands, torrential [[rain]]s define the years, deluging the verdant landscape with an annual [[Wet Season\|wet season]]. The wilds are shadowy and menacing in the Verdurous Lands, stalked by vicious predators and choked by [[poisonous\|toxic]] [[plant\|plant life]]. Where humanity has slashed back the strangling vegetation and toiled to survive, nature seems to scrabble and claw at his handiwork. In these lands, the savagery of the wilderness is unremitting and terrible.

			The Verdurous Lands cluster does not have a [[moon]] with potentially interesting consequences for [[lycanthropes]] having some part of the [[lunar cycle]] as their trigger condition. Equally, there should be no [[tide]]s.

	==Chronology==		==Chronology==

	* [[658 BC]] - [[The Wildlands]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>		* [[658 BC]] - [[The Wildlands]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>
			* [[670 BC]] - [[Sri Raji]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17" /><ref name="RLPHB p.19" />
	* [[670 BC]] - [[Sri Raji]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17"~~>[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17<~~/~~ref~~><ref name="RLPHB p.19"~~>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19<~~/~~ref~~>		* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17" /><ref name="RLPHB p.19" />

	* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17"~~>[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17<~~/~~ref~~><ref name="RLPHB p.19"~~>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19<~~/~~ref~~>

	* [[732 BC]] - In this approximate year, monks in [[Sri Raji]] construct [[Picalinni's Palette]] upon commission by [[Jaspor Picalinni]]. However, Jaspor gravely offends them, and they [[curse]] the palette.<ref name="Children of the Night: Werebeasts p. 74">[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 74; "almost two decades ago" from [[751 BC]] corresponding in game date to publication</ref>		* [[732 BC]] - In this approximate year, monks in [[Sri Raji]] construct [[Picalinni's Palette]] upon commission by [[Jaspor Picalinni]]. However, Jaspor gravely offends them, and they [[curse]] the palette.<ref name="Children of the Night: Werebeasts p. 74">[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 74; "almost two decades ago" from [[751 BC]] corresponding in game date to publication</ref>

	* [[740 BC]] - The [[Verdurous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>		* [[740 BC]] - The [[Verdurous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

	* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>		* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>

	* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>		* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>

	* [[755]] or earlier (likely a few years) - A [[Rajian]] [[scholar]] named [[Sidrathi]] discovers [[Ravana's Bane]]. He commissions [[Kopa]] to melt it down and reforge it into a [[statue]]tte. An [[agent]] of the [[Dark Sisters]] named [[Tega]] steals it, but she is felled in the [[jungle]], and Ravana's Bane falls into unknown hands. Once more, Kopa is commissioned to turn it back into a bolt. After that, it falls into unknown hands again before resurfacing at a [[hidden]] [[temple]] in the [[jungle]]. There it is protected by [[monk]]s.<ref>[[Web of Illusion]] p.8-9, 27-28; [[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 54-55</ref>		* [[755]] or earlier (likely a few years) - A [[Rajian]] [[scholar]] named [[Sidrathi]] discovers [[Ravana's Bane]]. He commissions [[Kopa]] to melt it down and reforge it into a [[statue]]tte. An [[agent]] of the [[Dark Sisters]] named [[Tega]] steals it, but she is felled in the [[jungle]], and Ravana's Bane falls into unknown hands. Once more, Kopa is commissioned to turn it back into a bolt. After that, it falls into unknown hands again before resurfacing at a [[hidden]] [[temple]] in the [[jungle]]. There it is protected by [[monk]]s.<ref>[[Web of Illusion]] p.8-9, 27-28; [[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 54-55</ref>

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	==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==		==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

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	* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>		* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>

	* [[755]] or earlier (likely a few years) - A [[Rajian]] [[scholar]] named [[Sidrathi]] ~~discvers~~ [[Ravana's Bane]]. He commissions [[Kopa]] to melt it down and reforge it into a [[~~statute~~]]tte. An [[agent]] of the [[Dark ~~Sister~~]]s named [[Tega]] steals it, but she is felled in the [[jungle]] and Ravana's Bane falls into unknown hands. Once more, Kopa is commissioned to turn it back into a bolt. After that, it falls into unknown hands again before resurfacing at a [[hidden]] [[temple]] in the [[jungle]]. There it is protected by [[monk]]s.<ref>[[Web of Illusion]] p.8-9, 27-28; [[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 54-55</ref>		* [[755]] or earlier (likely a few years) - A [[Rajian]] [[scholar]] named [[Sidrathi]] discovers [[Ravana's Bane]]. He commissions [[Kopa]] to melt it down and reforge it into a [[statue]]tte. An [[agent]] of the [[Dark Sisters]]s named [[Tega]] steals it, but she is felled in the [[jungle]] and Ravana's Bane falls into unknown hands. Once more, Kopa is commissioned to turn it back into a bolt. After that, it falls into unknown hands again before resurfacing at a [[hidden]] [[temple]] in the [[jungle]]. There it is protected by [[monk]]s.<ref>[[Web of Illusion]] p.8-9, 27-28; [[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 54-55</ref>

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	* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>		* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>

	* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category~~\|capture~~\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>		* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>

			* [[755]] or earlier (likely a few years) - A [[Rajian]] [[scholar]] named [[Sidrathi]] discvers [[Ravana's Bane]]. He commissions [[Kopa]] to melt it down and reforge it into a [[statute]]tte. An [[agent]] of the [[Dark Sister]]s named [[Tega]] steals it, but she is felled in the [[jungle]] and Ravana's Bane falls into unknown hands. Once more, Kopa is commissioned to turn it back into a bolt. After that, it falls into unknown hands again before resurfacing at a [[hidden]] [[temple]] in the [[jungle]]. There it is protected by [[monk]]s.<ref>[[Web of Illusion]] p.8-9, 27-28; [[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 54-55</ref>

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	* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>		* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

			* [[732 BC]] - On this approximate year, monks in [[Sri Raji]] construct [[Picalinni's Palette]] upon commission by [[Jaspor Picalinni]]. However, Jaspor gravely offends them, and they [[curse]] the palette.<ref name="Children of the Night: Werebeasts p. 74">[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 74; "almost two decades ago" from [[751 BC]] corresponding in game date to publication</ref>

	* [[740 BC]] - The [[Verduous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>		* [[740 BC]] - The [[Verduous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

			* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>

			* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category\|capture\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>

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	The [[Verduous Lands \| Verduous Lands cluster]] do not have a [[moon]] with potentially interesting consequences for [[lycanthropes]] having some part of the [[lunar cycle]] as their trigger condition. Equally, there should be no [[tide\|tides]].		The [[Verduous Lands \| Verduous Lands cluster]] do not have a [[moon]] with potentially interesting consequences for [[lycanthropes]] having some part of the [[lunar cycle]] as their trigger condition. Equally, there should be no [[tide\|tides]].

			==Chronology==

			* [[658 BC]] - [[The Wildlands]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

			* [[670 BC]] - [[Sri Raji]] forms ans an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

			* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

			* [[740 BC]] - The [[Verduous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>



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			{{canon}}
	A [[Cluster]] composed of [[Saragoss]], [[Sri Raji]], and the [[Wildlands]], The Verdurous Lands are sweltering, tropical domains where the lush vegetation grows dense and wild. The heat and humidity are unrelenting, drenching travelers in sweat. In these muggy lands, torrential [[rain\|rains]] define the years, deluging the verdant landscape with an annual [[Wet Season\|wet season]]. The wilds are shadowy and menacing in the Verdurous Lands, stalked by vicious predators and choked by [[poisonous\|toxic]] [[plant\|plant life]]. Where humanity has slashed back the strangling vegetation and toiled to survive, nature seems to scrabble and claw at his handiwork. In these lands, the savagery of the wilderness is unremitting and terrible.		A [[Cluster]] composed of [[Saragoss]], [[Sri Raji]], and the [[Wildlands]], The Verdurous Lands are sweltering, tropical domains where the lush vegetation grows dense and wild. The heat and humidity are unrelenting, drenching travelers in sweat. In these muggy lands, torrential [[rain\|rains]] define the years, deluging the verdant landscape with an annual [[Wet Season\|wet season]]. The wilds are shadowy and menacing in the Verdurous Lands, stalked by vicious predators and choked by [[poisonous\|toxic]] [[plant\|plant life]]. Where humanity has slashed back the strangling vegetation and toiled to survive, nature seems to scrabble and claw at his handiwork. In these lands, the savagery of the wilderness is unremitting and terrible.

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	A [[Cluster]] composed of [[Saragoss]], [[Sri Raji]], and the [[Wildlands]], The Verdurous Lands are sweltering, tropical domains where the lush vegetation grows dense and wild. The heat and humidity are unrelenting, drenching travelers in sweat. In these muggy lands, torrential [[rain\|rains]] define the years, deluging the verdant landscape with an annual [[Wet Season\|wet season]]. The wilds are shadowy and menacing in the Verdurous Lands, stalked by vicious predators and choked by [[poisonous\|toxic]] [[plant\|plant life]]. Where humanity has slashed back the strangling vegetation and toiled to survive, nature seems to scrabble and claw at his handiwork. In these lands, the savagery of the wilderness is unremitting and terrible.		A [[Cluster]] composed of [[Saragoss]], [[Sri Raji]], and the [[Wildlands]], The Verdurous Lands are sweltering, tropical domains where the lush vegetation grows dense and wild. The heat and humidity are unrelenting, drenching travelers in sweat. In these muggy lands, torrential [[rain\|rains]] define the years, deluging the verdant landscape with an annual [[Wet Season\|wet season]]. The wilds are shadowy and menacing in the Verdurous Lands, stalked by vicious predators and choked by [[poisonous\|toxic]] [[plant\|plant life]]. Where humanity has slashed back the strangling vegetation and toiled to survive, nature seems to scrabble and claw at his handiwork. In these lands, the savagery of the wilderness is unremitting and terrible.

	The [[~~Verduous~~ Lands \| ~~Verduous~~ Lands cluster]] do not have a [[moon]] with potentially interesting consequences for [[lycanthropes]] having some part of the [[lunar cycle]] as their trigger condition. Equally, there should be no [[tide\|tides]].		The [[Verdurous Lands \| Verdurous Lands cluster]] does not have a [[moon]] with potentially interesting consequences for [[lycanthropes]] having some part of the [[lunar cycle]] as their trigger condition. Equally, there should be no [[tide\|tides]].

	==Chronology==		==Chronology==
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	* [[658 BC]] - [[The Wildlands]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>		* [[658 BC]] - [[The Wildlands]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

	* [[670 BC]] - [[Sri Raji]] forms ~~ans~~ an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>		* [[670 BC]] - [[Sri Raji]] forms as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

	* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>		* [[728 BC]] - [[Saragoss]] appears as an [[island of terror]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

	* [[732 BC]] - On this approximate year, monks in [[Sri Raji]] construct [[Picalinni's Palette]] upon commission by [[Jaspor Picalinni]]. However, Jaspor gravely offends them, and they [[curse]] the palette.<ref name="Children of the Night: Werebeasts p. 74">[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 74; "almost two decades ago" from [[751 BC]] corresponding in game date to publication</ref>		* [[732 BC]] - In this approximate year, monks in [[Sri Raji]] construct [[Picalinni's Palette]] upon commission by [[Jaspor Picalinni]]. However, Jaspor gravely offends them, and they [[curse]] the palette.<ref name="Children of the Night: Werebeasts p. 74">[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 74; "almost two decades ago" from [[751 BC]] corresponding in game date to publication</ref>

	* [[740 BC]] - The [[~~Verduous~~ Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>		* [[740 BC]] - The [[Verdurous Lands]] is created from the combining of [[Sri Raji]], [[the Wildlands]], and [[Saragoss]].<ref name="RLCS p.18">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.18</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.20">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.20</ref>

	* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>		* [[740 BC]] - An expedition of [[adventurer]]s set out from Sri Raji to the Wildlands. They meet unfortunate ends there. [[Raja Singh]] becomes the victim of a [[wereleopard]].<ref name="Carnival P. 21">[[Carnival]] p. 21</ref>
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	* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>		* [[743 BC]] - [[Carnival]] travels through [[the Wildlands]], and a group of [[wereleopard]]s attack. [[Isolde]] defeats their attackers, and [[the Hideous Man-Beast]] is [[:category:captured\|taken alive]]. Carnival [[:category:caged\|cage]]s him and puts him on display, only to later discover he reverts to [[human]] form during the [[full moon]]. It is the first time in three years.<ref name="Carnival P. 21-22">[[Carnival]] p. 21-22</ref>

	* [[755]] or earlier (likely a few years) - A [[Rajian]] [[scholar]] named [[Sidrathi]] discovers [[Ravana's Bane]]. He commissions [[Kopa]] to melt it down and reforge it into a [[statue]]tte. An [[agent]] of the [[Dark Sisters]]s named [[Tega]] steals it, but she is felled in the [[jungle]] and Ravana's Bane falls into unknown hands. Once more, Kopa is commissioned to turn it back into a bolt. After that, it falls into unknown hands again before resurfacing at a [[hidden]] [[temple]] in the [[jungle]]. There it is protected by [[monk]]s.<ref>[[Web of Illusion]] p.8-9, 27-28; [[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 54-55</ref>		* [[755]] or earlier (likely a few years) - A [[Rajian]] [[scholar]] named [[Sidrathi]] discovers [[Ravana's Bane]]. He commissions [[Kopa]] to melt it down and reforge it into a [[statue]]tte. An [[agent]] of the [[Dark Sisters]] named [[Tega]] steals it, but she is felled in the [[jungle]], and Ravana's Bane falls into unknown hands. Once more, Kopa is commissioned to turn it back into a bolt. After that, it falls into unknown hands again before resurfacing at a [[hidden]] [[temple]] in the [[jungle]]. There it is protected by [[monk]]s.<ref>[[Web of Illusion]] p.8-9, 27-28; [[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 54-55</ref>

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	==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==		==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==