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	'''Ghastria''' is an [[island]] [[domain]] ruled by a [[darklord]] who is a pastiche of Dorian Gray (see: ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'') with some inspiration from the Marquis De Sade. Ghastria is infested with [[ghasts]], [[ghouls]] and [[carrion crawlers]].<ref name=DLp.79>[[Darklords]] p.79</ref> Although the land is lush with greenery and bountiful harvests, no [[food]] produced here has any flavor whatsoever.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref><ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.73</ref> {{netbook-small}}The domain is the [[Core\|Core]]'s leading producer of [[umbral gray]], an element used in paintings to add a smoky, misty effect but which is also a lethal [[poison]]. The darklord has discovered that by mixing [[carrion crawler venom]] with umbral gray, one eliminates the latter's strong flavour, making it much more useful as a poison.<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.58</ref>		'''Ghastria''' is an [[island]] [[domain]] ruled by a [[darklord]] who is a pastiche of Dorian Gray (see: ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'') with some inspiration from the Marquis De Sade. Ghastria is infested with [[ghasts]], [[ghouls]] and [[carrion crawlers]].<ref name=DLp.79>[[Darklords]] p.79</ref> Although the land is lush with greenery and bountiful harvests, no [[food]] produced here has any flavor whatsoever.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref><ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.73</ref> {{netbook-small}}The domain is the [[Core\|Core]]'s leading producer of [[umbral gray]], an element used in paintings to add a smoky, misty effect but which is also a lethal [[poison]]. The darklord has discovered that by mixing [[carrion crawler venom]] with umbral gray, one eliminates the latter's strong flavour, making it much more useful as a poison.<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.58</ref>

	[[Marquis Stezen D'Polarno]] is the [[darklord]]<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref> and [[ruler]] of the island.<ref name=DLp.79>[[Darklords]] p.79</ref> His [[curse]] is that that he cannot feel any form of emotion (this has the physical effect of leaving him a dull gray in colour) unless he has recently sucked the life out of ~~otheres~~ by showing them his self-portrait. He always plans great things for the time when he regains his emotions, but he lacks the discipline to follow through on them, never getting anything accomplished.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref>		[[Marquis Stezen D'Polarno]] is the [[darklord]]<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref> and [[ruler]] of the island.<ref name=DLp.79>[[Darklords]] p.79</ref> His [[curse]] is that that he cannot feel any form of emotion (this has the physical effect of leaving him a dull gray in colour) unless he has recently sucked the life out of others by showing them his self-portrait. He always plans great things for the time when he regains his emotions, but he lacks the discipline to follow through on them, never getting anything accomplished.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref>

	Ghastria was at one time a small land in [[the Core]] bordering the western edge of [[Sithicus]].<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref>, but by [[750 BC]] it had become an island floating in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.74-75</ref>		Ghastria was at one time a small land in [[the Core]] bordering the western edge of [[Sithicus]],<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref> but by [[750 BC]] it had become an island floating in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.74-75</ref>

	Ghastria was a domain in the second edition of Ravenloft, and has only been mentioned in [[3rd Edition]] sources as as island in the Sea of Sorrows. Ghastria first appeared in the 2-round RPGA tournament "[[Dance of the Dead (Module)\|Dance of the Dead]]" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.		Ghastria was a domain in the second edition of Ravenloft, and has only been mentioned in [[3rd Edition]] sources as as island in the Sea of Sorrows. Ghastria first appeared in the 2-round RPGA tournament "[[Dance of the Dead (Module)\|Dance of the Dead]]" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.

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	*[[760 BC]] - d'Polarno reinvents himself as d'Polarno III, his supposed grandson, and begins his third reign.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[760 BC]] - d'Polarno reinvents himself as d'Polarno III, his supposed grandson, and begins his third reign.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>
			*{{netbook-small}} Scarred and afraid for her life, [[Roe]] returns to Ghastria. She establishes a lair under the ruins of the church in East Riding and desecrates it in the name of Shar.

	*[[762 BC]] [[The Fraternity of Shadows]] move through Ghastria in the hunt for the traitor [[Professor Erik van Rijn]]<ref name="QTR 20 p. 7-20, 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 7-20, 35</ref>		*[[762 BC]] [[The Fraternity of Shadows]] move through Ghastria in the hunt for the traitor [[Professor Erik van Rijn]]<ref name="QTR 20 p. 7-20, 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 7-20, 35</ref>
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	~~{{Netbook-small}} [[763 BC]] Scarred and terrified for her life, [[Roe]] returns to Ghastria. She establishes a lair in the cellars underneath the ruined church of East Riding.~~

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	*[[760 BC]] - d'Polarno reinvents himself as d'Polarno III, his supposed grandson, and begins his third reign.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[760 BC]] - d'Polarno reinvents himself as d'Polarno III, his supposed grandson, and begins his third reign.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[762 BC]] [[The Fraternity of Shadows]] move through Ghastria in the hunt for the traitor [[Professor Erik van Rijn]]<ref name="QTR 20 p. 7-20, 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 7-20, 35</ref>		*[[762 BC]] [[The Fraternity of Shadows]] move through Ghastria in the hunt for the traitor [[Professor Erik van Rijn]]<ref name="QTR 20 p. 7-20, 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 7-20, 35</ref>
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			{{Netbook-small}} [[763 BC]] Scarred and terrified for her life, [[Roe]] returns to Ghastria. She establishes a lair in the cellars underneath the ruined church of East Riding.

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	*[[740 BC]] - [[The Grand Conjunction]] causes the mistway between Sithicus and Ghastria to vanish. Previously traveling abroad, [[Baron Camar D’Marosso]] cannot return home in Ghastria<ref name="QTR 20 p. 43">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 43</ref> whereas a number of [[Sithican]] [[elves]] and [[half-elves]] are [[trapped]] in Ghastria.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 22">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 22</ref>		*[[740 BC]] - [[The Grand Conjunction]] causes the mistway between Sithicus and Ghastria to vanish. Previously traveling abroad, [[Baron Camar D’Marosso]] cannot return home in Ghastria<ref name="QTR 20 p. 43">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 43</ref> whereas a number of [[Sithican]] [[elves]] and [[half-elves]] are [[trapped]] in Ghastria.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 22">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 22</ref>
			*{{netbook-small}} The [[Devoratrix]] known as [[Roe]] enters the Demiplane in East Riding.

	*[[741 BC]] - After several years of hiding, d'Polarno reemerges in the guise of his son, d'Polarno II. Thus begins the reign of d'Polarno II.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[741 BC]] - After several years of hiding, d'Polarno reemerges in the guise of his son, d'Polarno II. Thus begins the reign of d'Polarno II.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

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	*[[736 BC]] - [[Adventurer]]s steal [[the Portrait of Marquis Stezen d'Polarno]] and eventually give it [[the Vistani]]. The adventurers' description of their encounter with d'Polarno causes civil unrest.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[736 BC]] - [[Adventurer]]s steal [[the Portrait of Marquis Stezen d'Polarno]] and eventually give it [[the Vistani]]. The adventurers' description of their encounter with d'Polarno causes civil unrest.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[737 BC]] - The portrait is recovered by [[mercenaries]], but the Marquis betrays his benefactors. The mercenaries put [[Marquis Manor]] to the torch. The [[fire]] of the manor incites the [[Ghastrian Peasant Rebellion]]. d'Polarno is critically wounded and seemingly [[killed]]. Thus ends the reign of "d'Polarno I".<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[737 BC]] - '''Early Year''' The portrait is recovered by [[mercenaries]], but the Marquis betrays his benefactors. The mercenaries put [[Marquis Manor]] to the torch. The [[fire]] of the manor incites the [[Ghastrian Peasant Rebellion]]. d'Polarno is critically wounded and seemingly [[killed]]. Thus ends the reign of "d'Polarno I".<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[739 BC]] - The literary works of d'Polarno are published for the first time.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>		*[[739 BC]] - The literary works of d'Polarno are published for the first time.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>

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	*[[741 BC]] - After several years of hiding, d'Polarno reemerges in the guise of his son, d'Polarno II. Thus begins the reign of d'Polarno II.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[741 BC]] - After several years of hiding, d'Polarno reemerges in the guise of his son, d'Polarno II. Thus begins the reign of d'Polarno II.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[742 BC]] - [[The Dark Powers]], pleased with d'Polarno's grand [[deception]], bring Ghastria into [[the Core]] as an [[island]] in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[742 BC]] - '''Fall''' [[The Dark Powers]], pleased with d'Polarno's grand [[deception]], bring Ghastria into [[the Core]] as an [[island]] in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[751 BC]] - [[The Polonists]] organize.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>		*[[751 BC]] - [[The Polonists]] organize.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>

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	*[[736 BC]] - [[Adventurer]]s steal [[the Portrait of Marquis Stezen d'Polarno]] and eventually give it [[the Vistani]]. The adventurers' description of their encounter with d'Polarno causes civil unrest.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[736 BC]] - [[Adventurer]]s steal [[the Portrait of Marquis Stezen d'Polarno]] and eventually give it [[the Vistani]]. The adventurers' description of their encounter with d'Polarno causes civil unrest.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[737 BC]] - The portrait is recovered by [[mercenaries]], but the Marquis betrays his benefactors. The mercenaries put [[Marquis Manor]] to the torch. The [[fire]] of the manor incites the [[Ghastrian Peasant Rebellion ~~of 737~~]]. d'Polarno is critically wounded and seemingly [[killed]]. Thus ends the reign of "d'Polarno I".<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[737 BC]] - The portrait is recovered by [[mercenaries]], but the Marquis betrays his benefactors. The mercenaries put [[Marquis Manor]] to the torch. The [[fire]] of the manor incites the [[Ghastrian Peasant Rebellion]]. d'Polarno is critically wounded and seemingly [[killed]]. Thus ends the reign of "d'Polarno I".<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[739 BC]] - The literary works of d'Polarno are published for the first time.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>		*[[739 BC]] - The literary works of d'Polarno are published for the first time.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>

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	*[[736 BC]] - [[Adventurer]]s steal [[the Portrait of Marquis Stezen d'Polarno]] and eventually give it [[the Vistani]]. The adventurers' description of their encounter with d'Polarno causes civil unrest.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[736 BC]] - [[Adventurer]]s steal [[the Portrait of Marquis Stezen d'Polarno]] and eventually give it [[the Vistani]]. The adventurers' description of their encounter with d'Polarno causes civil unrest.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	[[737 BC]] - The portrait is recovered by [[mercenaries]], but the Marquis betrays his benefactors. The mercenaries put [[Marquis Manor]] to the torch. The [[fire]] of the manor incites the [[Ghastrian Peasant Rebellion of 737]]. d'Polarno is critically wounded and seemingly [[killed]]. Thus ends the reign of "d'Polarno I".<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[737 BC]] - The portrait is recovered by [[mercenaries]], but the Marquis betrays his benefactors. The mercenaries put [[Marquis Manor]] to the torch. The [[fire]] of the manor incites the [[Ghastrian Peasant Rebellion of 737]]. d'Polarno is critically wounded and seemingly [[killed]]. Thus ends the reign of "d'Polarno I".<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[739 BC]] - The literary works of d'Polarno are published for the first time.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>		*[[739 BC]] - The literary works of d'Polarno are published for the first time.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>
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	*[[741 BC]] - After several years of hiding, d'Polarno reemerges in the guise of his son, d'Polarno II. Thus begins the reign of d'Polarno II.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[741 BC]] - After several years of hiding, d'Polarno reemerges in the guise of his son, d'Polarno II. Thus begins the reign of d'Polarno II.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	[[742 BC]] - [[The Dark Powers]], pleased with d'Polarno's grand [[deception]], bring Ghastria into [[the Core]] as an [[island]] in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>		*[[742 BC]] - [[The Dark Powers]], pleased with d'Polarno's grand [[deception]], bring Ghastria into [[the Core]] as an [[island]] in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="QTR 20 p. 33, 35, 37">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 33, 35, 37</ref>

	*[[751 BC]] - [[The Polonists]] organize.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>		*[[751 BC]] - [[The Polonists]] organize.<ref name="QTR 20 p. 35">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 35</ref>
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	[[category:Temperate Climate]]		[[category:Temperate Climate]]

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

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 |year_formed={{netbook-small}}[[584 BC]]<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.54</ref>
 |population={{netbook-small}}2,900<ref name=qtr20p.7>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 20, p.7</ref>
-|races=[[Human]]s, {{netbook-small}}[[Kender]]s (thought to be [[elves]], [[refugee]]s from [[Sithicus]])<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.57</ref>
+|races=[[Human]]s, {{netbook-small}}[[Kender]]s (thought to be [[elves]], [[refugee]]s from [[Sithicus]])<ref>[[Book of Souls]] p.57</ref>, [[Elves]], [[Half-elves]] (mostly of [[Sithican]] descent)<ref name="QTR 20 p. 22">[[Quoth the Raven Issue 20]] p. 22</ref>
 |languages={{netbook-small}}[[Mordentish]]<ref name=qtr20p.7>[[Quoth the Raven]] Issue 20, p.7</ref>
 |religions=There was once a [[Church of East Riding|church]] of an unspecified religion in [[East Riding]], but it was [[razed]] to the ground.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref>
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 [[Marquis Stezen D'Polarno]] is the [[darklord]]<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref> and [[ruler]] of the island.<ref name=DLp.79>[[Darklords]] p.79</ref> His [[curse]] is that that he cannot feel any form of emotion (this has the physical effect of leaving him a dull gray in colour) unless he has recently sucked the life out of otheres by showing them his self-portrait. He always plans great things for the time when he regains his emotions, but he lacks the discipline to follow through on them, never getting anything accomplished.<ref name=DLp.77>[[Darklords]] p.77</ref>
-Ghastria was at one time a small land in [[the Core]] bordering the western edge of [[Sithicus]].<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref> However, but by [[750 BC]] it had become an island floating in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.74-75</ref>
+Ghastria was at one time a small land in [[the Core]] bordering the western edge of [[Sithicus]].<ref name=DLp74>[[Darklords]] p.74</ref>, but by [[750 BC]] it had become an island floating in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.74-75</ref>
-Ghastria was a domain in the second edition of Ravenloft, and hasn't been translated into the third edition. Ghastria first appeared in the 2-round RPGA tournament "[[Dance of the Dead (Module)|Dance of the Dead]]" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.
+Ghastria was a domain in the second edition of Ravenloft, and has only been mentioned in [[3rd Edition]] sources as as island in the Sea of Sorrows. Ghastria first appeared in the 2-round RPGA tournament "[[Dance of the Dead (Module)|Dance of the Dead]]" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.