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|picture=Jester-Liffe.png
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|culture_lvl=  
|culture_lvl=[[:category:CL 7|Medieval (7)]]
|ecology=Full<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|ecology=Full<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|terrain=
|terrain=Temperate
|year_formed=[[750 BC]] as a [[island]] within the [[Nocturnal Sea]]<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>
|year_formed=[[750 BC]] as a [[island]] within the [[Nocturnal Sea]]<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>
|population=
|population=
|races=[[Human]]s 99%, Other 1%<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|races=[[Human]]s 99%, Other 1%<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|languages=Graben, Sithican, Vaasi<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|languages=Graben, Sithican, Vaasi<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|religions=[[the Lawgiver]], [[Ezra]]<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|religions=[[the Lawgiver]], [[Ezra]]<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>. {{netbook-small}}[[The Thousand Gods]]*, {{netbook-small}}[[Beast Cult]]*
|government=
|government={{netbook-small}}[[Senate of Liffe]] compose of its [[baron]]s
|ruler=[[Baron Lyron Evensong]]<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|ruler=[[Baron Lyron Evensong]]<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref>
|darklord=[[Baron Lyron Evensong]]<ref "DoD p.79">[[Domains of Dread]] p.79</ref>
|darklord=[[Baron Lyron Evensong]]<ref "DoD p.79">[[Domains of Dread]] p.79</ref>
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{{canon}}
{{canon}}
[[Liffe]] is a [[island]] of notable size in the [[Nocturnal Sea]].<ref "DoD p.78">[[Domains of Dread]] p.78</ref> It is ruled by [[Baron Lyron Evensong| Baron Evensong]]<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref> from [[Krynn]] whose [[curse]] is to spend 100 years trapped in his study for every day that goes by in real time.<ref "BoCry">[[Book of Crypts]]</ref>. The three settlements in Liffe are [[Armeikos]], [[Moondale]], and [[Claveria]]; these three [[community|communities]] were taken from adventures described in the [[Book of Crypts]].<ref "DoD p.78-79">[[Domains of Dread]] p.78-79</ref>
[[Liffe]] is a [[island]] of notable size in the [[Nocturnal Sea]].<ref "DoD p.78">[[Domains of Dread]] p.78</ref> It is ruled by [[Baron Lyron Evensong| Baron Evensong]]<ref name="RLPHB p.151">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.151</ref> from [[Krynn]] whose [[curse]] is to spend 100 years trapped in his study for every day that goes by in real time.<ref "BoCry">[[Book of Crypts]]</ref> The three settlements in Liffe are [[Armeikos]], [[Moondale]], and [[Claveria]]; these three [[community|communities]] were taken from adventures described in the [[Book of Crypts]].<ref "DoD p.78-79">[[Domains of Dread]] p.78-79</ref>
 
{{netbook}}
{{netbook}}
The baron's rule of Liffe, both temporal and as a [[darklord]], was somewhat curtailed in the [[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]].
The baron's rule of Liffe, both temporal and as a [[darklord]], was somewhat curtailed in the [[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]].


==Chronology==
==Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend==
*{{netbook-small}}[[697 BC]] ([[False History]]) The [[College of Liffe]] is founded.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 389">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 389</ref>


*[[702 BC]] Approx. year [[Baron Stelvin Hawke]] is born.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 30">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 30</ref>
==Biology<ref>[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 30-31</ref>==
{{netbook}}
===Flora===
*Gorse
*Heather
*Peat moss
*Wildflowers (various)


*{{netbook-small}} Mid 720s ([[False History]]) A brood of [[nosferatu]] [[vampire]]s terrorize [[Aferdale]]. They are eventually defeated.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 20">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 20</ref>
===Fauna===
*[[Albatross]]
*[[Bat]]
*[[Badger]]
*[[Bear]] ([[Black Bear|black]], [[Brown Bear|brown]], [[Dire Bear|dire]])
*[[Bird]]s (finch, gannet, osprey, petrel, pigeon, robin, [[seagull]], sparrow, swallow, [[swan]], wren)
*[[Boar]] (normal, [[Dire Boar|dire]], [[razorback]])
*[[Cat]]
*[[Centipede]]
*[[Deer]]
*[[Dog]] (among the breeds: [[Liffen Sheepdog]] and even [[Cooshee]])
*[[Eagle]] (sea, [[Dire Eagle|dire]], [[Giant Eagle|giant]])
*[[Fox]] (normal, [[Silver Fox|silver fox]])
*[[Moose]]
*[[Rabbit]]
*[[Raven]] (normal, [[Dire Raven|dire]], [[Giant Raven|giant]])
*[[Rat]] (normal, [[Dire Rat|dire]])
*[[Owl]] (normal, [[Giant Owl|giant]])
*[[Weasel]] (normal, [[Dire Weasel|dire]])
*[[Wolf]]


*{{netbook-small}}[[736 BC]]-[[738 BC]] The future components of [[Liffe]] start forming.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>
===Native Horrors===
*[[Allip]]
*[[Banshrae]]
*[[Baobhan Sith]]
*[[Bloodrose]]
*[[Boowray]]
*[[Burrow Root]]
*[[Carrion Crawler]]
*[[Charnel Hound]]
*[[Chelicera]]
*[[Cindar Swarm]]
*[[Chrall]]
*[[Crypt Chanter]]
*[[Dread Doppelganger|Doppelganger, dread]]
*[[Drownling]]
*[[Dryad]]
*[[Ettercap]]
*[[Fearweed]]
*[[Geist]]
*[[Ghost]] (and [[Ghost Brute]])
*[[Greenvise]]
*[[Hag]] ([[Bog Hag]])
*Haunt ([[Bridge Haunt|bridge haunt]], [[Forest Haunt|forest haunt]], [[Taunting Haunt|taunting haunt]]
*[[Lashweed]]
*[[Living Spell]]
*[[Lycanthrope]] ([[werewolf]])
*[[Night Twist]]
*[[Snowflake Ooze|Ooze, snowflake]]
*[[Spriggan]]
*[[Stakewooid Tree]]
*[[Dread Treant|Treant, dread]]
*[[Troll]] ([[Dread Troll|dread]], [[Forest Troll|forest]]
*[[Vampire]] ([[Elven Vampire]])


*{{netbook-small}}[[736 BC]] A [[werewolf]] rampages through the area around [[Moondale]], taking many lives. [[Adventurer]]s intervene and kill it.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391 n1">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391, as told in {{canon-small}} the [[Blood in Moondale]] [[module]] located in the [[Book of Crypts]]</ref>
==Chronology==
* {{netbook-small}}[[697 BC]] ([[False History]]) The [[College of Liffe]] is founded.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 389">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 389</ref>


*{{canon-small}}[[739 BC]] Shortly prior to [[the Grand Conjunction]], [[Count Sulo Boritsi]] takes most of his family to [[Bergovitsa]]. He establishes the [[Boritsi Trading Company]] in [[Nova Vaasa]] and, through it, eventually expands the business out into the Nocturnal Sea. Sometime during or after the year [[750 BC]], he finances the creation of trading company offices in [[Armeikos]].<ref name=LotBp.12>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.12</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[702 BC]] Approx. year [[Baron Stelvin Hawke]] is born.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 30">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 30</ref>


*{{netbook-small}}[[740 BC]] [[Dhampir]]s, the spawn of a [[Nosferatu]] nest a few decades earlier, run amok in [[Moondale]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>
* {{netbook-small}} Mid 720s ([[False History]]) A brood of [[nosferatu]] [[vampire]]s terrorize [[Moondale]]. They are eventually defeated.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 20">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 20</ref>


*{{netbook-small}}[[741 BC]] The future domain fragments begin fusing together into what will become [[Liffe]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[736 BC]]-[[738 BC]] The future components of [[Liffe]] start forming.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>


*{{netbook-small}}[[743 BC]] [[Aferdale]] reaches its largest population of 1500. However, it's [[population]] begins dropping shortly after this peaking.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 13">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 13</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[736 BC]] A [[werewolf]] rampages through the area around [[Moondale]], taking many lives. [[Adventurer]]s intervene and kill it.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391 n1">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391, as told in {{canon-small}} the [[Blood in Moondale]] [[module]] located in the [[Book of Crypts]]</ref>


* {{canon-small}}[[739 BC]] Shortly prior to [[the Grand Conjunction]], [[Count Sulo Boritsi]] takes most of his family to [[Bergovitsa]]. He establishes the [[Boritsi Trading Company]] in [[Nova Vaasa]] and, through it, eventually expands the business out into the Nocturnal Sea. Sometime during or after the year [[750 BC]], he finances the creation of trading company offices in [[Armeikos]].<ref name=LotBp.12>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.12</ref>


*{{canon-small}}[[750 BC]] [[Liffe]] forms as a [[The Core|Core domain]] and an [[island]] in the [[Nocturnal Sea]].<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17, 78</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[740 BC]] [[Dhampir]]s, the spawn of a [[Nosferatu]] nest a few decades earlier, run amok in [[Moondale]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>


*{{netbook-small}}[[750 BC]] [[Adventurer]]s discover the [[Cult of Malar]] in [[Aferdale]]. The cult is attacked, and [[Malisha]] is [[killed]] in the ensuing battle.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[741 BC]] The future domain fragments begin fusing together into what will become [[Liffe]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>


*{{netbook-small}}[[750 BC]] [[Jovis Blackwere]] buys an [[inn]] in [[Liffe]] and retires from active [[constabulary]] service.
* {{netbook-small}}[[743 BC]] [[Aferdale]] reaches its largest population of 1500. However, its [[population]] begins dropping shortly after this peaking.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 13">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 13</ref>


*{{canon-small}}[[750 BC]] or Later: With the formation of the Nocturnal Sea, [[Sulo Boritsi]] expands [[Boritsi Trading Company]] business to the sea. As part of this effort, he finances the creation of trading company offices in [[Armeikos]].<ref name=LotBp.12>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.12</ref>
* {{canon-small}}[[750 BC]] [[Liffe]] forms as a [[The Core|Core domain]] and an [[island]] in the [[Nocturnal Sea]].<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17, 78</ref>


*{{netbook-small}}[[756 BC]] Protest riots erupt at the University (formerly College) of Liffe. Breaking in to steal back his tuition under cover of the unrest, a student watches his coin purse explode in [[Lucre|a cyclone of gold]], which slays him and his companions.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 393</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[750 BC]] [[Adventurer]]s discover the [[Cult of Malar]] in [[Aferdale]]. The cult is attacked, and [[Malisha]] is [[killed]] in the ensuing battle.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>


*{{netbook-small}}[[757 BC]] Founding of the [[Patriots of Liffe]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 393</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[750 BC]] [[Jovis Blackwere]] buys an [[inn]] in [[Liffe]] and retires from active [[constabulary]] service.


*{{netbook-small}}[[759 BC]] Factors of the [[Carlyle Trading Company]] arrive in [[Armeikos]] and begin acquiring storage facilities and ships, threatening the Boritsis' dominance of the local shipping industry.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 393</ref>
* {{canon-small}}[[750 BC]] or Later: With the formation of the Nocturnal Sea, [[Sulo Boritsi]] expands [[Boritsi Trading Company]] business to the sea. As part of this effort, he finances the creation of trading company offices in [[Armeikos]].<ref name=LotBp.12>[[Legacy of the Blood]] p.12</ref>


* {{netbook-small}}[[756 BC]] Protest riots erupt at the University (formerly College) of Liffe. Breaking in to steal back his tuition under cover of the unrest, a student watches his coin purse explode in [[Lucre|a cyclone of gold]], which slays him and his companions.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 393</ref>


*{{netbook-small}}[[760 BC]] '''July''' [[Professor Victor Hazan]] arrives in [[Liffe]] and begins exploring it in the search for [[Erik van Rijn]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 11">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 11</ref> Hazan hears of a figure called [[the Alchemist]] residing there. Hazan tries to discern if this Alchemist is the same as the Alchemist of [[Mordentish]] [[folklore]]. However, the Alchemist turns Hazan turns him away.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 15">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 15</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[757 BC]] Founding of the [[Patriots of Liffe]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 393</ref>


* {{netbook-small}}[[759 BC]] Factors of the [[Carlyle Trading Company]] arrive in [[Armeikos]] and begin acquiring storage facilities and ships, threatening the Boritsis' dominance of the local shipping industry.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 393</ref>


* {{netbook-small}}[[760 BC]] or shortly before ([[Transpossession Temptation]] [[Dread Possibility]]) Colin Graben finds a cache of notes in [[Egertus]]. The notes mention [[the Apparatus]] as sought by [[Malken|a man known only as "M"]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 368">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 368</ref>


* {{netbook-small}}[[760 BC]] '''July''' [[Professor Viktor Hazan]] arrives in [[Liffe]] and begins exploring it in the search for [[Erik van Rijn]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 11">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 11</ref> Hazan hears of a figure called [[the Alchemist]] residing there. Hazan tries to discern if this Alchemist is the same as the Alchemist of [[Mordentish]] [[folklore]]. However, the Alchemist turns Hazan away.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 15">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 15</ref>


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

Latest revision as of 13:35, 12 January 2024

Liffe
Culture Level Medieval (7)
Ecology Full[1]
Climate & Terrain Temperate
Year Formed 750 BC as a island within the Nocturnal Sea[2]
Population
Races (%) Humans 99%, Other 1%[1]
Languages Graben, Sithican, Vaasi[1]
Religions the Lawgiver, Ezra[1]. The Thousand Gods*, Beast Cult*
Government Senate of Liffe compose of its barons
Ruler(s) Baron Lyron Evensong[1]
Darklord(s) Baron Lyron Evensong[3]
Nationality Liffen
Analog
Related Categories
Locations in Liffe
Transportation in Liffe
Inhabitants of Liffe
Former Inhabitants of Liffe
Flora of Liffe
Fauna of Liffe
Native Monsters of Liffe

Liffe is a island of notable size in the Nocturnal Sea.[4] It is ruled by Baron Evensong[1] from Krynn whose curse is to spend 100 years trapped in his study for every day that goes by in real time.[5] The three settlements in Liffe are Armeikos, Moondale, and Claveria; these three communities were taken from adventures described in the Book of Crypts.[6]

The baron's rule of Liffe, both temporal and as a darklord, was somewhat curtailed in the Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer.

Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend

Biology[7]

Flora

  • Gorse
  • Heather
  • Peat moss
  • Wildflowers (various)

Fauna

Native Horrors

Chronology

  • 741 BC The future domain fragments begin fusing together into what will become Liffe.[11]
  • 756 BC Protest riots erupt at the University (formerly College) of Liffe. Breaking in to steal back his tuition under cover of the unrest, a student watches his coin purse explode in a cyclone of gold, which slays him and his companions.[16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.151
  2. ↑ Domains of Dread p.17
  3. ↑ Domains of Dread p.79
  4. ↑ Domains of Dread p.78
  5. ↑ Book of Crypts
  6. ↑ Domains of Dread p.78-79
  7. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 30-31
  8. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 389
  9. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 30
  10. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 20
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391
  12. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391, as told in the Blood in Moondale module located in the Book of Crypts
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Legacy of the Blood p.12
  14. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 13
  15. ↑ Domains of Dread p.17, 78
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393
  17. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 368
  18. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 11
  19. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 15

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread

Ravenloft Third Edition - p132
Domains of Dread - pp78-79

Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover, p133
Domains of Dread - pp77


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