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[[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> | [[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> | ||
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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]]. | ||
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==Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend== | ==Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend== | ||
==Biology<ref>Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 30-31</ref>== | ==Biology<ref>[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 30-31</ref>== | ||
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===Flora=== | ===Flora=== | ||
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*[[Moose]] | *[[Moose]] | ||
*[[Rabbit]] | *[[Rabbit]] | ||
*[[Raven]](normal, [[Dire Raven|dire]], [[Giant Raven|giant]]) | *[[Raven]] (normal, [[Dire Raven|dire]], [[Giant Raven|giant]]) | ||
*[[Rat]] (normal, [[Dire Rat|dire]]) | *[[Rat]] (normal, [[Dire Rat|dire]]) | ||
*[[Owl]] (normal, [[Giant Owl|giant]]) | *[[Owl]] (normal, [[Giant Owl|giant]]) | ||
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*[[Stakewooid Tree]] | *[[Stakewooid Tree]] | ||
*[[Dread Treant|Treant, dread]] | *[[Dread Treant|Treant, dread]] | ||
*[[Troll]] ( | *[[Troll]] ([[Dread Troll|dread]], [[Forest Troll|forest]] | ||
*[[Vampire]] ([[Elven Vampire]]) | *[[Vampire]] ([[Elven Vampire]]) | ||
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* {{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}}[[702 BC]] Approx. year [[Baron Stelvin Hawke]] is born.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 30">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 30</ref> | ||
* {{netbook-small}} Mid 720s ([[False History]]) A brood of [[nosferatu]] [[vampire]]s terrorize [[ | * {{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}}[[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}}[[736 BC]]-[[738 BC]] The future components of [[Liffe]] start forming.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref> | ||
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* {{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}}[[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}}[[743 BC]] [[Aferdale]] reaches its largest population of 1500. However, | * {{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]] [[Liffe]] forms as a [[The Core|Core domain]] and an [[island]] in the [[Nocturnal Sea]].<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17, 78</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> | ||
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* {{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}}[[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 ([[ | * {{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 | * {{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== | ||
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| 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*
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| Government | Senate of Liffe compose of its barons
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| Ruler(s) | Baron Lyron Evensong[1] |
| Darklord(s) | Baron Lyron Evensong[3] |
| Nationality | Liffen |
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| Locations in Liffe | |
| Transportation in Liffe | |
| Inhabitants of Liffe | |
| Former Inhabitants of Liffe | |
| Flora of Liffe | |
| Fauna of Liffe | |
| Native Monsters of Liffe | |
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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]
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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]
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Flora
- Gorse
- Heather
- Peat moss
- Wildflowers (various)
Fauna
- Albatross
- Bat
- Badger
- Bear (black, brown, dire)
- Birds (finch, gannet, osprey, petrel, pigeon, robin, seagull, sparrow, swallow, swan, wren)
- Boar (normal, dire, razorback)
- Cat
- Centipede
- Deer
- Dog (among the breeds: Liffen Sheepdog and even Cooshee)
- Eagle (sea, dire, giant)
- Fox (normal, silver fox)
- Moose
- Rabbit
- Raven (normal, dire, giant)
- Rat (normal, dire)
- Owl (normal, giant)
- Weasel (normal, dire)
- Wolf
Native Horrors
- Allip
- Banshrae
- Baobhan Sith
- Bloodrose
- Boowray
- Burrow Root
- Carrion Crawler
- Charnel Hound
- Chelicera
- Cindar Swarm
- Chrall
- Crypt Chanter
- Doppelganger, dread
- Drownling
- Dryad
- Ettercap
- Fearweed
- Geist
- Ghost (and Ghost Brute)
- Greenvise
- Hag (Bog Hag)
- Haunt (bridge haunt, forest haunt, taunting haunt
- Lashweed
- Living Spell
- Lycanthrope (werewolf)
- Night Twist
- Ooze, snowflake
- Spriggan
- Stakewooid Tree
- Treant, dread
- Troll (dread, forest
- Vampire (Elven Vampire)
Chronology
- 697 BC (False History) The College of Liffe is founded.[8]
- 702 BC Approx. year Baron Stelvin Hawke is born.[9]
- Mid 720s (False History) A brood of nosferatu vampires terrorize Moondale. They are eventually defeated.[10]
- 736 BC A werewolf rampages through the area around Moondale, taking many lives. Adventurers intervene and kill it.[12]
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.[13]
- 743 BC Aferdale reaches its largest population of 1500. However, its population begins dropping shortly after this peaking.[14]
- 750 BC Liffe forms as a Core domain and an island in the Nocturnal Sea.[15]
- 750 BC Adventurers discover the Cult of Malar in Aferdale. The cult is attacked, and Malisha is killed in the ensuing battle.[11]
- 750 BC Jovis Blackwere buys an inn in Liffe and retires from active constabulary service.
- 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.[13]
- 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]
- 757 BC Founding of the Patriots of Liffe.[16]
- 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.[16]
- 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 a man known only as "M".[17]
- 760 BC July Professor Viktor Hazan arrives in Liffe and begins exploring it in the search for Erik van Rijn.[18] 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.[19]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.151
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.17
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.79
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.78
- ↑ Book of Crypts
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.78-79
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 30-31
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 389
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 30
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 20
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391, as told in the Blood in Moondale module located in the Book of Crypts
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Legacy of the Blood p.12
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 13
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.17, 78
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 368
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 11
- ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 15
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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