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Timor is part of the [[Zherisia]] cluster, consisting of the sewer under [[Paridon]].  It is ruled by [[The Hive Queen]].
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Formerly an [[island of terror]]<ref name="Islands of Terror p. 51">[[Islands of Terror (Sourcebook)]] p. 51</ref>, Timor is now part of the [[Zherisia]] cluster, consisting of the sewer and underground beneath [[Paridon]].  It is ruled by [[The Hive Queen]],<ref name=DoDp.119>[[Domains of Dread]] p.119</ref> although by some accounts she is not the domain's first darklord.<ref name="Islands of Terror p. 51">[[Islands of Terror (Sourcebook)]] p. 51</ref> This dread realm is not one populated by [[human]]s but instead is dominated by the savage and elusive [[aberration]]s known as the [[marikith]].


==History==
Timor was not always merely a nightmarish warren of [[tunnel]]s, sewers, and underground passages beneath Paridon; this was only a development in the wake of the [[Grand Conjunction]]. Timor was originally part of an [[outlander land|outlander kingdom]] ruled by a [[queen]] of [[unnamed|unspecified name]] who began to run her [[kingdom]]'s economy into the ground in an effort to build a magnificent and lasting city as a monument to her own ego. Aided by evil arcane forces and cloaked in the mantle of fright and illusion, the queen frightened her subjects to produce ever more and more. The queen's exploitation eventually drew the attention of the [[Dark Powers]] pulled Timor into [[the Mists]], making it an [[island of Terror]].<ref name="Islands of Terror p. 51">[[Islands of Terror (Sourcebook)]] p. 51</ref> Timor became a [[domain]] in the year of [[620 BC]].<ref name="DoD p. 16">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>


The queen failed to notice that her daughter the princess was an able [[manipulator]] in her own right. This princess, future Hive Queen and second darklord of the land, investigated dark forces to find a way to beat her mother at her own game. According to the version of her story presented in [[Domains of Dread]], the princess won the affections a [[wizard]] and manipulated him into helping her conspire against the queen. At her request, the wizard casting a [[spell]] upon her to enshroud her in a visage so horrific it would scare her mother to death. The tactic was all too effective, as the queen died of fright on the spot. Yet the wizard discovered the princess had merely [[manipulated]] him, for she had another lover. Therefore the wizard made the princess' [[transformation]] permanent. A wrathful fury came upon the princess, and she slaughtered the wizard and then went on a rampage throughout the city, murdering many innocent people before she was forced underground by the city guard. The Dark Powers rewarded her with the darklord mantle, if not [[temporal leader]], of Timor for her malicious actions.<ref name="DoD p. 120-121">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 120-121</ref>


Prior to the year [[744 BC]], Timor was a large city of flowing, magnificent-looking [[architecture]] and pleasant fragrance of [[flower]]s and [[plant]]s. Despite the the gilded facade of paradise, Timor was was a bleak and fearful place at its core, oppressed by the gloom that blanketed the domain. Frightened by monsters from both above the surface and below, few people walked the lavish [[street]]s and [[park]]s of the domain. In addition to the [[marikith]] from below ground, a clan of [[doppelganger]]s infiltrated the human society above ground. Compared to the marikith, the doppelgangers represented a more subtle and cunning threat. The two forces engaged a hidden guerilla war against each other. In the years since becoming a domain, the city's population fell from 30,000 strong to a mere fraction at 5,000. As the city's population plunged, the City Council of Timor decided, under the leadership of [[Hemlest]], that they would push [[foreigner]]s to be sacrifices to the monsters below.<ref>IoT p. 52-54</ref>


[[Category:domain]][[Category:Zherisia]]
All the plans in the world did not keep the city from meeting its fate, as the city grew more and more depopulated.<ref name="DoD p. 116">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 116</ref> In [[740 BC]], the Grand Conjunction occurred. In its wake in the year of [[744 BC]]<ref name="DoD p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref>, the city above was ripped from the sewers and tunnels below and [[disappeared]] into the Mists. The dread underground of Timor became attached to Paridon, another city dominated in secret by evil [[shapechanger]]s, the [[dread doppelganger]]s.<ref name="DoD p. 116">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 116</ref>
 
== Timeline ==
* {{netbook-small}} [[604 BC]] - The [[Royal Marikith Hunter]]s are [[founded]] by [[Queen Orenia]] in [[Timor]].<ref>[[Zherisian Gazetteer]] p. 117-119</ref>
* {{canon-small}} [[620 BC]] - [[Timor]] appears in the Land of Mists.<ref name="RLCS p.17" /><ref name="RLPHB p.19" />
* {{canon-small}} [[The Princess of Timor Becomes the Hive Queen]].
* {{canon-small}} [[744 BC]] - The [[Zherisia]] [[Cluster]] forms from former [[Island of Terror|islands of terror]] [[Paridon]] and [[Timor]].<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref><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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Timor
Culture Level Savage (0)[1]
Ecology Sparse[1]
Climate & Terrain Temperate underground[1]
Year Formed 620 BC[2][3][4]
Population Unknown
Races (%) No humans, only marikith[5]
Languages None
Religions None
Government Only the Hive Queen's will[5]
Ruler(s) The Hive Queen[5]
Darklord(s) The Hive Queen[5]
Nationality Timori
Analog Aliens, Stephen King's It
Related Categories
Locations in Timor
Transportation in Timor
Inhabitants of Timor
Former Inhabitants of Timor
Flora of Timor
Fauna of Timor
Native Monsters of Timor

Formerly an island of terror[6], Timor is now part of the Zherisia cluster, consisting of the sewer and underground beneath Paridon. It is ruled by The Hive Queen,[5] although by some accounts she is not the domain's first darklord.[6] This dread realm is not one populated by humans but instead is dominated by the savage and elusive aberrations known as the marikith.

History

Timor was not always merely a nightmarish warren of tunnels, sewers, and underground passages beneath Paridon; this was only a development in the wake of the Grand Conjunction. Timor was originally part of an outlander kingdom ruled by a queen of unspecified name who began to run her kingdom's economy into the ground in an effort to build a magnificent and lasting city as a monument to her own ego. Aided by evil arcane forces and cloaked in the mantle of fright and illusion, the queen frightened her subjects to produce ever more and more. The queen's exploitation eventually drew the attention of the Dark Powers pulled Timor into the Mists, making it an island of Terror.[6] Timor became a domain in the year of 620 BC.[2][3][4]

The queen failed to notice that her daughter the princess was an able manipulator in her own right. This princess, future Hive Queen and second darklord of the land, investigated dark forces to find a way to beat her mother at her own game. According to the version of her story presented in Domains of Dread, the princess won the affections a wizard and manipulated him into helping her conspire against the queen. At her request, the wizard casting a spell upon her to enshroud her in a visage so horrific it would scare her mother to death. The tactic was all too effective, as the queen died of fright on the spot. Yet the wizard discovered the princess had merely manipulated him, for she had another lover. Therefore the wizard made the princess' transformation permanent. A wrathful fury came upon the princess, and she slaughtered the wizard and then went on a rampage throughout the city, murdering many innocent people before she was forced underground by the city guard. The Dark Powers rewarded her with the darklord mantle, if not temporal leader, of Timor for her malicious actions.[7]

Prior to the year 744 BC, Timor was a large city of flowing, magnificent-looking architecture and pleasant fragrance of flowers and plants. Despite the the gilded facade of paradise, Timor was was a bleak and fearful place at its core, oppressed by the gloom that blanketed the domain. Frightened by monsters from both above the surface and below, few people walked the lavish streets and parks of the domain. In addition to the marikith from below ground, a clan of doppelgangers infiltrated the human society above ground. Compared to the marikith, the doppelgangers represented a more subtle and cunning threat. The two forces engaged a hidden guerilla war against each other. In the years since becoming a domain, the city's population fell from 30,000 strong to a mere fraction at 5,000. As the city's population plunged, the City Council of Timor decided, under the leadership of Hemlest, that they would push foreigners to be sacrifices to the monsters below.[8]

All the plans in the world did not keep the city from meeting its fate, as the city grew more and more depopulated.[9] In 740 BC, the Grand Conjunction occurred. In its wake in the year of 744 BC[10], the city above was ripped from the sewers and tunnels below and disappeared into the Mists. The dread underground of Timor became attached to Paridon, another city dominated in secret by evil shapechangers, the dread doppelgangers.[9]

Timeline

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.184
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Domains of Dread p. 16
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Domains of Dread p.119
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Islands of Terror (Sourcebook) p. 51
  7. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 120-121
  8. ↑ IoT p. 52-54
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Domains of Dread p. 116
  10. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17
  11. ↑ Zherisian Gazetteer p. 117-119
  12. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17
  13. ↑ Ravenloft Third Edition p. 18
  14. ↑ Ravenloft Player's Handbook p. 20

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread
Islands of Terror

Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp17-18,165-166
Domains of Dread - p119
Islands of Terror - pp51-58

Islands of Terror - poster map

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