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| Ghastria | |
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| Culture Level | |
| Ecology | |
| Climate & Terrain | |
| Year Formed | 584 BC[1] |
| Population | |
| Races (%) | Humans,  Kenders (thought to be elves, refugees from Sithicus)[2]
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| Languages | |
| Religions | There was once a church of an unspecified religion in East Riding, but it was razed to the ground.[3] |
| Government | |
| Ruler(s) | Marquis Stezen D'Polarno[4][3] |
| Darklord(s) | Marquis Stezen D'Polarno[5][3] |
| Nationality | Ghastrian |
| Analog | Dorian Gray/Marquis de Sade |
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This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
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.[4] Although the land is lush with greenery and bountiful harvests, no food produced here has any flavor whatsoever.[3][6] The domain is the 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.[7]
Marquis Stezen D'Polarno is the darklord[5] and ruler of the island.[4] 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.[3]
Ghastria was at one time a small land in the Core bordering the western edge of Sithicus.[5] However, but by 750 BC it had become an island floating in the Sea of Sorrows.[8]
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" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.
References
- ↑ Book of Souls p.54
- ↑ Book of Souls p.57
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Darklords p.77
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Darklords p.79
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Darklords p.74
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.73
- ↑ Book of Souls p.58
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.74-75
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover |
