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* [[347 BC]] Last of the [[Terg|Tergs]] driven from [[Barovia]].<ref name="Gaz I p. 17">[[Gaz 1]], p 17.</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> Strahd takes the rule over Barovia as the prize for his victory.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>
* [[347 BC]] Last of the [[Terg|Tergs]] driven from [[Barovia]].<ref name="Gaz I p. 17">[[Gaz 1]], p 17.</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> Strahd takes the rule over Barovia as the prize for his victory.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>
* [[349 BC]] [[Castle Ravenloft]] completed.<ref name="Gaz I p. 17">[[Gaz 1]], p 17.</ref> [[Strahd]] assumes [[residence]] there.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>
* [[349 BC]] [[Castle Ravenloft]] completed.<ref name="Gaz I p. 17">[[Gaz 1]], p 17.</ref> [[Strahd]] assumes [[residence]] there.<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>
* [[350 BC]] [[Most High Priest Kir]] dies creating [[the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind]]. [[Sergei von Zarovich]] succeds him as high priest of Andral.<ref name="VotM p. 247>[[Vampire of the Mists]] p.247</ref>
* [[350 BC]] The [[Ba'al Verzi]] try and fail to assassinate [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]].<ref name="Gaz I p. 17">[[Gaz 1]], p 17.</ref>
* [[350 BC]] The [[Ba'al Verzi]] try and fail to assassinate [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]].<ref name="Gaz I p. 17">[[Gaz 1]], p 17.</ref>
* [[351 BC]] [[Barovia]] forms due the actions of [[Strahd von Zarovich]].<ref>[[Gaz 1]], pp 10, 16.</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref> [[Strahd]] turns into a [[vampire]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref>
* [[351 BC]] [[Barovia]] forms due the actions of [[Strahd von Zarovich]].<ref>[[Gaz 1]], pp 10, 16.</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref> [[Strahd]] turns into a [[vampire]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref>
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* [[352 BC]] [[Strahd]] flexes his muscles to show domination over [[Barovia]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref>
* [[352 BC]] [[Strahd]] flexes his muscles to show domination over [[Barovia]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref>
* [[398 BC]] [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] confronts [[Lord Leo Dilisnya]] at the [[Monastery of Silver Threads]], walking into Lord Dilisnya's trap. Strahd is almost put down, but the [[monk]]s of the [[monastery]] act to turn the tide of battle. Strahd turns Lord Leo Dilisnya into a [[vampire]] and [[Imprisoned|imprisons]] him in a [[The Tomb of Leo Dilisnya|tomb]] to starve from a lack of [[blood]].<ref name="Gaz I p.13">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.13</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref>
* [[398 BC]] [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] confronts [[Lord Leo Dilisnya]] at the [[Monastery of Silver Threads]], walking into Lord Dilisnya's trap. Strahd is almost put down, but the [[monk]]s of the [[monastery]] act to turn the tide of battle. Strahd turns Lord Leo Dilisnya into a [[vampire]] and [[Imprisoned|imprisons]] him in a [[The Tomb of Leo Dilisnya|tomb]] to starve from a lack of [[blood]].<ref name="Gaz I p.13">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.13</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref>
* [[399 BC]] [[Jezra Wagner]] is born.<ref name="MCI&II p.113, died at the age of 27 some 75 years after Barovia became a domain">[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II]] p. 113, "died at the age of 27 some 75 years" after Barovia became a domain</ref>
* [[400 BC]] First known [[reincarnation]] of [[Tatyana]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref>
* [[400 BC]] First known [[reincarnation]] of [[Tatyana]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="I, Strahd">[[I, Strahd]]</ref>
* [[426 BC]] '''Winter''': [[Jezra Wagner]] perishes on [[Mt. Baratok]] and becomes a heat-draining [[spectre]].<ref name="MCI&II p.113, died at the age of 27 some 75 years after Barovia became a domain">[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II]] p. 113, "died at the age of 27 some 75 years" after Barovia became a domain</ref>
* Sometime between [[450 BC]] and [[460 BC]]: [[Gregorri Kolyan]] the [[bard]] is held captive by Strahd fo several years. Kolyan is ultimately let go with the story of Strahd's past.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Vampires]] p.6-9</ref><ref>[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I]] p.10-13</ref>
* Sometime between [[450 BC]] and [[460 BC]]: [[Gregorri Kolyan]] the [[bard]] is held captive by Strahd fo several years. Kolyan is ultimately let go with the story of Strahd's past.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Vampires]] p.6-9</ref><ref>[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I]] p.10-13</ref>
* [[470 BC]] The [[Vistani]] appear in [[Barovia]] for the first time.<ref name="Gaz I p. 17">[[Gaz 1]], p 17.</ref>
* [[470 BC]] The [[Vistani]] appear in [[Barovia]] for the first time.<ref name="Gaz I p. 17">[[Gaz 1]], p 17.</ref>
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* [[579 BC]] [[Strahd]] and [[Azalin]] create a [[portal]] to [[Mordent]]<ref name="GazII p.135">[[Gazetteer II]] p.135</ref>, where [[The Alchemist]] conducts strange research on changing the soul.<ref>[[I10: Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill]]</ref> [[The Mists]] snatch up [[Mordent]] before either [[Strahd]] or [[Azalin]] can make good their escape, leaving them with only hazy dream-like recollections of what happened.<ref name="GazII p.135">[[Gazetteer II]] p.135</ref>  
* [[579 BC]] [[Strahd]] and [[Azalin]] create a [[portal]] to [[Mordent]]<ref name="GazII p.135">[[Gazetteer II]] p.135</ref>, where [[The Alchemist]] conducts strange research on changing the soul.<ref>[[I10: Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill]]</ref> [[The Mists]] snatch up [[Mordent]] before either [[Strahd]] or [[Azalin]] can make good their escape, leaving them with only hazy dream-like recollections of what happened.<ref name="GazII p.135">[[Gazetteer II]] p.135</ref>  
* [[579 BC]] [[Azalin]] leaves the service of [[Strahd]].<ref name="King of the Dead">[[King of the Dead]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> [[Darkon]] forms.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 9">[[Gazetteer II]] p.9</ref><ref name="King of the Dead">[[King of the Dead]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>
* [[579 BC]] [[Azalin]] leaves the service of [[Strahd]].<ref name="King of the Dead">[[King of the Dead]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> [[Darkon]] forms.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 9">[[Gazetteer II]] p.9</ref><ref name="King of the Dead">[[King of the Dead]]</ref><ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref>
* [[580 BC]] A [[Barovian]] [[militia]] established by [[Boyar Yersinia Wachter]] and led by [[Aldrick Wachter]] repels an invading party of [[Azalin]]'s [[undead]].<ref>[[I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin]]</ref>
* [[581 BC]] [[Bluetspur]] appears.<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>
* [[581 BC]] [[Bluetspur]] appears.<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>
* [[585 BC]] [[Thaani]] stream into [[Barovia]] from [[Bluetspur]].<ref name="Gazetter I p.18">[[Gazetteer I]] p.18</ref>
* [[585 BC]] [[Thaani]] stream into [[Barovia]] from [[Bluetspur]].<ref name="Gazetter I p.18">[[Gazetteer I]] p.18</ref>
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* [[753 BC]]: [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] personally [[execution|executes]] [[Burgomaster Shaithis Vosrovna]] for goating [[adventurer]]s into the [[murder]] of one of the [[Vistani]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]], p35.</ref>
* [[753 BC]]: [[Count Strahd von Zarovich]] personally [[execution|executes]] [[Burgomaster Shaithis Vosrovna]] for goating [[adventurer]]s into the [[murder]] of one of the [[Vistani]].<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]], p35.</ref>
* [[754 BC]] [[The Resurrection of Erlin]] ([[Dread Possibility]]): [[Emanuel Maryszkas]] calls upon the power of [[Erlin]] for succor against [[Barovian]] pursuers. His prayer are answered, and his pursuers are driven away by [[unholy]] power.<ref name="Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p. 26">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.26</ref>
* [[754 BC]] [[The Resurrection of Erlin]] ([[Dread Possibility]]): [[Emanuel Maryszkas]] calls upon the power of [[Erlin]] for succor against [[Barovian]] pursuers. His prayer are answered, and his pursuers are driven away by [[unholy]] power.<ref name="Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p. 26">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.26</ref>
 
* [[755 BC]] [[Pyoor Twohundredsummers]] dies of natural causes and is succeeded by [[Keeva Sixtywinters]] as leader of the [[Keepers of the Black Feather]].<ref name="Gaz I p.38">[[Gazetteer I]] p.38</ref>




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Barovia
Culture Level Medieval
Ecology Full
Climate & Terrain Temperate forest, hill, mountains
Year Formed 351 BC
Population 27,700
Races (%) Humans 98%, half-Vistani 1%, Other 1%
Languages Balok, Luktar, Vaasi, Sithican, Forfarian, Thaani
Religions Cult of the Morninglord, Ezra, Hala, Erlin
Government Feudal monarchy
Ruler(s) Count Strahd von Zarovich
Darklord(s) Count Strahd von Zarovich
Nationality Barovian
Analog Transylvania
Related Categories
Locations in Barovia
Transportation in Barovia
Inhabitants of Barovia
Former Inhabitants of Barovia
Flora of Barovia
Fauna of Barovia
Native Monsters of Barovia

Things, Creatures & Personnages of Legend

Biology

Flora

Fauna

Native Horrors

Wolves

Lycanthropic

Geography

Barovia map by the MCS. Note: Since this fan-made map predates 3rd Edition Ravenloft, there are some inconsistencies with the more recent maps.

Weather

Terrain

The terrain is mountainous and forested, winters are cold. A beautiful but hostile domain.

Mountains & Hills

  • The Balinoks divide the Core into east and west. The bridge that rejoins them is Barovia. It is her Old Svalich Road and her Svalich Pass that bring east and west back into contact with each other for a few precious months each year.

Forest

  • The Graenseskov ("Borderwood") grows thickly on the lower slopes of the eastern foothills of the Balinoks in Barovia and well out onto the flatter land of Nova Vaasa beyond them. Its upper reaches are known to Barovians as the Hills of Bleak Vistas and to the Nova Vaasans as the Howling Hills. The northern boundary of the forest lies a little south of the Old Svalich Road where the beech-firs of the Old Svalich Woods resolutely hold their ground. The southern limit extends at least to the border of Hazlani frontier but perhaps continues into Hazlan itself.

Lakes

  • Nameless? lake at adjacent to Immol


Landmarks

Communication

Rivers

  • The Saniset River has its source in summer melt waters from Terestrãu ("Mount Sawtooth") in south-eastern Barovia that feed the lake adjacent to Immol. From Barovia the Saniset rushes down onto the Ensommark ("Lonely Plain") of Hazlan, flows east by southeast to Sly-Var, passes just north of the Skyggeskov ("Shadowwood") as it crosses the border into Nova Vaasa, and flows gently to the sea. The upper reaches of the Saniset are unnavigable, even on a small raft, given its swiftness, rapids, and gravel bars.

Roads

Mistways

Note: The Bleak Road does not lead to or from Barovia, but rather the Misty Border south of Arbora in southern Nova Vaasa. This is treated in the errata. "Charted Mistways sidebar: The Bleak Road should connect “Southern Nova Vaasa — Northern Vorostokov”, and not Barovia!>(Errata)"

Frontiers

The Shadow Rift

Nova Vaasa

  • The Graenseskov ("Borderwood") grows thickly on the lower slopes of the eastern foothills of the Balinoks in Barovia and well out onto the flatter land of Nova Vaasa beyond them. Its upper reaches are known to Barovians as the Hills of Bleak Vistas and to the Nova Vaasans as the Howling Hills. The northern boundary of the forest lies a little south of the Old Svalich Road where the beech-firs of the Old Svalich Woods resolutely hold their ground. The southern limit extends at least to the border of Hazlani frontier but perhaps continues into Hazlan itself.

Hazlan

Forlorn

Kartakass

Sithicus

Invidia

Borca

The Great Upheaval

Barovia was impacted not insignificantly by the Great Upheaval. The land's chokehold over east-west trade was greatly strengthened by the cutting of the Timori Road. The disappearance of Markovia from its northern frontier would have been welcomed if only it had been replaced by something less ominous than the Shadow Rift. The disappearance of Bluetspur from its southern frontier was an indisputable boon. And the relocation of Hazlan from its central eastern and southern eastern frontiers to its southern frontier did little more than change the direction of travel from Immol to Toyalis.

Population Distrubtion

Towns

Villages

Authority

Darklord

Temporal Ruler

The current and undisputed ruler of Barovia is Count Strahd von Zarovich XI. The Zaroviches have ruled Barovia in an unbroken line for as long as history recounts, although doing so more than once in the teeth of enemy invasion. The name "Strahd" has been used by the last eleven counts, a want of creativity or perhaps a meglamania, that was previously absent.

Spiritual Ruler

No religion has been sanctioned by the Zarovich line in centuries, indeed religion is discouraged in Barovia. Additionally, the Barovians have long felt abandon by the divine. The Morning Lord is making some progress towards reversing the last situation.

Church and State

It has been centuries since the rule of Barovia's temporal leaders was recognised by a spiritual authority. Likewise, it has been centuries since the rule of Barovia's spiritual leaders was enforced by a temporal authority. A classical theologico-political arrangement ceased to exist in Barovia during the reign of Count Strahd von Zarovich I.

Government

At the local level by boyars in each town or village.

Law

Law-Enforcement

Information Gathering

The Vistani

Military Footing

Fighting the Gundarakite Resistance following the successful annexation of half the former land of Gundarak.

Possible army of skeletons and zombies hidden and at the ready.

Language & Culture

Balok

Mouning

Barovian females wear black for five years after the death of even their most distant relatives, lending a universal drabness to their dress.

Fashion

Barovian females wear black for five years after the death of even their most distant relatives, lending a universal drabness to their dress.

Inns & Taverns

Immol

Village of Barovia

Vallaki

The Nova Vaasan Frontier

Chronology



This page incorporates content from the inactive Mordent Cartographic Society. Used with their express permission.

References

  1. ↑ Gazetteer I, p. 15.
  2. ↑ Gaz 1, p 16.
  3. ↑ Gaz 1, p 16.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Domains of Dread p.16
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.12
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "RPHB p.14" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Gaz 1, p 17.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
  10. ↑ Gazetteer I p.142
  11. ↑ Vampire of the Mists p.247
  12. ↑ Gaz 1, pp 10, 16.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 I, Strahd
  14. ↑ Alanik Ray's library archive
  15. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.13
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II p. 113, "died at the age of 27 some 75 years" after Barovia became a domain
  17. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Vampires p.6-9
  18. ↑ Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium I p.10-13
  19. ↑ Gaz 1, p 18.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 VotM
  21. ↑ VotM pg. 284: “died four years ago.” RLMC I&II pp. 89-90: tells us how it happened.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.34
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Gazetteer I p.18
  24. ↑ House of Strahd
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Gazetteer II p.135
  26. ↑ King of the Dead
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 King of the Dead
  28. ↑ I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - p71, pp109-117, pp167-171
  29. ↑ Gazetteer I p.63
  30. ↑ Gazetteer I p.73-74
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Gazetteer I p.18
  32. ↑ I10: Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill
  33. ↑ Gazetteer II p.9
  34. ↑ I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin
  35. ↑ Domains of Dread p.16, 64
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Gazetteer I p.144
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Domains of Dread p.17
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 Gaz 1, p 19 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Gaz I p.19" defined multiple times with different content
  39. ↑ Thoughts of Darkness
  40. ↑ Children of the Night: Vampires p.21-26
  41. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer I, p35.
  42. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.26
  43. ↑ Gazetteer I p.38

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Domains of Dread
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I
I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,10-12,18,40
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp4,12-13,15,17,110,112-114
Domains of Dread - pp59-61
House of Strahd - pp14,18
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp7-10
Vampire of the Mists - throughout
Realm of Terror - pp63-65
Ravenloft I6 - pp6-7
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I pp9-40
I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - p38,pp42-43

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9
Domains of Dread - pp42-43
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting - poster map
Realm of Terror - poster map
Servants of Darkness - poster map
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - p12

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