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'''Sidnar''' lies on the [[Khourx River]] above, and upriver from, [[Lake Korst]] on the frontier of the [[Mistlands]]. Indeed, in terms of geography it should belong to the [[Mountains of Misery]] [[Regions of Darkon|region]], but it is included in that of the Mistlands because of its elven population. Sidnar is reached from [[Delagia]] by the [[The Ascent]] and the [[Brooding Bridge]]. | '''Sidnar''' lies on the [[Khourx River]] above, and upriver from, [[Lake Korst]] on the frontier of the [[Mistlands]]. Indeed, in terms of geography it should belong to the [[Mountains of Misery]] [[Regions of Darkon|region]], but it is included in that of the Mistlands because of its elven population. Sidnar is reached from [[Delagia]] by the [[The Ascent]] and the [[Brooding Bridge]]. Riverboats connect Lake Korst to the [[Vuchar River]] via the lower leg of the [[Khourx River]] also known as the [[Korst River]]. A maze of country roads connect Delagia and [[Karg]]. Prior to the [[Scourge of Arak]] in 588 BC, a road led from Sidnar to the heart of the [[Mountains of Misery]] where it met the original [[Strigos Road]] that at that time connected to the [[Old Svalich Road]] in eastern [[Barovia]]. | ||
The Mountains of Misery were born with the land of Arak. The Forgotten Hills and Mounts Nirka and Nyid beyond appeared on the northern frontier of Barovia in 575 BC. Darkon formed on Arak's northern frontier a year later. Mount Nyid stood at the heart of Arak and Mount Nirka guarded its northern frontier with Darkon. A road snaked through the mountains, terminating in the south at the eastern end of the Old Svalich Road in Barovia and terminating in the north at the Tempe Road just west of Tempe Falls in Darkon. A road also ran to Sidnar in Darkon. By 682 BC, if not earlier, contact with Barovia was lost, for Nova Vaasa formed on the southern frontier of Arak. The Nightmare Lands became Arak's eastern neighbour in 683 BC, forming along the eastern limit of the eastern foothills. And finally in 691 BC, Tepest became its western neighbour, forming along the western limit of the western foothills. | |||
All life across the face of Arak was eradicated in 588 BC by a sandstorm without precedent in an event recorded as the Scourge of Arak. In its wake dwarves and gnomes from Darkon came in searh of lost kin. Looters and treasure seekers came too. Those who tarried long risked being carried off in night by fey said to dwell in a kingdom hidden far beneath the surface. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, one's risk of being disappearing with out a trace grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon and later in Nova Vaasa and Tepest that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone. | |||
==[[Locations in Sidnar]]== | ==[[Locations in Sidnar]]== | ||
Revision as of 17:02, 12 February 2011
Sidnar lies on the Khourx River above, and upriver from, Lake Korst on the frontier of the Mistlands. Indeed, in terms of geography it should belong to the Mountains of Misery region, but it is included in that of the Mistlands because of its elven population. Sidnar is reached from Delagia by the The Ascent and the Brooding Bridge. Riverboats connect Lake Korst to the Vuchar River via the lower leg of the Khourx River also known as the Korst River. A maze of country roads connect Delagia and Karg. Prior to the Scourge of Arak in 588 BC, a road led from Sidnar to the heart of the Mountains of Misery where it met the original Strigos Road that at that time connected to the Old Svalich Road in eastern Barovia.
The Mountains of Misery were born with the land of Arak. The Forgotten Hills and Mounts Nirka and Nyid beyond appeared on the northern frontier of Barovia in 575 BC. Darkon formed on Arak's northern frontier a year later. Mount Nyid stood at the heart of Arak and Mount Nirka guarded its northern frontier with Darkon. A road snaked through the mountains, terminating in the south at the eastern end of the Old Svalich Road in Barovia and terminating in the north at the Tempe Road just west of Tempe Falls in Darkon. A road also ran to Sidnar in Darkon. By 682 BC, if not earlier, contact with Barovia was lost, for Nova Vaasa formed on the southern frontier of Arak. The Nightmare Lands became Arak's eastern neighbour in 683 BC, forming along the eastern limit of the eastern foothills. And finally in 691 BC, Tepest became its western neighbour, forming along the western limit of the western foothills.
All life across the face of Arak was eradicated in 588 BC by a sandstorm without precedent in an event recorded as the Scourge of Arak. In its wake dwarves and gnomes from Darkon came in searh of lost kin. Looters and treasure seekers came too. Those who tarried long risked being carried off in night by fey said to dwell in a kingdom hidden far beneath the surface. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, one's risk of being disappearing with out a trace grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon and later in Nova Vaasa and Tepest that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.
Locations in Sidnar
Streets of Sidnar
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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