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* [[502 BC]]-[[543 BC]] Many of the [[Halloway Family]] and their associates and friends die suspicious deaths.<ref name="Gaz III p.54">[[Gazetteer III]] p.54</ref> | * [[502 BC]]-[[543 BC]] Many of the [[Halloway Family]] and their associates and friends die suspicious deaths.<ref name="Gaz III p.54">[[Gazetteer III]] p.54</ref> | ||
* [[543 BC]] The last of the [[Holsworth Family]] vanishes into the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="Gaz III p.52">[[Gazetteer III]] p.52</ref> | * [[543 BC]] The last of the [[Holsworth Family]] vanishes into the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="Gaz III p.52">[[Gazetteer III]] p.52</ref> | ||
* [[557 BC]] By no later than this year has [[Lord Wilfred Godefroy]] inherited [[Gryphon Manor]].<ref name="Gaz III p.130">[[Gazetteer III]] p.130</ref> | |||
* [[566 BC]] [[Lord Wilfred Godefroy]] marries [[Estelle Weathermay]].<ref name="Gaz III p.130">[[Gazetteer III]] p.130</ref> | * [[566 BC]] [[Lord Wilfred Godefroy]] marries [[Estelle Weathermay]].<ref name="Gaz III p.130">[[Gazetteer III]] p.130</ref> | ||
* [[568 BC]] [[Estelle Godefroy]] gives birth to [[Lilia Godefroy]].<ref name="Gaz III p.130">[[Gazetteer III]] p.130</ref> | * [[568 BC]] [[Estelle Godefroy]] gives birth to [[Lilia Godefroy]].<ref name="Gaz III p.130">[[Gazetteer III]] p.130</ref> | ||
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* [[672 BC]] [[Howard Lumley]] is killed by the [[Automatic Man]].<ref>[[CotN:The Created]]</ref> | * [[672 BC]] [[Howard Lumley]] is killed by the [[Automatic Man]].<ref>[[CotN:The Created]]</ref> | ||
* [[673 BC]] Last documented case of an encounter with a member of the [[Gauldamon Family]].<ref name="Gaz III p.50">[[Gazetteer III]] p.50</ref> | * [[673 BC]] Last documented case of an encounter with a member of the [[Gauldamon Family]].<ref name="Gaz III p.50">[[Gazetteer III]] p.50</ref> | ||
* [[698 BC]] [[The First Schism]]. After all is said and done, a [[Rite of Revelation]] is created to reveal those truly favored by [[Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz III p.110>[[Gazetteer III]] p.110</ref> | * [[698 BC]] [[The First Great Schism]]. After all is said and done, a [[Rite of Revelation]] is created to reveal those truly favored by [[Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz III p.110">[[Gazetteer III]] p.110</ref> | ||
* [[699 BC]] [[Felix Wachter]] writes the ''[[Second Book of Ezra]]'', founding the Mordentish sect of the [[Church of Ezra]]. | * [[699 BC]] [[Felix Wachter]] writes the ''[[Second Book of Ezra]]'', founding the Mordentish sect of the [[Church of Ezra]]. | ||
* [[707 BC]] [[Dr. Germain d'Honaire]] dies. | * [[707 BC]] [[Dr. Germain d'Honaire]] dies. | ||
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* [[733 BC]] [[Bernadette d'Honaire Moussel]] is murdered. | * [[733 BC]] [[Bernadette d'Honaire Moussel]] is murdered. | ||
* [[741 BC]] [[George Weathermay]] is [[seduced]] by the [[werewolf]] [[Natalia Vhorishkova]] in order to get at [[Dr. van Richten]]. In the heat of battle, [[Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove]] is wounded and is afflicted with [[lycanthropy]]. George Weathermay gives chase to Natalia out of [[Mordent]]. In [[Verbrek]], he confronts the Vhorishkova family and, upon finding they are [[werewolves]], [[murder]]s them all to the last noncombatant. Out of this [[mass murder]] emerges a changed, more [[bitter]] and driven George Weathermay.<ref>[[Champions of the Mists]] p.63</ref> | * [[741 BC]] [[George Weathermay]] is [[seduced]] by the [[werewolf]] [[Natalia Vhorishkova]] in order to get at [[Dr. van Richten]]. In the heat of battle, [[Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove]] is wounded and is afflicted with [[lycanthropy]]. George Weathermay gives chase to Natalia out of [[Mordent]]. In [[Verbrek]], he confronts the Vhorishkova family and, upon finding they are [[werewolves]], [[murder]]s them all to the last noncombatant. Out of this [[mass murder]] emerges a changed, more [[bitter]] and driven George Weathermay.<ref>[[Champions of the Mists]] p.63</ref> | ||
* [[743 BC]] [[Baron Wescote]]'s [[curse]] is removed.<ref>[[Howls in the Night></ref><ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> | |||
* [[744 BC]] [[Sarlota Otrava]] becomes the Bastion of Mordent. | * [[744 BC]] [[Sarlota Otrava]] becomes the Bastion of Mordent. | ||
* [[757 BC]] By this year, [[Lord Wilfred Godefroy]] has become much active in controlling his [[domain]]. He is coercing [[Daniel Foxgrove]] into feeding him information about the current events in [[Mordent]] through holding the [[ghost]] of [[Alice Foxgrove]] hostage. Furthermore, he is paying close attention to the factional politics of [[the Church of Ezra]], hoping to find a way to exploit them.<ref name="Gaz III p.131-132">[[Gazetteer III]] p.131-132</ref> | * [[757 BC]] By this year, [[Lord Wilfred Godefroy]] has become much active in controlling his [[domain]]. He is coercing [[Daniel Foxgrove]] into feeding him information about the current events in [[Mordent]] through holding the [[ghost]] of [[Alice Foxgrove]] hostage. Furthermore, he is paying close attention to the factional politics of [[the Church of Ezra]], hoping to find a way to exploit them.<ref name="Gaz III p.131-132">[[Gazetteer III]] p.131-132</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:13, 31 May 2015
| Mordent | |
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| Culture Level | Renaissance (9) |
| Ecology | Full |
| Climate & Terrain | Forests, Plains, Swamps |
| Year Formed | 579 BC |
| Population | 5,500 |
| Races (%) | 99% Human |
| Languages | Mordentish*, Falkovnian, Vaasi |
| Religions | Church of Ezra, Church of Hala |
| Government | Hereditary Aristocracy |
| Ruler(s) | Lord Jules Weathermay |
| Darklord(s) | Lord Wilfred Godefroy |
| Nationality | Mordentish |
| Analog | English countryside |
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| Locations in Mordent | |
| Transportation in Mordent | |
| Inhabitants of Mordent | |
| Former Inhabitants of Mordent | |
| Flora of Mordent | |
| Fauna of Mordent | |
| Native Monsters of Mordent | |
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This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
Mordent is the setting of the module Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill. After one of Strahd and Azalin's many attempts to escape the Demiplane of Dread, they found themselves in Mordent. After the events involving the Alchemist and the Apparatus, they were sent back, and Mordent was added to the demiplane as a new domain.
The Darklord of Mordent is the ghost Lord Wilfred Godefroy.
Things, Creatures & Personnages of Legend
Biology
Flora
- Wraithroot is native to Mordent.
Fauna
Native Horrors
- Bog Hounds are sometimes found on the moors.
Geography
Locations in Mordent
Locations in Mordentshire
Weather
Terrain
Hills
Forests[1]
- The Lightless Wood
Lakes
Communication
Rivers
- The Arden River flows north out of Valachan into Arden Bay.
The Mordent Cartographic Society also supplied a few non-canon river names. The 'Volfen' is the otherwise unnamed tributary that originates in what was previously Arkandale, while the 'Newbury River' is an entirely new tributary out of Richemulot.
Roads
- The Mill Road runs from The Forest of the Ancients to Mordentshire.
Economy
Agarian
Manufacturing
Ships
Trade
Taxation
Black Market
Landmarks
- The Pale Lady and the Ashen Man are local names for the chalk cliffs on either side of Arden Bay.
Population Distribution
Towns
Steadwall (ghost town)
Villages
Mordent is dotted with small villages. Waterford is mentioned by John Mangrum in his adventure 'The Man Who Lost His Mind'. Crawford is a village derived from the Dungeon adventure 'The Unkindness of Ravens', by Jason Kuhl. Glenwich is a take on the English Dunwich (a real village on a sandcliff that threatens to be swallowed by the sea). The last site also is the location of Preston Hill, which is featured in Children of the Night:Ghosts. In Children of the Night: The Created, Lian de Loranche Punchinel is a resident of Idlethorp.
Authority
Darklord
Godefroy was a fairly inconsequential darklord, preferring to rule over the spirits in his manor, until about 750, when an assault on the Gryphon Hill manor roused him out of his complacency. He now uses the spirits of the house as spies, informants, and hostages to control the living.
Temporal Rule
Mordent was ruled in the past by landed gentry, but most of these families have vanished, leaving the Weathermay family as the only landowners left. The aging Jules Weathermay is disinclined to overt rule. His most significant political act was to sign the Treaty of the Four Towers.
Spiritual Rule
Since the return of the Church of Ezra under Felix Wachter in 698, the Church has grown to be the dominant religion of Mordent.
Church and State
While there is no official relationship between the Church of Ezra and the hereditary government, gossips are quick to comment as to the generous donation of the old temple of Mordentshire after anchorites healed young Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove after her mauling by the werewolf Natalia Vhorishkova.
Government
Landowners select a mayor for each settlement, and the mayor appoints a sheriff and magistrate.
Law
Magistrates interpret the law and exact fines and sentences. Like the sheriffs, they are equal in authority to the mayors who appointed them.
Law Enforcement
sheriffs are appointed by the mayors, but are not subordinate to them. Sheriffs, magistrates and mayors are of equal authority in their respective spheres. The Lamplighters serve as detectives. All city watchmen are volunteers.
Intelligence Gathering
Military Footing
Language & Culture
Gods and Religions
God - Focus - Domains
Inns & Taverns
Mordentshire
The Seventh Sea (579 BC)
Traveler's Inn (579 BC)
Old Salt House (579 BC)
Salty Dog Tavern (579 BC)
Blackburn's Crossing
Tumbledown
Inhabitants of Mordent
Howard Lumley (most likely)
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Chronology
- 137 BC or before: Mordentshire is settled.[2]
- 180 BC: Jacques Renier brings his family here and takes leadership of the then hamlet of Mordentshire. He eventually builds Gryphon Manor.[2]
- 493 BC The de Boistribue Family disappears[3]
- 502 BC-543 BC Many of the Halloway Family and their associates and friends die suspicious deaths.[4]
- 543 BC The last of the Holsworth Family vanishes into the Sea of Sorrows.[5]
- 557 BC By no later than this year has Lord Wilfred Godefroy inherited Gryphon Manor.[6]
- 566 BC Lord Wilfred Godefroy marries Estelle Weathermay.[6]
- 568 BC Estelle Godefroy gives birth to Lilia Godefroy.[6]
- 578 BC Lord Wilfred Godefroy canes Estelle Godefroy to death. When Lilia Godefroy tries to intervene, he murders her too.[6]
- 579 BC New Year's Day Lord Wilfred Godefroy commits suicide.[2]
- 579 BC October[7] Strahd and Azalin create a portal to Mordent[8], where The Alchemist conducts strange research on changing the soul.[9] 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.[8]
- 621 BC The Gauldamons's worship of Lou'gal the Smiling One is uncovered. All the members of the clan are killed or chased away into the nearby forest, where they will be hunted down over the next few decades.[10]
- 630 BC The Sea of Sorrows is revealed.[11]
- 672 BC Howard Lumley is killed by the Automatic Man.[12]
- 673 BC Last documented case of an encounter with a member of the Gauldamon Family.[10]
- 698 BC The First Great Schism. After all is said and done, a Rite of Revelation is created to reveal those truly favored by Ezra.[13]
- 699 BC Felix Wachter writes the Second Book of Ezra, founding the Mordentish sect of the Church of Ezra.
- 707 BC Dr. Germain d'Honaire dies.
- 709 BC George Weathermay is born.[14]
- 714 BC Dr. Van Richten moves to Mordentshire, sensing it is politically unsafe for him to remain in Darkon.
- 716 BC Bastion Felix Wachter dies.
- 733 BC Bernadette d'Honaire Moussel is murdered.
- 741 BC George Weathermay is seduced by the werewolf Natalia Vhorishkova in order to get at Dr. van Richten. In the heat of battle, Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove is wounded and is afflicted with lycanthropy. George Weathermay gives chase to Natalia out of Mordent. In Verbrek, he confronts the Vhorishkova family and, upon finding they are werewolves, murders them all to the last noncombatant. Out of this mass murder emerges a changed, more bitter and driven George Weathermay.[15]
- 743 BC Baron Wescote's curse is removed.[16][17]
- 744 BC Sarlota Otrava becomes the Bastion of Mordent.
- 757 BC By this year, Lord Wilfred Godefroy has become much active in controlling his domain. He is coercing Daniel Foxgrove into feeding him information about the current events in Mordent through holding the ghost of Alice Foxgrove hostage. Furthermore, he is paying close attention to the factional politics of the Church of Ezra, hoping to find a way to exploit them.[18]
References
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer I, p37.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gazetteer III p.45
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.48
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.54
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.52
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Gazetteer III p.130
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.47
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gazetteer II p.135
- ↑ I10: Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Gazetteer III p.50
- ↑ Ravenloft Player's Handbook ].19
- ↑ CotN:The Created
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.110
- ↑ Champions of the Mists p.62
- ↑ Champions of the Mists p.63
- ↑ [[Howls in the Night>
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.17
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.131-132
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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