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*[[Will O' Wisp]]s<ref name=rcsddp41>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p.41</ref> | *[[Will O' Wisp]]s<ref name=rcsddp41>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] p.41</ref> | ||
==Chronology== | |||
*[[635 BC]]<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref> Mistakenly thinking his wife and another plantation owner are engaging in a tryst, Anton Misroi orders his [[servant]]s to [[drown]] them in [[quicksand]]. Before his wife dies, she [[curse]]s him, causing Misroi to sink as well. He calls out to the powers that be to not let him perish, and [[the Dark Powers]] answer his cry by transforming him into a [[zombie lord]]. After he is chased off his own property into the [[swamp]], Souragne forms as a domain of Ravenloft.<ref name="DoD p.97">[[Domains of Dread]] p.97</ref> | |||
*[[715 BC]] First known sighting of [[Chickenbone]] in [[Souragne]].<ref name="RMCI&II p. 95">[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II]] p. 95</ref> | |||
*[[739 BC]]<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> As a lunar eclipse hangs low overhead, [[adventurer]]s destroy the [[zombie lord]] [[Marcel Tarascon]].<ref>[[Night of the Walking Dead]] p. 39-40</ref>Thus, the [[4th Verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass]].<ref name="DoD p.17">[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 10:51, 13 February 2016
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| Culture Level | Chivalric (8) |
| Ecology | Full |
| Climate & Terrain | Warm Forests and Swamps |
| Year Formed | 635 |
| Population | 3,100 |
| Races (%) | Humans (99%), Other (1%) |
| Languages | Souragnien |
| Religions | the Loa for the masses, Church of Ezra for owning class |
| Government | aristocratic elected leader, independent settlements |
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| Darklord(s) | Lord of the Dead |
| Nationality | Souragnien |
| Analog | Antebellum Louisiana of the Southern United States |
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This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
Souragne is a domain based around stereotypical Louisiana voodoo, and as such consists primarily of a vast swamp. The two most important individuals in Souragne are the darklord Anton Misroi, a zombie lord, and Chicken Bone, the most powerful voodan (Ravenloft's equivalent of a houngan) in the swamp.
Biology
Flora
Fauna
Native Horrors
- Giant Insects[1]
- Shambling Mounds[1]
- Undead (especially Skeletons and Zombies)[1]
- Will O' Wisps[1]
Chronology
- 635 BC[2] Mistakenly thinking his wife and another plantation owner are engaging in a tryst, Anton Misroi orders his servants to drown them in quicksand. Before his wife dies, she curses him, causing Misroi to sink as well. He calls out to the powers that be to not let him perish, and the Dark Powers answer his cry by transforming him into a zombie lord. After he is chased off his own property into the swamp, Souragne forms as a domain of Ravenloft.[3]
- 715 BC First known sighting of Chickenbone in Souragne.[4]
- 739 BC[5] As a lunar eclipse hangs low overhead, adventurers destroy the zombie lord Marcel Tarascon.[6]Thus, the 4th Verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass.[5]
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This section contains netbook-canon info from netbooks |
Souragne is the new headquarters of the Fraternity of Shadows[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens p.41
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.16
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.97
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II p. 95
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Domains of Dread p.17
- ↑ Night of the Walking Dead p. 39-40
- ↑ Souragne Gazetteer - At the FoS Library
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Ravenloft Third Edition |
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Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7 | |
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Ravenloft Third Edition - p173 |
