Mordent: Difference between revisions

From Mistipedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
← Older editNewer edit →
DeepShadow (talk | contribs)
1,178 edits
No edit summary
DeepShadow (talk | contribs)
1,178 edits
No edit summary
Line 4: Line 4:
|ecology= Full
|ecology= Full
|terrain= Forests, Plains, Swamps
|terrain= Forests, Plains, Swamps
|year_formed=
|year_formed=579 BC
|population=5,500
|population=5,500
|races=99% Human
|races=99% Human
Line 11: Line 11:
|government=Hereditary Aristocracy
|government=Hereditary Aristocracy
|ruler=[[Lord Jules Weathermay]]
|ruler=[[Lord Jules Weathermay]]
|darklord=Lord Wilfred Godefroy
|darklord=[[Lord Wilfred Godefroy]]
|analog=English countryside
|analog=English countryside
}}
}}
Line 17: Line 17:


The Darklord of Mordent is the ghost [[Lord Wilfred Godefroy]].
The Darklord of Mordent is the ghost [[Lord Wilfred Godefroy]].
==Flora & Fauna==
[[Wraithroot]] is native to Mordent.


==Geography==
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]]. The [[Mordent Cartographic Society]] also supplied a few non-canon river names. The [['Volfen']] is the river that originates in what was previously [[Arkandale]], while the [['Newbury River']] flows out of [[Richemulot]].
{{MCS}}
[[Category:The Core]]
==Things, Creatures & Personnages of Legend==
==Things, Creatures & Personnages of Legend==


*[[Goblins]]
*[[The Alchemist]]
 
*[[The House on Gryphon Hill]]


*[[George Weathermay]]
==Biology==
==Biology==


===Flora===
===Flora===


*''[[Wichtingourds]]''
*[[Wraithroot]] is native to Mordent.


===Fauna===
===Fauna===
Line 39: Line 36:
===Native Horrors===
===Native Horrors===


*[[Goblin|Goblins]]
*[[Bog Hounds]] are sometimes found on the moors.


==Geography==
==Geography==


{{MCS}}
[[Category:The Core]]
''Note: The above map have serious inaccuraties when compared to that used in the 3rd edition of Ravenloft.
''Note: The above map have serious inaccuraties when compared to that used in the 3rd edition of Ravenloft.


Line 51: Line 50:
====Hills====
====Hills====


====Canyons====
====Forests<ref name="Ravenloft Gazetteer III, p47">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]], p47.</ref>====
 
The [[Shadow Rift]], the mother of all canyons


====Forests<ref name="Ravenloft Gazetteer V, p47">[[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]], p47.</ref>====
*The ''Forest of the Ancients''


*The ''[[Brujamonte]]'' ("[[Hag's Wood]]") or [[Blackwood]] stands south of Viktal, between the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] and the [[Blackmist River]]. Both the [[Vistani]] and the [[goblins]] are said to avoid it, to say nothing of the [[Tepestani]]. It is home to the dread treant [[Blackroot]].
*The ''Lightless Wood''  


====Lakes====
====Lakes====
The [[Kronov]] which never freezes


===Communication===
===Communication===
Line 67: Line 62:
====Rivers====
====Rivers====


=====Dnar River System=====
*The [[Arden River]]


*The [[Trished River]]
The [[Mordent Cartographic Society]] also supplied a few non-canon river names. The [['Volfen']] is the river that originates in what was previously [[Arkandale]], while the [['Newbury River']] flows out of [[Richemulot]].


====Roads====
====Roads====


*The [[East Timori Road]] runs from [[Egertus]], through [[Kantora]] and [[Liara]], and into [[Tepest]] where it is cut short by the [[Shadow Rift]].
*The [[Mill Road]] runs from [[The Forest of the Ancients]] to[[Mordentshire]].
 
====[[Fractures]]====
 
Principe one to and from [[Shadow Rift]] in the south west in the form of a cave.


==Economy==
==Economy==
Line 98: Line 89:


===Landmarks===
===Landmarks===
===Frontiers===
====[[Darkon]]====
*The [[Mountains of Misery]]
====Nova Vaasa====
*The [[Wormwood]]
====The [[Shadow Rift]]====


===Population Distribution===
===Population Distribution===
Line 118: Line 95:


====Villages====
====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]].


==Authority==
==Authority==


===Darklord===
===Darklord===


===Temporal Rule===
===Temporal Rule===
====Legendary====
====Contempory====


===Spiritual Rule===
===Spiritual Rule===
====Legendary====
====Contempory====


===Church and State===
===Church and State===
Line 142: Line 111:
===Law===
===Law===


===Law-Enforcement===
===Law Enforcement===


====Extra-Judicial====
====Extra-Judicial====

Revision as of 22:25, 5 March 2010

Mordent
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
Analog English countryside
Related Categories
Locations in Mordent
Transportation in Mordent
Inhabitants of Mordent
Former Inhabitants of Mordent
Flora of Mordent
Fauna of Mordent
Native Monsters of Mordent

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

Fauna

Native Horrors

Geography

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

Note: The above map have serious inaccuraties when compared to that used in the 3rd edition of Ravenloft.

Weather

Terrain

Hills

Forests[1]

  • The Forest of the Ancients
  • The Lightless Wood

Lakes

Communication

Rivers

The Mordent Cartographic Society also supplied a few non-canon river names. The 'Volfen' is the river that originates in what was previously Arkandale, while the 'Newbury River' flows out of Richemulot.

Roads

Economy

Agarian

Crops

Horses

Manufacturing

Ships

Trade

Taxation

Black Market

Landmarks

Population Distribution

Towns

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.

Authority

Darklord

Temporal Rule

Spiritual Rule

Church and State

Government

Law

Law Enforcement

Extra-Judicial

Intelligence Gathering

Military Footing

Casus belli

Past

Present

Future

Language & Culture

Gods and Religions

God - Focus - Domains

Inns & Taverns

NPC

References

  1. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer I, p47.

Chronology

BC

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,18,42-43
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp13,17,129-131
Domains of Dread - p41
Howls in the Night - pp1-2
Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - pp24-25,99
Realm of Terror - pp76-77
I, Strahd, The War Against Azalin - pp232-234, p260

Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9
Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover
Domains of Dread - p42
Howls in the Night - inside cover
Ravenloft Campaign Setting - poster map
Realm of Terror - poster map

Retrieved from "http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Mordent&oldid=26930"