Ghastria
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|culture_lvl=
Chivalric (8)[1]
|ecology=Full[1]
|terrain=Temperate forests, [[hill]s, and plains[1]
|year_formed=584 BC[2]
|population=2,900[1]
|races=Humans, Kenders (thought to be elves, refugees from Sithicus)[3]
|languages=Mordentish[1]
|religions=There was once a church of an unspecified religion in East Riding, but it was razed to the ground.[4]
|government=Monarchy
|ruler=Marquis Stezen D'Polarno[5][4]
|darklord=Marquis Stezen D'Polarno[6][4]
|analog=Dorian Gray/Marquis de Sade
|nationality=Ghastrian
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Ghastria is an island domain ruled by a darklord who is a pastiche of Dorian Gray (see: The Picture of Dorian Gray) with some inspiration from the Marquis De Sade. Ghastria is infested with ghasts, ghouls and carrion crawlers.[5] Although the land is lush with greenery and bountiful harvests, no food produced here has any flavor whatsoever.[4][7] The domain is the Core's leading producer of umbral gray, an element used in paintings to add a smoky, misty effect but which is also a lethal poison. The darklord has discovered that by mixing carrion crawler venom with umbral gray, one eliminates the latter's strong flavour, making it much more useful as a poison.[8]
Marquis Stezen D'Polarno is the darklord[6] and ruler of the island.[5] His curse is that that he cannot feel any form of emotion (this has the physical effect of leaving him a dull gray in colour) unless he has recently sucked the life out of otheres by showing them his self-portrait. He always plans great things for the time when he regains his emotions, but he lacks the discipline to follow through on them, never getting anything accomplished.[4]
Ghastria was at one time a small land in the Core bordering the western edge of Sithicus.[6] However, but by 750 BC it had become an island floating in the Sea of Sorrows.[9]
Ghastria was a domain in the second edition of Ravenloft, and hasn't been translated into the third edition. Ghastria first appeared in the 2-round RPGA tournament "Dance of the Dead" written by James Lowder and Bruce Nesmith.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Quoth the Raven Issue 20, p.7
- ↑ Book of Souls p.54
- ↑ Book of Souls p.57
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Darklords p.77
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Darklords p.79
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Darklords p.74
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.73
- ↑ Book of Souls p.58
- ↑ Domains of Dread p.74-75
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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