Category:Rock's Timeline

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A brief summary and timeline of the interconnected contributions made for Ravenloft by Rock.

Please note that entries in italics are from official canon or netbook-canon, and are presented here as points of reference for events occurring in the Timeline.

Other Worlds

The Abyss

  • ???[1]: The evil goddess Shar[2] breeds the first Devoratrices out of Succubus stock to serve as her Shadow Inquisitors.
  • ???: Succubus Slap, having disappointed her master or masters by failing to corrupt Evanar, is subjected to punishments horrific even unto a demon.
  • ???: A portal to the Demiplane of Dread opens onto a certain layer of the Abyss. Succubus Slap is released from her punishment so she can be forced to go through the portal and report back on what she finds. The portal closes with Slap on the other side.

Gothic Earth

  • 1798 A.D.[3]: Students at the University of Cambridge in England, having partaken of forbidden texts, found a qabal they name the Brightwell Coven. Desiring power through knowledge, they create a grimoire known as the Libre des Ombres Sécrètes, in which they record lore from various university libraries throughout Europe, as well as information which comes to light due to archaeological explorations. The qabal soon falls under the influence of the Red Death, but the members do not care: their motto is that Evil is 'not a burden to bear nor an enemy to fight, but a gift', reflecting their complete lack of morals and ethics in their pursuit of power, as well as their willingness to accept dubious gifts from vile sources.
  • 1852 A.D.: The Brightwell Coven's headquarters in London come under assault by unidentified troops. The qabal's leadership sends a group of novices to Amsterdam with the Libre des Ombres Sécrètes as a decoy, only for the last elder to walk into a trap set in their Alexandria hideaway.
  • 1998 A.D.: The woman who shall come to be known as Mu is born in the Netherlands.
  • 2001 A.D.: The woman who shall come to be known as Slice is born in the state of Massachusetts in New England to a middle-class family. From early youth, she is troubled by grotesque visions; actually echoes of the Red Death's interference with Gothic Earth's Weave of Magic.
  • 2008 A.D.: Young Mu is inducted into the Brightwell Coven in Amsterdam, which has divined her nascent skills as a linguist and code-breaker, as well as her magical potential. She decodes and translates a considerable amount of the Libre des Ombres Sécrètes before she realizes what she has been tampering with and flees the qabal.
  • 2017 A.D.: Acting on a combination of visions shown to her by the Red Death and her own investigation, Slice kills an up-and-coming politician, for whom she had been working as a campaign staffer. She is promptly arrested and confined to the Maine Correctional Institute for Women. Amid huge media attention, Slice is tried in absentia, never receiving an opportunity to defend herself before the court.
  • 2019 A.D.: Slice is convicted of murder and sentenced to execution by means of cyanide gas. The Mists fill the place of execution instead and whisk her away.
  • 2028 A.D.: Witnessing a fire in the home base of the Brightwell Coven in Amsterdam, Mu unwisely plunges into the fire - either to save the old people who inducted her or to take the Libre des Ombres Sécrètes for herself. The fire's smoke transforms into the Mists, which steal her away.

Krynn

  • 13 AC[4]: Evanar first appears on Krynn. She wanders the devastation of the post-Cataclysm world, recording her findings in a new journal before she is pulled back to Toril.
  • 93 AC: Evanar's second visit to Krynn. Hoping that the joint power of Solinari, Lunitari and Nuitari might suppress the silver fire of Mystra, she presents herself at the Tower of Wayreth and demands the right to take the Test of High Sorcery. She is allowed to, on the condition that she not throw the test, but give her best effort. To Evanar's appalled chagrin, she passes the Test and is inducted into the Order of the White Robes. She receives a gift - the Shawl of Truth - that at least allows her to shed the appearance 'gifted' to her by Mystra.
  • 337 AC: Wick is born on the continent of Ansalon to a married couple of mercenaries.
  • 347 AC: Wick and his parents are travelling the continent, doing mercenary work to put food on the table, when they encounter a Wizard. The old man tests Wick on a whim, and announces that he has the talent to become a Wizard of High Sorcery - provided he receives the necessary education and applies himself. Wick's parents start saving up as much money as they can so they can put their son through wizard school. Although he always wished to become a swordsman like his parents, Wick studies to honour their wishes.
  • 360 AC: Wick passes the grueling Test of High Sorcery at the Tower of Wayreth and is inducted into the Order of the Red Robes. He receives the silver dagger Silverwolf as a graduation gift. His wish to go see his parents for the first time in over a decade is denied, as the Order wants him to stay at the Tower and conduct research into Conjuration magic, for which he has a knack.
  • 368 AC: Wick encounters a member of the Black Robes, wearing a necklace that belonged to Wick's father. The Black Robe gleefully confesses to having murdered both of Wick's parents. In defiance of the laws of the Wizards of High Sorcery, Wick stabs the Black Robe to death, using the magical dagger Silverwolf. Rather than face the judgment of his fellow Wizards, he next uses a Conjuration spell he had been developing to flee to another world: Toril.

Toril

  • -338 DR[5]: The second incarnation of Mystra prophesies a need for champions to meet future calamities. Her visions lead her to abduct a young human woman from an old and dying world. She renames the woman Evanar and appoints her as 'Mother of Champions', forcefully making her a Chosen and infusing her with silver fire so she may not die. When the woman tries to refuse and begs to be released to her home, Mystra showers her with 'gifts', including an inhumanly aesthetic appearance. None of these gifts manage to win Evanar's agreement or her cooperation, and she soon flees the care of Mystra's priesthood, seeking seclusion in the wilderness.
  • 241 DR: While Mystra's attention is partially diverted by her new favourite Elminster, the Succubus Slap approaches Evanar in her seclusion and offers her the power and freedom of the Abyss in return for turning her considerable power to the cause of Evil. Evanar considers the offers for less than five seconds before telling the demonic temptress that if she were willing to vent her anger and sorrow on innocents, she would have been razing Toril for a long time now. She effortlessly banishes the fiend from her presence and back to the Abyss.
  • 1360 DR: Evanar petitions the latest incarnation of Mystra to release her so she may finally die. The Lady of Mysteries, having learned of the prophecies of her predecessor, regretfully declines. She offers Evanar succor, but the Mother of Champions rejects the offer and returns to her isolation.
  • 1371 DR: Rock Gnome Bard and Harper[1] Agent[2] Colmarr Greatorm is sent to gladden the heart of Evanar, unwilling Mother of Champions for Mystra. Instead, having learned of Evanar's past and her anguish, he flees her home in horror and abandons the mission.
  • 1372 DR: Colmarr Greatorm founds the Sevenstrings due to having learned of the many-worlds interpretation[3] from Evanar during his stay with her; he wishes to end all conflict on Toril by allowing every faction to gain access to a world of its own. He gathers followers from many species without any regard to alignment and petitions several gods for support. The group begins research into the creation of a technomagical portal as prototype.
  • 1372 DR: The Devoratrix who will become known as the Red Haunt is dispatched to test the loyalty of Mulan Red Wizard and Shadow Adept Girin. Surprisingly, the two villains grow close emotionally and romantically, even as they plumb the depths of the Shadow Weave together.
  • 1374 DR: Girin and her Devoratrix companion (who will one day become the Red Haunt) decide to flee Toril in hopes of freeing themselves from Shar. They are attacked on the Plane of Shadow, and Girin suffers mortal wounds. The two villains channel Girin's soul into a magic ring in hopes of restoring her to life later, but the Devoratrix is caught by the Mists before she can leave the Plane of Shadows.
  • 1377 DR: The Harpers[4] and Moonstars[5] become aware of the Sevenstrings' activities, but wildly misinterpret these, believing them to be a debased cult that wishes to open a gateway to an as-yet unknown layer of the Lower Planes. A joint taskforce attacks the Sevenstrings' base, the 'factory'. The weaker members of the Sevenstrings are slaughtered, the stronger are apparently vaporized when an errant spell causes their prototype portal to explode.

The Demiplane of Dread

5th Century

6th Century

7th Century

8th Century

Cross-Reference

This timeline crosses paths in places with Wolfglide's Timeline.

References

  1. Really, who can tell what year it is in this awful place?
  2. https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Shar
  3. Anno Domini.
  4. After Cataclysm.
  5. Dale Reckoning.

Subcategories

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Pages in category "Rock's Timeline"

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