Forlorn
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Forlorn is a tiny domain mainly inhabited by goblyns, monstrous slaves created by dark magic. A handful of humans live in the woods and underground, fighting the goblyns. The darklord is a cursed individual named Tristen ApBlanc, vampyre by day, ghost by night, who inhabits a castle caught in temporal flux due to the massive amounts of ethereal resonance created by the ghosts there. Those who enter Castle Tristenoira are subject to time travel to one of three time-lines, each fundamental to the creation of the domain.
As such, Forlorn maintains no ties with any other domain and none of the other lords or lands pay it any heed.
| Forlorn | |
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| Culture Level | Iron Age (3); the ruins in Forlorn indicate a Medieval (7) culture |
| Ecology | Full Ecology |
| Climate & Terrain | Temperate Temperate Forests, Hills, and Plains |
| Year Formed | 547 BC (1,934 by the Forfarian calendar) |
| Population | 2,025 |
| Races (%) | 94% Goblyn, 6% Human |
| Languages | Forfarian |
| Religions | Forfarian druidism |
| Government | Anarchy |
| Ruler(s) | None |
| Darklord(s) | Tristen ApBlanc |
| Nationality | Forfarian |
| Analog | Ireland, Scotland, and Wales |
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Geography
Forlorn is a hilly, mountainous terrain with wooded lowlands. Mounts Arawn and Mathonwy reside at the center of the domain, Arawn in particular permanently enshrouded in a sickly yellow fog.
Weather
Forlorn is almost always overcast, and often raining accompanied by thunder and lightning. In the summer months, the clouds give way to the sun to produce a hot muggy climate, but this doesn't last for long.
Terrain
Muddy, with bogs and marshes dotting the region.
Lakes
The Lake of Red Tears at the northern part of the domain is the source of the Musarde River, and home to Aggie, an undead sea serpent.
Landmarks
Two haunted, mostly abandoned keeps are located at the north and south ends of the domain: Castle Tristenoira and Castle Forfarmax.
Rivers
The Musarde River begins at the northern end of the domain, and Kendall Creek passes through the southern end.
Settlements
There are no permanent settlements in Forlorn proper, but its culture thrives (so to speak) in the hamlet of Forfarmax which resides in the relative safety on the border of Forlorn, in Hazlan.
(Note the error in the map on this page, placing the village in Kartakass instead. This map predates Gazetteer I, which places it definitively in Hazlan. Gomez, of the MCS says, "the neighbouring village of Forfarmax contained living inhabitants, which meant that the village itself could not possibly be in Forlorn (all the domain's former inhabitants are Goblyns). I therefore put the village in Kartakass.")
Druids also maintain a small presence in the domain, in multiple hidden sanctuaries, split between the larger Oak faction, and the recently reduced Rowan faction.
Chronology
- 1 Forfarian Calendar The Forfarian Calendar begins with the founding of the Kingdom of Firfair by King Caral Firfair. Forfarians have something resembling a common culture for the first time[1]
- 952 Forfarian Calendar With the overthrow of Merionite rule but no good claimant to the throne of Firfair, the former kingdom splits into several baronies, the Barony of Forfar being one of them. The ApBlanc Family rules over it for the next 641 years in relative peace and stability.[1]
- 186 BC 1573 Forfarian Calendar Flora ApBlanc is born to Lord Keegan ApBlanc and Lady Eileen ApBlanc.[2]
- 206 BC 1593 Forfarian Calendar (Winter) - The Barony of the Western Highlands goes to war against the March of Goteer. The war drags in other clans against the Barony of the Western Highlands, and in turn that Barony calls upon the Barony of Forfar for aid. Baron Gillian ApBlanc, then Baron of Forfar, grants this request, though he forbids sending soldiers until after the wedding of Flora ApBlanc and Rivalin ApTosh[1]
- 207 BC 1594 Forfarian Calendar (Spring) - Rivalin ApTosh and Flora ApBlanc become married, but Rivalin is called away to war against the Goteerans. Rivalin earns glory through his bravery and decisive action, personally killing the leader of the Goteerans. Forfarian druids call upon a great storm to route the Goteerans. However, the storm takes the lives of both friend and foe. Rivalin is one of the lives lost, leaving Flora a widow]].[3][4] and their unborn son without a father.[3]
- 207 BC - Rivalin returns to Flora as a vampire, and she falls under his sway. He partakes of her blood for a period of time, tainting their unborn son's blood. Rivalin eventually starts feeding upon other people in Birnam, but he is caught and destroyed. With his blood tainted by a latent vampirism, Tristen ApBlanc is born to Flora ApBlanc. Rivalin is killed and Flora is lynched by a mob as a witch. Upon Flora's request, Rual and the druids take in the boy.[5][6]
- 213 BC - 1600 Forfarian Calendar: Lady Briony ApFittle is born.[7]
- 222 BC 1609 Forfarian Calendar After his reversion to an unnatural is discovered, Tristen ambushes Rual and murders her. The holy water in her blood purifies the taint of vampirism from him, but her curse causes him to manifest as a vampyre by day and a ghost by night. He is bound to the defiled Sacred Grove for all time.[8]
- 231 BC - 1618 Forfarian Calendar: Tristen tries burning down the sacred grove he's bound to in an effort to escape his curse. It fails, he goes on a rampage, terrorizing the people of Birnam with his wolves as a result. Tristan keeps the stolen possessions for himself. He repeats the process of murdering and looting for the next couple of centuries.[9][10]
- 250 BC - 1637 Forfarian Calendar: Lord Keegan ApBlanc and Lady Eileen ApBlanc pass without an heir, leaving the ApFittle Family, or more specifically Lady Briony ApFittle, to take charge of Forfar.[11]
- 269 BC - 1656 Forfarian Calendar: Lady Briony ApFittle grants the ApKie Family a large holding of land in Forfar.[12]
- 274 BC - 1661 Forfarian Calendar: Lady Briony ApFittle dies.[7]
- 349 BC - 1736 Forfarian Calendar From his deathbed in absence of an heir,MacFarn of MacFarn, chief of Clan MacFarn, delegates the responsibility of choosing a successor from among his nephews to Lady Iolan. Of the choice between Duncan MacFarn and Donal MacFarn, Donal is eventually chosen.[13]
- 350 BC - 1737 Forfarian Calendar: An unnamed cleric of Diancecht writes The Purification of the Corrupt Flesh.[2]
- 350 BC - Duncan MacFarn lures his brother Donal MacFarn into a trap under a pretense of a feast at Castle Forfarmax. Once Donal and his guard are inside the feast hall, Donal orders his archers to shoot them all dead. Donal and his soldiers all perish. Duncan's agents entomb the dead bodies beneath the stones of the castle's floor.[13]
- 351 BC - 1738 Forfarian Calendar: On the anniversary of their murder, Donal MacFarn and the Ghosts of Hospitality possess the stones of Castle Forfarmax and kill the traitor Duncan MacFarn and his retinue of servants and guests, leaving Castle Forfarmax empty and abandoned for centuries.[13]
- 422 BC - 1809 Forfarian Calendar: Tristen ApBlanc resurfaces under the guise of a minstrel and distant relative of the ApBlancs. He lays claim to their old lands and orders the construction of the Lord's Tower.[14]
- 422 BC 1809 Forfarian Calendar: (Death of an Ancestor) The Minstrel ApBlanc saves the future mother of Corey, an ancestor of one of the player characters.[15]
- 423 BC 1810 Forfarian Calendar: (Death of an Ancestor) Corey, an ancestor of one of the player characters, is born.[15]
- 426 BC - 1813 Forfarian Calendar: Tristen ApBlanc tricks Isolt ApVay into marrying him by praying upon her sympathies for him as a cursed being. Over the next three years, they would produce three children, Gilan ApBlanc, Morholt ApBlanc, and Brangain ApBlanc.[16][10]
- 439 BC - 1825 Forfarian Calendar': Tristen ApBlanc accidentally kills Gilan ApBlanc when he sends his wolves after the boy's dog Petitcrieu.[17][18]
- 446 BC - 1833 Forfarian Calendar: Tristen ApBlanc mistakenly murders the sleeping Morholt ApBlanc, intending instead to murder his teacher Duncan ApDuguid.[19][10]
- 451 BC - 1838 Forfarian Calendar: Tristen ApBlanc puts away Brangain ApBlanc in a hidden cell because of he feared her holy powers.[19][20]
- 452 BC - 1839 Forfarian Calendar: Castle A Timeframe. Despite being locked in her cell, Brangain ApBlanc vanishes without a trace. Tumbling to the truth of her huband's evil nature, Isolt ApBlanc confronts Tristen. He ultimately murders her, but he manages to cover it up as a suicide.[19][21]
- 463 BC - 1850 Forfarian Caledar: Minstrel Tristen vanishes. The Lord's Tower now (or is thought to now) lies abandoned.[22]
- 507 BC - 1894 Forfarian Calendar: Andrew ApFittle and Nellie ApFittle, twin brother and sister, are born.[7]
- 512 BC - 1901 Forfarian Calendar Herrold ApKie (later known as Herrd) is born.[7]
- 519 BC - 1906 Forfarian Calendar: Castle B Tristen, under the guise of Marc ApBlanc- the grandson of Bragain, claims the Lord's Tower and begins refurbishing it. Against the protests of the ApFittles, Tristen/Marc builds walls around his keep and begins recruiting mercenaries.[22]
- 519 BC-522 BC - Monsters begin flooding the lands of Forfar, distracting the ApFittles from Tristen/Marc's activities of building up his castle and power.[23]
- 522 BC - 1909 Forfarian Calendar: The Lord's Tower has now been remade into Castle ApBlanc.[23]
- 527 BC '1914 Forfarian Calendar: Nellie ApFittle, an ancestor of Shelaugh, joins the druids of Forfar.[7]
- 537 BC-543 BC late 1920s Forfarian Calendar Tristen/Marc challenges the ApFittles for rule over Forfar, plunging it into Civil War. Tristen's forces eventually triumph.[23]
- 542 BC 1929 Forfarian Calendar: Lord Patrick ApFittle dies, and Andrew ApFittle becomes lord of Forfar.[7]
- 543 BC - 1930 Forfarian Calendar: The Massacre of the ApFittles- ApFittle Hall is razed, leaving only the skeletal ruins of its foundation behind. In the smoldering ruins, Tristen orders the mass execution of no less than 27 of the ApFittles, thus heralding the start of the Time of Terrors. The spilled blood allows the seed of a Death's Head Tree to germinate.[24]
- 546 BC 1933 Forfarian Calendar: The people of Birnam sign papers of formal surrender to the minions of Tristen ApBlanc.[7]
- 547 BC - 1934 Forfarian Calendar: The Execution of Andrew ApFittle. Tristen ApBlanc wins a bloody civil war for Forfar. He orders the execution of the last ApFittle. As Tristen claims lordship of Forfar for himself, the Dark Powers respond. Forlorn becomes the second domain to form in Ravenloft.[23][21] As part of the land's corruption, the Lake of Red Tears emerges, and Agatha swims in its depths.[25] Most of the surviving human Forfarians will flee Forlorn during this Time of Terror.[26]
- 550 BC - In this approximate year, Forfarian survivors stream over the border from Forlorn to Barovia and end up settling in Immol.[28]
- 595 BC - 1982 Forfarian Calendar The Death's Head Tree of ApFittle Hall sprouts its first batch of "fruit".[29]
- 622 BC - 2009 Forfarian Year: After seven decades, Tristen puts all of the goblyns of forlorn under his control.[23] Under his command, they extend and build out the structures of Castle Tristenoira.[23][30] Tristen begins persecuting the Forfarian druids.[31]
- 636 BC - 2023 Forfarian Calendar: Gregory and Dorina craft the horn of the sacred grove in this year at the earliest.[32]
- 643 BC-659 BC 2030s-2040s Forfarian Calendar Gundarakite loggers exploit the forests of Forlorn. However, when they delve in too near to Castle Tristenoira, Tristen gathers his goblyns and drives the loggers off.[33]
- 678 BC
Jerubaal Iskway, one of the founding members of the Fraternity of Shadows, disappears in Castle Tristenoira. He is presumed to be deceased.[34]
- 682 BC - 2069 Forfarian Calendar: Shelaugh, one of the surviving ApFittle Family and future leader of the Rowan Faction, is born.[35]
- 688 BC - 2075 Forfarian Calendar: Hoder MacGranin, along with a group of other Forfarian settlers, emerge from the Mists to find the lost (to them) Barony of Forfar. Hoder is inspired by the twin castles of Castle Forfarmax and Castle ApBlanc to establish the hamlet of Forfarmax nearby just across the border.[36]
- 706 BC - 2093 Forfarian Calendar: [[Maeve (Leader of the Oak Faction), future leader of the Oak Faction of Forfarian] druids, is born in Teufeldorf in Gundarak.[35]
- 722 BC - 2109 Forfarian Calendar: Maeve dedicates her life to the path of the druid and restoring balance in Forlorn.[37]
- 730 BC - 2117 Forfarian Calendar: According to "S", this is the final year of where "credible" and documented cases of goblyn attacks from beyond the borders of Forlorn occur.[38]
- 731 BC - 2118 Forfarian Calendar: Professor Abelhous Nicholsi is scarred by a goblyn in Forlorn.
- 733 BC - 2120 Forfarian Calendar': Svendar and four adventuring companions stumble through the Mists into Forlorn. They discover Castle Tristenoira and are bested in side. Svendar is the only known survivor.[39]
- 735 BC - Lazlo Meistersinger, a Kartakan adventurer, travels through Forlorn but succumbs to madness, becoming a Lost One.[40]
- 735 BC - 2122 Forfarian Calendar: Castle C Current day of the Castles Forlorn boxed set.[23]
- 735 BC - Adventurers try to penetrate Castle Tristenoira. A few days later, only a couple make it back out alive, but with a female prisoner freed form the castle in tow.[41]
This prisoner is Brangain ApBlanc.
- 739 BC - 2126 Forfarian Calendar: By this year, Tristen ApBlanc has noticed the threat Azenwrath represents. Tristen manipulates Kyall into bringing down Azenwrath.[[42]
- 747 BC - 2134 Forfarian Calendar: Druidic records show that this year marks the most recent significant expansion of goblyn clear-cutting.[43]
- 750 BC - 2137 Forfarian Calendar: Shelaugh commands a force of no less than 46 druids of the Rowan Faction and 20 mercenaries to storm Castle Tristenoira. The majority are horribly massacred, with less than a fourth returning alive. Half of the survivors have gone mad. The Oak Faction assumes more power in Forlorn as a result of this event.[44]
- 1237 BC - 2624 Forfarian Castle The seen future of Castle Tristenoira in ruins and Tristen free of his curse.[45]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gazetteer I p.70
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eve of Sorrows p. 27
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Weeping Lands p. 6
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.70-71
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.70-72
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5-8
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Eve of Sorrows p. 28
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 8-11
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5,11
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Gazetteer I p.130
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 11; Eve of Sorrows p. 28
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 37
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Children of the Night: Ghosts p. 79
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 11-12
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Eve of Sorrows p. 29
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 12-13
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, 13
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.130, based upon Gilan being "12 years old" at the time of death
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Weeping Lands p. 5,13
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.130-131, "one year earlier" than 1839 Forfarian Calendar/452 BC
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Gazetteer I p.131
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Weeping Lands p. 5,14
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 Weeping Lands p. 5,15
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 30; Melancholy Meetings p. 30
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 28
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 30
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.73-74
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.18
- ↑ Melancholy Meetings p. 30; "52 years" after the mass execution of a large number of ApFittles.
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.74
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 27
- ↑ Eve of Sorrows p. 23; "nearly one hundred years ago" from 735 BC
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 31, Gazetteer I p. 67
- ↑ Quoth the Raven Issue 13 p. 72
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Weeping Lands p. 41
- ↑ Gazetteer I p. 82
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 42; has spent the last 13 years to restoring balance in Forlorn
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.74
- ↑ Melancholy Meetings p. 6; "Two years ago" from 735 BC
- ↑ Melancholy Meetings p. 21, "a few weeks ago"
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.74
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.68
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.67
- ↑ Gazetteer I p.74
- ↑ Weeping Lands p. 5, Eve of Sorrows p. 32
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Ravenloft Third Edition |
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Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp7,50 | |
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Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9 |
