Markovia
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| Culture Level | Stone Age (1)[1] |
| Ecology | Full[1] |
| Climate & Terrain | Warm forests, hills, mountains[1], Formerly Temperate[2] |
| Year Formed | 698 BC[3][4] |
| Population | Unknown[1] |
| Races (%) | "Beast-Men"[1] |
| Languages | Balok |
| Religions | Diosamblet |
| Government | None formally[1] |
| Ruler(s) | Dr. Frantisek Markov |
| Darklord(s) | Dr. Frantisek Markov |
| Nationality | Markovian |
| Analog | The Island of Doctor Moreau |
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Markovia is an island situated in the Sea of Sorrows[1] and based on the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau. The domain's sole inhabitants are Dr. Frantisek Markov and his unique broken ones (tormented humanoids created by the fleshcrafting of animals with Markov's perverse surgical methods). His obsession is the creation of humans from animals, a project doomed to ultimate failure. His creations are inhuman looking and degenerate slowly back into mere mindless beasts.
The wreck of the Sunset Empires lies in Sunset Bay.
Originally located where the Shadow Rift now lies, Markovia became an island in The Sea of Sorrows during The Grand Conjunction.
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Winter's Moon is an annual festival celebrated in Markovia.
Chronology
- 698 BC - Frantisek Markov butchers his wife, Ludmilla. Markovia forms as a domain within the mainland of the Core.[5]
- 740 BC - The Grand Conjunction. Markovia is ripped from its place in the Core, seemingly destroyed. In reality, it becomes an island in the Sea of Sorrows.[6] However, with its transition, Markovia's climate and flora begin visibly changing from temperate to tropical.[7]
- 743 BC - Having vanished from the mainland of the Core, Markovia is found once again in the Sea of Sorrows.[8][9]
- 748 BC - A Lamordian colony is established on Markovia but subsequently disappears, leaving behind no evidence of its existence.[8][9][10]
- 749 BC - Akanga's Rebellion: Akanga attempts a revolution against Frantisek Markov's rule of Markovia.[11]
- 757 BC - By this time, the year in which the third volume of the Doomsday Gazetteers was published, two Dementlieuse colonies had failed as well.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.147
- ↑ Neither Man Nor Beast
- ↑ Ravenloft Third Edition p.17
- ↑ Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17, 76
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Realm of Terror (Red Box) p. 19
- ↑ Neither Man Nor Beast p.17
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ravenloft Third Edition p.18
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.20
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.78
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17, as told in Neither Man Nor Beast
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume III p.30
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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