A Ravenloft Timeline

Ravenloft: History and Timeline

1 The ancestors of Strahd von Zarovich found the Nation of Barovia.

320 The Tergs invade Barovia, conquering the von Zarovich ancestral lands.

321 Strahd von Zarovich leads the armies of Barovia in battle against the Tergs.

347 Strahd drives the last of the Terg warlords from Barovia, claiming the throne as his reward.

351 The wedding of Sergei von Zarovich and Tatyana turns into a massacre through Strahd's murderous rampage and the treachery of Leo Dilisnya. Barovia becomes a domain.

398 Strahd hunts down the traitorous Leo Dilisnya and condemns him to eternal torment.

400 Strahd encounters Tatyana's first reincarnation.

470 The Vistani appear in Ravenloft. Their leader, Madame Eva, forges an alliance with Count Strahd.

475 Earliest records of the Cult of the Morninglord.

528 Powerful heroes assault Castle Ravenloft and are killed.

542 Azalin enters Ravenloft, forming an uneasy alliance with Strahd.

547 Forlorn is drawn into the Mists.

551 The domains of Har'Akir and Paridon appear.

564 Sebua is formed.

575 Araak appears.

579 Mordent enters Ravenloft. Darkon appears.

581 Illithids spawn the domain of Bluetspur.

586 "Bloody Jack" strikes Paridon for the first time.

588 Keening appears. All surface life in Arak is scoured away.

590 Pharazia is formed.

593 Gundarak is formed.

600 Vechor appears.

603 Invidia takes shape under the rule of Bakholis.

607 Sanguinia is formed.

611 Shadowborn Manor enters Ravenloft.

613 Kartakass appears.

615 Nidala is formed.

620 Timor appears.

625 Valachan takes shape.

630 The Sea of Sorrows appears.

635 Souragne is formed. Graben appears.

646 Avonleigh appears in the Phantasmal Forest.

650 The Faith of the Overseer is founded in Darkon.

658 The Wildlands takes shape.

666 Yakov Dilisnya scribes the First Book of Ezra.

670 Sri Raji is formed.

682 Nova Vaasa appears.

683 Lamordia is formed.

684 Borca appears.

688 The Crimson Death, a lethal plague, spreads across Darkon.

689 Vlad Drakov enters Ravenloft in Darkon.

690 Falkovnia appears.

691 Tepest takes shape,

694 Richemulot appears.

698 Markovia is formed. Camille Boritsi poisons most of her family.

699 Felix Wachter pens the Second Book of Ezra.

700 Drakov invades Darkon and is repelled.

702 G'Henna appears.

704 Drakov invades Darkon again and is repelled.

706 Dr. Rudolph van Richten vows to battle the forces of evil.

707 Dementlieu appears.

708 Arkandale appears.

709 Joan Secousse pens the Third Book of Ezra.

711 Camille Boritsi is murdered; her daughter Ivana inherits control of Borca. Drakov invades Darkon a third time and is repelled.

713 A shadowy crime lord known only as "the Brain" surfaces in Port-a-Lucine.

714 Hazlan takes shape.

715 Dorvinia appears.

720 Sithicus joins the Core.

722 Drakov invades Darkon once more and is repelled.

728 Saragoss is formed.

729 Othmar Bolshnik assumes the title of Prince of Nova Vaasa. Bakholis is killed by one of his captives, Gabrielle Aderre. A peasant uprising topples his regime.

730 Verbrek takes shape.

731 Vorostokov is formed.

734 Prince Othmar refuses to relinquish his title.

735 The Vistani seer Hyskosa records his Dire Prophecy predicting the Grand Conjunction. Van Richten publishes the first of his texts, the Guide to Vampires.

736 The first verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass. Duke Gundar, the lord of Gundarak, falls victim to clever heroes and a traitorous servant.

737 The second verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass.

738 Odiare enters Ravenloft. The third verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass.

739 The fourth verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass.

740 The Grand Conjunction rocks the Land of Mists to its foundations, reshaping the domains.

740 Rokushima Taiyoo appears. Saragoss, Sri Raji, and the Wildlands join together to form the Verdurous Lands. Tepestanis organize an inquisition against the fey in response to the formation of the Shadow Rift.

741 Hazlik builds the village of Ramulai to house a school of wizardry. Gennifer Weathermay Foxgrove is mauled by a wolf. Her uncle George shoulders the blame and leaves Mordent.

742 Dr. van Richten publishes the Guide to the Vistani and retires. "Bloody Jack" resurfaces in Paridon for his thirteenth killing spree.

743 The popular bard Harkon Lukas is elected Meistersinger of Skald. Thought destroyed in the Grand Conjunction, Markovia is rediscovered in the Sea of Sorrows.

744 Paridon and Timor merge to form the Zherisia cluster.

745 The demon Malistroi attempts to conquer G'Henna with a fiendish army.

746 Har'Akir, Pharazia, and Sebua join together to form the Amber Wastes cluster.

747 Malocchio Aderre, born to Gabrielle Aderre and a mysterious father, is revealed to be a Dukkar and seizes control of Invidia. Avonleigh,Nidala, and Shadowborn Manor form the Shadowlands cluster.

748 A Lamordian colony on Markovia vanishes without a trace.

749 The Grim Harvest begins as Azalin sends the Ebon Fold into surrounding lands to collect souls for a massive magical experiment. Sanguinia joins with Vorostokov to form the Frozen Reaches cluster.

750 Dr. Rudolph van Richten vanishes. Gennifer and Laurie Weathermay-Foxgrove vow to continue his work. A massive burst of nega tive energy now known as the Requiem transforms II Aluk into a city of the undead. Azalin is thought destroyed. The Mists re veal the Nocturnal Sea.

751 Teodorus Raines pens the Fourth Book of Ezra. Drakov invades Darkon once again, but the dead still rise to repel his forces. A prince of the shadow fey attempts to reopen a portal to the Plane of Shadow, nearly freeing a monstrous entity of immense power.

752 Azrael usurps control of Sithicus after his former master disappears in the Hour of Screaming Shadows.

753 The Weathermay-Foxgrove sisters print new editions of the Van Richten Guides. The former servants of Azalin begin to receive visions instructing them to aid in his return.

754 Gregor Zolnik kills his wife and mother in a mad rage. His sisters disappear.

755 Heroes restore Azalin to power, foiling a traitorous attempt to enslave his spirit. "Bloody Jack" expected to strike Paridon again.