Ravenloft: History and Timeline

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Ravenloft: The Demiplane of Dread

Quote

"History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors,"
"And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions,"
"Guides us by vanities."
—- T. S. Eliot, "Gerontion"

Introduction

The study of Ravenloft's past can prove a maddening exercise. When a new domain forms in the Mists, its denizens appear with complete memories of full lives, and their culture may record a history that stretches back centuries before the domain's actual creation. Whether these "false histories" are real and drawn from other worlds or entirely fabricated by the Dark Powers is a matter best left to the philosophers.