History of Ravenloft

Arak, an early Domain of Dread, formed as the shadow fey escaped the Plane of Half-Shadows.

Vlad Drakov and his Talons of the Hawk entered the Mists from Barovia and came out in Darkon. They immediately put the Darkonian villages of Pound, S'Realm, and Glymshire to the torch. The undead retaliated, and Vlad's mercenaries were expelled into the Mists, leaving him alone.

Falkovnia faced two threats in Silbervas: a rising thieves' guild and an infestation of wererats. They were both led by the Clawed. The period of Falkovnian history known as the Years of Impaled Rats then began.

A force of Darkonians marched upon Keening with intent on wiping out Marbh-Cathair, later known as the City of the Dead. They were all massacred save for Unwald Rottennail. He went mad and took up residence in Marbh-Cathair.

Falkovnia launched its fifth and final invasion of Darkon in the March of Doom. Falkovnian forces reached as far north as Nartok before being turned back by the undead one last time.

During the threat of the Hour of Ascension, a strange entity known only as "S" visited Keening, taking a baby for Tristessa in exchange for safe passage. She was betrayed by the darklord and left on display outside the cave, her body impaled on a series of pikes.

The Darkonian Knights and the gods Lolth and Selene gathered at the Cathedral of the Fallen. They had a snowball fight outside, in which Lolth involved all of her children- the members of the Dark Seldarine. Tasha was also present, at the time very good friends with Dwr.

The wereravens had been fending off frequent attacks by Baba Lysaga's scarecrow constructs. Three weeks prior to Ace Ventura's entry to Barovia, during one such attack, another gem was found, dug up, and taken. Davian believed that it was in the possession of Baba Lysaga.

Three days after the last attack, the druids returned with a horde of blights and drove Davian's family from the winery. They'd also poisoned the fermentation vats, leaving the winery with only a few bottles and barrels of drinkable wine.