Daily Ravenloft

Mordent is a bleak realm of moors and gloomy woods in the western Core. It is a realm of faded nobility, forgotten glory, and ghosts.

Aside from direct divine intervention, there aren't many means of escape from Ravenloft. Even teleportation doesn't function normally. (1/2)

Teleportation can sometimes go awry, and can never take one across domain borders that have been sealed. (2/2)

Invidia's tyrant, Malocchio, is driven by a burning hatred for the Vistani. Falkovnia lent him troops for free, though none know why.

"Baroque towers, topped with charcoal gray cupola and grim statuary, tower above the grandest buildings (in Invidia)." -core book

The Conjunction shook the Core to its foundations, reshaping domains, destroying others, and opening the bottomless Shadow Rift.

In Verbrek, tiny settlements huddle together, surrounded by trackless wilderness. The howls of wolves are never far away.

The people of Verbrek live from day to day, never sure when someone will die brutally or be dragged off into the woods.

Verbrek is a savage forest with only a handful of people and tiny farms, living on the very edge of survival. Wolves - & werewolves - rule.

Dementlieu, Richemulot, Mordent, and Lamordia are arguably the most civilized realms in the Core, though each has dark, fatal secrets.

Azalin tried to rush the long-prophesied Grand Conjunction in an attempt to escape the demiplane. The Conjunction did not free him.

The lich necromancer Azalin rules Darkon, a large, heavily populated domain in the northern Core. Azalin is arguably Strahd's worst enemy.

Here is a map of the Core.

Balok is the native language of Barovia and is spoken widely throughout the Core.

Dr. Van Richten vanished in the year 750, and is presumed dead. His work is continued by the Weathermay sisters of Mordent, family friends.

Dr. Rudolph van Richten is famous for his guides to vampires, ghosts, and other denizens of night. These works have armed countless heroes.

Ice and snow choke the passes out of Barovia nine months out of the year.

Merchants and travelers using the Old Svalich Road during the summer hurry west to avoid being stranded in Barovia during the winter.

Despite its perils, Barovia is strategically important. The Old Svalich Road is the only road that connects the Core for hundreds of miles.

Deadly wolves - and darker things - wander the Barovian countryside at night. The primeval forests are haunted by the undead.