Barovia Chronology

1 BC

• Nation of Barovia forged of independent city-states by the von Zarovich family.

168 BC

• Founding of the Church of Andral.

230 BC

• Approximate date of the invasion of the Neureni Horde.

299 BC

• Strahd is born.

314 BC

• The War of Silver Knives, a conflict between the Dilisnyas, Katskies, and the Petrovnas, purportedly begins with the Assassination of Lady Izabela Dilisnya. Pidlwik Dilisnya, her son, swears a vendetta against the foes of the family.

316 BC

• Count Barov von Zarovich commands an end to the War of Silver Knives and appeases the warring parties with gifts of land, though the war will still fragment Barovia in the face of the Terg invasion to come. Pidlwik bears lingering resentment for Barov as a result.

320 BC

• Strahd gains the military rank of general.
• Tergs invade Barovia.

321 BC

• Strahd von Zarovich takes the Barovian troops to war against the Tergs for the sovereignty of Barovia.

326 BC

• The Siege of Krezk occurs.

341 BC

• The Bright Blade is given to Sergei von Zarovich as he joins the Church of Andral.

346 BC

• Count Barov and Countess Ravenia von Zarovich slain by Tergs.

347 BC

• Strahd makes a pact with Inajira right before a critical battle with the Tergs.
• Last of the Tergs driven from Barovia. Strahd takes the rule over Barovia as the prize for his victory.

349 BC

• Castle Ravenloft completed. Strahd assumes residence there.

350 BC

• Count Strahd von Zarovich, Commander Alek Gwilym, Sergei von Zarovich, and Lieutenant Falov lead a military strike force to defeat Red Lukas and his gang of bandits.
• Most High Priest Kir dies creating the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind. Sergei von Zarovich succeeds him as high priest of Andral.
• The Ba'al Verzi try and fail to assassinate Count Strahd von Zarovich.

351 BC

• Barovia forms due the actions of Strahd von Zarovich. Strahd turns into a vampire.
• A comet shines in the Barovian sky during the fermenting season. Hence, the year is known as The Year of the Comet. Barovian Red, a local wine, marked the event with labels bearing the image of the comet.

352 BC

• Strahd flexes his muscles to show domination over Barovia.

398 BC

• Count Strahd von Zarovich confronts Lord Leo Dilisnya at the Monastery of Silver Threads, walking into Lord Dilisnya's trap. Strahd is almost put down, but the monks of the monastery act to turn the tide of battle. Strahd turns Lord Leo Dilisnya into a vampire and imprisons him in a tomb to starve from a lack of blood.

399 BC

• Jezra Wagner is born.

400 BC

• First known reincarnation of Tatyana.

426 BC

• Winter: Jezra Wagner perishes on Mt. Baratok and becomes a heat-draining spectre.

445 BC

• According to a version of Strahd's diary, Alina, the second reincarnation of Tatyana Federovna dies of fever in this year of 445 BC. Count Strahd attempts suicide with Alina in hand, but the Mists prevent him and snatch away her corpse. However, this goes against a version of Strahd's diary that says Tatyana's second reincarnation was Olya Ivanova who died 30 years later in 475 BC.

Sometime Between 450 BC and 460 BC

• Gregorri Kolyan the bard is held captive by Strahd for several years. Kolyan is ultimately let go with the story of Strahd's past.

470 BC

• The Vistani appear in Barovia for the first time.
• Madame Eva and Strahd form an alliance.

475 BC

• Martyn Pelkar is drawn into Barovia, bringing tales of a "golden morning lord". At first the boy is called mad, but Martyn's stories of whom he called the Morninglord would sprout a full Cult of the Morninglord among the Barovians, which history shows as appearing that same year. The figure protective figure Martyn encounters is not actually Lathander, but rather Jander Sunstar, whom was also a new arrival in Ravenloft.

485 BC

• Petya and Anastasia Petrovich killed by Strahd.

495 BC

• Jacqueline Montarri murders Madame Eva and is horrifically cursed. Madame Maruschka becomes the new raunie of the Zarovan tribe (note that Madame Eva is still seen after this; this can be accounted for by her tribe’s existence in non-linear time).

499 BC

• Alexi "Sasha" Petrovich, Leisl, and Jander Sunstar assault Castle Ravenloft drive Strahd into hibernation.

525 BC

• Lyssa von Zarovich is born.

528 BC

• Outlander adventurers assault Castle Ravenloft and are destroyed.

542 BC

• Azalin enters Ravenloft and arrives in Barovia. Reluctantly, he serves Strahd for a time.
• Strahd discusses the potential threat Azalin poses with Madame Ilka, the new raunie of the Zarovan tribe (Maruschka having apparently died at some point in the last 40 years).

547 BC

• Forlorn appears. Strahd sends Azalin to investigate, but nothing of value to them is found.

550 BC

• Lyssa von Zarovich becomes a vampire and discovers a way to achieve the power of a vampire much greater than her age.
• In this approximate year, Forfarian survivors stream over the border from Forlorn to Barovia and end up settling.

579 BC

• Strahd and Azalin create a portal to Mordent, where the Alchemist conducts strange research on changing the soul. The Mists snatch up Mordent before either Strahd or Azalin can make good their escape, leaving them with only hazy dream-like recollections of what happened.
• Azalin leaves the service of Strahd. Darkon forms.

580 BC

• A Barovian militia established by Boyar Yersinia Wachter and led by Aldrick Wachter repels an invading party of Azalin's undead.

581 BC

• Bluetspur appears.

585 BC

• Thaani stream into Barovia from Bluetspur.

613 BC (Approximately)

• Strahd encounters Harkon Lukas running amok in Barovia and thoroughly thrashes him, forcing Harkon to flee into the Mists.

656 BC

• Tiryn Olenka-Blaas, future founder of the Celestines, is born.
• After his parents murder Erich Reinhold and hold a funeral for him, Erich rises from the grave vrykolaka vampire. He murders everyone at Reinhold Manor. Reinhold begins haunting the hills of Soutwestern Barovia.

697 BC

• After the Ba'al Verzi assassins botch several attempts on his life, Boyar Nicu Moldonesti seizes control of the organization, and he enslaves many of its master assassins.

718 BC

• Tara Kolyana is born. Not too long thereafter, her parents flee Barovia to go to Hazlan.

720 BC

• Soth arrives in Ravenloft, slays the tribe of Magda Ilyanova Kulchevich, encounters Strahd, and meets Azrael.

733 BC

• Boyar Invich marries an Invidian noble named Mina, much to her chagrin.

735 BC

• Count Strahd von Zarovich's current guise, Count Strahd von Zarovich XI, "ascends to power".
• Tara Kolyana experiences her first brush with the supernatural with an afflicted werewolf. After witnessing the man become cured, Tara resolves to help people throughout the Land of Mists. Her parents make her promise to never to go to Barovia.
• By this year, Tiryn Olenka-Blaas has discovered and disseminated enough knowledge to gather a crowd of curious stargazer disciples around her. Labeled as heretics and associated in the public eye with the Terg astrology, the Celestines grow closer together and soldier on despite the threat of persecution.