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'''Paridon''' is a [[domain]] designed around the idea of social decay, one which happens to be infested with [[Dread Doppelganger| dread doppelgangers]]. The [[darklord]] is the doppelganger [[Sodo]], who is referred to by the human inhabitants as "Flickerflame" because he cannot control his shape-changing powers and is constantly "flickering" in form. Previously an [[island of terror]], Paridon and the domain of [[Timor]] (located within the sewers) form the [[Zherisia]] [[cluster]].<ref name="DoD p. 117-118">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 117-118</ref>

Beyond the [[shapechanger]]s that hide among the populace and the [[marikith]] or other horrors from Timor below, few native inhuman monsters inhabit the [[fog]] covered [[street]]s of Paridon. However, there are all too many [[human]] [[evil]]s here, including [[murderer]]s that walk the streets at night. The most [[infamous]] of these [[madmen]] is [[Bloody Jack]], a [[serial killer]] who takes six lives without fail every 13 years.<ref name="DoD p. 117-118">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 117-118</ref> Most recently, he struck in [[755 BC]].<ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> On a more mundane but widespread level, [[Paridoner]] society is also afflicted by the social ills of mass hunger and a stiff class divide.<ref name="DoD p. 117-118">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 117-118</ref>

==History==
Prior to its capture by [[the Mists]], Paridon and the surrounding land of Zherisia were located on some unknown world of the [[Prime Material Plane]]. Several [[dread doppelganger]] clans lived hidden among the humans of the city. One particularly sadistic and traitorous doppelganger systematically [[betrayed]] and wiped out all of the elders of his clan, subsequently seizing power. When his treachery became great enough, the Dark Powers drew in Paridon and some of the nearby land.<ref>[[Hour of the Knife]] p. 38; Domains of Dread p. 118</ref> The year was [[551 BC]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>

In [[586 BC]], the [[murderer]] known as [[Bloody Jack]] went on his first spree, claiming the lives of six victims. "Bloody Jack" would continue the pattern every thirteen years right up to the present day.<ref name="note 1">According to [[Hour of the Knife]] p. 5, the knife was first used in this fashion 156 years ago from the time of the module. According to [[Domains of Dread]] p. 17, the events of HotK happened in the year [[742 BC]].</ref>

Even prior to the loss of the arable land surrounding the city, the problems of scarcity (particularly food scarcity) ran rampant in Paridon.<ref>[[Realm of Terror]] p. 86 (Black Boxed Set)</ref> In [[740 BC]], the [[Grand Conjunction]] occurred, and Paridon became alone in the mists, the surrounding land outside of the city lost entirely.<ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]] (Red boxed set) p. 41</ref> Starvation ensued, though the issue was ameliorated somewhat a few years later as people started disappearing from their homes and the population dropped. Throughout this strife, [[Paridoner]]s continued to refer to themselves as Zherisian, as a way to remind themselves from a time outside of the [[Mist|Mists]]. Coinciding with the drop in population, the layout of the sewer networks beneath the city became changed.<ref name="DoD p.11-117">[[Domains of Dread]] p.116-117</ref> Unknown to the general populace, Paridon had joined with the underground remnants of Timor to form the Zherisia cluster in [[744 BC]].<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name="RLCS p.17">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p.17</ref><ref name="RLPHB p.19">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref> Seeping up from the depths of Timor, the [[marikith]] and other denizens of that domain became a new threat to the people of Paridon.<ref name="DoD p.11-117">[[Domains of Dread]] p.116-117</ref>

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