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|terrain={{netbook-small}}Temperate to cold seas; cold forests, marshes, hills, and plains.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 128">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 128</ref>
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|population={{netbook-small}}4,000 (Approx.)<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 128">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 128</ref>
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|ruler=[[Colin Graben]]
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}}{{Canon}}[[Nebligtode]] is a [[domain]] that is part of the [[Nocturnal Sea]] and that is ruled by [[Meredoth]]. It consists principally of the [[island|islands]] of [[Graben Island|Graben]] and [[Todstein]]. It includes their surronding waters and the waters between them.
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Formed in [[635 BC]]<ref name="Domains of Dread p.16">[[Domains of Dread]], p. 16</ref>, [[Nebligtode]] was a [[domain]] consisting of a number of [[island]]s<ref name="Ships of Horror p.54">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.54</ref> floating in or reachable by [[the Sea of Sorrows]] and their surrounding waters. [[Graben Island]], the most notable of the islands, along with [[Knammen Island]] and [[Schlammholme Islets|several smaller islets]] sat 75 miles away from the [[Lamordian]] coast.<ref name="Ships of Horror p.43">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.43</ref> The relatively bleak and barren island of [[Todstein]] lied 60 miles to the west of Graben.<ref name="Ships of Horror p.54">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.54</ref> In [[750 BC]], Nebligtode was ripped from the Sea of Sorrows, and its islands joined [[the Nocturnal Sea]] on the opposite side of the Core.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 17, 78-80">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17, 78-80</ref>
 
For the most part, Graben Island and its surrounding islets featured nondescript prairies and rocky scrublands with a somewhat cold climate where severe weather was not too uncommon.<ref name="Ships of Horror p.43">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.43</ref> Despite the conditions, the diligent people of Nebligtode relied primarily on [[agriculture]], chiefly [[sheep]] and [[goat]] [[farm]]ing but also cultivating [[cotton]] and various [[wheat]]s in the prairies of the island. [[Weaver]]s and other producers of [[textile]]s were also not uncommon.<ref name="Ships of Horror p.44">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.44</ref> Four small [[:category:Community upon Graben Island|communities]] of note existed on Graben and the islands surrounding it, the largest of which was [[the Village of Graben]] (pop. only 1000).<ref name="Ships of Horror p.43">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.43</ref> Although the visit of strangers made the villagers slightly apprehensive<ref name="Ships of Horror p.43">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.43</ref>, the [[Graben Family]], the owners and rulers of Graben Island, were known to grant land to newcomers whom petitioned them for it.<ref name="Ships of Horror p.50">[[Ship of Horror]] p.50</ref>
 
In contrast to the relatively livable Graben Island, [[Todstein]] was a freezing cold domain marked by artic winds even though it shared the same approximate latitude as Graben. To the Grabenites, this island was merely a realm of [[mausoleum]]s they used to inter their [[dead]]. In secret, Todstein was the [[lair]] of the [[necromancer]], [[Meredoth]]. Meredoth is both the [[darklord]]<ref name="Ships of Horror p.54">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.54</ref> and true [[ruler]] of Nebligtode, having [[murdered]] the Graben Family and [[reanimated]] them as subservient [[lebendtod]] [[undead]] shortly after the formation of the domain.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.79-80">[[Domains of Dread]] p.79-80</ref> To Meredoth, all of the people in Graben (and ultimately all people who draw breath) merely represent potential subjects for his necromantic research.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.67">[[Domains of Dread]] p.67</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Inhabitants==
==Inhabitants==


Meredoth dwells on [[Todstein]] which is populated by his [[undead]] creations, chief among them being [[lebendtod]] (from the German term "lebende Tote" - "living dead"). In his original realm on [[Mystara]], Meredoth was awarded a barony. However, as the obligations of rulership constantly interfered with his ruthless [[experiments]], Meredoth concocted a plan to [[murder]] all the inhabitants and turn them all into [[The Undead|undead]] [[servant|servants]] that would go his bidding without ever disturbing him again. It was this [[transgression]] that saw him snatched by the [[Mists]] and granted stewardship of [[Nebligtode]].
Meredoth dwells on [[Todstein]], which is populated further by his [[undead]] creations, chief among them being [[lebendtod]] (from the German term "lebende Tote" - "living dead"). In his original realm on [[Mystara]], Meredoth was awarded a barony. However, as the obligations of rulership constantly interfered with his ruthless [[experiments]], Meredoth concocted a plan to [[murder]] all the inhabitants and turn them all into [[The Undead|undead]] [[servant|servants]] that would do his bidding without ever disturbing him again. It was this [[transgression]] that saw him snatched by the [[Mists]] and granted stewardship of [[Nebligtode]].
 
==Chronology==
{{canon}}
* {{netbook-small}}Mid 300s BC [[False History]] [[Svidi Full-Sails]] of the [[Anatal]] leads his tribe to colonize [[Graben Island]], displacing the resident monastic community at the [[Black Chapel]]. [[The nuckalavee]] is [[conjured]] by the expelled clergy, then geas-bound and sent into hibernation by the Anatal. To placate malign powers such as it, the Anatal begin sacrificing condemned humans, creating [[the Strangled]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 387">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 387</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}Mid 400s BC [[False History]] Svidi's colony is wiped out by a [[plague]], leaving behind ruins and the Island's ancient runestones. [[The nuckalavee]] remains quiescent.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 387">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 387</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[580 BC]] [[False History]] [[Graben Manor]] is built on Svidi's former island by a [[wealthy]] [[jewel-thief]] from the south.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 387">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 387</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[610 BC]] [[False History]] The [[Graben Family]] moves onto the Island full-time, adopting the island's name for their own.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 387">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 387</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[630 BC]] [[False History]] Ancestors of the Grabenite villagers arrive on Graben Island, as refugees fleeing the Óvinur Ódn (= "enemy storm") besetting the "North Wild" (March). Graben-town is founded (August). Settlers are initially led by clerics with assemblies filling an advisory role.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[632 BC]] [[Kirchenheim]] is [[founded]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 172">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 172</ref>
 
* {{canon-small}}[[633 BC]] [[Alphatian Empire]] ([[Mystara]]) [[Meredoth]] accepts the title of [[Baron of Norwold]] with the understanding he would not be interrupted from his research. His barony includes an [[island]] off the coast.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 80">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 80</ref>
 
* {{canon-small}}[[635 BC]]<ref name="Domains of Dread p.16">[[Domains of Dread]], p. 16</ref> In a brutal [[winter]], Meredoth [[poison]]s his subjects and reanimates them as [[lebendtod]] to keep them from bothering him for help. His [[island]] (or a version of his island) is taken to an unfamiliar land.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 80">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 80</ref> The domain of [[Nebligtode]] forms as a number of [[island]]s<ref name="Ships of Horror p.54">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.54</ref> in the [[Sea of Sorrows]].<ref name="Ships of Horror p.43">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.43</ref> After spending some time exploring, Meredoth kills and reanimates the [[Graben Family]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p.79-80">[[Domains of Dread]] p.79-80</ref> {{netbook-small}} Meanwhile, the [[storm]] that marks the domains formation causes [[Kirchenheim]] to become [[abandoned]] for the next several years.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 172">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 172</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[635 BC]] Genuine Graben Island [[history]] begins. The 336-day Anatal calendar loses step with the seasons. [[The All-Father's Muting]] strips the [[godi]] of both clerical and political powers, leaving assemblies in charge of Grabenite government. [[The Flayed Rider|The nuckalavee]] awakens, but finds itself confined to the [[Aassumpf]] and [[Senkenwiese]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[640 BC]] [[Lars Viggsen]] and the crew of the [[Óndskapur]] discover [[Todstein]], visiting it again each year until 644 when the vessel fails to return to Graben Island.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[641 BC]] Domestic [[reindeer]] are brought to [[Graben Island]] from [[Todstein]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 163">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 163</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[643 BC]] Curious about Viggsen's repeated trespassing, Meredoth investigates Graben Island and its natives. Early reports of "[[Aegir's Jackdaw]]" circulate in response to the wizard's broom-mounted flights over the Island.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[644 BC]] Last year of the Óndskapur's annual visits to Todstein.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[647 BC]] The first reports of [[Meerdorf]] on [[Knammen Island]] date from this year.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}First [[Grabenite]] records of the [[Misty Border]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 172">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 172</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[651 BC]] On [[Graben Island]], [[Kirchenheim]] is resettled permanently<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref> following the building of its [[seawall]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 172">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 172</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[657 BC]] The [[Yeomanry]] is organized after a series of [[reaver]] attacks on Graben Island.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[657 BC]] Earliest [[ship]] log references to [[Meerdorf]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 172">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 172</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[658 BC]] First documented trade between Graben Island and vessels from the [[Sea of Sorrows]]. The [[Call of the Claw]] [[Mistway]] connects Nebligtode to the Core at this time.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[659 BC]] On [[Graben Island]], [[Seeheim]] is founded in response to repeated [[sea reaver]] attacks.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 388</ref>
 
* {{{netbook-small}}[[672 BC]] [[The Graben Family Massacre]] In [[Nebligtode]], [[Colin Graben]] murders his aunt and uncle, but then [[Meredoth]] massacres him along with the rest of the [[Graben Family]]. Meredoth reanimates the lot of them as [[lebendtod]] and commands them to gather subjects for his vile experiments.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 389">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 389</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[708 BC]] [[Matthias Graben]] loses his (un)life in a shipwreck, leaving [[Colin Graben]] as acting head of the Graben family.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 390">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 390</ref>
 
* {{canon-small}}[[724 BC]] The [[old]] ship captain [[Captain Killian|Captain Killian]] retires and leaves his [[ship]], [[the Endurance]], to his nephew, [[Captain Garvyn|Garvyn]]<ref name="Ship of Horrors p. 13">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.13</ref>
 
* {{canon-small}}[[734 BC]] [[Captain Garvyn]], his crew, and his [[ship|the Endurance]] become [[cursed]]for dumping overboard the [[corpse|corpses]] of [[Madeline Stern]], [[Jacob]], and [[Charlotte Reisland]] which he had been hired to deliver to [[Todstein]].<ref name="SoH p.12,38-39">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]] p.12,38-39</ref> As a consequence, the Endurance becomes the [[Ship of Horrors]].
 
* {{canon-small}}[[737 BC]] With the delivery of the corpses to their proper resting places, [[Captain Garvyn]] and the Endurance are freed from their [[curse]]<ref name="Ship of Horrors">[[Ship of Horror (Module)]]</ref> as the [[2nd Verse of Hyskosa's Hexad comes to pass]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}737 BC [[Adventurer]]s kill [[Meredoth]] and much of the [[undead]] Graben Family. Meredoth's [[clone]] animates. Both the new Meredoth clone and his [[Obedient Dead]] undergo several changes.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 391</ref>
 
* {{canon-small}}[[750 BC]] [[the Nocturnal Sea]] and its [[island]]s appear.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 17">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 17</ref> The [[Isle of Ravens]] and a number of other islands form from domains previously not in [[the Core]].<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 78-80">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 78-80</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[751 BC]] Meredoth sends [[lebendtod]] scouts to investigate the mass [[undead]] [[reanimation]] in [[Necropolis]]. [[Lowellyn Dachine|Death]] gains control over them, preventing their return.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 392">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 392</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[755 BC]] After [[Azalin]]'s return to [[Darkon]], enmity stats building between him and [[Meredoth]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 393</ref>
 
* {{netbook-small}}[[760 BC]] [[The Fraternity of Shadows]] explores the Nocturnal Sea, seeking the fugitive lich [[Professor Erik van Rijn|Van Rijn]].<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 393</ref> Meredoth catches onto their antics in [[Todstein]] and sends them packing through violence and treachery. Several of their [[servant]]s are [[murdered]], and one is [[reanimated]] into a lebentod. However, one of the Fraternity thinks of a nasty surprise in retaliation.<ref name="Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 210-216">[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 210-216</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:33, 28 February 2026

Nebligtode
Culture Level
Ecology Full[1]
Climate & Terrain Temperate to cold seas; cold forests, marshes, hills, and plains.[1]
Year Formed 635 BC[2]
Population 4,000 (Approx.)[1]
Races (%) Human
Languages Grabenite
Religions
Government
Ruler(s) the Graben Family, on behalf of Meredoth
Darklord(s) Meredoth
Nationality Grabenite, Nebligtodite
Analog
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Locations in Nebligtode
Transportation in Nebligtode
Inhabitants of Nebligtode
Former Inhabitants of Nebligtode
Flora of Nebligtode
Fauna of Nebligtode
Native Monsters of Nebligtode

Formed in 635 BC[2], Nebligtode was a domain consisting of a number of islands[3] floating in or reachable by the Sea of Sorrows and their surrounding waters. Graben Island, the most notable of the islands, along with Knammen Island and several smaller islets sat 75 miles away from the Lamordian coast.[4] The relatively bleak and barren island of Todstein lied 60 miles to the west of Graben.[3] In 750 BC, Nebligtode was ripped from the Sea of Sorrows, and its islands joined the Nocturnal Sea on the opposite side of the Core.[5]

For the most part, Graben Island and its surrounding islets featured nondescript prairies and rocky scrublands with a somewhat cold climate where severe weather was not too uncommon.[4] Despite the conditions, the diligent people of Nebligtode relied primarily on agriculture, chiefly sheep and goat farming but also cultivating cotton and various wheats in the prairies of the island. Weavers and other producers of textiles were also not uncommon.[6] Four small communities of note existed on Graben and the islands surrounding it, the largest of which was the Village of Graben (pop. only 1000).[4] Although the visit of strangers made the villagers slightly apprehensive[4], the Graben Family, the owners and rulers of Graben Island, were known to grant land to newcomers whom petitioned them for it.[7]

In contrast to the relatively livable Graben Island, Todstein was a freezing cold domain marked by artic winds even though it shared the same approximate latitude as Graben. To the Grabenites, this island was merely a realm of mausoleums they used to inter their dead. In secret, Todstein was the lair of the necromancer, Meredoth. Meredoth is both the darklord[3] and true ruler of Nebligtode, having murdered the Graben Family and reanimated them as subservient lebendtod undead shortly after the formation of the domain.[8] To Meredoth, all of the people in Graben (and ultimately all people who draw breath) merely represent potential subjects for his necromantic research.[9]

History

"Before the Great Upheaval, intermittent sailors’ reports placed Graben Island (and Todstein) in the Sea of Sorrows, yet the Grabenites attest that the seas around their isle ended at the Mists until 750 BC. In fact, Nebligtode was once an Island of Terror, like Souragne. Reports it could be found “northwest of Lamordia” came from travelers who had unwittingly sailed into an undocumented mistway, which once linked Nebligtode to the Sea of Sorrows and could be traversed only during storms. As precise navigation has a lower priority than merely keeping afloat in such gales, and the overcast skies of Nebligtode hid their view of the stars during their sojourns, these travelers never realized they had left the Core." [10]

Inhabitants

Meredoth dwells on Todstein, which is populated further by his undead creations, chief among them being lebendtod (from the German term "lebende Tote" - "living dead"). In his original realm on Mystara, Meredoth was awarded a barony. However, as the obligations of rulership constantly interfered with his ruthless experiments, Meredoth concocted a plan to murder all the inhabitants and turn them all into undead servants that would do his bidding without ever disturbing him again. It was this transgression that saw him snatched by the Mists and granted stewardship of Nebligtode.

Chronology

  • 630 BC False History Ancestors of the Grabenite villagers arrive on Graben Island, as refugees fleeing the Óvinur Ódn (= "enemy storm") besetting the "North Wild" (March). Graben-town is founded (August). Settlers are initially led by clerics with assemblies filling an advisory role.[12]
  • 643 BC Curious about Viggsen's repeated trespassing, Meredoth investigates Graben Island and its natives. Early reports of "Aegir's Jackdaw" circulate in response to the wizard's broom-mounted flights over the Island.[12]
  • 644 BC Last year of the Óndskapur's annual visits to Todstein.[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 128
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Domains of Dread, p. 16
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ship of Horror (Module) p.54
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Ship of Horror (Module) p.43
  5. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 17, 78-80
  6. ↑ Ship of Horror (Module) p.44
  7. ↑ Ship of Horror p.50
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Domains of Dread p.79-80
  9. ↑ Domains of Dread p.67
  10. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer, p. 132.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 387
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 388
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 172
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Domains of Dread p. 80
  15. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 163
  16. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 389
  17. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 390
  18. ↑ Ship of Horror (Module) p.13
  19. ↑ Ship of Horror (Module) p.12,38-39
  20. ↑ Ship of Horror (Module)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Domains of Dread p. 17
  22. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 391
  23. ↑ Domains of Dread p. 78-80
  24. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 392
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 393
  26. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 210-216
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