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'''The Nocturnal Sea''' serves as a passageway to [[The Nightmare Lands]] and is ruled by [[Meredoth]] the Sea Mage. He lives on an island 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 kill all the inhabitants and turn them all into undead servants that would go his bidding without ever disturbing him again. It was this crime that saw him snatched by the [[Mists]] and granted stewardship of the [[Nocturnal Sea]]. | '''The Nocturnal Sea''' serves as a passageway to [[The Nightmare Lands]] and is ruled by [[Meredoth]] the Sea Mage. He lives on an island 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 kill all the inhabitants and turn them all into undead servants that would go his bidding without ever disturbing him again. It was this crime that saw him snatched by the [[Mists]] and granted stewardship of the [[Nocturnal Sea]]. | ||
* Drataan was a village in northern Nova Vaasa in the Ehrendton, probably near the Darkonese frontier which was the Arakian frontier prior to the Great Upheaval. In 685 it was razed by the Black Duke and his Brotherhood of the Whip. There were probably one or two survivors, spared to spread word of the Black Duke's terrible deeds. The village was not rebuilt. | |||
* [[Nevuchar Springs]] | |||
* [[Rookhausen]] | |||
* [[Rutledge]] is a port harbouring roughly 250 souls on the Nocturnal Sea that straddles the border between Darkon and Nova Vaasa. It has, as yet, been claimed by neither. Its lifeblood is fishing but it also serves as a pirate haven. | |||
* [[Mavalga]] is a small fishing port on the Nocturnal Sea that harbours a population of 209 souls. It is not far south of Rutledge which itself stands on the border of Darkon and Nova Vaasa. This is to say that Mavalga lies on the edge of the Ehrendton in northeastern Nova Vaasa. It was assaulted by the Bad Wind in 755 BC. | |||
* [[Skibbygger Beach]] is the leading ship building centre in Nova Vaasa. It lies on the Nocturnal Sea just north of the mouth of Sydligdnar. It should be joined to Guldstrand Beach by a ferry. | |||
* [[Guldstrand Beach]] is the leading port in Nova Vaasa. It lies on the Nocturnal Sea just south of the mouth of Sydligdnar. It is joined to Egertus by a steep path, to Kantora by a ferry, and almost certainly to Skibbygger Beach by a ferry. | |||
* [[Kantora]] | |||
* [[Arbora]] | |||
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Revision as of 14:13, 8 March 2010
The Nocturnal Sea serves as a passageway to The Nightmare Lands and is ruled by Meredoth the Sea Mage. He lives on an island 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 kill all the inhabitants and turn them all into undead servants that would go his bidding without ever disturbing him again. It was this crime that saw him snatched by the Mists and granted stewardship of the Nocturnal Sea.
* Drataan was a village in northern Nova Vaasa in the Ehrendton, probably near the Darkonese frontier which was the Arakian frontier prior to the Great Upheaval. In 685 it was razed by the Black Duke and his Brotherhood of the Whip. There were probably one or two survivors, spared to spread word of the Black Duke's terrible deeds. The village was not rebuilt.
- Rutledge is a port harbouring roughly 250 souls on the Nocturnal Sea that straddles the border between Darkon and Nova Vaasa. It has, as yet, been claimed by neither. Its lifeblood is fishing but it also serves as a pirate haven.
- Mavalga is a small fishing port on the Nocturnal Sea that harbours a population of 209 souls. It is not far south of Rutledge which itself stands on the border of Darkon and Nova Vaasa. This is to say that Mavalga lies on the edge of the Ehrendton in northeastern Nova Vaasa. It was assaulted by the Bad Wind in 755 BC.
- Skibbygger Beach is the leading ship building centre in Nova Vaasa. It lies on the Nocturnal Sea just north of the mouth of Sydligdnar. It should be joined to Guldstrand Beach by a ferry.
- Guldstrand Beach is the leading port in Nova Vaasa. It lies on the Nocturnal Sea just south of the mouth of Sydligdnar. It is joined to Egertus by a steep path, to Kantora by a ferry, and almost certainly to Skibbygger Beach by a ferry.
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Ravenloft Third Edition |
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Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7 | |
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Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9 | |
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Nebligtode Nocturnal Sea, The Nocturnal Sea |
