Origins of the Maykle madness?

[CorvusCornix]

Hello everyone!

Sorry, I've been absent for quite some time, after my last group decided they didn't really like my campaign (too dark, not heroic enough, too few fights...). Well, I've just put together another group, hopefully their idea of a good RPG is more compatible with my image.

But to the question: In Gaz II is a very enticing description of Maykle - I've always loved a good madness in my horror campaigns. Needless to say, my players will inevitably take a guided tour there. I don't have all the RL material, so I guess the description is a reference to some other published books? If so, could somebody tell me which book, or if there is a canon-source for the madness spreading throughout the town?

Thanks in advance for your help! Any further suggestions for an enjoyable visit to Maykle are always welcome, of course

[The Giamarga]

From the Domain of the Month: Darkon here's an adventure hook:

Something strange is happening in Maykle’s Clangor Asylum. Not only all the inmates have suddenly become aggressive and murderous, they also seem to be controlled by some exterior force. In truth, it is the work of a ghost of a scheming doctor who used to work there. The ghost has the power to possess the people inside the clinic, getting from one host to another. The ghost believes its efforts will cure the patients, but in truth, all it does is making them more demented.

Inside a large library of Martira Bay, a wizard unwarily opens a mystic portal, leading to an eerie, surreal domain ruled by evil mind flayers. After slaying the poor spellcaster, the illithids find themselves trapped in the world of men. Acting quickly, they make the library their lair, slowly taking control of the city’s populace. The flayers’ goal is to find means to return to their home realm. But how many innocents will have to be sacrificed for them to achieve it?

An interesting post on the Ravenloft-L list elaborates quite a bit more on the Clangor Asylum.

The Kargatane Catalogue lists the following sources for Maykle:

Sources
Requiem: The Grim Harvest - Necropolis
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II

Stats / Rules
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - p41
Description
Ravenloft Third Edition - p116
Domains of Dread - p34
Requiem: The Grim Harvest - Necropolis - pp8-9
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p13
From the Shadows - p56
Realm of Terror - p67
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume II - pp39-41

Maps
Requiem: The Grim Harvest - poster map

[CorvusCornix]

Thanks a lot for all the references! Especially the Ravenloft-L list-link was a really interesting read! I'm not through with all the references, but so far I guess there hasn't been a canon explanation of what's wrong with the population? Apart from invisible imps and gas bubbles . I mean, there are so many hidden references in the Gazetteers to other RL books that I only found out about much later, so I thought this would be another one...

[Georg Kristianokov]

I always thought that Maykle was like Arkham, with the insanity and the asylums and all.