Introsia

Introsia is a farming community of unspecified placement and the location of the first half of Dark Harvest, a 2nd Edition module in The Nightmare Lands: Book of Nightmares.

History

Introsia was a human farming community in Darkon that was initially devastated by a fire set by ettercaps and was a few days later wiped from existence by the return of the ettercaps in person. Introsia was nominally led by a retired dwarf by the name of Irronauchs. In terms of population, it was probably a hamlet. Its fields were surrounded by a forest and there were hills nearby. The presence of ettercaps suggests that Introsia was on the edge of the foothill of the Mountains of Misery not far from the (former) land of Arak. For example, it could be placed west of Delagia nearly on the frontier between the Vale of Tears and Mountains of Misery regions.

In Dark Harvest

Over the course of the module, the player characters are recruited by Irronauchs, then leader of the community, and Renee Deprechkin, owner of a local boarding house, to retrieve a wagon of seeds and other emergency supplies for the town stolen by the above mentioned ettercaps. The player characters visit the the ruined abbey that serves as the ettercap lair and return with the seeds. Introsia holds a celebration. However, after the player characters depart, surviving ettercaps march upon Introsia and burn it to the ground in revenge. Grald is the only survivor, and he later notifies the player characters. Introsia later serves as the basis for their nightmares caused by the machinations of the Ghost Dancer.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		The Nightmare Lands
		The Nightmare Lands:Book of Nightmares - pp9-10