The Nocturnal Sea

"Behind The Curtain: What’s In A Name? When it was introduced in the 2E module Ship of Horror, the domain of which the necromancer Meredoth is darklord was referred to as “Nebligtode”. In Domains of Dread, the same darklord’s territory is referred to as “Graben” in the Ravenloft Timeline, yet is re-styled “the Nocturnal Sea” in the geographic description of the Core. The Arthaus products are similarly inexact, listing the whole of the Nocturnal Sea as if it were a singular domain by that name. As the Nocturnal Sea is, to natives of Ravenloft, a geographic region that incorporates portions of at least half a dozen other domains, this Survey now restores the title of Meredoth’s domain to its original usage. In this and future FoS netbooks, “the Nocturnal Sea” will refer to the actual body of water, independent of domain borders. “Nebligtode” specifically means the sizable fraction of that Sea which falls under the necromancer’s purview as darklord."

The Nocturnal Sea is a body of water that encompasses a handful of domains. The largest among these are the Nebligtode and Drowning Deep.

It includes mistways to the Nightmare Lands,

Ports

Eastern Core

• Nevuchar Springs

• Tidemore is a small Darkonese fishing port, sitting in the shadow of the Mountains of Misery north of Rookhausen and well south of Nevuchar Springs. The village is governed by Burgomeister Borganov. It is rumoured to be home to strange rituals and fiendish sacrifices, particulary upon its rocky beach.

• Rookhausen sits currently in ruins, at the edge of the Nocturnal Sea, in the south-eastern Darkon not far from the border with Nova Vaasa and the village of Rutledge.

• Rutledge is a port harbouring roughly 250 souls on the Nocturnal Sea that straddles the border between Darkon and Nova Vaasa. The hamlet 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 the Sydligdnar. It should be joined to Guldstrand Beach by a ferry.

• Egertus

• 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 can be with small ships from the Nocturnal Sea via the Sydligdnar, although with difficulty owing to its current.

• Sly-Var

• Beach north of Arbora

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Ravenloft Third Edition Domains of Dread Ship of Horror Download Now!
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7 Ravenloft Third Edition - pp15-16,18-19,110,132-133 Domains of Dread - pp78-79 The Nightmare Lands:The Journal of Dr. Illhousen - pp26-27 The Nightmare Lands:The Rules of Dreams and Nightmares - p43 Ship of Horror - pp54-63 Download Now!
		Secrets of the Dread Realms - pp8-9 Ravenloft Third Edition - inside cover, 133 Domains of Dread - p77 The Nightmare Lands - poster map Ship of Horror - back cover, poster map Download Now!
		Nebligtode Nocturnal Sea, The Nocturnal Sea