The Isle
| The Isle | |
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| Culture Level | |
| Ecology |  Full
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| Climate & Terrain | Temparate Cliffs, forests, Aquatic, Lowlands[1]
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| Year Formed | See chronology |
| Population | |
| Races (%) | Humans |
| Languages | A native language without a name specified in the module.[2] |
| Religions | Unknown |
| Government | Unknown |
| Ruler(s) | possibly Dr. Blake Ramsay, but unknown |
| Darklord(s) | Dr. Blake Ramsay |
| Nationality | None given, though there is a native people here[2] |
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This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
The Isle is a "large" island far off the shore of Mordent in the Sea of Sorrows where the Mists begin to take over. It is also a domain with Dr. Blake Ramsay as its darklord. The native people are afraid of Dr. Ramsay and his associates[2], but it is unknown if Dr. Ramsay is the temporal leader of the domain or not.
The Land
Preceded by only a small margin of shoreline, large cliffs surround the the interior on the Island's northwestern half. Beyond them towards the interior are lowlands that slope down into a dense and heavy forest of deciduous trees.[3] The native hunters conduct most of their deer hunting in the forests.[4]
Notable Geographic Features[5]:
The Folk
The natives of the Isle bear pale skin and wiry muscular frames. They adorn themselves with deer skin and use javelins to hunt. Raw displays of magic or other occult power can easily frighten them.[2]
Chronology
387 BC May Dr. Blake Ramsay leaves Mordentshire for the Sea of Sorrows and takes residence on the Isle, where he later becomes darklord of.[6]- 393 BC October Liza Ramsay falls from the cliffs of the Isle. Dr. Ramsay, her father, forges a pact with the Dark Powers. He murders his wife Helen Ramsay and his two sons, Gregory Ramsay and Blake Ramsay, Jr. and uses their body parts to to make Liza into a dread flesh golem. He succeeds, but her eyes are tainted and deformed. Dr. Ramsay begins killing visitors to the Isle and harvesting their eyes.[7]
- 652 BC May Dr. Blake Ramsay leaves Mordentshire for the Sea of Sorrows and takes residence on the Isle, where he later becomes darklord of.[8]
658 BCOctober Liza Ramsay falls from the cliffs of the Isle. Dr. Ramsay, her father, forges a pact with the Dark Powers. He murders his wife Helen Ramsay and his two sons, Gregory Ramsay and Blake Ramsay, Jr. and uses their body parts to to make Liza into a dread flesh golem. He succeeds, but her eyes are tainted and deformed. Dr. Ramsay begins killing visitors to the Isle and harvesting their eyes.[9]
References
- ↑ the House on the Edge of Midnight, Dungeon Magazine # 76, p. 20;
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 the House on the Edge of Midnight, Dungeon Magazine # 76, p. 13;
- ↑ the House on the Edge of Midnight, Dungeon Magazine # 76, p. 12, 20
- ↑ p. 13
- ↑ map, p. 12
- ↑ the House on the Edge of Midnight, Dungeon Magazine # 76, p. 12; Besides occurring before Mordent even became a domain, this date contradicts what is described on p. 10, where the module says he left "100 years ago". A House on the Edge of Midnight was published in 1999, at which time the current game year was 752 BC, so perhaps this should be 652 BC, or perhaps Mordent had a different calendar back then.
- ↑ the House on the Edge of Midnight, Dungeon Magazine # 76, p. 12. See 387 BC "Dr. Blake Ramsay leaves Mordentshire..." for why this date does not work.
- ↑ the House on the Edge of Midnight, Dungeon Magazine # 76, p. 10, 12; See the note on 387 BC as to the derivation of the date.
- ↑ the House on the Edge of Midnight, Dungeon Magazine # 76, p. 10, 12; See the note on 387 BC as to the derivation of the 652 BC date of the arrival of the Ramsay Family in Mordentshire. On p. 12, the fall of Liza occurred 6 years after their arrival on the Isle.
