The Fang of Barovia

The ship Lotan sailed, and the one that broke apart bringing him to Venturia. He returns to her deck in a recurring dream he has had a hundred times.

In the dream the deck is always wet. On the night after the party first handled Maruk Grommarg's lantern it was dry: warm boards underfoot, the sun where it should be, the rigging making the sound it made on good days, the seawall nine minutes away, and nobody else aboard. The water then came the way it always comes — not as a wave, simply already at his ankles and bath-warm — and the hull opened beneath him.

Connections

First recorded in Hired Into Silence.

Related

LocationsAn index of districts, institutions, guilds, and points of interest across the city of Venturia. Map of VenturiaThe official campaign map of Venturia — the full city, from the docks of the Undertow to the fog-shrouded estates above. The Cask & CubeThe real-world gaming space where the Valley of Shadows campaign takes place. A meticulously renovated room featuring professional lighting, custom woodwork, and purpose-built gaming infrastructure. The Harbor DistrictVenturia's lower city of salt, cargo, old loyalties, working docks, ferriers, tidekeepers, and waterways that do not always behave. The High QuarterVenturia's upper city of old money, gilded institutions, exclusive salons, and towers that prefer to look down on the rest of the island. The Market TiersThe middle city of commerce, craft, taverns, guild workshops, care houses, and the practical daily life of Venturia.