Dapplewood and the Dapplewood Sanitarium

Dapplewood is a dry forest some thirty miles north of Reliquary. It is home to the human ranger Zander and borders on the Dapplewood Sanitarium, once run by the Knights of Furyondy.

Dapplewood

Spreading over an area of some thirty or so square miles, Dapplewood provides wood and hunting grounds for two small villages on its outskirts and a small tribe of elves who make their homes amongst the tall, scrubby pine trees. Underbrush is fairly sparse in Dapplewood, except around springs and streams, and several narrow but fairly well-traveled roads traverse the forest. Dapplewood is guarded by both the elf tribe and its resident ranger, Zander.

Dapplewood Sanitarium

Established and run by the Knights of Furyondy, the sanitarium was once home to a number of insane patients. Most infamous of these was the necromancer Nigel Blackheart, who was imprisoned there after being tried for practicing the necromantic arts to create undead soldiers for an invading army and was found to be insane. Nigel died eight years after being taken into custody and was buried in the catacombs underneath the sanitarium, but rose soon afterwards as a powerful wraith.