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When you hear the words “fantasy setting”, the first things that pop into your mind are fairy tales, glorious forested areas populated by venerable elves and human kingdoms. You think of unicorns, and fairies, and mermaids. You think of a place that could have come straight from a little child’s dreams.

This is no dream.

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This is a nightmare. This is a place where fairy tales go back to their horrible roots. A place where “happily ever after” doesn’t exist. It is a place where elves get dismembered regularly and humans are the universal prey. Unicorns, fairies and mermaids do not exist, at least not as lighthearted as you’d expect them to be. It is a place where the darkest creatures from the depths of human lore reside.

Vampires treat humans as livestock. Werewolves roam the forests, spreading their curse to unwary travellers. The undead, both corporeal and incorporeal, wander aimlessly at the outskirts of human settlements. The rivers are plagued by kelpies and man-eating merfolk, the seas covered in ghastly mist and its mountains home to bloodthirsty goblins. Chasms form spontaneously from the ground, disgorging hordes of demons into the world.

This is a place of neverending darkness. A place where leaving your home during the day is a bad idea, and wandering around at night is a surefire way to get killed, or eaten, or possessed, or turned.

This is Darkholme.