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The '''Isle of Dread''' is an island in the [[ | [[File:IsleOfDread01.jpg|right|Thumbnail|300px]] | ||
The '''Isle of Dread''' is an island in the [[Vohoun Ocean]], south of the [[Flanaess]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The Olman of the Isle of Dread and nearby islands total more than 2000 inhabitants, organized into seven settlements. Their villages include Kirikura, Dawa, Usi, Mora, Panitube, Burowao, and [[Tanaroa]]. | The Olman of the Isle of Dread and nearby islands total more than 2000 inhabitants, organized into seven settlements. Their villages include Kirikura, Dawa, Usi, Mora, Panitube, Burowao, and [[Tanaroa]]. | ||
==People== | ==People & Inhabitants== | ||
The native humans in the Isle of Dread are still Olman. Other races include kopru and other aquatic races, demonic beings, and dinosaurs. | The native humans in the Isle of Dread are still Olman. Other races include [[kopru]], [[phanaton]]s, [[aranea]], and [[rakasta]]s, and other aquatic races, demonic beings, and dinosaurs. | ||
The Olman of the Isle of Dread are divided into various clans based on animal totems: the Ape, Tiger, Boar, and Sea Turtle. The villages are governed by female chiefs, while the clans are led by males. A local Zombie Master or Mistress also exists in each village as an advisor to the chief. The job of the Zombie Master is to animate corpses to be used as laborers or warriors. | The Olman of the Isle of Dread are divided into various clans based on animal totems: the Ape, Tiger, Boar, and Sea Turtle. The villages are governed by female chiefs, while the clans are led by males. A local Zombie Master or Mistress also exists in each village as an advisor to the chief. The job of the Zombie Master is to animate corpses to be used as laborers or warriors. | ||
==Creative history== | ==Creative history== | ||
The Isle of Dread is based on an island of the same name in the adventure | The Isle of Dread is based on an island of the same name in the adventure ''The Isle of Dread''. Carrying the adventure code X1, ''The Isle of Dread'' was originally published in 1981. Written by David "Zeb" Cook and Tom Moldvay, it is among the most widely circulated of all Dungeons & Dragons adventures due to its inclusion as part of the D&D Expert Set. | ||
''The Isle of Dread'', like the Expert Rulebook it was usually purchased with, is meant to introduce players and dungeon masters, who had up to that point only been familiar with dungeon crawl-style adventures, to wilderness exploration. As such, the adventure has only a very simple plot, even by then-current standards. The characters somehow find a fragment from a ship's log, describing a mysterious island on which many treasures can be found, and set out to explore it. | ''The Isle of Dread'', like the Expert Rulebook it was usually purchased with, is meant to introduce players and dungeon masters, who had up to that point only been familiar with dungeon crawl-style adventures, to wilderness exploration. As such, the adventure has only a very simple plot, even by then-current standards. The characters somehow find a fragment from a ship's log, describing a mysterious island on which many treasures can be found, and set out to explore it. | ||
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*[[Greg A. Vaughan|Vaughan, Greg A.]] "Torrents of Dread." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004. | *[[Greg A. Vaughan|Vaughan, Greg A.]] "Torrents of Dread." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004. | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
{{External link disclaimer}} | |||
*The Isle of Dread on Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Dread] | *The Isle of Dread on Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Dread] | ||
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The Isle of Dread is an island in the Vohoun Ocean, south of the Flanaess.
History
The Isle of Dread was settled by Olman humans more than 1,300 years ago. They cleared the jungle, planted crops, and built a fortified city, known as Thanaclan, on top of a large central plateau. This city-state became one of the wealthiest provinces of the Olman Empire, in large part due to the recovery of treasure in the waters off the coast. In addition, their isolated location kept them from becoming embroiled in the civil wars that afflicted the Olman further north, helping to maintain this prosperity.
Unfortunately, a kopru plot destroyed Thanaclan through the power of a giant black pearl imbued with the influence of Demogorgon, the demonic god of the kopru. The city was swallowed by a boiling lake and the island was overwhelmed with prehistoric creatures, while the remaining Olman descended into savagery.
Much later, the demigod Zagyg abducted inhabitants of the Isle of Dread to form the population of his Isle of the Ape.
The isle was charted around 30 years ago by Rory Barbarosa, an explorer funded by the Seekers.
Geography and climate
The Isle of Dread is located in the Densac Gulf, a tropical region bordered by the Azure Sea to the north, the Pearl Sea to the south, the Amedio Jungle to the west and Hepmonaland to the east. This large expanse of ocean contains several island chains, one of which contains the Isle of Dread itself.
The Olman of the Isle of Dread and nearby islands total more than 2000 inhabitants, organized into seven settlements. Their villages include Kirikura, Dawa, Usi, Mora, Panitube, Burowao, and Tanaroa.
People & Inhabitants
The native humans in the Isle of Dread are still Olman. Other races include kopru, phanatons, aranea, and rakastas, and other aquatic races, demonic beings, and dinosaurs.
The Olman of the Isle of Dread are divided into various clans based on animal totems: the Ape, Tiger, Boar, and Sea Turtle. The villages are governed by female chiefs, while the clans are led by males. A local Zombie Master or Mistress also exists in each village as an advisor to the chief. The job of the Zombie Master is to animate corpses to be used as laborers or warriors.
Creative history
The Isle of Dread is based on an island of the same name in the adventure The Isle of Dread. Carrying the adventure code X1, The Isle of Dread was originally published in 1981. Written by David "Zeb" Cook and Tom Moldvay, it is among the most widely circulated of all Dungeons & Dragons adventures due to its inclusion as part of the D&D Expert Set.
The Isle of Dread, like the Expert Rulebook it was usually purchased with, is meant to introduce players and dungeon masters, who had up to that point only been familiar with dungeon crawl-style adventures, to wilderness exploration. As such, the adventure has only a very simple plot, even by then-current standards. The characters somehow find a fragment from a ship's log, describing a mysterious island on which many treasures can be found, and set out to explore it.
Typically, the characters will first make landfall near the more or less friendly village of Tanaroa, which is reminiscent of the village depicted in King Kong, and after possibly dealing with some troublesome factions in the village, set out from there to explore the interior of the island. In the course of their explorations, they may find a number of other villages of intelligent creatures (though mostly not of familiar species like humans and elves), numerous hostile monsters and the treasures they guard, and a band of pirates. Many prehistoric creatures, including dinosaurs, are prominently featured, especially in the original printing of the adventure. Near the center of the island is a hidden temple inhabited by monstrous, mind-bending creatures known as kopru; the characters may stumble across it or learn that it is a source of problems for the other inhabitants of the isle, and the climax of the adventure typically consists of the characters exploring this temple, battling its inhabitants and uncovering its secrets.
Bibliography
- Bulmah, Jason. "Here There Be Monsters." Dungeon #142. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
- Cook, David and Tom Moldvay. The Isle of Dread. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1981.
- Greer, Stephen S. and Gary Holian. "Tides of Dread." Dungeon #143. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
- Holian, Gary. "Exploring the Isle of Dread." Dungeon #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.
- Leati, Tito. "City of Broken Idols." Dungeon #145. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
- Schneider, F. Wesley and James Lafond Sutter. "The Lightless Depths." Dungeon #144. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
- Vaughan, Greg A. "Torrents of Dread." Dungeon #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.
External links
Disclaimer:Any lore presented through the following links does not necessarily adhere to established officially published content, and the views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the editors of this wiki.
- The Isle of Dread on Wikipedia: [1]
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ape Clan (Olman) (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Clan, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 46, 54, 55-56, 63 |
| Backdrop: Exploring The Isle of Dread | Adventure | Dungeon magazine #114 | 40-49 | |
| Braving the Isle of Dread (Savage Tidings) | Publication | Backdrop, | Dragon magazine #352 | 70-77 |
| Burowao village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | Dragon magazine #351 | 65 | |
| Burowao village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | Dungeon magazine #114 | 46, 47 | |
| Burowao village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | Dungeon magazine #114P | Insert (Map) | |
| Burowao village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 7 | |
| Burowao village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 25, 65, 124 | |
| Burowao village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 9 | |
| Central Plateau (Isle of Dread) | Place | Dragon magazine #354 | 64, 69 | |
| Church of Whirling Fury (Isle of Dread) (Olman) | People Group | Organization/Society, | Dragon magazine #350 | 70 |
| Church of Whirling Fury (Isle of Dread) (Olman) | People Group | Organization/Society, | Dragon magazine #354 | 65, 69 |
| City of the Gods (Isle of Dread) | Place | Dungeon magazine #114 | 48 | |
| Council of Chiefs (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Council, | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 25 |
| Council of Chiefs (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Council, | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 7, 65, 124 |
| Council of Chiefs (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Council, | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 9 |
| Dawa village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | Dungeon magazine #114 | 45 | |
| Dawa village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | Dungeon magazine #114P | Insert (Map) | |
| Dawa village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 7 | |
| Dawa village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 25, 65, 124 | |
| Dawa village (Isle of Dread) | Settlement | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 9 | |
| Ecology of The Isle of Dread, The (Savage Tidings) | Publication | Backdrop, | Dragon magazine #351 | 60-67 |
| Elk Clan (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Isle of Dread, Clan, | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 7 |
| Elk Clan (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Isle of Dread, Clan, | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 25, 64, 122 |
| Elk Clan (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Isle of Dread, Clan, | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 8 |
| Fangs of Zotzilaha (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Volcano, | Dragon magazine #351 | 61 |
| Fangs of Zotzilaha (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Volcano, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 66 |
| Fangs of Zotzilaha (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Volcano, | Dungeon magazine #114P | Insert (Map) |
| Great Wall (Isle of Dread) | Infrastructure | Wall, | Dragon magazine #351 | 70 |
| Great Wall (Isle of Dread) | Infrastructure | Wall, | Dragon magazine #351P | Insert (Map) |
| Great Wall (Isle of Dread) | Infrastructure | Wall, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48 |
| Great Wall (Isle of Dread) | Infrastructure | Wall, | Dungeon magazine #114P | Insert (Map) |
| Great Wall (Isle of Dread) | Infrastructure | Wall, | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 4, 5, 7, 14, 27, 31 |
| Great Wall (Isle of Dread) | Infrastructure | Wall, | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 10, 22, 23, 25, 32, 45, 49, 63, 64, 65, 69, 84, 98, 103, 104, 105, 122, 124, 208, 283, 298 |
| Great Wall (Isle of Dread) | Infrastructure | Wall, | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 7, 8, 9, 13, 28 |
| Hawk Clan (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Isle of Dread, Clan, | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 7 |
| Hawk Clan (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Isle of Dread, Clan, | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 25, 64, 122 |
| Hawk Clan (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Isle of Dread, Clan, | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 8 |
| Iron Obelisk (Isle of Dread) | Item | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 169 | |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dragon magazine #344 | 94 |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dragon magazine #350 | 64, 65, 66, 68 |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dragon magazine #351 | 60, 68-71 |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dragon magazine #351P | Insert (Map) |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dragon magazine #354 | 64, 68, 69 |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dragon magazine #356 | 71 |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dragon magazine #359 | 96, 97 |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 40-66, Insert (Map) |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dungeon magazine #114P | Insert (Map) |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | Dungeon magazine #147 | 50 |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | All |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | All |
| Isle of Dread | Geographical feature | Island, | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | All |
| Journey to the Isle of Dread (Savage Tidings) | Publication | Backdrop, | Dragon magazine #350 | 64-70 |
| Kopru Kingdom (Isle of Dread) | Kingdom | Dungeon magazine #114 | 49 | |
| Nextepeua (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Volcano, | Dragon magazine #351 | 61, 62 |
| Nextepeua (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Volcano, | Dragon magazine #351P | Insert (Map) |
| Nextepeua (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Volcano, | Reference | SEE ALSO Fangs of Zotzilaha (Isle of Dread) |
| Pyramid of Mora (Isle of Dread) | Place | District, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58 |
| Standing Stones (Isle of Dread) | Place | Dungeon magazine #114P | Insert (Map) | |
| Taboo Island (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Island, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 49 |
| Taboo Island (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Island, | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 2, 22, 23-26, IC, IBC |
| Taboo Island (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Island, | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 10, 11, 12, 20, 40, 41-44, 51, 52, 59, 79, 80-83, 89, 90, 92, 165, 166, 171-206, 208 |
| Taboo Island (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Island, | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 3, 23, 24-27, IC, IBC |
| Tar Pits (Isle of Dread) | Place | Dungeon magazine #114 | 47, 48 | |
| Tar Pits (Isle of Dread) | Place | Dungeon magazine #114P | Insert (Map) | |
| Tar Pits (Isle of Dread) | Place | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 6, 7 | |
| Tar Pits (Isle of Dread) | Place | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 24, 25, 65, 101, 122 | |
| Tar Pits (Isle of Dread) | Place | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 9 | |
| Temute (Isle of Dread) | Geographical feature | Island, | Dragon magazine #351 | 60 |
| Thanaclan (Land of the Pearl) (Isle of Dread) | Kingdom | Dragon magazine #354 | 69 | |
| Thanaclan (Land of the Pearl) (Isle of Dread) | Kingdom | Dungeon magazine #114 | 43, 44, 45, 47, 49 | |
| Thanaclan, Great Temple of (Isle of Dread) | Building | Temple, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 43, 44, 49 |
| Tiger Clan (Olman) (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Clan, | Dragon magazine #354 | 68 |
| Tiger Clan (Olman) (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Clan, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 46, 54, 56, 62, 63 |
| Tiger Clan (Olman) (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Clan, | X1 The Isle of Dread (1st-3rd printing), D&D Basic | 7 |
| Tiger Clan (Olman) (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Clan, | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 25, 64, 122 |
| Tiger Clan (Olman) (Isle of Dread) | People Group | Clan, | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 8 |
| X1 The Isle of Dread | Adventure | Located in: Isle of Dread, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 41 |