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C R E D I T S & A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S

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N EXELAN I SLAND N ECROPOLIS

C O N T E N T S

P A G E

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I N T R O D U C T I O N

T H E F U N E R A L

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C H A P T E R 1

T H E H I S T O R Y O F N E X E L A N

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C H A P T E R 2

N E X E L A N I S L A N D N E C R O P O L I S

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C H A P T E R 3

T H E F O R S A K E N I S L E

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C H A P T E R 4

S U R V I V I N G T H E I S L A N D N E C R O P O L I S

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C H A P T E R 5

I N H A B I T A N T S & E C O L O G Y

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C H A P T E R 6

W R E C K O F T H E T O P A Z & O T H E R S T O R I E S

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I NTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 introduces the mysterious

island of Nexelan and gives an overview of

the history of this dangerous place.

Welcome to Wondrous Lands, a series of

setting books that allow your players to

discover new terrains, explore mysterious

locations, and seek out lost realms.

Chapter 2 provides an overview of the

regions of the island and the climate each

experiences at different times of the year.

Each of the Wondrous Lands is set in

the mythic fantasy campaign world of

Atleana, but this series has been designed

to be useable in almost any fantasy cam-

paign. The immediate environs are

described insofar as they add detail to

the setting. Apart from the information

necessary to help you to locate the

various places listed in this book, geo-

graphical information is kept to a

minimum to ensure that each Wondrous

Lands setting can be dropped into any

campaign world with a minimum of

work by you, the DM.

In Chapter 3, the important areas of the

island are explored in greater detail

including maps and descriptions of the

important locations your heroes are likely

to investigate.

Chapter 4 contains additional rules for

swimming as well as useful rules for

adventuring on and around Nexelan.

Except for the names and places described

(which are designated Product Identity),

this whole chapter is designated Open

Game Content.

For example, in Nexelan: Island

Necropolis, the setting is an island created

when a submarine volcanic eruption

thrust the rocky seabed up through the

surface waves. The island itself is

described in detail but its exact placement

is not specified, allowing you to place this

Wondrous Land into your ongoing cam-

paign effortlessly.

Chapter 5 details the creatures and

plants that make Nexelan their home,

including the primitive krexonians and

the brutal zoonoans.

Finally, Chapter 6 contains a collection

of adventure outlines and scenario ideas

to introduce characters of all levels to the

dangers of Nexelan.

In the forthcoming Temple of Celestial

Wisdom, on the other hand, the setting is

a high, snow-capped mountain which,

although it is located in our campaign

world, could just as easily be one peak in

any mountain range.

We hope you will like all the Wondrous

Lands titles and collect them all, along

with the other books from Legion

Publishing (many of which are available

from our friends at rpgnow.com). Keep

checking our website for the latest infor-

mation and our planned releases at

www.legionpublishing.co.uk But now

traveler, read on. Wondrous Lands await…

Each Wondrous Lands title contains a

wealth of information about the setting,

the surrounding terrain, and its history

along with adventure ideas, new races,

equipment, and rules necessary to use

the book.

N EXELAN I SLAND N ECROPOLIS

The funeral cortège shimmered in the deepwater

glow of the luminescent coral.

A circle of beautiful blue-green swimmers formed a living halo around the clamshell casket bound for

the afterlife. The death of the dypsinoan king brought the People of the Sea to gather at the seabed.

Thord’s family had ruled Sadia, the seabed realm, for two thousand years. Now full of sorrow, the

new king mourned at the passing of his father. The wars with the zoonoans had taken their toll on

the highest echelons of his society and now they all suffered.

It was here at the seabed where the Great Fissure lay, where the greatest living organism in all the

realms slept. A vast craggy wonder, this coral spanned several miles in length and sat below an enor-

mous submerged mountain. The goddess Muna had provided this great coral as a sanctuary for the

souls of the dead that now, like she, were silent. She breathed the warm gases from the fissure into the

great city, feeding and sustaining their great race. Now the vast array of shining towers constructed

from coral and sand stood tall and magnificent in the blue-green ocean. Silent and majestic, these

towers were the palaces of the afterlife for all dypsinoans.

Upon entering the sacred tomb, Thord clasped his lower arms in respect for his resting ancestors. As

the entourage swam in a spiral up through the outer chambers of the spire, he reflected upon the

many royal treasures sealed forever behind its walls. It was here that Vooria, his grandfather, creator of

the legendary coral swords of the kings, rested above the sea mother Muna for all eternity.

Finally the cask was placed into the newest and highest chamber adjacent to the shrine containing the

sleeping servants of the dead kings. Around him were placed the grave goods he would need in the

afterlife. Gems and precious items fitting for his station adorned the tomb; a glittering tribute to the

goddess and a memorial of the dead king’s successes. As the chambers were eventually sealed, all

stopped in silent prayer.

Then it came.

The Anger of their goddess was fierce and unrelenting. In a single doom-filled moment, Muna spewed

forth hot lava and the tower collapsed. Many died bravely protecting their kin; a few escaped, only to

be swallowed by Muna’s fury. All of Sadia began to rise and the mountain pierced the surface of the

sea, newly born to the world of men and elves.

Thord strained and tried to swim vigorously against the current sucking him toward the world above.

The heat of the lava bursts stung the water all around, making the merman’s gills boil. Thord winced

in pain as, from the corner of his eye, his world seemed in turmoil: destroyed by the anger of his

goddess. His last words of prayer were to go unheeded. Expelling the water from his gills, his head

broke the surface and he saw his first dawn.

He drew his first breath of air and

suffered no more.

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