Condensing Ravenloft Part 10: Markovia, AKA Not the Island of Doctor Moreau

(Image taken from The Island of Doctor Moreau)

Markovia

• Ruled by Frantisek Markov, the beast lord.
• No towns, but there are crude huts built by beast-folk.
• The beast-folk who live here are “made” by Markov, through a combination of surgery and injections.
• Anyone who intrudes on Markovia will be taken by beast-folk to be transformed into their own by Markov.
• The Beast-folk believe Markov to be a god.
• For unknown reasons, Vistani are spared by the beast-folk.
• If Markov wants to seal the borders, he can cause storms and the sea to rise.

NPCs of Markovia

Frantisek Markov

• Called Diosamblet (the god who walks among us), by the beast-folk.
• Called the Master of Pain by the Vistani.
• Believes that intruders are gifts from the dark powers, to be used as parts.

Monsters of Markovia

• Beast-folk
• Giant spiders

(Note: I find it odd that both Hazlan and Markovia feature evil scientists who turn people into monsters. While in the original text of Hazlan, the monsters created are "mongrelmen", not beast-folk, in practice the monsters are almost the exact same. I do like the twist in Markovia of the beast-folk being originally human, as opposed to originally being animals, as in the Island of Doctor Moreau.)