The Blood Swamps are located on the east-central coast of the continent of Lustria.
The Blood Swamps are a stinking morass to be found north of the mouth of the River Qrvesa on the continent of Lustria in the New World. Within this mire can be found the Black Castle, the palatial home of the Zombie Pirates' Vampire Lord, Luthor Harkon himself, its grim outline visible on clear days. The swamps are forbidden to all save Luthor Harkon and his chief minions.
These brackish swamps are tainted with Dark Magic and littered with shipwrecks. Zombie sailors rise spontaneously without even the aid of necromancy. The swamps' carnivorous plants eat both fresh and rotten flesh. It is said that deep within the mire is an ancient shrine to a powerful being. Harkon is said to keep a cabal of captive sorcerers who work rituals in a centuries-old effort to awaken and bind it. [1a][1c]
Black Castle[]
From his palace known as the Black Castle in the Blood Swamps, Luthor Harkon rules the Vampire Coast of Lustria with an iron, if increasingly erratic, grip. The castle is built of basalt blocks by Zombie slaves over countless centuries, it is a nightmarish reflection of the fortresses Harkon remembers from his days in the Empire.[1b]
Towers erupt at crazy angles, rooms and chambers are built that are never used again, and peaked roofs in the Far Eastern style ward against snow that never falls. In his throne room, Harkon sits on the Bone Throne, built from the remains of those whom he has killed, whether they be Lizardman, Elf, or Human.[1b]