The Ghael
Isles
Precis: An island chain that is
home to cannibals, voodoo, and swamp witches; Serpent and the
Rainbow meets The Isle of Dread meets Aztec mythology.
Conspectus: Ruled by plantation
masters whose operations are fueled by either the labor of enslaved
natives or zombies; peasants who fear curses above all else; worship
of spirits as gods and possession as a religious rite; lizard men,
hags, and aboleths; tribes of primitive savages living in bayous;
secret entrances to Lovecraftian Dreamlands; devil cults and
bullywugs; gibbering mouthers regarded as divine oracles; neogi
slavers; cursed gold coins, “Lost World” islands of prehistoric
beasts; The Crystalline Brotherhood of Admixers (an exiled order of
alchemists)
Taste, Sound, Image: Gumbo, The
Dead Weather's Sea of Cowards, Vodou veves.
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