Totenhafen

Totenhafen, by some also called The City of the Drowned is perched on the fog-laden shores of the Schattenmeer, Totenhafen is a somber city where life and death intermingle under the shadow of its cursed lake. The city’s blackened docks stretch into the stormy waters, where spectral mists cling to the hulls of ships and sailors speak in hushed tones of shadows that glide beneath the surface. At its heart stands the towering Obsidian Lighthouse, its crimson beacon cutting through the perpetual gloom, both guiding ships to safety and warning of the lake’s unrelenting dangers. The people of Totenhafen are a grim and resolute folk, hardened by the whispers of the dead that ride the wind and the chilling grasp of the lake’s restless tides.

Under the rule of the Von Schattenmeer dynasty, Totenhafen thrives as a center of trade, power, and dark ritual. The ruling family, bound by their connection to the cursed shard of the Schattenspiegel, commands both fear and reverence, their influence extending across the city’s crypt-laden streets and into the shadows of the surrounding forests. Festivals of blood and storm mark the passage of time, as the nobles promise protection from the lake’s terrors while drawing on its dark power to secure their dominion. In Totenhafen, every ripple in the water, every toll of the Shadow Bell, is a reminder that the city’s prosperity is as fleeting as the life that clings to its haunted shores.