“The Poisoned Fens to the southeast of Bryleah. These are the Lands of the Twisted, best avoided even by the most devoted explorers. Their swamps, shrouded in eternal acidic mists, are thick with the stench of decay and rot, while within their toxic haze prowl horrors that even the alchemists of Ur-Taruk could only dream of creating. The secrets of alchemy and eternal life come at a terrible cost…”

Here and beyond, I present excerpts from the epoch-defining work, “Notes on Taliskarn, Its Wonders, and the Creatures That Inhabit This World.”

Core Themes and Ideas of the Fetid Fens

• Swamps, just as the Great Master Hidetaka intended.
• Mutations, horror, and distortions.
• Dark secrets and cursed cults.
• The domain of the patron of disease, mutation, and poison—the fallen god Flumorn.