Duskwood

**Duskwood**, originally called **Brightwood**, is a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Stormwind located in the southern-central part of Azeroth, south of Elwynn Forest and the Redridge Mountains, east of Westfall, west of Deadwind Pass, and north of Stranglethorn Vale.

Beneath the everlasting night, which gave Duskwood its current name, the fel magic unleashed by Medivh upon his death has transformed what was once a beautiful part of Elwynn Forest into a land covered in gnarled trees, along with the black fog hanging over the woods.

The most prominent geographical feature of the region is an ancient and long-dead volcano crater, which teems with life and features one of the Great Trees with a portal leading into the Emerald Dream. The woods also feature several abandoned farmsteads, as well as the prominent Raven Hill Cemetery, which holds the graves of numerous people who have known tragic fates.

Duskwood is inhabited by a defiant people who still cling to their holdings in the face of overwhelming adversity. On all sides lurk dangerous creatures, from hideous undead to ferocious Nightbane worgen and overgrown spiders. Ogres moving in have brought up even more problems. To fight against all these threats, the militia of Duskwood, known as the Night Watch, patrolled the main thoroughfare and protected Darkshire, wary of anything moving through the shadows.

## Rares

###### Watcher Eva - Undead

A former Nights Watch and member of the Eva family. The Watcher spends his time wandering Tranquil Gardens Cemetary, plotting to use his usage of bladework, shadow magic and spectral flames to see his 'gift' bestowed upon his family.

###### Carved One - Alive

At Yorgen Farmstead, the plague-tainted squashling known as the Carved One takes root. This living pumpkin uses a mix of flame and rot to make fertiliser of would-be victims.

###### Eliza - Undead

The Bride of the Embalmer, Ambercrombie, Eliza was kept in a shack out back in Raven Hill Cemetery with the heart of her husband in her chest. Eliza is often accompanied by an undead guard and uses spectral flames from her lantern to burn down would-be slayers.

###### Fenros - Alive

Once a lumberjack in the region, Fenros bears his garb and axe as a semblence of his former self in the Brightwood Grove. Despite his human connections, his worgen abilities have driven him to madness in service of the Nightbane Pack.

###### Lupos - Alive

A white wolf that wanders the Darkened Bank, frothing at the mouth in open hostility. Lupos is inflicted with the rabies virus, which has driven the beast to madness.

###### Marina DeSirrus - Alive

The Thief of the Dead, Marina often prepares a crew of grave robbers outside of Raven Hill Cemetery to prepare for heists. She has a general distastes for adventurers, seeing them as hypocrits for often looting the dead and claiming to hold a higher moral compass.

###### Marus - Alive

After the death of the previous pack leader, Gutspill, Marus patrols the the Rotting Orchard with an accompaniment of Nightbane worgen as the new Pack Leader. With a scythe in hand, Marus has control of the ability to shadowstep to get his blade or his teeth into the necks of his targets.

###### Naraxis - Alive

The Venom Spider Naraxis resides in a cave in the eastern end of Duskwood. Naraxis utilises a mix of webs, withering poisons and evasive tactics to avoid death or capture.

###### Nefaru - Alive

In a cave to the south-east, Nefaru the Den Mother maintains a hovel for Nightbane Worgen to hide away and scheme in private. The Den Mother has all the tools of a feral worgen and has had people die of infection, blood loss and the shock of shattered eardrums long before they become one with the Pack.

###### The Unknown Soldier - Undead

At Beggar's Haunt, the Unknown Soldier can be seen kneeling at his own grave. Those who approach will be met with violence, but the fighting style and conduct suggests that he at least fights armed opponents honourably.

###### Commander Felstrom - Deceased

The 'Immortal' Commander Felstrom emerged from the Dawning Woods Catacomb to accrue undead ghouls to attack Raven Hill. The skeletal officer was able to command units and heal their injuries by 'resetting' their undeath through ritual suicide, though his rituals were eventually cut short by Jessie Elizabeth Smith, Kattaris Sunstar and Strun Stonemark.