Gothic

The Shattered Isles

The Shattered Isles are the broken remnants of the world following the cataclysm a thousand years ago. The cataclysm cracked the sun and cast the world into perpetual darkness. It also broke the Gates of Death, unleashing vengeful spirits and demons...

Crime Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Gothic Victorian

Calia

Led by six primordials and their chosen mortal emperor. The world is built on balance, for every evil the is good. for every miracle there is a tragedy. As the world comes into a new age of technology the balance is beggining to waver.

Adult 18+ Dieselpunk Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror

Crescent City By Night

Crescent City in the World of Darkness is a coastal metropolis built on the foundation of wealth, influence, and supernatural machinations. Unlike the sleepy real-world Crescent City, this darkened reflection is a sprawling urban labyrinth shaped by...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

Echoes of the Mist

Welcome to the "Lands of the Mist," a demiplane buried and lost within the Shadowfell; willed into existence by "Dark Powers" to punish and imprison souls so vile, they have been condemned to rule a hellscape of their own making for all of eternity....

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Vampirism for Amoral Sociopaths

Useful References: Frenzy, Wassail, and Rötschreck Healing @[Humanity](article:623a6fdf-7...

Gothic

Allisod - City of Death

[h1|65cfa3e2-9a48-46eb-8901-42b03590b37f]Welcome to Allisod [p][/p] [p][/p] [h2|a096181f-5913-447f-bd61-2f67e6cd4920]The Tale of Allisod: A Whisper in the Mists [p]It began with a storm—not of wind or rain, bu...

Gothic Horror Political Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Trapper

An Alternate History in which Paranormal Creatures, Cryptids, and Bedtime Horrors of our world no longer fall into the land of 'fiction'. Combining Voodoo, Paganism, and Pioneer/Indigenous American Folklore [br...

Gothic Horror Neo Noir Weird Western

Solspire Chronicles

[p]The World is flooded, most of the people living in it are gone. What survives is a victorian steampunk society of airships, brass automata, mystical societies, a struggle for equality in a world trying to return to the past and a world so altered...

Gothic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Steampunk Victorian

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Starfell

At the center of the religious world, right beneath the Tear in the Sky, Starfell is known to all as the most divine city. Though as times change, the influence of the Church and the word of their God becomes weaker, making way for an age of knowledg...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Victorian

In the Shadow of Princes

[spotify:https://open.spotify.com/track/7MBrp1Ba8Z1N8Q9r1N4MQL] [container:picture-frame]Post-Apocalyptic Adventurein a Techno-Futile World[container:purple-frame]This campaign is set in the twilight age of a fallen wo...

Gothic Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural Surreal

The Hollowed World

Genesis A plane of existence forged, defiled and abandoned by the gods. When the Mother of all things, Aoina took from he...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Steampunk

Stories of Darkness

A collection of World of Darkness 5th edition campaign stories and characters.

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Modern Political Supernatural

Nainoxia

The world of Nainoxia is a world I have created as a practice of creative writing and a setting for my own DnD games. The world is based off of the Forgotten Realms with some inspiration from Warhammer and World of Darkness. Additional inspi...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Political

Cairne

A broken world with a broken soul, where magic is a myth and the Gods have disappeared. An age has passed since the Empire of Bechtlaruun brought down the Stygian blight upon the now lost races of the Seanachaisian Isles. Using the combined magic of...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Post Apocalyptic

Razgoth

[quote]'... They all came crawling back from the brink. Of what, none could even say. The entire world had been on a fast path to wrack and ruin, the Unknown Age leaving nothing untouched by the chaos it had wrought. Even now, 500 years later, we wer...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Sword & Sorcery Weird

Arathos

The world of Arathos is a realm shrouded in mystery and wrought with peril. From the whispering depths of its silent seas to the towering peaks of its forbidding mountains, Arathos is a land of diverse landscapes and untold secrets waiting to be unco...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery

Cathedris

Three-thousand-year-old dead gods roam the planet as husks of their former selves, wandering broken loops of their past lives; they bring danger and ruin, magic and myth. Humanity ha...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Speculative Weird

The World of Othlorias

“You can feel the change in the wind, in your bones. You can feel a weight, a feeling of despair creeping over the mountains. Look east lad, do you feel it? Some darkness rises over those peaks, and not for the first time. Are we ready? Our warrio...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Aeia

Welcome to the world of Aeia. A high fantasy D&D universe with some light Gothic horror elements and a lot of homebrew.

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror

Misthaven

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

Ravenloft

So, my party started in Curse of Strahd 5e, but had a metagamer so I added old lore from other editions and swapped things around some. After deciding that Strahd was actually an ok guy, they all started asking if I could extend the campaign past jus...

Gothic Horror

Bellyem

[container:intro]Under the Reign of the Cieux, between Shadow and Light, the inhabitants of Bellyem tread a fragile line between devotion and survival, ever at the mercy of the nightmarish echoes of the past and the promises of the divine. [/contain...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Political

Surviving Midnight

In The Moonlit Depths Of Mississippi Lies A Forgotten Hamlet, Where The Shadows Dance To An Eerie Symphony And The Whispers Of Ancient Secrets Permeate The Stagnant Air. Welcome To Midnight, A Town Steeped In The Tapestry Of Southern Goth...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Modern Supernatural

Urth

Kage no Maou-Chan is a series of campaigns set on Urth, the world in which the TTRPG System Shadow of the Demon Lord is predominantly set. The many worlds of the cosmos are imperiled by the looming threat of the Demon Lord, a god-like entity of pu...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fiction Sword & Sorcery

KTN: Armageddon

Welcome to Kill Team Narrative (KTN) Armageddon! In the midst of the cataclysmic 2nd Ork invasion, your team of elite operatives stands as a beacon of hope amidst the chaos. As seasoned veterans of covert operations, you're tasked with executing miss...

Gothic Military Science Fiction Space Opera Transhumanism

Aloth

Aloth is a world of magic and awe, going through a phase of recovery and rediscovery after Dürthang which was an event that took place at the end of the third age 670 years ago. The event shook most of the world, but hit the continent of Tyrania the...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

The Known Lands of Adva

"Adva" is the common name given to the known world, derived for an Elven word meaning "all" or everything."

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic

Barun

The humans of the continent of Felizeen thought themselves lords of creation until discovering the continent of Nekoti. Their attempts to colonize the new land were largely unsuccessful, until even their settlements turned against them in t...

Clockpunk Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic

excal-heim

The Moon is an Egg Chaos reigns and, as unexpected, things are pretty normal. [articleblock:2348103e-13ec-4ebc-8575-5221f21c1e04] [/col3][articleblock:0a4acc79-9237-49d4-9a84-8285079c2c95] [/col3][articleb...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Literature RPG Steampunk

DigiDonkeyverse

The chronicles of a persistent D&D Universe. Currently running a Ravenloft Strahd campaign, now in its second year.

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Ifiron

A Darkening World The Great Tree Ifiron is dying. The world has become a much more dangerous place ever since the Illuna, an ancient civilization, vanished and with them the knowledge. With the darkness come monsters, monsters eager to prey...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Forgotten Realms

Set in the world of Faerun, this homebrewed take on the legacy world is twisted. The world is constantly at war. Racism is a never-ending issue. The 12 Prime deities have all but disappeared, taking the Betrayer Gods with them, only appearing in the...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval Religious Sword & Sorcery

Aotra

A barren, starless sky; a dense ring with forty moons; ancient twin suns: Aotra is a world in isolation, a lone planet floating in a dark sea. For ages, Aotrans found security and prosperity in the My...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Post Apocalyptic Surreal Weird

Beourjen

Beourjen was built on desperation as much as ambition. In theory, it was a grand idea. Its founders were intelligent and cunning people. They destroyed a tyranny, and ended the reign of their archaic gods. They molded a new dominion on th...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Victorian

Barovia

This was a Curse of Strahd campaign that I had made for my friend, who is no longer able to play. In short I wont be updating this anymore. If you have questions about the work that has been done you can leave a comment, but dont expect a fast reply....

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Покров

В соавторстве с Leeder, сеттинг придуман им.

Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval

Eidamir

It is a world that has long since lost hope, a world of cold hearts and hollow souls. Years after the great mage war the dust had cleared and and the light mages, the masters, had prevailed. But they did not know the consequences of their deeds. The...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Weird

Naphus

Naphus is a world in where magic is seen as a dangerous reminder of darker times, monsters and ravanous beasts threaten the folk of every kingdom, and ideologies battle for supremacy on the world stage. This world is harsh and difficult to prosper in...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Esfiro

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Aegimius

Current Date Milleadh (MC): 61 Cyna, 703 Current Date For Storia (FSC): 2 Vromisk, 914

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

Thea

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Aurelia

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Soft Magic

The Unbecause

Welcome to the Unbecause! A lot goin on here!

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Aeramis

[quote] [p]Only a few warriors remain. Defenders of humanity against the horrors of the dark. Their numbers dwindle with every new moon. You see, this world belongs to the darkness, and darkness will not give it up easily.[/p]|Unknown[/quote] [p]...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Dusk Before Dawn

Dusk Before Dawn is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy tabletop setting and custom game system based on Godbound, Pathfinder & the Spheres of Power module. Taking place in the world of Meridian, a land that has been trapped in endle...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Post Apocalyptic

Kingdom Earth

Welcome to the queer paranormal world of Zavian Glory. The Angelic Blood Chronicles The Angelic Blood Chronicles follows Marshall and Rowan as they come of ag...

Ancient Gothic Historical Religious Supernatural

Harmwah

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Political

Gelliria

In the beginning there was nothing. Well, not quite. They were there, floating through the Astral Sea, trying to decide just exactly what They were. Were, They a concept, an unthinkable idea that was universally understood. Or m...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

Mondi Infranti

[p]Mondi Infranti è un'abientazione che si adatta un grande numero di Sistemi di Gioco in quanto include un vastissimo numero di mondi e realtà parallele.[/p] [p]Mondi Infranti è ambientato nel @[Megaverso](location:cb1bd...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Hard Magic Post Apocalyptic

Zepharog

[aloud]Rakasha is a dark fantasy world torn by politics, war, and inter-racial dispute. Once, the land used to be peaceful. This was before the Godlings wanted to experience more than their divine intentions. Sadly, this became the event know...

Gothic Horror Supernatural

Baeleris

Baeleris, a realm cloaked in gothic allure, emerges from shadows with an air of mystery. Amidst mist-shrouded landscapes and ancient woods, power and desire entwine. From Duskwood's courts to the Scarlet Veil's seductive enclaves, intrigue meets...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Tales of Aresia

[p][/p] [quote]"From the mist-veiled Cradle Mountains in the thaw of spring to the blizzards over Isvamelle at midwinter’s peak, I have witnessed more than most would in a lifetime. For years, I chased my boundless wanderlust across the far corners...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Steampunk Victorian

Faerûn 1545 DR

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Political

Hidden in London

Set in London, the city remains divided after the death of Mithras in 2012. The Second Inquisition have risen in strength to burn London's Kindred to ashes as [url:https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Oper...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Eben

You run through the woods, stumbling over roots, rocks, and fallen branches in the darkness. You are pursued, but you know not by what. Home is far away, the perpetual industrial hum and smog-choked sky of Stoltgard that was once so famili...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Supernatural

The Land of Ellonara

[color:#e82a1f]everything below is subject to change[/color] Ancient History In the beginning, there was Dark, it consumed all, and created twisted monsters within The Nether, no life cou...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Hard Magic

England 1845

Gothic

The Westwilds

Warning! This world contains spoilers for my homebrew Dungeons and Dragons campaign! If you're a current player of that campaign, tread with caution and don't click any articles that might spoil you. From th...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Gothic Sword & Sorcery

The Nephalim's Asylum

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Supernatural

Mirror: Fangfinder

[p]All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Tears for Fears - Mad World[/p] [aloud] [p][justif...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

The Veil

[p]Aeon is dead, the natural cycle of life and death has been corrupted, and horrendous creatures crossover through tears in the Veil. The children of Dusk and Dawn squabble amongst themselves while the seams of this world unravel. The Kingdom of Luo...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Religious Supernatural

Midrial

The world of Midrial is a vast an diverse expanse of cultures and peoples. The discovered world consists of several large landmasses, each with separate societies and ways of life. In Midrial, there is still much to discover. Deities watch over the p...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Political Sword & Sorcery

Ellariah

Welcome to Ellariah. The year is 2506 PD, or Post Desolation. After the destruction from the Age of Calamity, the world has been reforged in the remains of what came before.

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

Terra Caelum Legacy

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Gothic

Kokudo (国土) Project

The Kokudo Project is a community world building project inspired by projects such as Touhou, Len'en, & Nansei. Kokudo is set with a more world wide outlook to include creatures & themes from other cultures & fantasies....

Fantasy Gothic Medieval Oriental Sword & Sorcery

Eleven Days

Six and a half million Brits went to bed on the 2nd of September, 1752. They woke up on the 14th. The Calendar (New Style) 1750 Act had been passed earlier on that year to bring Britain's calendars into line with the Gregorian calendar that had been...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

Mists of Barovia

Welcome to Barovia UNDER RAGING STORM CLOUDS, A LONE figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead lea...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Isildur

The world was split. In ages past their was one land. The land of Greimer but the gods did not want one land, they wanted multiple lands. The elders herd there complaints in their minds and corrupted one of the gods themselves. He struck the world in...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

Three Points

First, A Note on Historical Accuracy Though this game is set in a historical period and takes some inspiration from real locations and events, the game itself is not expected to be 100% historically accurate. After all, it's a game about moody...

Gothic Historical Supernatural

Grimvæl

The gods are dead, and it was our hands that brought them low. Hundreds of years ago, when the Old Church launched its holy crusade against the heathen tribes, they could not foresee the devastation that would follow. In their final, desperate h...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Western

Detalas

The world has been plunged into darkness from the last war. The 5th age of man has seen monsters rise from the depths. Most of the world's smaller cities have fallen, and only a few bastions of hope and light remain. Constant night, with rain and oth...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Gotham 2069

Cyberpunk Gothic Science Fiction, Modern Supernatural Urban

Ordo Celestia

Alternative History Gothic Military Political Religious

Infestatio Carnis

[quote] "Do you see me, Father? I sow their teeth into the soil, and open the skies to nourish their rot. The world will be blessed with agnosia, remade to see the truth of my wonders. Gnosis awaits the willing, and the rejected will lament as th...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Medieval Mystery

Tales of Corvinium

Greatest City-State of the Northern World, The Carbuncle on the Cold River, the most cosmopolitan port on the Greenrim Sea - Corvinium sprawls between the icy water and the dark forest, between the devastated Raunland and the enlightened dukedoms of...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Gothic Medieval Supernatural

The World of Othe

The gods and mortals alike reeled from the assault of the Kithik, an alien force that used magic unfamiliar to the universe. With all but their final remnants of the invaders driven off, they must deal with the fallout of the war. Demons conjured to...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

Kreworis

Evocative description The World Kreworis is a wonderous large planet full of magic and mysteries and is orbited by two and a half moons. It is place full of the history,...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Ejorus

Our heroes begin in Yelester and set out with new met friends on a ship known as the Jewel. They seek to find glorious treasure on a mysterious island. Upon finding the island they discovered a temple. Entering the temple they found themselves pawns...

Comedy Fantasy Gothic Horror Political

Thræsh's Hold

For all who enter the Hold, a world of terrifying fae impersonators and rigid defenders of the faith, be warned. Do not trust your eyes alone, for much you may find extends far beyond the visible space itself. Entire beings of strange matter and...

Fairy tale Gothic Supernatural Weird

Velrune

Welcome to Velrune! And more specifically, the Isle of Norland, an island with a dark past and an even darker future!

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval Victorian

The Skies of Aika

[container:intro]Aika is humanity's haven in a distinctly inhuman world, a scattered bastion adrift above an endless fall. The skies are infested with horrific monstrosities, and untamed lands are torn asunder by the skeletal remnants of long-de...

Clockpunk Flintlock Gothic Steampunk Weird

Curse of Strahd

Under raging stormclouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, bil...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

After The End

[quote] Совершая пожертвование вы участвуете в продолжении развития проекта и получаете доступ к закрытым статьям. Указывайте в комментарии пожертвований свой ник на WorldAnvil, Boosty или ...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Mecha Post Apocalyptic

Madbury

Welcome to Madbury! A small, mid-twentieth century New England town in the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire, Madbury might appear to the casual tourist as a typical college town/artists’ colony, with its quaint village center surroundin...

Gothic Horror

Azora

Adult 18+ Gothic Hard Magic Military Victorian

Dread Realms (Ravenloft)

The Dread Realms is a world of despair and fright in which the monsters of everyone's nightmares are only yards away at any given time. This is the world of the archetypical Dracula, Frankenstein, Van Helsing, and so on. In this realm you do not ente...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

Dark Horizons

A Gothic Space Opera about mankind struggling to survive in a cruelly indifferent galaxy while facing the myriad fears seared into its DNA over millions of years of evolution. It @[draws heavily](artic...

Gothic Horror Science Fiction Space Opera

Warhammer 40,000

It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of Mankind has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods and master of a million worlds by the might of His inexhaustible a...

Adult 18+ Gothic Science Fiction

Utania

[p]Utania was a world forged in war. The most ancient legends and myths are filled to the brim with tales of the unending, bloody chaos of the world's prehistory. But the stories also tell of the coming of the gods, and how they interceded to support...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery Victorian

Graymarch

Graymarch is a material plane full of conflict, dark secrets, and forgotten pasts. Its lands are dotted with the echos of long-forgotten Empires and Kingdoms that once controlled great swaths of the land but now lay in ruin or house a new soc...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

The Umbral Fold

So, the Raven Queen reigns supreme in the Shadowfell right? But did you know that she also holds dominion over a handful of smaller realms that drift alongside the Shadowfell which are known as Folds? Think of a Fold as a pocket dimension, a separate...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Verdenheim

Pathfinder meets Stranger Things meets Freddie Krueger

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Gothic

Nethdria

Here lies Nethdria, a strange world of swords and sorcery, political intrigue and cosmic struggle, conflict and community. This is the setting of multiple TTRPG campaigns set on the continent of Sol, the homeland of the elves. This continent is inhab...

Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval Political Religious

Kol

KOL Before the arrival of the Plague and the Murk, Kol was known as a cold, dark, and gentle world. The Plague and Murk brought civil unrest, allowing the self-proclaimed Yellow King to take a political hold over a small empire. After the...

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Gothic

Theatre world

This universe is where I(Joel, a World Anvil user) will go in my daydreams to go and escape my problems. It all started as a place to go to do theatre since I grew up in theatre and was unable to recently due to the lack of people around me willing t...

Child Safe Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Religious

Achareon

Welcome Dear Players! This homepage will be updated with information as the campaign progresses and you uncover more information about the world of Achareon. Until...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Victorian

Fallen London: What Is & Is Not

[p]Throughout history have been 4 everlasting mysteries lingering among the collective curiosities of the ivory tower of academia. The “Missing Cities:” 4 curiously absent cities from their location. Records...

Fanfiction Gothic Horror Religious Science Fantasy

Farsenrix

Despite its inhabitants being fairly advance Farsenrix is still very young on the cosmological scale, cold and harsh the magic that suffuses the world is somewhat unstable and can be delicate in areas leading to both null magic zones and wild magic z...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark