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{{quote|''The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East...''|''[[Dracula (novel)|Dracula]]'', Chapter 1.}}
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You think you're in a nice little [[Ruritania]] somewhere in Eastern Europe. Only the black forests are even blacker than you expected, and even more full of wolves. Some of which seem to be [[Wolf Man|walking on their hind legs]]. When you finally get to the little town you were aiming for, the [[Roma|vaguely ethnic]] and primitive locals are huddling fearfully in the tavern, refusing to talk to you except to give vaguely-worded and [[Vampire Vords|heavily-accented]] warnings. So you go up to [[Haunted Castle|the castle]] in the hope of finding some civilisation. Bad move.
If there's a local nobleman living there, he will probably welcome you
Congratulations. You are now in Überwald. Hope you
Don't expect too much help from anyone: if things get really out of hand the [[Torches and Pitchforks]] might get broken out, but the locals probably think that outsiders get what they deserve, even if they aren't all [[Town with a Dark Secret|actively involved]] in the nastiness.
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** See "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S13/E05 The Brain of Morbius|The Brain of Morbius]]" for the Who version of the other big Überwald plot.
* Mason and Alex, from ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', go to [[Romania|Transylvania]], apparently near an ancient, medieval castle, only during the night, for a more... ''[[Nightmare Fuel|chilling effect]]''. Later, Mason transforms into a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolf]] there.
* [[The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries]] of the 70s' episode "The Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew Meet Dracula" had the plucky detectives going into Transylvania for a Halloween music
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== Videogames ==
* The kingdom of Gilneas in ''[[World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft Cataclysm]]''.
* Most of the ''[[Castlevania]]'' games take place in an
* ''[[Quest for Glory IV]]'' is set in Mordavia, which like a miniature Überwald, with [[Killer Rabbit
* Druantia in ''Fate: Undiscovered Realms''.
* Morytania in [[Runescape]], complete with all kinds of classic horror tropes: a werewolf village, swamps full of killer ghasts and leeches, haunted woods filled with vampires and claw-shaped trees that scratch at you, a literal ghost town, a Vampyre metropolis where human slaves are herded like cattle, and multiple large, foreboding, gothic-style castles. And undead chickens.
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