The Sprawl



"Behold the great cities of man - ruined and aflame."

- The Academic

The Sprawl is a Region in Darkest Dungeon II.

Once a vast city built from stone, the area now known as the Sprawl was a great bastion of treasured knowledge and literature. But when the cult arrived, the inhabitants turned to the blasphemous worship of fire, offering everything—books, buildings, even their own bodies—to the flames.

Fanatics
The primary enemies encountered in the Sprawl are Fanatics.

One wonders if the reavers, consumed by blind fanaticism, can even see the flames around them. Whipper Shaman Sacrificial Flayer Pit Fighter Immolatist Her Ladyship

The Librarian
The Librarian is the main boss of the Sprawl, found in the Great Library.

Ignite!
In addition to their regular form, many Fanatics have a second 'ignited' form with a different set of moves and behaviors, along with buffs (and rarely, debuffs) to various stats.

Enemies may ignite from the second round onward, either by using the skill Ignite! or being ignited by an Immolatist or Her Ladyship. Ignition also has the following additional effects:
 * Heal 10% HP.
 * Gain Extra Action.

Strategy

 * Perhaps unsurprisingly, Fanatics are highly resistant to Burn and deal a lot of  Burn damage.
 * Fanatics have relatively low health compared to other factions. Instead, they tend to apply tokens like blind and  dodge to disrupt heroes' attacks.
 * Combat turnorder enemy immolatist b.png Immolatists and Her Ladyship deal high Burn damage, stress damage, can Ignite other Fanatics, and can consume corpses to heal other Fanatics. She is therefore your highest priority.
 * Combat turnorder enemy whipper.png Whippers, when Ignited, can use Infernal Taskmaster, a devastating party-wide AoE that does HP damage, stress damage and Burn. Killing this enemy in round 1 is important so he doesn't ignite.
 * Combat turnorder enemy sacrificial.png't let Sacrificials reach Rank 1!
 * Combat turnorder enemy fanatic pit fighter.png Pit Fighters will start with relatively weak attacks, but upon casting Accelerant will gain speed and damage at the beginning of every round.
 * Combat turnorder enemy shaman.png Shamans make their allies harder to hit by blinding heroes or granting  dodge to their allies.
 * Combat turnorder enemy flayer.png Flayers can generate constant Riposte and Dodge tokens, making them very dangerous, but have relatively low base HP.

Narrator Quotes

 * When selecting The Sprawl as the next region at the Inn:
 * "Our great cities burn. All our beauty and knowledge, ash on the wind."
 * "Another nameless city, another inferno of mutilation and madness."

Trivia

 * All Fanatics seem to be blind, either due to their hoods or blindfolds, or simply because their eye sockets have been obscured by melted flesh. It is possible that their devotion to fire has blessed them with some form of unholy sight.
 * The Fanatics are the first enemies created in the game, and the first visible in the second trailer.