the dead city

A cursed experiment that went horrible wrong.
The dead city is a uncontrolled magical effect that spreads itself through the Elsewhere, it drains the local magic and subverts it to its own purpose. The stars in the sky fall and the place itself prevents the regeneration of lifeforce that isn't breath. Someone in its borders will get progressively more tired and eventually fall unconscious, someone who tries to sleep there won't wake up on their own. The place itself is very uncomfortable to just look at, causing a sensation of having something crawling on one's own skin, which gets worse once inside.

History

The dead city was caused by an attempt at creating an easier means to build and expand cities. However, some unknown flaw in the process resulted in the loss of the research facility and the people in it. Their lifeforces were fed to the process and allow it to start expanding.

Alternative Names

the city, the cursed ground, the graveyard

Type

Geographic Feature