Natural History of the Empire's Lands
Since the arrival of humans, the delicate balance of nature has been disrupted, leading to a dark corruption seeping from the world's deepest crevices.
This corruption has tainted once docile creatures, turning them aggressive and mutating some into aberrant forms, posing threats to the inhabitants of the land.
Elves, forced underground by the war, have swiftly succumbed to madness in the face of this corruption, their once serene demeanor twisted by the influence of darkness.
Even the deepest delving dwarves and other races have fallen prey to the malevolent forces, their hearts turned to evil under the weight of the corruption's influence.
The eastern island, known as Firedrinker Mountain, stands as a focal point for corruption and malevolence, likely due to the gaping rip in the land formed by the central volcano's eruptions.
The perpetual eruptions of the volcano, dubbed Firedrinker, are speculated to be the result of human magic experiments gone awry. The cataclysmic event known as "the incident" to the south of the volcano, marked by a perfectly semispherical crater with a mysterious black orb at its center, suggests catastrophic consequences.
"The incident" was triggered by a coalition of powerful human spellcasters seeking to create a superweapon against the elves during the war. However, their efforts backfired catastrophically, obliterating everything within a 90-kilometer radius and leaving behind the enigmatic black orb, impervious to study or manipulation.
This corruption has tainted once docile creatures, turning them aggressive and mutating some into aberrant forms, posing threats to the inhabitants of the land.
Elves, forced underground by the war, have swiftly succumbed to madness in the face of this corruption, their once serene demeanor twisted by the influence of darkness.
Even the deepest delving dwarves and other races have fallen prey to the malevolent forces, their hearts turned to evil under the weight of the corruption's influence.
The eastern island, known as Firedrinker Mountain, stands as a focal point for corruption and malevolence, likely due to the gaping rip in the land formed by the central volcano's eruptions.
The perpetual eruptions of the volcano, dubbed Firedrinker, are speculated to be the result of human magic experiments gone awry. The cataclysmic event known as "the incident" to the south of the volcano, marked by a perfectly semispherical crater with a mysterious black orb at its center, suggests catastrophic consequences.
"The incident" was triggered by a coalition of powerful human spellcasters seeking to create a superweapon against the elves during the war. However, their efforts backfired catastrophically, obliterating everything within a 90-kilometer radius and leaving behind the enigmatic black orb, impervious to study or manipulation.
