City of the Dead
The City of Ildûn is a spoon-shaped peninsula of stone and sand crowned with jagged ruins. Once a planned city of canals, towers, avenues and parks, the Ildûn of the Old Empire is no more. Beneath the glowing sands and melted stone above, three sentries stand in eternal vigil over the bones of Yrygarmàndralyð, the great Dragul who was slain there over 650 years ago. They have stood there since he fell, and they will stand there until her bones turn to dust and the dust becomes no more. Among the Eylfāe, there are few greater fears than the resurrection of Yrygarmàndralyð, for his return (they believe) would herald the return of the Old Empire and the destruction of all Eylfāe kind.
Above, the ancient city is a lifeless place. Wind does not blow among the crumbling fingers of stone, the dunes stand unscarred. The ground is criss-crossed with the footprints of those that have dared venture to this old place, but an alarming number of the tracks stop abruptly, as if the walker was pulled from his feet, or simply vanished.
Wards
- Yrdèrus (Ward of the Eye) (e.g., Kyrm Orydrāūn)
Landmarks
- Kyrm Orydrāūn
- Ring of Splinters