Hills of Shade

These jagged hills are covered in cinders and dotted with geysers. The Bloodwine river flows into this zone where it disappears into a fissure only to pass back out as steam. This steam permeates the area making it hazy, hot, and humid. It is a difficult region to explore due to the steep hills, fissures, and cliffs. The constant haze further complicates matters. The zone is infested with undead who roam the hills, protected from the sun by the persistent mist. The Black Necropolis is the epicenter of the undead menace.   A caravan route exists through the zone for travelers passing between the Dallian Mountains and the Faybright Forest. This route is dotted with Sun Lamps: poles topped by an enchanted orb that acts as a miniature sun, repelling the undead and creating a small safe zone for travelers. A line of these lamps stretches across the hills forming a narrow path. Moving beyond the illuminated area leaves a traveler open to attack by the undead that swarm around the periphery of the path, drawn to the smell of mortal blood but unable to enter the light.

Points of Interest

  The Black Necropolis: Once an elven city, now haunted by undead elves.  

Threats

  Barbed Bone Skeleton   Darkbone Skeleton   Darkbone Skeleton, Greater: found near the Necropolis   Ghoul   Mistbone Skeleton : found near the Necropolis