"I wouldn't go there if I were you. We all know that sounds can do strange things to people, and—and that place makes strange sounds. No! It is more than that. It is not a sound. Have you ever wondered what the wails from the Underworld sound like?" — an old hunter who stumbled upon the rings
The Stone Rings of the Forgotten are, when it comes down to it, exactly what their name describes them as. Comprised of stone rings variating from large, around 50 feet in diameter, all the way down to three feet in diameter, they are aligned in a way that evokes the sense that they were built as a monument. In total, there are around 10 rings, and they are arranged in a way that the wind blows through them. And when the wind blows through them...
They moan. They wail. They sing. They
scream.
No one knows who built them, not even the elves, whose lives and memories are long and unwavering. The architecture of the rings does not match any known style of any recorded civilization, even with the
Grand Curator of the Athenaeum spending days upon days buried deep in the restricted and more secretive archives of the
The Athenaeum in a self-propelled desire to see if they could find out.
Why was this monument created? What was the purpose of these
Wailing Rings? Were they some form of sound-based defense, an attempt to ward off danger and enemies with nothing more than an eerie sound? Or was this some ironic form of art built by some long-forgotten artist struck by madness?
The Stone Rings can be found deep within the rolling foothills of the Dazuvellan Mountains, up where the trees end and only grass remains with how shallow the soil is.
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