Carus (Car-us)

The Carus is an ancient elven mausoleum located in the western of Firani Forest

It is a squat, circular tower that stands in a swamp in the southern Firani, and contains many famous and well-respected elves who have fallen to war, disease, or simply old age. What makes the Carus unusual is that it remains unfinished.

Most elves prefer to be buried in natural surroundings, such as being mummified in the pits of Sarunod, or buried under the still forests like a small sapling hoping to give grow or transference to a Dryad. Most elves prefer to be buried in natural surroundings, such as being mummified in a bog, or interred in a still forest beneath a small sapling. Because death among the elves is such a long-expected if inevitable event, others prefer to elevate their death by being laid to rest in a stone tomb where others can remember them for all eternity. The Carus is the most well-known of these mausoleums. It is a squat, circular tower that stands in a swamp ice pits west of Firani, and contains many famous and well-respected elves who have fallen to war, disease, or simply old age. What makes the Carus is unusual is that it remains unfinished. As the structure slowly sinks into the surrounding swamp ice fields, new stories are simply built upon the old whenever they are needed, and are connected to the lower levels by passages or shafts. The Carus is known to be quite ancient, as it is mentioned in documents that predate Earthfall, and no one is sure exactly how many bodies lie perfectly preserved beneath the mire.

Lanliss Morgethai, one of the old elvish lords: His epitaph reads "His Blood Restores the Land", a common obituary for those who died retaking Vastaria from the forces of Treerazer after the elves' return

It is known to be a place with rolling ice fields and hills, fresh water pours in from the river into the tower where it sinks lower into the pits of the ice. Its untouched beauty and air of ice dryads that protect the land give it a snowy presence that is unseen from these certain areas.

It is a freezing climate, known to keep bodies cold and fresh in the hopes that one day they will be resurrected, however an unknown effect is that ice or snow never falls on the tower.