Bloom Spire

Bloom Spire is located in The Forsaken Forest, about 100 miles east of the Confederation of Fondalar, and 150 miles from the Archian Border. It was built in the late second period, in the year 1294 2p. The original architect built the massive tower to be an outpost for the Eternal Kingdom, a colony of Graineags located in the Forsaken Forest. After the corruption of the forest after the Graineags died out in 1988 3p, a group of Dark Reapers, under guise of travelers, occupied the spire to conduct surveillance on the merciful in the Northern parts of the Archian Kingdom. Later, when the keepers became prominent in the 24th century, it became the base of operations for the lesser four keepers of Kor'non: The Keeper of Death, the Keeper of Hidden Words, the Keeper of All, and the Keeper of Crowns.

Despite its relatively unknown existence, many conflicts have taken place in and around the tower, fighting for the sacred ground. The first of these took place between the Chambraids of the North Isles, who thought the appearance of warlocks so close to the Cordal Coast meant trouble. Six battles took place between the two sides between 2449 3p - 3730 3p. The Keepers managed to hold on to the spire throughout the entirety of the Third Period, before the Second Magic War at the end of the third period. For the first half of the fourth period, it remained unoccupied, until the keepers returned for a second time and guarded the forests more heavily. A massive battle took place between the Merciful of Loscin and the Keepers of Kor'non in the Third Great Magic War in 4492 4p. This conflict resulted in the overthrow of the Second Keepers, and the death of a dozen merciful. The final blow to decomancy and Kor'non was dealt just a few days later, when Lord King Kerian IX of Archia defeated the armies of the Alilington Empire with the help of Jublinah Ward and Lavern Olion.

   

The Mercifuls of Loscin are aware of the spire, as well as the royal family of the North Isles. But the very few inhabitants of the Forsaken Forest do as well, who in turn spread myths and half truths about the Spire. Many believe it is enchanted, and whoever steps within its borders is possessed and made into one of the fabled 'guardians'. Others say the place doesn't even exist, and its made up in old wives tales to scare children. However, only Merciful and the ancient of the North Isles have actually seen the Spire, and both are notoriously secretive, thus making the existence of such a tower still relatively unknown to the general population of the surrounding nations. The Haunting of Bloom Spire remains a mystery to this day.