Ancient Demescas

Ancient Demescas is a scar upon the memory of Thalas, a ruined kingdom that serves as a grim reminder of what unchecked warfare can bring. Once a thriving nation, rich in culture and resources, Demescas was razed to the ground by Tebrassenion’s fleets in a brutal campaign of conquest. Its cities were reduced to ash and rubble, its people slaughtered or scattered, and its treasures seized. The devastation was so complete, so horrifying, that it forced the nations of Thalas to finally act. From the ashes of Demescas came the Treaty of Aquessentia, a pact signed by all—including Tebrassenion—that forbade war within national borders and turned the oceans into the only sanctioned stage of rivalry. In death, Demescas accomplished what it could not in life: the forging of a fragile peace.
  Today, Demescas endures as a land of tombs and ruins, its jungles overgrowing the bones of once-proud cities. Adventurers and fortune-seekers scour its shattered halls, for the treasures of the kingdom still linger within its crypts and temples, guarded by puzzles and traps left by its people long ago. Yet the ruins are not wholly empty. Scattered survivors, descendants of those who endured the fall, live deep within the jungles, unseen and self-reliant. Legends tell that at night, they emerge in silence, marking tombs whose treasures have been claimed with hanging wind chimes that sway in the dark. These spectral melodies form paths for future seekers, guiding them toward untouched vaults. Whether this act is born from bitterness or benevolence remains unknown—some say it is closure, a way to ensure that the riches of Demescas are not lost to decay but earned by those who brave its dangers. Whatever the truth, the ruins remain a place of both tragedy and wonder, a testament that even in destruction, a nation’s spirit can linger.