Nonewallow

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General Info

• Population : Uninhabited
• Region : Southgard Province
• Type : Devastated Region

Geography

A region of countryside at the north end of Southgard Province. The land is scorched and barren, as though a wildfire had just exhausted itself. The stench of carbon is heavy in the lifeless air, and the soil is covered in a thin layer of ash. Magically-sensitive explorers passing through the charred desert report being overcome with a sense of impending doom that quickly gives way to despair, before vanishing altogether by the next day. The region is named after a famous verse of the last great First Age poet, “... lette no’on wallo’ inne Þe cind’rs off deſpair…”.

Notable Settlements

Ashmourne (Ruins)

A former Imperial Free City, Ashmourne has been completely swallowed up by the ashen desert. It is only after a Maelstrom, a massive windstorm known to periodically arise in the Nonewallow, that the ruins are accessible for a few short days before the ash once again blankets the city.

Silver Burials (Ruins)

Prehistoric metallic monoliths that emanate tremendous heat. Nearly nothing is known of this site beyond it's physical description.

Ocheappeion (Ruins)

Site of unknown age, suspected to be an Early First Age settlement of great religious importance. The ruins are located in the caldera of an extinct volcano, at the center of which rises a ziggurat crested with a

History

Historical Account

It is unknown how the Nonewallow came to be. The only surviving record from the First Age that mentions the region claims that a pillar of fire as tall as a mountain was seen rising towards the heavens from the direction of Emberedge.

Timeline

Date	Name	Event
-1Y	Nonewallow Created	Accounts from refugees fleeing beleagered Southern settlements indicates that the Nonewallow was created days before the fall of The Gate. The appearance is sudden, and no surviving records indicate how the region came to be.