Agra Keep
Agra Keep is both an island in Keldan and the physical keep for which the island is named. The two are often referred to interchangeably. It as originally raised by the Eldritch Council as farmlands to supply the rest of Keldan. As all of the islands that comprise Keldan were, Agra Keep was magically designed specifically for its purpose, and its low-lying topography is covered in rich grasslands and forests. The overwhelming majority of the land is given over to agriculture of some sort, whether conventional farm fields, pastures, or maintained woodland.
The Slaughter at Agra Keep
Autumn of 1944 in the Age of Strife, during the Strife of the Five During the Strife of the Five, the heart of Agra Keep island was destroyed, severely impacting the availability of food across Keldan. What the average person knows: Upon the enactment of the Supremacy Clause of the Keldani Council's transfer of the Seat Ascendant, different factions started enacting different plans. No one knows if it was otherworldly creatures or separatists attempting to frame Oriana, but an attack drove the citizens of Agra Keep Village into the keep for protection. Once there, most of the town safely sealed inside, fire and lighting rained down from the sky, killing every man and woman inside the keep. Their voices still scream in the night, begging for release from the haunted grounds. What the average Keldani also knows: 347 souls were borne to untimely and fiery death that day, desecrating the land and making the two story structure into a hollowed husk of itself. Demons walk the place freely now, leeching life from the surrounding land and making the north of the island a very dangerous place. Don't even think about going into the keep. What scholars of arcana, history and religion also know: There's evidence of fireballs and thunder damage, but it definitely came from within the keep. They were not besieged. Something powerful now keeps watch within the keep. The ground is cracked, both on fire in the cracks and cold to the touch on the land. It is scorched and ashen. Yochlol and Vrock have been spotted during daylight. Shadow Demons are feared to linger in the dark places of the keep. What Demon Patron Warlocks also know: The Dark Prince of Undeath, Deliphian himself, was conjured to this place to give the Demon Pact Fiends an edge in the conflict. Their Champions called him forth. It is now a thin place between the planes that can be used to beseech his power, or call an Avatar of Undeath forth to converse directly with his greatness. Be prepared to donate innocent blood to his unholy ground, or he may volunteer your own as tribute, taking you into his layer of the Abyss.The Taking of Agra Keep
Age of Mortals What the average person knows: Agra Keep was marked as a war target and occupied by invading Eregothian forces. After a bloody campaign that ended with the retaking of the island by Keldan, the new Eregothian inhabitants were mystically bound to the land as punishment.The scholars will have more lore about Agra Keep scribed soon!
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