Parvur

Nestled on the banks of a river in the shadow of the [NAME] mountains, Parvur can be spotted from far away by the three immense statues that surround it. As one of the largest cities in the Mörvundh Empire, it has a rich and storied past - although in many cases, stories and myths are all that can be told with certainty.

Sheltered in the east by the mountains, rain falls here predominantly during the hot summers whilst the winters are frigid and dry. As a result, the land tends towards swampiness in the late summer and early autumn. The plains surrounding the city are a mixture of woodland and cultivated fields, populated by many animals and especially rich in birds.

It is a long way from the capital city of Sangzur but is believed that the cultural heart of the modern Mörvundh Empire stems from here, rather than the coasts surrounding the great eastern bay. Certainly what is known is that there were Dreslyn living here before the ones who built what is now known as Parvur. Additionally Sangzur lies far from any known fae-rich area's whereas here they are just on the other side of the mountains. Even more importantly, the city's icons, the three huge statues, depict fae creatures. And what is the Mörvundh Empire, if not the collaboration between the Dreslyn and the Trychlyn, descendants of the fae?

Dlynaeth

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A substantial continent on the southern hemisphere of the world, Dlynaeth is a place of many different folk as well as great and varied magical potential. This map was drawn up in the year of 1241, according to the reckoning of the Tyldamin Triumvirate. It depicts the main geographical features of the continent as well as various settlements and others concerns.

The Three Guardians

The statue facing the southwest, towards the sea, seems to be a water fae - long jellyfish like tentacles emerge from their hair, their ears are shaped like those of the Wendyn, their skin appears to be fish scales and their legs end in large fins.

Facing northwest, looking out towards the plains, is a figure with long, thin limbs and a crown of antlers emerging from their head. Their face is almost entirely deer-like, except for strangely human shaped eyes. Full breasts can be seen through robes that appear sheer, giving the statue the appearance of being both male and female, and they stand on cloven hooves while their hands each have three long fingers ending in claws.

Looking out towards the mountains in the east rises a statue with huge insectoid wings. Four large compound eyes stare out under a set of feathered antennae. Much of the rest of the figure is covered in a bulky fur-lined robe, leaving only long, spindly fingers poking out of the wide sleeves.

Giants of the Ancient Past

The three statues tower over the city, defining its shape, and are indeed so big that at least two of them can be seen by someone standing in any street. Their features are worn by time and weather but the expertise with which they were crafted and their beauty are still clearly visible. It is commonly agreed upon that these statues depict fae creatures, although very few people have in living memory ever seen a true fae being and returned to tell the tale. Certainly the statues possess an eerie, otherworldly aspect as well as beauty.

It's believed that the statues were erected as guardians of the city, or perhaps gifted as a blessing, or perhaps built in worship of the old fae by the former inhabitants of Parvur.

Underground

Beneath the current city lie the ruins of a much older one; the civilisation that is also thought to have built the great statues. Sunken into the ground are the largely collapsed ruins of grey stone and rotting wood. Some are catacombs, filled with the bones of the old inhabitants, but many are regular buildings that have now become dank tunnels of which many are flooded during summer.

The shapes of the old city feel strange to any who enter now - rounded and smoothed, they seem almost as if something had burrowed rather than built them. But occasionally one might stumble upon an area that is almost fully intact and the old majesty of the place shines through: halls with sloping domed ceilings upheld by pillars and walls with beautiful carvings. Many of these carvings depict the statues or creatures similar to them depicted next to Dreslyn figures, which is why it is believed these people were the creators of the statues and perhaps had contact with the old fae; maybe even the very ancestors of the Trychlyn who now reside in the Mörvundh Empire.