The Shadowed Veil
Region of the Eastern WildReach
The Shadowed Veil is a Northeastern region of the Wildreach. Dark, ancient forests, and ruined ages old cities dot the thick, almost non-traversable woods. Hectares and hectares of old forests with forgotten civilizations, secluded elven citadels, and wild halfling tribes. Regions of the Shadowed Veil are not like other sections of the WildReach. There is no known established towns or cities within the known borders of the Shadowed Veil. If there are cities or towns with its borders, no one has returned to give that information to a cartographer. The region is ancient, inhospitable and dangerous.
The Shadowed Veil borders Gothmyr and the Iron Kingdoms Western Walls. The Shadowed Veil touches the North Forks region at it's north and the southern edge of the Shadowed Veil marks the northern shore of the Wilding Sea.
An unnamed river marks the Shadowed Veil's western edge, before continuing with more traditional WildReach just North of the Golden Plains.
No one rules or commands the Shadowed Veil s a whole. No one Warlord of Emperor or Queen claims the Shadowed Veil.
Rumors abound, such as the Shadowed Veil is the touch-point of the Realm of Shadow, and many portals exist within. Others claim it a land cursed much like Ravenshold. Whatever truths there are, it is known that monsters, beasts and worse run amok within the Shadowed Veil. Also known is the civilized "people" within live with daily threat of death around every tree trunk.
There is a few things within the Shadowed Veil that is hard sought from many across the Known kingdoms.
- Shadowelm - dark magically favorable wood.
- Ventraso roots - bulbous, sinewey tubers of purple with black streaks. tastes like licorice and sugar.
- Arrowhead Mushrooms- fungi with angular steep mushroom caps. used in poisons and pain killers.
- Black Poppy - heavy and overpowered painkiller and anesthetic. used in Strong medicine and drugs.
- Calloveer Reeds - Razorsharp thick reeds used to make high quality quills and natural needles.
- Boneworm sap - A sticky pungent fluid from the Boneworm tree, used by Necromancers and healers.
- Darkpaw fur - Darkpaw wolves have a unique fur sought for its waterproof and impact resistance properties.
- Ink Elk eyes- Jet black elk live within the Shadowed veil. Their eyes can be used to make potions to see invisible and night vison.
- Ink Elk Horns- The horns of the Ink Elk are powdered to make fertility potions, as well as a curative potions to many diseases.
- Blackrock - Stronger than stone, but susceptible to the sun, Blackrock is used in basements and tunnels as well as indoors. Can be melted with iron to make Darksteel.
Ankor-Mellot
The one and only known permanent settlement in the Shadowed Veil is a large fortified frontier town called Ankor-Mellot. It is a large wooden-palisade surrounded town of forty-six buildings huddled together tightly in defiance to the almost constant barrage of shadow and claw.
Ankor-Mellot fights for its independence as well as its survival. The town is wary of visitors as well as anyone calling the Shadowed Veil home. Most in town set upon newcomers in a quest to prove their worth and that they are worth yto live in Ankor-Mellot. Resources as well as food are scarce around Ankor-Mellot, So proving you belong and want to help the town defend itself is utmost of importance.
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