Tenebrous Chain

Favored region of Zalikar, this ancient mountain range hugs the southern Eluzian Valley. This is a vast but largely uninhabited region of Emynea, considered cursed and dangerous thanks to the dark magic lacing the land and wildlife!

Regions vary by elemental influence. Terror Thickets are thick, gnarled forests which cause hallucinations of one's fears, countless bones of lost souls tangled in their roots. Melancholy Mires are bogs and swamplands which sap the energy from those foolish enough to touch their waters, victims swallowed up by lethargy and encapsuled forever within cold peat. Lacuna Heath sprawl across the highlands, bottomless pits and portals into Vokda's Plane hewn into the landscape by Zalikar himself, their gaping maws stealing warmth from these vacuous heathlands.

Cryptic Karst lace beneath the ground throughout these dark mountains, concealing bandit clans, wyrdmages and lost knowledge within its caverns. Their inky waters offer confusing but enlightening visions while some wells within supposedly lead to Irkath's Plane! But perhaps the most iconic landscape in the Chain are Umbral Silva. These deep forests and glades are pitch black, never to be touched by the suns rays thanks to thick foliage and a shadowy fog, lit only by lunar magic and bioluminescent plants. Last is Murk Mountain, the Seat of the Dark King Zalikar--a grotesque maw spilling out umbral fog and protected by invisible void traps!