Gundrak'ul

Gundrak’úl (‘Obsidian City’)

A Sul'at citadel holds a militant sect of fiery drow. Their megalomaniac leader craves the secret at the fortress's heart. The Obsidian City of Gundrak’úl is an ancient Sul’at outpost turned drow citadel. The fortress was on the Sul’at League’s front line during the war between the Cul’sir Empire and Prince Adaxus. After the binding of the Prince, the outpost was repurposed into a planar research facility in collaboration with the Cul’sir, kept in the Empire’s territory as a sign of good faith. Some scholars believe that Gundrak’úl may have been where the Moonbreaker was constructed, and may contain clues to the device’s location.

Now, the Obsidian City is the headquarters of the Promise Soldier school of Súlatar (as none of the established Súlatar city-states would maintain so many militant diabolists). Firesleds* patrol the surrounding forests scouting for intruders, and the Promise Soldiers tend to fireball first and ask questions later. The region claimed by the Súlatar is obvious; the rainforest around them is painted in shades of crimson and burnished orange. This autumnal jungle – the Súl’asa, or “forest of flame” – is a magebred heritage of the Sul’at League, and possesses magical resistance to fire. Flamespeaker's Command.

The Army is to some extent a cult of personality around Flamespeaker Abríaz Holúar, the founder of the school. While his clerical fervor began as a deliberate experiment in motivating an army, he is coming to sincerely