Zebegoire

Settlement Type: Ruins

Terraine: Jungle

Population: N/A

Background:

The Ruins of Zebegoire lie in the Kingdom of Olieroch. Once an elvish city of legendary beauty and wealth, it was destroyed in the years following the Wrath. Exact details are unknown, but scholars believe the city was devastated by a sequence of plagues that led the natives to abandon the city. 

Today, there is little left of Zebegoire except ancient roads and broken stone foundations. No attempts were ever made to reestablish the city, and it was left to be reclaimed by the surrounding jungle.

The ruins have an evil reputation. Various monstrous creatures are known to lair within the ruins, and there are reports of spectral undead as well. The locals avoid the city and urge travelers to avoid it as well.

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of scholarly interest in Zebegoire, and well-armed expeditions have ventured into the ruins, seeking clues to Zebegoire's ancient past. Many of these expeditions have been devastated, their members slain by monsters or driven mad by what they've experience in the ruins.

This has, weirdly enough, made the ruins more attractive to other adventurers and academics. Many believe that there are lost riches to be found within, and possibly under, the ruins. Some expeditions have reported the existence of an intact sub-city beneath the ruins, complete with locked vaults, lethal traps and magical guardians.  More scholarly adventurers deny these reports, but they still circulate, drawing the curious and greedy to the ruined city.