The Great Rift of the Aztragal Frenith - Layer One

 

Primordial forces ripped an enormous trench in the face of Yngarr - revealing layers of prehistoric ruins and secret places...

1. THE SILENT VOID
Hidden in a vault beneath the peaks of Pnok is a shimmering hole, a mile wide, and silently spinning. Some say that this was one of the original inter-dimensional gates that was created by the Zundite (A haunted shrine to Atigo can be found nearby.) Anyone who dares to enter, or even touch the darkness, will be flung into another dimension.

2. HALL OF XORITH
An immense cavern corridor that ends at a howling pit that leads into the realm of Xorith. The cavern has become home to swarms of hungry behemoth worms and their blind masters.

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4. FUNGAL CITY OF XORITH
Lit by the floating luminescent spores, the vast city of Xorith rises from the expanse of fungus. The city's mighty pyramids and towering obelisks are covered in iridescent lichens and fungus.

5. DEAD CITY OF SHARN
Once, this thriving city of artisans, brewers, and priests stood high above a crystalline sea. Now it is silent. The silent tower still stands and has become a place for necromancers and fell wizards to study the foulest of magics.

6. THE BRIDGE
A treacherous bridge over the abyss.

7. THE DOME OF FIRE
Surrounded by unyielding fires, this domed metal structure is sealed by powerful magic. Within the dome is said to be the heart and eye of an ancient Star Wyrm.

8. LORTHOX JIMM'S SKY COFFIN
Suspended on a pulley system, the "Sky Coffin" is a pod made from clay and wood. It's control box is on the outskirts of Xorith. The pod's destination chamber is at the top of the Starry Tower in Cerestan.

9. RUINS OF THE STARRY RUNE
The ruins of the ancient star-vessel "The Starry Rune" lay here. The ship was made from silver and clay, but most of the silver machinery and filigree has long since been plundered.

10. THE FLOATING SEA
A vast ocean rings the planet, floating in the lower atmosphere. Most of this mysterious sea is unexplored.

11. THE STAR CITY OF CERESTAN
The Cerestanites came to Yngarr when the planet was young. Their star-vessel crashed and they built this grand city on the shores of the ancient shallow sea. The city has resisted the eons of decay and entropy, yet it lay empty as the Cerestanites could no longer support their corporeal forms...


 

THIS IS YNGARR - Opening Crawl

 

In the earliest memories of the cosmos, there was Yngarr – a colossal planet that slowly orbited a green sun. Yngarr was ruled by powerful denizens called the ZUNDITE. The Zundite took creatures from other worlds and separate dimensions so that they could have slaves and consorts. The Zundite became their gods and goddesses. After thousands of years, the slaves and consorts had developed their own culture, and worshiped new gods, and soon, they rose up against the Zundite and imprisoned them. However, some of the Zundite escaped. In exchange for their freedom, the sisters Xyglia and Atigo agreed to share their knowledge of cosmic sorcery.

Whether by accident or by treacherous design (most likely the latter), Xyglia let a monstrous star demon through the dimension gate - VORYCHH - THE SUN-EATER, as great and terrible as the vastness of space, devoured the green star at the center of Yngarr's solar system and the planet was flung from orbit and hurled into deep space. For eons it drifted. Silent, black, and frozen.

In a ring of planets around a pale, red star, Yngarr found a new home. The rogue ball of black ice smashed into an unwary planet and the resulting cataclysm spilled Yngarr's molten core over the frozen surface, creating vast oceans, clouds, and storms. Dense jungles and fungal forests arose on the re-born planet. The debris of the crash created a system of seven moons and rings of cosmic dust.

Deep beneath the surface of the planet, the remains of the once mighty kingdom of the Zundite still sleeps as it has for billions of years. Cities, temples, and towers, still bearing the impossible star treasures and secrets of their lost masters...