Crulock Globes

Crulock Globe

Crulock Globes are gelatinous globules of Nature Energy. They were created by the primordial lord Mephirouth solely for the purpose of accelerating the fungi growth around Crulock. The energy of one of these globes covers a 100' diameter, providing sustenance to plant-life and plant-based creatures. Plants in the area of a Crulock Globe grow five times faster, two to four times larger, and provide three times the bounty of any fruit, toxin, or substance they produce. Handling a Crulock Globe is dangerous to any creature but the myconids. This is because Mephirouth made these globes as vessels of disease. Fortunately, for those in the vicinity of them, only touching them exposes one to a virulent disease that can wipe out a community in weeks.

Late in the God Era, myconids collected hundreds of Crulock Globes from the Crulock ruins. Up until that time, no other creature had survived exploration of the disease infested ruin. They carried them to Wyzbrack and over a few decades turned a dark and barren swamp into an oasis of life. The myconid population rapidly expanded under an umbrella of nature energy. This ended with the arrival of the kuo-toa who wiped them out, yet they did not touch the Crulock Globes. It is said that priests of Blibdoolpoolp warned them of agonizing deaths to any that touch Mephirouth's creations. A few fools touched them, resulting in death by diseases that each time were different and nearly impossible to cure.

Patient 1 is drying out. There can be no other fate worse for a kuo-toa. Copius amounts of water and even submersion do not help. Two attendants have also contracted Mephirouth Touch and are only a week behind Patient 1. They are to be netted down in the marsh and left to perish by disease or any predator foolish enough to make meal of them.

- Gragadpon, kuo-toa medic of Dilkuglapgon - "Mephirouth Touch"

Khunwrak

Urd

The Khunwrak hills are in southwestern Nabarzud. Many of the tops of the area's hills hold the ruins, piles of rubble, an obelisk or ancient tower that has been rebuilt or added to. In the Dawn War, a general serving under Clangeddin fortified Khunwrak with columns of rock and towers. These were then joined by chains and netting creating defense against air attacks. This defensive grid was a costly and time-consuming effort, because by the time it was completed, three decades later, sector Narbuzad was securely in the hands of the Nawirrûs Covenant.

Khunwrak's ancient fortifications, in the God Era derisively referred to as Nûl's Folly, were successful in breaking up urd and other air attackers serving primordial masters, yet as previously mentioned, were enormously costly. When Covenant forces moved on to other sectors, General Nûl, son of Clangeddin, and architect of Khunwrak's defenses, was censured for his waste and sent to the rear; far behind the angelic advance. This was done because Bal-Kriav, supreme commander of the Nawirrûs Covenant, was none too pleased with Nûl's wastefulness; even recommending that he be busted down to the rank of mere captain. Since General Nûl was Clangeddin's son, there was an obvious problem with him carrying out Bal-Kriav's recommendation. So Clangeddin allowed his son to keep his rank, but assigned him to the rear for the remainder of the war.

Some of the obelisks and towers of Khunwrak are still around. These places have outlasted others because they are made of concrete with reinforcing bars (re-bar). General Nûl is credited with inventing this construction technique that though costly, makes fortifications and structures very durable and very strong. Perhaps from stories past down over many generations, Nathol's urds still fear Khunwrak and will not pursue anyone that passes into these hills.

Guirfeint

Guirfeint Water Elemental Warden

In the Second Epoch, the course of the river Guirfeint was changed from a southerly route through Kizan to a southeasterly one taking it away from the valley. This new course took it east of the Gakhs and down to Lethiel. The river's course change did not come about naturally. The Rúmil Nénharma changed the course of the river to cut off Rumaktharga's main water supply. The dwarves of this city also worked while the elves undertook the monumental feat of building a canal to re-route a river. While the elves were cutting a canal across the south of their city Idril Séregon, Rumaktharga was digging wells deep beneath the city and redirecting streams and making canals to re-route mountain streams in the direction of their valley redoubt.

Rúmil's workers used the flow of the river to help blast out the canal that would become its riverbed. They also employed earth elementals which were supplied by Geb's Chosen. Initially, the Angrods were against their neighbor's massive military project (as part of the First Kizan War). They seemed to have been convinced of its value after seeing that it stood a good chance of driving Rumaktharga's dwarves back to the Clans and that it would become the new territorial boundary (in their favor) with Rúmil. Construction of the canal through the hard rock of the Gakhs was aided by both magic like Dig and Move Earth spells and with the elementals supplied by Geb's proselytizers. The re-routing of a river and use of earth elementals to tear apart the earth and stone did not go over well with one of Silvanus's cults. After some intelligence gathering Cheldremn's spies learned of an enemy and potential ally in Karnegmoth. Cheldremn turned to the Greenland Alliance for help. The aid they got was a supply of water elementals and water weirds to ward the river once it joined with lake Lethiel. These watery creatures were assigned the task of hunting down any earth elementals or Geb's Chosen that remained in the area after the canal was built. Since Geb's Chosen still has a presence in Taurelin, these water elementals and water weirds still carry out their assignment. Some of them are also employed in guarding the pearl halls of Anglor Hellion. This place serves as the church of Lokestant, built while Geb's Chosen were helping the Rúmil re-route Guirfeint.