#starfallenmirrored

The owl god of Malondra is long dead, its bones scattered around the acid pools of its clifftop nest. When disturbed, shard of rock and veins of acid pull the bones together, and the skeletal god rises to devour those who seek the souls and relics mummified in their pellets.

In 79 FS, Amalusius Kent discovered a whirlpool left by a Chaos storm, teeming with tainted sea monsters. He termed it the ‘darkburrow’ after of the eels who burrowed through water, leaving ridges of air behind. It would later be known as the Drowned Darkburrow, the first of many discovered. 

Blind and deaf snakes with four batlike wings, hexwights navigate by the magical fields given off by all people and things. They especially love to hunt demons and sorcerers, lunging out to latch onto them and drain their essence, but also collect magical artifacts to slowly drain of energy.

A parasitic lair carved in Malondra’s walls, the Shrieking Darkburrow is filled with crackling electricity, cerebral hives which collapse victims’ minds, and the horrible sounds of the last moments of every one of the island’s inhabitants. If its spiritual predators drag you in, you won’t have long to escape. 

The leader of a rebel faction on Kural, Salmea is seeking to cut off the Cislusan Empire’s salt trade to weaken it and help free her home from its clutches. She believes that if Zhubaq is truly destroyed, Malondra will dissolve, and seeks mercenaries to help her accomplish this goal.

Bilemice nest in pockets of the Broken Sands, scavenging scraps of Chaos to grow shimmering patches of grain which they then feed on, leaving acid residue. Quick and subtle, they can smell when new pathways open, and would be happy to spread to somewhere with food to corrode and devour.

Delvers who wish to avoid imperial attention can try to reach Malondra by land. With specific prayers before a statue of Zhubaq built with feathers from the god’s wings, you can slip through the space between worlds and walk to the island – if you can avoid quicksand and Chaos rains.

Always suspicious of the Sophoradors’ plans, Hanja Relize turned herself into a massive pillar of crystal in the hopes of surviving the sinking. Most of her memories and skills have been carved from the pillar and taken to hidden darkburrows, but a counterweaving could restore her to life.