The West

Historical summary
the single biggest influence on the west in the massive tunnel complex under the mountains and the fens. 3 forever ago a very advanced dwarf civilization crossed over, and settled. they built large cities. however they wanted to understand the portals better so they began experiments on inter planar summoning. While they were gaining a mastery of summoning they also spent time on magically enhanced breeding. The breeding projects eventually escaped and came to populate the fens mountains and valleys. This is why there are a lot of monstrosities and abominations in these areas. The summonings went wrong rather quickly when several different summoning circles summoned beholders at the same time. the beholders quickly began wreaking havoc, and in desperation the few remaining dwarfs began reaching rather trying to summon something that would help them. They eventually opened a portal a mine flayer colony. as the mind flayers moved in and seized control of the dwarfs, the beholders and their minions slew each other, until there was only 1 very tire beholder. the lone beholder hide itself away and slept. However the mineflayers, who were now stuck in this side of the portal, without the dwarves arcane magic to to hold it open were stuck. as their numbers dwindled they eventually found the beholder. ever so carefully they ensured it would stay asleep, because without an hive, they could not defeat it. The mind flayers influence on the behold effected it, and t dreamed that it was the object of mindflayer worship, and unquestioning loyalty, it dreamed that it was an elder brain. The 15 remaining mindflayers found that they had an elder brain of sorts, and with some carefully planned abductions they could build a breeding stock of sentient life to feast upon while they wrestled to learn arcane magic, and return home.

Maps:

** note all maps are not to scale, and are primarily conceptual. Point 1 is where Thurin, is building is art and has the stairs.

2. is the default place adventures wind up if they leave carton headed due west

3, a rope as been run up the cliff, and is already secured, and left for future adventures.



Further region:
1. is though location of the teleportation stone

2. is the easiest and clearest path to the glacial plane beyond the mountains.

3. The rough location on the giant stone wurm

4. The library

5.The observatory