White Willows pt4

The Ruins

White Willows has been populated for millennia. Powers have come and gone and they have left ruins in their wake. Ruins and artifacts from other times and civilizations are common all across the canton. It is not uncommon for farmers to find relics in their fields or for construction works to uncover some long lost dungeon or vault. Even in the most extreme of places in the canton there are ruins. Old foundations litter the landscape. The current population cares little for the old ruins, seeing them more as a nuance, lairs for monsters, or a convenient source of construction stone. There are a few ruins that have a particular place in the canton and are avoided by the common folk.

Ruins of Morr

Deep in the Broken Hills lie the ruins of the city of Morr. The city was lost during the time of the Invincible Overlords while under a siege from a hoard of p’orcs and giant-kin. Oddly it was not the hoard that destroyed the city but a last ditch mega-spell issued by the Overlord. What little is known about the spell is mostly legends but they all agree on this, the spell caused the city to fight back – literally. Thousands of spontaneous golems and constructs made from the very material of the city itself repulsed the hoard. Cobblestones shot themselves at the invaders; piles wriggled up from the ground and choked the life out of the hoard like so many snakes. This spell however had a dramatic cost, the lives of most of the population and the ravaging of the landscape. When all was said and done the hoard was repulsed, the city was destroyed, and the Broken Hills were formed.

Ruins of Esk

Located in the Sleeping Ones are the ruins of a once prosperous mining village know as Esk. The once prosperous village was noted for its iron and copper mines but is now little more than rubble. The destruction on the village was a huge blow to the canton as it produced the ingots used all over the canton. Little is known about what happened to the population and the reason for the villages destruction. Giants, ogres, trolls and p’orc have all been spotted around the area and are all suspect.

Fortress Badabaskor

Fortress Badabaskor is located in the east of the canton, on the edge of the Whippoorwill Mire. Built on a large bluff the fortress has an excellent overview of much of the mire. The fortress is ancient, older than the Invincible Overlords and as such has no written records of who constructed it or why. Local bandits and cultists have long used the ruins as a base of operations and refuge. Local rumor also states that a great treasure lies beneath the old fortress.

Ishfield Manor

Ishfield Manor is the ruins of a once palatial estate, rumored to be the manse of an ancient wizard. The manor and many of its out buildings still stand but they now server as homes to a wide variety of strange monsters and an almost impossible amount of Owlbears. Still a few looters have been able to make it to the manor and return, coming back with large arsenal of magic items.

Tegel Castle

Located on a large island in the middle of Spruce Lake Tegel Castle has long had a reputation of being haunted. The island is hard to reach, the area surround it is choked with ruins and heavy fogs and Will-o’-Wisps have claimed many fisherman who have gotten too close to the castle. Those few who have gotten near have tell that the castle is still inhabited as lights can be seen from inside and organ music can be heard playing. They also tell of the numerous bats in the air around the castle and creatures with both man and fish like features.