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== Day of Mourning == | == Day of Mourning == | ||
The Day of Mourning occurred on 20 Olarune 994. The dead-gray that is now known as the border of the Mournland began to spread from either the city of Making (which is now an obsidian mountain that constantly oozes lava that cools and continually enlarges itself) and/or the royal palaces of Vermishard in the capital of Metrol, and seems to have begun in the morning while expansion lasted throughout the day. This spread lasted a while, long enough for some people to actually evacuate. Initially the mist was lethal, but had no effect (beyond being the Mournland) after the first | The Day of Mourning occurred on 20 Olarune 994. Every Cyrian knows where they were on this day. The dead-gray that is now known as the border of the Mournland began to spread from either the city of Making (which is now an obsidian mountain that constantly oozes lava that cools and continually enlarges itself) and/or the royal palaces of Vermishard in the capital of Metrol, and seems to have begun in the morning while expansion lasted throughout the day. This spread lasted a while, long enough for some people to actually evacuate. Initially the mist was lethal, but had no effect (beyond being the Mournland) after the first day. | ||
The most disturbing thing about the Day of Mourning is that it was clearly caused by an intelligent actor. Despite the tons of magic shit that happens on its own in Eberron, the Mournland matches Cyre's artificial and then frequently changing borders far too closely for it to not have been. It was exact to the point that artificial structures hanging over the border, like docks, were outside it. It may not nessiciarly have been on purpose though, as one of the more common theories is that some experiment by Cyre or Cannith backfired horribly. | The most disturbing thing about the Day of Mourning is that it was clearly caused by an intelligent actor. Despite the tons of magic shit that happens on its own in Eberron, the Mournland matches Cyre's artificial and then frequently changing borders far too closely for it to not have been. It was exact to the point that artificial structures hanging over the border, like docks, were outside it. It may not nessiciarly have been on purpose though, as one of the more common theories is that some experiment by Cyre or Cannith backfired horribly. | ||
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Revision as of 09:43, 14 January 2019
The Mournland is a region in the Eberron setting of Dungeons & Dragons. Once the kingdom of Cyre, it was annihilated by a magical blast of unknown origins and nature during the Last War; this fantasy nuke, known as the Mourning, ripped reality a couple of new assholes, and fucked over the entire continent, leaving it a blasted wasteland filled with non-decaying corpses, mutant monsters, self-perpetuating spells, armies of renegade and hostile warforged led by the notorious Lord of Blades, as well as hoards of the undead. It's generally completely unfit to live in, especially since neither magical healing nor the body's natural healing work here. The Mourning was such an unprecedented shock that it actually forced the nations of Khorvaire to declare a truce, and the Last War has ground to a stand-still... at least until they figure out if the Mourning could happen again and how it's triggered.
The Mournlands are home to all manner of technological artifact and everyday wealth that various players want recovered. Initially most scavengers skirted the edges so they could pop out and heal when needed, but overtime ways around the healing problem have been discovered. The goodberry spell works, though good luck getting the needed berries and it doesn't heal a lot anyways. Psionic healing works, but that tends to be shit (at least without third party). Potions made inside work only inside but good luck finding a place to brew them and healing potions are considered inefficient anyways. The best method, albeit one that requires relatively high level adventurers, is to heal inside extra-dimensional space that isn't the Mournland. The ultimate way around this though is that Repair and Inflict spells work fine, which is why Warforged and Undead are the majority of the "life" in this wasteland.
Day of Mourning
The Day of Mourning occurred on 20 Olarune 994. Every Cyrian knows where they were on this day. The dead-gray that is now known as the border of the Mournland began to spread from either the city of Making (which is now an obsidian mountain that constantly oozes lava that cools and continually enlarges itself) and/or the royal palaces of Vermishard in the capital of Metrol, and seems to have begun in the morning while expansion lasted throughout the day. This spread lasted a while, long enough for some people to actually evacuate. Initially the mist was lethal, but had no effect (beyond being the Mournland) after the first day.
The most disturbing thing about the Day of Mourning is that it was clearly caused by an intelligent actor. Despite the tons of magic shit that happens on its own in Eberron, the Mournland matches Cyre's artificial and then frequently changing borders far too closely for it to not have been. It was exact to the point that artificial structures hanging over the border, like docks, were outside it. It may not nessiciarly have been on purpose though, as one of the more common theories is that some experiment by Cyre or Cannith backfired horribly.