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Sincerely: I`m not a demon, I`m not a necromancer, I do not want to aid the Balrog, I do not killed my parents, I`m not mad at all. Trust me, because if nobody trusts me, our world may suffer the punishment for being so ignorant. We do not have to fear the demon surge, nor have us the authority to say that they are real evil, and that they must be exterminated from the world... We have to know them first, study them, and so we may have the chance to make a real wise choice.
Evil? Anybody here can say what is evil indeed? I know politics that are much more evil than most creatures I found at my travel to the kingdom of evil. I`ve been to dordread, yes I have. I`ve been there to answer a question that always annoyed me: "If evil is so bad indeed, why God created it?"
I wrote this tome, the Tome of the Tenth Hell, hoping to start a fire on the cold hearts of our governors. Hoping to point a new way for our wisemen to follow. Hoping to force the religious to finally admit that every living being has the same rights at our world. So, come to me to Dordread, and decide, but decide for yourself and only yourself, who is evil, and who is good.
Introduction by Garlik , Former governor of Sur
These lands, at the south east part of the continent, are called as Trial Lands because of the hard probations that one must pass to actually retain his sanity intact. Countless diseases, horrible mutated animals, poisoned fields, a terrible sensation of coming death, cloudy and polluted air... Just a few examples my friends.
So, I think its just a ritual of passage. Dordread is just testing your force of will, to only let you pass if you prove to be really tough. Not tough of body, but of mind... and spirit.
The Red Tower is the magicians refugee. It was built decades ago by corageous wizards that dare to came to Dordread and study its fearfull magical forces. These mages are believed to be all evil, but that`s what the ones that doesn`t have their courage say.
They form a clan that is called the Red Mantle. All the mages of this powerfull clan share the curiosity about the power of these evil lands, as well as some priceless relics and spells that were found at Dordread. Many bounty hunters and explorers are often hired by their organization to find rare magical items and substances around the continent.
Corrupted Souls: Blood Valley & Deep Woods
It seens to me that someones weren`t tough enough to escape the corrpted hug of Dordread... These ones were transformed by this forces and became vile creatures of darkness: The vampires, immortal souls who live to seek blood, cursed for the eternity, lives at the caves of the Blood Valley. The werewolves, half-men, half-wolves, ferocious monsters who brings pain and destruction to everyone who encounter them, hides at the depths of the Deep Wood.
But both monsters share a great hate to each other, and so the werewolves and vampire are constantly fighting themselves, making an eternal struggle that takes place at the south of the continent, bellow the Drenor Mountains. I highly recommend you to avoid these fields... or you may be corrupted as well.
Inside the circle formed by the Drenor Mountains, just east of the Baldread Forest, there is a very dangerous place... The ruins of an ancient city, that now is inhabited by Minotaurs, half-bull humanoids with great strength and combat skills. The Minotaus Ruins is believed to be formed by endlessly underground mazes, with ancient magical artifacts and scripts, priceless treasures and jewls, but ruled by the minotaurs and some other vile creatures slaved under their kingdom of death!
To the west, inside the mountain circle, you can find the demon green of the Baldread Forest. Baldreads maybe the prime habitants of Dordread, cause they exists in countless numbers. But is inside this forest that they have their home, and their commanders. Divided by tribes and villages, the baldreads forms a unique army under the service of the grand demon Balrog... but that wasn`t been always like that...
From my studies during this travel, I discovered that the baldreads weren`t united like that before the demon surge. It seens that just after the appearing of the Balrog at our world, all the baldreads became united as an army form the night to day... It`s really something to be analysed. It seens to me that the Balrog have some kind of mind controlling power that makes all the baldreads to fight for him. The Balrog alone is very dangerous, but with the aid of this army, he`s untouchable.
Near the center of the entire continet, above the cliffs of the Drenor Mounatins highest part, there are a lake of pure lava that come from the depths of the earth. This place is called Dorakh Lagoon. Its so hot that only the fire giants and some powerfull demons actually live there. There are some rumours about this place being a portal to other worlds, just like the Devil`s Pit at Torann... I don`t believe it, but it seens to me that Dorakh Lagoon share some similarities with Devil`s Pit: Both have fire, lava, and a hole to the very underground.
Mists of the Undead: Dark Swamp Valley
To the northern exit of the Drenor cirlce, there is a vile land of poisoned waters and unholy creatures. The Dark Swamp Valley is a place of death, pure and simple. There you can find countless skeletons, zombies, ghouls and other more powerfull undeads that just treads this fields in the search of life... But, once thay find life, they immediately try to end it.
Both the fog and the water of this lands are poisonous, so only the most health can hope to pass by it and stay alive. Tough I still recommend some magical aid, cause I never seen someone this health. Trust me.
Dead Archmages: Nameless Ruins
I just spoke about the horrors of the Dark Swamp Valley, now I will introduce you some more fearfull undeads: the archmages of the past, that are now long time dead. The corrupted souls that still uses magic very deadly, the beings called liches. These ancient dealers of the unholy are the most powerfull of all undead. With their magic, they can kill a warrior before he can ever hope to use his weapon... Just because of that, their home, the ruins to the north east of Dordread, doesn`t have a name, cause nobody wanna give it a name to be remembered after the worst nightmares of our nights. Nobody wants to ever be at the Nameless Ruins, excluding the most lunatic, or holy.
Floating Death: Deathray Hills
Distant, at the north west of Dordread, there are yet another place to be avoided like your worst nightmares: the lands of the beholders. This monsters are diabolical oval shaped creatures that floats about three feet above the ground and have enoumous eyes that shots various rays of pure magical light. Tough this rays seen to be just fireworks, they are very, very lethal indeed. Also, these beings are extremelly intelligent and wise, which makes them even more formidable opponents.
Curiously, we found a gnome called Gmick Sallinarius, that make all the way from his homeland to live just south of this hills! Tough you may call him insane, he`s very genial indeed: his house consists of carefully placed blocks of crystal that reflects the beholder rays back to them, and so Gmick can avoid the obvious death. His house is called Prism House, and its part of a gnomish project of studing the nature of the beholder rays. This project is extremelly secret, and I know nothing about it, but I saw various gnomish airboats coming to this lands with food and other gnomish scientists.
All Shapes of Evil: Isles of Horror
Just south of the Trail Lands, countless forms of vile monsters share the Isles of Horror. These monsters are believed to be failed magical experiments from the mages of the Red Mantle. These monsters were all sent to this isles, so they cannot threaten anybody... But, this while they still can`t make their way out to the continent! Anyway, I can`t tell you much about this isles, cause I never been there, and never wish to be.
The Dark Temple: Isles of Disgrace
Knowed as the "Dark Temple", the Isles of Disgrace are in fact the religious center of all intelligent beings of Dordread. There, they believe, the god Ballog, lord of chaos, live! Yes, I know that no god is believed to actually "live" at our world, but many prayers of this god belives that he`s the only real god, the only who exists, and the only who have a home at our world. So, this isles are inhabited by the most insane religious beings of all Dordread, but they are yet all powerfull as well. Many clerics of Ballog told me that they received orders directly from their god, at a huge temple among this isles... But, from my quite fast visit to this place, I didn`t saw nothing but ruins of small temples, and religious fanatics wandering the place as a soldurian might walk the heavens.
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