Dark City

Located in a vast, ruined city built of weathered stone. It was surrounded by tall, impregnable walls. Various monsters were wandering its narrow streets.

There were somewhere around five hundred Sleepers living in the ancient stronghold. There was a complex hierarchy in place, separating people into different castes. Some of these groups had a distinct place in the hierarchy, while others were less clearly defined.^[3]

Fifteen years ago, or so, a group of powerful and desperate Sleepers managed to reach this city and claim the castle for themselves. Not because it had a Gateway, but because it was the only place that could keep them safe. At least for a while. Ever since then, a few lucky or resourceful people would find their way to the castle each solstice, only to get stuck here with the rest of them. Most sleepers stay in the city outskirts potentially risking an attack against the nightmare creatures that prowl the outskirts.^[2]

The first lord of the castle led an expedition to find the way out of the Forgotten Shore and never returned. The second ruler, the last member of the original cohort, tried to reach the Gateway but perished too.^[4] A man named Gunlaug became the third ruler. If a sleeper wants to enter and live in the safety of the castle walls, protected and provided for by his hunters, they need to pay a tribute of one soul shard each week. Under his protection, sleepers do not need to worry about the nightmare creatures outside. Unless they are rich with an abundance of soul shards, they can work under different factions depending on their Aspect ability.^[2][5]

• Establishment of Dreamer Army
  
• Siege of the Crimson Spire

Main article: Bright Castle

Main article: Catacombs

Main article: Ruined Cathedral

The ruins of the ancient library that stood among the decimated buildings, contained intact wall carvings, as well as fragments of surviving frescoes.^[6] One of them, in particular, was sprawled across the entire floor of the library's main hall and was mostly covered by rubble.^[7]

Most of the mosaic was preserved perfectly, with only a few small sections destroyed by corrosion or the ill will of the creature that inhabited the Crimson Spire. The Terror of the Forgotten Shore had obliterated any depictions of the seven heroes' faces. As though the Terror wanted to erase any sign of the founders of the Starlight Legion from history. Their names were forgotten, every person that had known of their stories turned into dust, and even the stones that bore their image were desecrated and shattered.^[8]

See also: Forgotten Shore & The Lore