The Bogs of Arkolos

The Damned Bogs of Arkolos

Amidst the swamps, Arkolos holds an unusually large amount of bogs. An already dangerous landscape made even more terrifying by the numerous disappearances into the unknown terrain of the swamplands that reside on the landmass. Yet, many of these people do not die from drowning. The Swamps themselves hold a different feeling to them, a heavy weight on the shoulders of those who walk through them; a malignant darkness that hangs on the shoulders of travelers and adventurers alike. Nobody knows for certain what causes this, but many have speculated that it has to do with the bogs themselves, somehow.

Many report faces in the waters, ghastly and with their eyes closed, as if they have been dead for centuries. If one gets too close with their head, they have been noted to drag people's very souls with them into the bog, adding to their number. If one were to fall through the correct bog, they'd find themselves in an underground paradise, like a portion of the Fey Wilds had found its way to the wrong dimension. Yet, there is something that is causing this in specific. Something that tears the life away from above and forces its way down to fuel this rotten, decrepit paradise... but nobody knows what.

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