Arak (Domain)
The Mountains of Misery from the northern flank of Mount Nirka in the north to the southern limit of the Forgotten Hills in the south and from the Tepestani frontier in the west to the edge of the Nightmare Lands in the east constituted the land of Arak, or at least its surface. For the Arak were shadow fey who lived in cave and tunnels, in a kindgom hidden from the killing rays of the sun.
As part of the Great Upheaval in 740 BC, the Arak and their kingdom were relocated to the newly opened gash upon the face of the Land of Mists that is the Shadow Rift. Their relocation and the disappearance of the land of Arak as such, permitted the subsumption of the Mountains of Misery and Forgotten Hills into Darkon, moving the Darkonese frontier south to that of Nova Vaasa.
Consequently, the reputation of the Mountains of Misery for being fey haunted lessened with the passing of the years. Incursions by fey into surrounding lands greatly diminished, with the exception of Tepest where they spiked. Travellers who dared spend the night in what was formerly Arak no longer systematically failed to return. And those that did return had been beset by things other than fey. Darkon could begin work on the Strigos Road which, when complete, will join the East Timori Road at Liara in Nova Vaasa to the Argentus Road and the Tempe Road just east of Tempe Falls. And the Forgotten Hills became a hideout for especially desperate or brave bandits, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the East Timori Road and the Vaughn Dnar River between the Tepestani frontier and the Trished River.
Pre-740 (and perhaps post 740:
desolate and windswept scrubs, not trees grasses and spike plants spiders, giant insects, ettencaps, hell hounds
WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Became barren after the Scourge of Arak(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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