Iye

Among the peaks of the Glass Mountains, overlooking the source of the Fekagit River, stands an enigmatic monument. Atop the flat crest of a mountain shorn of its original summit lies a fallen colossus of an imposing man surrounded by a dozen cairns, all of them excavated and plundered in antiquity. A single line carved into the colossus's chest and back reads, "I point the way to Iye, never there to return." Neither the cairn stones nor the statue itself were carved from stone local to the Glass Mountains - or to anywhere else known in the Sabo Jungles, for that matter. Instead, the enormous statue is composed of black granite flecked with metallic green specks, a rare type of rock previously found only on scattered islands and shoals of the coast of Xiu Moa.
Many legends claim that the statue points the way to a lost city, a relic of colonization established long ago that may possibly have escaped its parent
civilization's destruction. Other stories claim that the unknown city of Iye was colonized by a religious splinter cult that, once established within the sweltering jungle depths, quickly descended into depravity and obscurity. If so, given the statue's enigmatic message and the possible presence of runic symbols, it
stands to reason that its people were likely demon worshipers.
If Iye ever existed, it undoubtedly still awaits discovery somewhere in the deepest reaches of the southern Sabo Jungles, its probable location based on the direction the statue's outstretched arm would most likely have pointed when it still stood. The fact that no similar artifacts have ever been discovered in the region, however, indicates that whatever fate the city suffered, it likely occurred shortly after its founding. Should the rumors of demon worship hold true, explorers might be well advised to let its treasures and its forgotten residents remain at rest beneath the jungle canopy's silent vigil. What explorers might find - or unleash - within Iye's borders might not be worth the riches.
Of course, it's always possible that the statue twisted while falling, in which case the lost city could lie in any direction, including well out to sea in the Great Ocean. Or perhaps the truth is stranger still - perhaps the statue never stood at all, and the arm believed to have been half-buried in the fall in fact points downward as well as south, straight through the earth toward some secret subterranean realm.
Category:Locations
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