Ashrune Island

Ashrune island is a large island home to the capital of Lorithia, Ashrune. Along with the Royal Woodland and the East Of Lorr they make up the Eastern land of Lorithia known as the Gods Walk Coast.
== History ==
Ashrune Island has a relatively short history as it was formed just after the coming of the Age of Darkness following the fading of the First Flame, which was allowed to happen by the Ashen One. During the stagnation, the lands all began to converge towards the location of the First Flame, but when the flame faded, the lands began to heal and return to their original positions, separating the continents once again and forming more land mass as they tore apart. The large river, now known as the River Anri after the Ashen Ones great friend, began to surround a land mass, which in turn formed Ashrune Island as well as marking the edge of the Royal Woodland. The splitting of the land caused great crags and karsts to start sprouting on the island, forming the Karst Valley and the Ashrune Crags. Soon after, Ashrune began to be constructed following the organised destruction of Lothric Castle, taking up a portion of the island and became the Capital of Lorithia. A very large lake was located off the south east coast of the island, which in turn just became known as Lake Ashrune.
When the House of Rhosyn became loyal supporters of the Ashen One and rose to become some of the first lords in Lorithia after the slaying of Makkow, one of the infamous Abyssal Beasts, also known as a Beast of the Night, which began to start appearing during the Age of the Dark following certain abyssal manifestations of the Dark Soul. House Rhosyn would be gifted their own fief, in the form of two castles next to each other, soon to become known as simply the Rhosyn Castles with the marshes nearby becoming known as the Rhosyn Marshes. The Chosen Road is the main road that runs throughout the Island, whilst first going past the Rhosyn Castles and the subsequent marshes and then onwards through the Karst Valley, passing by the Ashrune Crags. It then begins to pass into the Royal Woodland area passing through the town of Crossroads and then linking Ashrune straight to the Town of Firelink. On the most western part of the Island, a great mausoleum and graveyard was constructed to give those peace of mind knowing that they had a place to rest after they died. A catacombs was also created beneath the mausoleum in order to maintain a large space for the dead.
Following the Resurgence of the First Flame, the undead began to return to the world as the Darksign began to appear on every human once again, bar the Catarinians. After a few years, the mausoleum that was built on the western part of the island began to overfill with dead and undead, due to the undead starting to massacre the population once again. The Ashen One however managed to successfully corral the Undead into the mausoleum, but due to their shear numbers the western area had to be abandoned and as such the mausoleum was overrun. Luckily the River Anri had a small tributary that separated this area and so the Ashen One had the bridges destroyed as the undead could not swim. It was then thereafter known as the Undead Dungeon.