Terminus

To the far south of the continent lies one of the greatest enigmas of the whole known world.
The city of Terminus, dubbed so by the few Zulutaur who travelled that far south, is built entirely of oily black stone, in chunks so large it would be impossible for a human to move them. Terminus has remained in desolation for thousands of years, yet the jungle surrounding it has scarce touched it.
Many civilizations have attempted to resettle and rebuild the city. First were the Gnolls. Then, it was the queer paleskinned inhabitants of the Misty Isle.
Last ones to attempt were colonizers from Moridan in the Blind Bastard's Domain. They brought thousands of men, women and children, alongside slave Hog Men in hopes of claiming the southern portion of the continent for themselves. After reports of attacks from ghoul-like creatures and the Hog Men escaping to the jungle, a party was sent to retrieve the colonists. When they arrived to Terminus, everyone had vanished with no trace.
Terminus sits on the very edge of a plateau where gargantuan waterfalls plunged down to the earth, so high that the Terpsytheans called it the "World's steep Fall". It is said that here one can look out into the cosmos and discern the unknowable truths of the universe.
Skor Lodygin's men had been ambushed by creatures so twisted and vile the surviving men could not describe them in words. The few survivors drew what few creatures they managed to spot, and one of those was a bat that stood on two legs that rivaled even a Mastodon in size.
Only five men, including Skor himself, managed to return back home from the jungle around Terminus. Those had contracted a horrifying disease, known as the "Devil's Scourge". It killed nine of every ten men, who died screaming, bleeding copiously from every body orifice, their skin shredding like wet parchment.
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