Forgotten Isles of Lapzur

**Forgotten Isles of Lapzur**, a realm steeped in darkness and overrun by ghosts and demons. Not even the Mirror of Truth can see what unfolds there.

## Description

Lapsur is an island west of Tambu, forgotten by all, but enchanters and demons. The island is protected by the enchanted waters of **Lake Paduan**.

Where the mist touched the Cuiyan, its emerald waters went dark. The air turned cold, the sky turned twilight, and streaks of black and violet light before entering a world entirely in darkness.

The Forgotten Isles' waters are pockmarked with japped rocks and hanging cliffs. From the air the island looked like a ghostly hand, with five skeletal fingers extending off the mainland. Instead of bones and knuckles were escarpments and cliffs and veins of icy lake water that churned between the land masses.

Lazar was a city so old it was the color of ash. A city sculpted of despair and decay. The ruins of Lapzer: cracked walls and battered roofs, roads that came to ragged ends like broken bones, cemeteries of headless trees. Its skyline was low, except for one tower in the center, the **Thief’s Tower**, so violently tall it looked like a sword staked into the island’s heart. Road after road led to a dead end. The city was a labyrinth, one that shifted to never find a way out. Only the tower never changed.

In Lapzur there's a well of stone that seems to stretch forever. The blood of stars lies there. It looked like thick soup, bubbling slightly with the color and density of black sesame paste. The blood of stars is the source of the greatest magic in Lor’yan. The greatest that mortals can attain, anyway. Within its well is the power of the gods, where oaths are made and bonds are broken.

## Locals

Ghosts and demons thrive there. The ghost of Lapzer can turn you into one of them with just a touch, trapped in Lazar without a soul, for eternity. The demons they’ll toy with you slowly. They prey on your fears and distort your memories until you can’t even remember your name. Then they’ll kill you.

Demons of Lazar, can take the form of many different beasts crudely patchworked together: gray-furred bears with lizard tails and webbed bat wings, tiger heads with snake bellies and shark fins. Some even had distorted human features. But unlike the demons of Tambu, they were made of shadow and smoke, turning to flesh only when they touched the earth. They were bound to Lapzur.

There's a prisoner as guardian of the city. The ghosts are loyal to the guardian, but the demons will betray their guardian for power.

## History

Lake Paduan was once home to a great civilization, an ancient city of treasure beyond
our imagination. Legends of it spread, and men grew greedy. But they could never cross the water-storms and dangerous conditions would force their boats to turn around.
Then one day, a ship made the crossing. It was the first to trespass on the islands for hundreds of years, so the city welcomed the men as a sign from the gods. They posed as traders, but they were really barbarians who had used magic to reach the city. At night they killed everyone. The residents became ghosts; the lake rose, flooding the city until only what we know as the Forgotten Isles remained, and the barbarians were cursed to be demons, rich with treasure but never able to leave.

When Shiori, Channi’s stepdaughter, arrived he fought Bandur, effect him to throw Bandur to the well of Blood of Stars. Selling him shut, the tower made a great and terrible shudder as Lapzur claimed Bandur the new guardian.

## Trivia

* Demon who were enchanters, their amulets have no power over them (in the heartland of darkness).