The Forgotten Shore

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> *"It's very simple, really. I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you, but deep down inside you must have known already. Didn't you? The Forgotten Shore… it's not really a place where humans are supposed to survive. That's why you have never heard of anything like it in the school or the Academy."*
> -- Effie, Chapter 127 Abandon All Hope
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A unique region of the Dream Realm, where no one has ever returned to the real world - It is located north of the Hollow Mountains. It is an extremely dangerous location. Normally, during the day, the ocean flows back to the Crimson Spire and flows back during the night. The Shore also has storms from time to time. These storms are very dangerous as well, quickly flooding the shore. The Shore is full of crab-like nightmare creatures like Carapace Scavengers, and sometimes Carapace Centurions above them. There are also far more dangerous creatures flying above as well as swimming in the ocean.

## Locations

### Crimson Spire

* Located at the center of Forgotten Shore.
* At the base of a colossal, terrifying crimson spire, seven severed heads were guarding seven locks.
* The Gateway is inside the Crimson Spire, guarded by a Fallen Terror.

### Labyrinth

* The area flowed from Crimson Spire.
* The labyrinth was vast and multi-layered. The paths between coral pillars were sometimes broad, sometimes narrow. They twisted and turned without any logic, often leading to dead ends or even back to where it started. More than that, some paths entered inside the "coral" mounds, turning into dark tunnels.
* Travelling to the Labyrinth has nothing else but corals and a cursed sea. Above, there are swarms of dreadful flying abominations hiding in the clouds.

### The Dark City

* Located to the east. The city was perched on the edge of a cyclopean crater.
* The Dark City is simultaneously the safest place to be on the Forgotten Shore, and also the deadliest. It is safe because no sea monster can cross the wall, let alone reach the castle. But at the same time, it is far more dangerous than the Labyrinth because almost every Nightmare Creature here is of the Fallen rank.

### Ashen Barrow

* On the other side of the crater, opposite the Dark City.
* It's where the Soul Tree stands.

## History

For some unknown reason, the humans attacked the figure. The figure's chest was pierced by the spear of the tallest human among the inhabitants. What flowed from the terrible wound, however, was not blood, but an endless flood of pure darkness. The darkness devoured the humans gathered around the fatally wounded creature and spread. Soon, it devoured the crater left by the fallen star, too. And then, it devoured the entire world. It was the curse of all-consuming darkness.

As the curse subdued the world under the veil of everlasting darkness and terrible creatures started to attack the human settlements, one after another, mighty champions began to appear to battle them. But no matter how strong, brave, and valiant those champions were, none of them was able to resist for long. Especially not when their own allies started turning into monsters. It was impossible to face the terrifying foes hiding in the darkness when no one was there to cover your back — or even worse, if those you trusted the most to do so were the ones delivering a deadly blow instead. But still, humanity persisted. Months passed, then years. And eventually, a new generation grew up in this horrible world.
This new generation grew up surrounded by nothing but darkness and horror, and was forged by it into a far more fearsome force than their parents had ever been. The people adapted to match this dark reality. Eventually, seven of them rose above the rest, each leading their faction in the constant battle against the encroaching doom. They never even saw the light that they would swear to bring back. All they knew of it were the tales their elders had told them, tales of a time when people never turned into nightmares, and the beautiful stars shone even in the darkest of nights.
There was a knight in an intricate plate armor forged of white metal, with a stalwart blade grasped firmly in his hands. A graceful priestess in a light flowing robe, her delicate hands shining with gentle light. A mighty hunter in an archaic cuirass leaning on a beautiful bronze spear. A masterful builder holding a mason's hammer in his calloused hands. A regal lord with a humble crown resting on his head, a single gem decorating its simple design. A subtle and merciless slayer with a ghostly stiletto hidden cunningly behind her back. And a stranger from a misty land who wore a stone-like armor and never showed his face, with a heavy round shield resting at his feet.

The warriors led by the seven heroes were truly a fearsome force. Forged and tempered by the relentless malice of their dark world and the unassailable will of their leaders, they drowned the Forgotten Shore in the blood of the cursed creatures. Eventually, the surviving humans migrated to the shore of the colossal impact crater and built an impregnable wall around their new city.
To create the artificial sun, the seven heroes sacrificed tens of thousands of people. Then, as the last sacrifice, the seven heroes turned their weapons on themselves, thrusting them into their hearts. As the rivers of blood flowed to the Spire, seven streams of glowing crimson light moved above them and entered it from seven directions. These streams represented the soul essence of numerous humans who had been sacrificed to create the artificial sun. In the center of the Spire, a lone human figure was drawn, convulsing in harrowing agony as the raging storm of soul energy entered her body. The conflux of all that power, the sacrificial vessel meant to be its conduit. The anchor of the sun. The crimson light entered her body and shot from her screaming mouth and eyes upward, pure and white. It rose to the height of the Spire, where a new sun was being born. Frightened by its light, the darkness retreated underground, where it was locked behind seven seals that were left behind by the heroes as their last deed.

After the heroes perished, everything was fine for a while. But after a few decades, or even hundreds of years, the light of the sun began to dim. So the people of the Dark City had to make a new sacrifice. The second time, only seven people had been killed to renew the power of the Spire. But then it happened again, and seven was not enough. So they sacrificed fourteen. And when it happened again, they sacrificed a few dozen. Eventually, hundreds of people were being slaughtered every year to keep the sun burning. At some point in this vicious cycle, the Vessel that had been imprisoned in the Spire and served as the anchor for the bloodthirsty sun was corrupted. Due to fact that the seven heroes and their people had terribly mighty souls. But their descendants, who didn't have to grow up in utter darkness and fight terrible monsters to live through the day, did not.

The nameless goddess of the Dark City became the Crimson Terror of the Forgotten Shore. All that pain, all that rage, all that blood exploded from the Spire and infected the very land itself, growing into an endless labyrinth of the strange crimson coral. The seven seals came undone, releasing that darkness that had been imprisoned underground for hundreds of years.

## Shard Memories

> *"Born in the all-consuming darkness, seven valiant heroes gave an oath to return the light to the cursed land."* -- Sunny, Chapter 281 Seven Heroes
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The founders of the Starlight Legion (or the seven heroes) were described as beings born in the all-consuming darkness. The heroes were long gone, but their terrible oath still remains, preserved in cold steel. It was not the memory of the oath that remained but the Shards were that Memory. The Terror of the Crimson Spire had beheaded the statues of its creators and brought their heads to guard the entrance to its lair. The seven seals that kept the all-consuming darkness locked underground came undone, but they weren't destroyed. If one had all the keys, it is possible to seal the cursed sea once again. That was what the seven heroes had left behind.

The Oath keys were formed when all the shard memories were close to each other. They were forged out of lustrous metal, with seven shining stars engraved on their surface.

## References

1. ↑ citation needed
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 178 Lost Expedition
3. ↑ Chapter 44 Cassie's Dream
4. ↑ Chapter 149 Dark Diver
5. ↑ Chapter 150 Hunting Party
6. ↑ Chapter 31 Low Tide
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 127 Abandon All Hope
8. ↑ Chapter 73 The Circle Of Death
9. ↑ Chapter 249 Curse of Darkness
10. ↑ Chapter 281 Seven Heroes
11. ↑ Chapter 282 Sacrifice
12. ↑ Chapter 283 Final Piece of the Puzzle
13. ↑ Chapter 314 Leaving the Dark City