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==Description==
==Description==
There is a lost city in the Suss Forest, An existing map indicates that this city might be found about 120 miles to the southwest of [[Elredd]].{{csb|GA|116|"The House of Cards; Map Seller"}}  
There is a lost city in the Suss Forest, An existing map indicates that this city might be found about 120 miles to the southwest of [[Elredd]].{{csb|GA|116|"The House of Cards; Map Seller"}}  
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{{quoted text|Tales and legends gather thickly beneath the eves of the [[Suss Forest]]. Reaching north from the [[Drachensgrab Hills]] of the [[Pomarj]], this much feared woodland has long defined the marches of the [[Wild Coast]] and the [[elf|olven]] realm of [[Celene]]. Of all the stories told of the Suss around the fires and hearths of the [[Flanaess]], none so captures the imagination as that of the '''Lost City of the Suloise'''.
{{quoted text|Somewhere deep within the forest, so the tale goes, stand the ruins of a marvelous city built by the [[Suloise]] after they fled the destruction of their homeland in the [[Baklunish-Suloise Wars|Rain of Colourless Fire]]. In that place, the exiled [[Suel]] sought to recreate the glory of the fallen [[Suel Imperium|imperium]]. From the funeral pyre of their empire, they carried many artifacts of wondrous power and hordes of gemstones so numerous that they were heaped in mounds. The city’s splendor was such that even the Celeni [[olve]] were said to have marveled and wondered aloud whether gods or men had wrought such works.
 
Somewhere deep within the forest, so the tale goes, stand the ruins of a marvelous city built by the [[Suloise]] after they fled the destruction of their homeland in the [[Baklunish-Suloise Wars|Rain of Colourless Fire]]. In that place, the exiled [[Suel]] sought to recreate the glory of the fallen [[Suel Imperium|imperium]]. From the funeral pyre of their empire, they carried many artifacts of wondrous power and hordes of gemstones so numerous that they were heaped in mounds. The city’s splendor was such that even the Celeni [[elf|olve]] were said to have marveled and wondered aloud whether gods or men had wrought such works.


Then, just when the city’s might seemed unequalled, all tidings of it cease in the chronicles of [[human|man]], olve and [[dwarf|dwur]]. It was as though the very forest itself had come alive and swallowed it whole. Some say that the inhabitants had carried in their hearts the evil that had laid their empire low and that it consumed them and their great city as it had their homeland. Others whisper that the olve and dwur, jealous of the works of the Suel, fell upon the city and slew all within, carrying off its treasures to adorn their high palaces and deep halls. Whatever the truth, so complete was the city’s doom that not even its name is now remembered.
Then, just when the city’s might seemed unequalled, all tidings of it cease in the chronicles of [[human]], [[olve]] and [[dwur]]. It was as though the very forest itself had come alive and swallowed it whole. Some say that the inhabitants had carried in their hearts the evil that had laid their empire low and that it consumed them and their great city as it had their homeland. Others whisper that the olve and dwur, jealous of the works of the Suel, fell upon the city and slew all within, carrying off its treasures to adorn their high palaces and deep halls. Whatever the truth, so complete was the city’s doom that not even its name is now remembered.


Tales of the Lost City have long fired the imagination of adventurers from across the Flanaess. However, though many have sought their fortune there, they have more often found their death. The fell reputation of the Suss is well earned. The forest is home to hordes of [[orc]]s, [[goblin|goblinkin]], [[gnoll]]s and [[kobold]]s—vassals now of [[Turrosh Mak]], the so-called Emperor of the [[Pomarj]]. Even these savage creatures tread wearily in the Suss for more fearsome predators lurk in its thorn-choked tangles and noisome bogs. Ettercaps, susserus, gibberings and kech abound. Hangman trees, huge assassin vines, and other feral plants lie in wait for the unwary. The very trees of the forest, huge and blackened with age, seem to radiate malice towards any who dare to trespass beneath their boughs.
Tales of the Lost City have long fired the imagination of adventurers from across the Flanaess. However, though many have sought their fortune there, they have more often found their death. The fell reputation of the Suss is well earned. The forest is home to hordes of [[orc]]s, [[goblin|goblinkin]], [[gnoll]]s and [[kobold]]s—vassals now of [[Turrosh Mak]], the so-called Emperor of the [[Pomarj]]. Even these savage creatures tread wearily in the Suss for more fearsome predators lurk in its thorn-choked tangles and noisome bogs. Ettercaps, susserus, gibberings and kech abound. Hangman trees, huge assassin vines, and other feral plants lie in wait for the unwary. The very trees of the forest, huge and blackened with age, seem to radiate malice towards any who dare to trespass beneath their boughs.
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==Geography==
==Geography==
Rumored to lie somewhere within the [[Suss Forest]].


==People==
==People==

Revision as of 02:44, 2 February 2025


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Lost City of the Suloise
Geopolitical
Region:Suss Forest

Description

There is a lost city in the Suss Forest, An existing map indicates that this city might be found about 120 miles to the southwest of Elredd.[1]


Geography

Rumored to lie somewhere within the Suss Forest.

People

Languages

Resources

Rumors and legends

The city is rumored to be filled with treasure.[1]

Legends say that this lost city is actually a former Old Suloise city[2], but none of this has been confirmed due the inherent dangers of the Suss Forest.[3]

See Also

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References

Citations

  1. ↑ a b Greyhawk Adventures (1988), p.116, "The House of Cards; Map Seller".
  2. ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.35, "Suss Forest".
  3. ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.142, "Chapter 5: Geography of the Flanaess; Forests".

Bibliography

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