Lost City of the Suloise
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| Lost City of the Suloise | |
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| Region: | Suss Forest |
Description
Described as 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]
This is a summary of an original article found on Wizards.com. (Dec 2006)
"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 Rain of Colourless Fire. There, the Suel exiles sought to recreate the glory of the fallen imperium. From the ashes of their empire, they carried many artifacts of wondrous power and mounds of precious of gemstones.
Though interest in the Lost City has waned since the Greyhawk Wars, new rumors in Hardby, in the last days of 595 CY, related to finding the body of a woman found in the waters of Hard Bay. The only significant possession on the body was a scroll case, holding an encrypted scroll, which the Gynarchs took and worked to decipher.
An apprentice to Oscar Longland, was overheard bragging about how he’d helped his master decipher the message, which he said, recounted an expedition into the Suss to explore the Lost City of the Suloise.
According to the scroll, the expedition traveled northwest of Badwall, and found ruins on a wooded ridge set amid a swamp bordering the Jewel River. A search revealed a huge number of other buildings submerged in the surrounding mire. However, exploration of the sunken ruins was impossible due to the especially resilient undead that lurked there.
The explorers found Suloise artifacts, but most of the buildings, including a massive three-tiered ziggurat, seemed to be much older. Ancient, unreadable inscriptions were inscribed upon the walls of the ziggurat.
They decided to excavate the central ziggurat, but found that the central chamber had already been plundered; however, it seemed a large network of undisturbed chambers lay below it. Attempts to open the lower chambers were hampered by repeated accidents, magical traps, etc.
Before they planned to enter the lower chambers, a bloody fight broke out, questioning the wisdom of delving deeper into the ziggurat, and the leadership and their true motives. The author was lucky to escape when an ancient green wyrm suddenly attacked the expedition’s camp. The author fled, and made for Hardby, to seek out a trusted childhood friend named Ratter. Whether she ever reached Ratter remains a mystery.
Although this story was denounced by the Gynarchy, many in Hardby recalled that a vagrant by the name of Ratter frequented the Dock Quarter of the city. However, attempts to locate Ratter have proven fruitless. Those enquiring among the slum dwellers of the city learned that Ratter vanished some weeks before—shortly before the woman’s body was found."
Geography
Rumored to lie somewhere spread across an area including atop a low ridge and a surrounding swamp somewhere within the Suss Forest.
Resources
Rumors and legends
The city is rumored to be filled with treasure.[1] The legends also 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]
External links
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- Lost City of the Suloise on Wizards.com archive (via Wayback Machine)
References
Citations
- ↑ a b Greyhawk Adventures (1988), p.116, "The House of Cards; Map Seller".
- ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.35, "Suss Forest".
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.142, "Chapter 5: Geography of the Flanaess; Forests".
Bibliography
- Broadhurst, Creighton. Lost City of the Suloise. Wizards.com. WotC, 19 December 2006. Archived from the original on 01 November 2016. Retrieved on 13 January 2023.
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