I hope this helps explain a bit more about the Shattered Vale and Firemyst Gully.
The Shattered Vale
The Shattered Vale was once a hidden sanctuary for a forgotten circle of druids. It was within this one isolated vale that they came to assemble, druid masters from all the great forests of Norrath. The Vale is where they held their secret assemblages. The ancient druids have since vanished. Some believe that they gave their lives to become eternal protectors of the druid rings. A few ancient tales refer to them as the Wards of the Stones and they are neither living nor dead. Life for them is in stasis. Their bodies were deconstructed and assimilated with the unique mana that runs from each of the druid rings. There are eight of these druids each a specialist in one of the powers that create nature; Decay, Growth, Health, Ocean, Sky, Storm, Sun and Underfoot.
Firemyst Gully
Firemyst Gully has been the location of two massive last stands for two powerful entities that hoped to topple the great city of Qeynos. Signs of these conflicts can still be found within this war ravaged field.
In the Age of Turmoil, the War of Plagues brought an army of undead into the Qeynos Hills. The vanguard brigade of the undead was led by a legendary revenant known as Lord Grimrot. Lord Grimrot was a member of the Bloodsabers, an ancient cult that paid homage to the god of plagues, Bertoxxulous. It was in Antonica that Lord Grimrot was destroyed in a last stand at Firemyst Gully. The entire thicket was set ablaze by arcane combat. Since then, arcane fires began to breakout. Some flames were extinguished, while others lingered on for weeks.
During the Age of War, the massive armies of the sinister avatars of war and flame brought the great cities of man under siege. Within the Qeynos Hills a titanic conflict raged between the unified army of Qeynos and the vast horde led by the Avatar of Flame. Like Lord Grimrot before him, the avatar fought his last stand at Firemyst Gully. It is believed by some historians that the arcane fires of the gully provided that avatar with additional strength.
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(Vhalen) Re:Tomes Of The Land
