Mono Lake South Tufaby
myceliumComment by K3Master: In ancient times, it had been the site of evil and dark magic. It had a reputation for torture and death. An island of black stone, a tower in the center, home to beings and sorcerers from the deepest parts of nightmare.
Then came a day when the peoples of the mainland banded together to fight the evil there. They launched an attack en masse, sending countless ships filled with the bravest of knights and the strongest of warriors. For months the battles raged. Fire poured down on them, and lighting blew their ships apart. Poison gasses greeted those that tried landfall. Yet on they fought. More and more good people died, but ever more they defeated more and more of the evil there and took it down with them.
Finally, on one bright morning, the tower was finally breached, and the chased the sorcerer there from his place upon the pinnacle, where he had commanded his minions. The forced him to flee, and somehow he managed to get by most of the guard, but his magic was spent, and he was forced to enter the waters without any aid, yet he was still strong. He swam for his life, while they followed. He swam for his life as spear and arrow rained down around him. He swam for his life, and just as he reached the shallows and began to pull himself from the waves, a bolt of pure light, enchanted by the very gods, struck him in the back, and he was instantly turned to stone.
And there he remains to this very day, his skeletal face sticking out from the surface, and none dare go near. For there is an aura of blackness surrounding that spot, and the legends say that one day he'll break free from that prison, and return to terrorize the lands once more.
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