Lavender Haze
Ruins of Hâsk
Image Source: Artwork by Mark Molnar
Classification: Ruins
Location: Ziost's southern pole
Affiliation: Warok the Defiler
Description:
Exterior -
"The fortress was old. Old and silent. No chitter of insects, no rustling of wildlife. Nothing but the muttering of the wind against those crumbling stones."
"Past the place where gates once stood, inside the open-aired atrium, a set of stairs led up, up, up and into the bowels of the ruins. A crow sat on a shattered parapet. The only bird for miles."
"The unholy warding spells laid upon the foundation of the temple awakened the presence."
Interior -
"The scent of mildew and decay hung thick in the air, growing the deeper Darth Mephirium went. A sudden creaking sounded from behind. A series of figures, shambling up the steps behind the Sith Lord. He might have thanked the darkness of this castle, for it hid the worst of their features."
Throne Room -
"Hopping along, it led him deep into the castle, the undead following behind, until at last they emerged into a wide room, with a high flung ceiling and a seat of simple stone at the far end. Two sentries stood on either side of that chair, clad in archaic armor of dull bronze. They stood motionless, wickedly curving swords upraised before them. Burning braziers scattered evenly through the room cast the light on their withered bodies. Walking corpses that looked to have died of frost years ago. Yet here they waited.
Scattered around that chair were a jumble of bones, their surfaces too white and picked clean to be old remains. No, these were fresh."
History: Even before the demise of the Sith Empire, the stronghold of Hâsk fell into a state of disrepair. As the years have dragged on, the desolate location has become largely forgotten in the minds of those who still travel to Ziost.
Recent rumors tell of strange happenings in the South Pole. Ancient burial grounds torn up and graves now abandoned. Whispers in the night, shapes in the dark.
After the Primeval seized the planet, Warok the Defiler, an Ewok warlock, took up residence in the ruins of Hâsk. He calls himself the Necromancer of Ziost and has raised a great number of undead to serve him. He has also woven spells of forgetfulness and shadow into the stones of the ruins. Those who seek the ruins will be unable to find them, unless he permits the seeker to locate the ruins - though a concerted effort of Jedi would likely be able to undo the spells after a time.
Occasionally, the ruins receive lost adventurers, treasure hunters and others who happen upon Hâsk by mistake. They are never heard from again.
Warok eats them.
Intent: The lair of Warok, Necromancer of Ziost.
Inhabitants: Host of Ziost, Hoyakut Sutt'ari
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