Velestovik

The plains of Velestovik has held many names over the eons. Once they were among the most contested lands in all the world. When Old Chernya conquered them and gave them the name Velestovik, nobody would have thought the name would last for the next ten thousand years.

When the Contact Apocalypse occurred, those millennia of bloodshed were made manifest. When the forces of the Fel made their way into this land, they found a virtual treasure trove of corpses to animate. Velestovik fell overnight, and soon became the heart of the Fel lands.

After the Sealing, Velestovik remained deeply tainted. Common wisdom became to avoid it, and so this once hotly contested area became an abandoned no mans land.

The lingering Fel mutated the local lifeforms, producing flora, fauna and fungi unique to the world. Some even say there is a species of sentient plants, making their home within the lost ruins.

Whether caused by the Fel or simple plate tectonics, Velestovik has begun to sink and sunder in recent centuries. Some of the ruins have sunk into a swamp. Some speculate that the Dire Forge, a tower which drew magma directly from within the earth, destabilized the region. That's just rumor, far as anybody knows.