There is a foul air in this place. It is as if you are fundamentally rejected by the very atmosphere. Space itself wants you gone, and all of your mind and heart is telling you to listen and leave. I rely on the protection of the Elohim at all times and I know that they watch, guide, save, and protect. For the first time in my life, I did not feel them in that place. I was not permitted to travel far. House Ugaros has lost many a lord (and many a Silent King back when they reigned as kings in their own right) to those inhospitable halls. When Lord Karthus Urgaros told me I had gone as far as he would allow and bade me return to the comforts of the surface, I was more than happy to oblige his order and scamper out of that damned place. To the traveler I say this: there is something fundamentally wrong with that place. It is like a hole in reality, sucking all life, feeling, and color out of it. You can see it in the Lords of the Quiet Castle: tall, gaunt, white of hair and eye, deathly pale. You can feel it in the air as you approach their lands, as the sun grows dimmer and the air becomes stiller. You can't hear it, in fact you can't hear anything. Even your heartbeat will be drowned by the silence. Not even the Elohim dare to tread in that place. I know not what the Gods fear, but if they avoid such a place, I shall too.
- excerpt from Wondrous Sights
The Silent Necropolis is a gargantuan tomb complex located in the large cave system under the Quiet Castle. The origin of the necropolis is unknown. Some scholars speculate that it was constructed during the Dark Age of Man while others place its construction as far back as the First Age or even to the Nephilim or an unknown Yalid people.
The necropolis is incredibly large and has yet to be fully mapped but it is believed to cover several dozen miles. Ghosts, undead, and monsters roam its silent halls, making exploration incredibly difficult and dangerous. Multiple Lords of the Quiet Castle have disappeared in expeditions to solve the mysteries of the necropolis. The entire complex is permeated with an unnatural and unnerving silence, which is often enough to cause the nerve of even the experienced grave diver to break. Explorers have gone mad in the eerie silence of the labyrinthine tomb complex.
Some scholars speculate that the necropolis was once a city which sank beneath the ground in some ancient time, while others say it could have been a gargantuan Mannic tomb.