“When doom came to the First Kingdom, we survived. When the gods themselves wept tears of stone, we recovered. When the spiders and scorpions crawled to our call, we prospered. In the forgotten and abandoned places of the world, we did not find this paradise waiting for us. We built it.”
- God King Xanatep -
The far southeastern reaches of Druskenvald are covered in desolate, jagged mountain ranges and crumbled ruins devoid of life. However, deep beneath the earth in massive, sprawling caverns is Nerukhet (NAIR‑oo‑KET), a grand province lit by glittering gemstone geodes that shine kaleidoscopic light across monumental cities and webbed tunnels from which the spider-like silkborn emerge. These people and the other species of the province strive for greatness in all aspects of life, with many hoping to establish their place in history as the chosen of their gods.
However, the threads holding Nerukhet together are thin, with conflict and unrest always lurking beneath the surface of society—and far worse things squirming in the darkest depths.