The Folly of Nagakhêdi (Landmark)

This page is about the landmark in Adagím. For the Level 160 Raid, see The Folly of Nagakhêdi. 

The Folly of Nagakhêdi
Type:	Ruin
Region:	Adagím
Area:	The Drenchmead
Location:	[52.7S, 33.6W]

Location and Description

The Folly of Nagakhêdi is an ancient ruin in the southeastern part of Adagím in Mûr Ghala, in The Drenchmead. ^{[52.7S, 33.6W]} It is the beginnings of a huge palace dedicated to its namesake, king Nagakhêdi, who wished to create an enormous monument to his own greatness. However, the building project was plagued by the death of numerous workers, and was eventually abandoned before it could be finished.

King Nagakhêdi wanted to make his mark on the world. He had a dream of a citadel to surpass even the grandeur of Emax Dûl itself. His vision was to carve a bastion from the very bones of the mountains themselves - mountains that even the Temámir dared not tread. The workers, labering under the king's ambition, soon began to fall ill, struck by a mysterious wasting disease that sapped their strength and life. Bodies were carried back to the hall of the king - pale and shrunken, their faces etched with a terrible sheen. For fifteen years toiling under the weight of their king's dream withered, and their lives dwindled. The people, at last, rope against their oppressor. The cries of revolt thundered through the streets, demanding the cessation of the cursed construction and the sealing of the mountain's heart. Thus it was that the surviving workers, their strength spent, withdrew from the mountain, sealing the entrance and putting an end to the blight that had threatened them all. Nagakhêdi's creation was left unfinished and sealed off long ago, kept under vigil by the Kintai, who call the place the "Fool's Descent". However, as the elves' attention was drawn away from the ancient ruin by the appearance of the Pale Blight, they moved away from the Folly, and established the Nagakhêdi Foothold further west, and their vigilance over the old stones faded. None know what now lurks within its walls, though a foul air leaks from within cracks in the surrounding structure.