Bonn Shoingachnah

Bonn Shoingachnah means shining fort or illuminated fort in the high elven language. This is unfortunately ironic, seeing as the fort today represents one of the darkest periods of the various wars between the humans and the elves. The name was supposed to represent how the fort was used to detect any incursions against the eastern lands.

After the Battle of the Kallackaus Hills, the elves retreated back into their eastern lands. Though some units remained in the human liberated lands, these were primarily cut off from their supply lines. Because of this, the humans and elves continued to battle throughout the Neck. The fortress was intentionally positioned to watch the border lands between the elves and the giants, set to protect against any incursions from this dangerous enemy.

During this horrific age of battle, Bonn Shoingachnah was the site of near constant battles and is assumed to have been under siege for more than a generation. Two factors caused additional problems. First, during the early stages of the battles, the elves used magical digging machines to enable their strike teams to attack their besiegers from behind. The humans eventually gained control of some of these machines and began using them as well as the existing tunnels to get into the fort and town.

To counteract this, the elves summoned and chained several storm elementals so that they could flood the tunnels, preventing the humans from taking advantage. This turned a huge swath of land into horrible swamp land filled with tunnels, trenches, and culverts, many of which contained some water while others were filled. The result was a new wetland that eventually fed into the distant Vilpuikimas River to the south.

But decades of battle had saturated the region with death magic and other foul energies. This has led to wild undead rampaging through the region, and necromancers seeking to tap into these energies have not made things any better. All told, the ruin of this fortress is now one of the most dangerous places in the region, pairing environmental dangers and the undead.