Karsus Butte

The Karsus Butte was the petrified remains of the Momentary God Karsus, the Netherese arcanist that achieved godhood for a single moment.

Description
The mesa-like rock formation was made up of coarse, red sandstone  shaped in the twisted form of a colossal human on its back. The mound that comprised Karsus' head, which held the features of the former-god's visage including his prominent nose and weak chin, gave way to a depressed chest and rounded belly that formed the butte's highest point. Karsus's stone arms remained crooked at a naturally impossible angle.

Wild magic radiated outward from the Butte, extending out to Karse and the surrounding Dire Wood.

Geography
It lay within the Dire Wood region of the eastern High Forest. The city of Karse was built at the "foot" of the fallen god.

Geographical Features
Karsus' Butte was the source of the Heartblood River, the foaming red-hued waterway that flowed westward through the forest.

History
The butte was formed immediately after Karsus's Folly in the, when Karsus was destroyed a moment after achieving apostheosis and his godly remains plummeted down to Toril.

On Hammer 1 in the, Galaeron Nihmedu used magic from a powerful artifact taken from within the Karsus Butte to summon the Return of the Netherese enclave of Thultanthar to Faerûn from the plane of Shadow.

Notable Locations
The single notable structure atop the Karsus Butte was the Shrine of the Undying Heart, a temple built atop the butte dedicated to the Momentary God. An illusory passageway within led to a chamber at the heart of the temple, within which lay the dead god's still-beating heart, the only source of whole magic in all the Realms.

Inhabitants
Karsus Butte was considered a holy site by the cultists that worshiped him.

Notable Inhabitants

 * Wulgreth, the lich and former archmage that made his lair within the Karsus Butte centuries after his fall.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Summoning