The Mucklestones were a ring of standing stones on the northeastern tip of the Forest of Lethyr.[1][2]
Description[]
The Mucklestones were a ring of standing stones that bordered a cleared out, circular bowl on the land. The stones were about six feet tall, two feet deep, four feet wide, and etched with nature runes.[2] Normally, there was a ring of trees surrounding the stones, whose branches reached out above the hollow bowl, essentially covering it.[3] While in Gameliel's holding, the branches atop the bowl were bare and dead, with the stones themselves were covered in slime and fungi.[3] This effect began to recede almost as soon as the blightlord died.[4]
In 1372 DR, the Mucklestones formed an elaborate arrangement that occassionally shifted about; elder druids had tracked it, claiming that sometimes the entire clearing moved, taking the stones along with it, though never very far.[2][5] By 1497 DR, the Mucklestones were known to shift from time to time.[6]
History[]
the Mucklestones were in the keeping of the druid Briartan since at least 1372 DR[2] until he was defeated by the blightlord Gameliel, who hung him from the stones for torture, in 1373 DR.[7] The blightlord used the Mucklestones as a staging area for his blightspawned volodni and their raids.[1]
After the blightlord's demise, his power over the stones receded on its own.[4]
Powers[]
The Mucklestones served as magical portals, allowing access to places throughout Faerûn.[8] At least one of those portals led into Sunglade deep in the Yuirwood; each portal had druidic script pointing where they lead, though it was nigh-undecipherable to outsiders.[2] Other portals led to other forests in Faerûn, but some of the portal keys ha been lost over time.[5] Using the keystone, Ususi Manaallin opened a portal into the Celestial Nadir.[9]
By 1497 DR, many of the portals accessible through the Mucklestones had broken down or been rerouted because of the Spellplague.[6]
Inhabitants[]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Novels
- Lady of Poison
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bruce R. Cordell (July 2004). Lady of Poison. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 3, p. 34. ISBN 978-0786931613.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, Sean K. Reynolds (May 2003). Unapproachable East. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 117. ISBN 0-7869-2881-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bruce R. Cordell (July 2004). Lady of Poison. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 9, pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-0786931613.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bruce R. Cordell (July 2004). Lady of Poison. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 10, p. 89. ISBN 978-0786931613.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 202. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 135. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (July 2004). Lady of Poison. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 8, p. 73. ISBN 978-0786931613.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (July 2004). Lady of Poison. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6, pp. 53–54. ISBN 978-0786931613.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (July 2004). Lady of Poison. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 11, pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-0786931613.