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I'm currently running my campaign across Absalom and the Isle of Kortos, but I'm quite interested in having the party venture into the Darklands at some point. While it certainly wouldn't be hard to relocate them into the Darklands anywhere in Golarion, I was just wondering if there's been any information made available about if there is a Darklands presence beneath Absalom/Isle of Kortos? I checked the Campaign Guide and the Guide to Absalom and nothing jumped out. Anyone any recommended reads or advice on they they would or have dealt with this?
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I'm currently running my campaign across Absalom and the Isle of Kortos, but I'm quite interested in having the party venture into the Darklands at some point. While it certainly wouldn't be hard to relocate them into the Darklands anywhere in Golarion, I was just wondering if there's been any information made available about if there is a Darklands presence beneath Absalom/Isle of Kortos? I checked the Campaign Guide and the Guide to Absalom and nothing jumped out. Anyone any recommended reads or advice on they they would or have dealt with this?
We haven't said much at all about the Darklands below the Isle of Kortos. Certainly, when Aroden rose the island, that did a LOT of damage and upheaval to the region of the Darklands below the isle, and thousands of years before THAT the impact of the Starstone did even greater damage. As a result, the Darklands below the Isle of Kortos is almost entirely cut off from the surrounding Darklands—there ARE ways to travel to out of it, but they're super hard to find.
In "Into the Darklands" you'll note that there are no tunnels indicated in Nar Voth, nor any connections between Avistan or Garund's Nar Voths. This is because those connections were either destroyed or rendered obscure by Starfall.
Going deeper, to Sekamina, you'll see a big "C" shape under the Isle of Kortos, which is surrounded by an undersea lake. This lake is what remains of Sekamina after Earthfall, and the raising of the Isle of Kortos is what more or less created the "C" shape there.
Going down to Orv, you'll see that there's still nothing below the Isle of Kortos, but that it comes pretty close to the Midnight Mountains.
I suspect that as a result, the Isle of Kortos's Darklands is a microcosom, with its own Nar Voth and its own Sekamina layers that drift down and finally connect to the Midnight Mountains in Orv.
Eventually we WILL have more to say about the Darklands below the isle... but for now, that's about all there is.
So Isle of Kortos darklands could be relatively new tunnels created by earth distorting when Aroden raised the island?
Maybe things related to Starstone could be there? Entities imbued with the minute amounts of Starstone power, failed divinities, worshippers of Aroden seeking relics of their god there?
Oh man, just those three posts of you guys here are SO making me think of basing my next homebrew sandbox + megadungeon campaign around Absalom / Isle of Kortos /fate of the Darklands below... And The Spire doesnt hurt either :D
What if the Test Of The Starstone actually takes place in dungeon hidden in the Darklands below the Isle? Much-much bigger than anyone expects from the size of the building that supposedly houses the Starstone.
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I always got the impression that the space inside the Starstone Cathedral was kind of extra-dimensional anyway, as big or small as it needed to be to properly test those who enter.
Hmm... it might actually be an interesting twist for someone to enter the cathedral, only to find that the interior space seems to consist of a single, featureless, closet-sized room. There would be some trick to it, of course, but it might be quite a shock to someone expecting to be greeted by some grand and fantastic sight.
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We haven't said much at all about the Darklands below the Isle of Kortos. Certainly, when Aroden rose the island, that did a LOT of damage and upheaval to the region of the Darklands below the isle, and thousands of years before THAT the impact of the Starstone did even greater damage. As a result, the Darklands below the Isle of Kortos is almost entirely cut off from the surrounding Darklands—there ARE ways to travel to out of it, but they're super hard to find.In "Into the Darklands" you'll note that there are no tunnels indicated in Nar Voth, nor any connections between Avistan or Garund's Nar Voths. This is because those connections were either destroyed or rendered obscure by Starfall.
Going deeper, to Sekamina, you'll see a big "C" shape under the Isle of Kortos, which is surrounded by an undersea lake. This lake is what remains of Sekamina after Earthfall, and the raising of the Isle of Kortos is what more or less created the "C" shape there.
Going down to Orv, you'll see that there's still nothing below the Isle of Kortos, but that it comes pretty close to the Midnight Mountains.
I suspect that as a result, the Isle of Kortos's Darklands is a microcosom, with its own Nar Voth and its own Sekamina layers that drift down and finally connect to the Midnight Mountains in Orv.
Eventually we WILL have more to say about the Darklands below the isle... but for now, that's about all there is.
Wow, thanks for the James. That gives me some great material to start to work with. Much appreciated.
We haven't said much at all about the Darklands below the Isle of Kortos. Certainly, when Aroden rose the island, that did a LOT of damage and upheaval to the region of the Darklands below the isle, and thousands of years before THAT the impact of the Starstone did even greater damage. As a result, the Darklands below the Isle of Kortos is almost entirely cut off from the surrounding Darklands—there ARE ways to travel to out of it, but they're super hard to find.
In "Into the Darklands" you'll note that there are no tunnels indicated in Nar Voth, nor any connections between Avistan or Garund's Nar Voths. This is because those connections were either destroyed or rendered obscure by Starfall.
Going deeper, to Sekamina, you'll see a big "C" shape under the Isle of Kortos, which is surrounded by an undersea lake. This lake is what remains of Sekamina after Earthfall, and the raising of the Isle of Kortos is what more or less created the "C" shape there.
Going down to Orv, you'll see that there's still nothing below the Isle of Kortos, but that it comes pretty close to the Midnight Mountains.
I suspect that as a result, the Isle of Kortos's Darklands is a microcosom, with its own Nar Voth and its own Sekamina layers that drift down and finally connect to the Midnight Mountains in Orv.
Eventually we WILL have more to say about the Darklands below the isle... but for now, that's about all there is.
Thanks, James, this is very helpful. Especially since my players will potentially visit the Darklands under the Isle of Kortos next session