Crulock

Category	Ruins
Continent	Brucrumus
Region	Unaraggumak
Founded	Year 8702 DE
Map	Khelan

Crulock is an ancient ruin dating to the time when the primordials and gods fought for control of Creation. During the Creation War, the Clans sector Narbuzad was a major theater of fighting. A primordial named Mephirouth came to Khelan, the Underdark sector beneath Narbuzad, and preyed upon supposed allies and foes. Mephirouth was more interested in perfecting and spreading diseases than helping the primordials or fighting the Nawirrûs Covenant. Mephirouth and his plague spewers founded Crulock as a base of operations. They constructed the walls and towers of the stronghold with rows of giant mushrooms and other fungal plants. The growth of these was accelerated and enlarged from exposure to magical globes. These Crulock Globes contain nature energy which has an astonishing effect on the growth and health of Underdark vegetation and fungal creatures like Myconids and yellow musk creepers. To prevent theft of these globes from his gardens, Mephirouth magically implanted virulent diseases inside them, which remain as potent and deadly as the day they were created over eight millennia ago.

Crulock is an exceedingly perilous place to traverse if one is not a gas spore, myconid, or other fungal-based being. This is due to the numerous maladies that Mephirouth created or accumulated and brought to Crulock, which remain active. Diseases contracted here or transported out from the theft of vessels carrying them, such as Crulock Globes, or fungal creatures unwittingly serving as hosts, have had disastrous effects on surrounding populations. Thousands of kuo-toans perished in Wyzbrack from disease-carrying myconids, and those imprudent enough to handle the Crulock Globes scattered throughout the area.

In the Horgon Era, Rioch Tetrax arrived at this derelict site and furthered his research on disease. Akin to his mentor Mephirouth, he utilized a Cairn Scythe to sustain his vigor while immersed in deadly pathogens.