Utarn

Category	Ruins
Continent	Straiden
Region	Karnegmoth
Built	27 Lunar 611
Map	Cinduk

Utarn rests along the rugged, northwestern cliffs of Imsogrek. Throughout the reign of the Tinnanguth empire, this remote château served as a mountain sanctuary for seers, monks, and Tinnanguth nobility. This hallowed site also harbored other, lesser-known purposes, accessible only to a select few.

After the Dao Civil War, the dao learned of a hidden library inside Utarn. It was a mirror of the one lost at Râpha-Sûn; rather than see it fall into the hands of their slaves, it was burned. The Utarn Archives was emptied, thousands upon thousands of scrolls and tomes, some dating all the way back to the pre-Horgon city-states on Osâchar, were shipped back to Tachylyte. The Utarn Archives, its seals and vault doors shattered, became like the ruin around it, a haven for beasts, monsters and other unsavory types.

In 1834, the Zhut's Explorers ventured into Utarn, battling rogue Earthen and large numbers of undead commanded by a crawling entity known as Nemelfous. Within the château's deeper recesses, the adventurers discovered two energy rifts; one dubbed the Azure Diamond and the other the Pitch Pentagon. The latter rift was being utilized by Pyrmidian Ghouls (dispatched from Sakullêth) as a weapons factory, producing Night Howlers and NEGs. The Har'kish had control over the Azure Diamond, which radiated positive energy. The adventurers reported that the githyanki and undead under the command of a lord named Nemelfous were engaged in a struggle for dominion over both energy sources.