Ruins of First City/Lore

The Ruins of the First City are found near the Seeker's city of Erimal, south of the Mistwoods.

The city was the first settlement of the Erudites, who were originally renegade Human sorcerors who fled the failed attempt to overthrow the government of Freeport around 2300 BF. When they arrived on the isles, they used magic to dig a city underground where they discovered a destitute lizardman race, degenerated Iksar, descended from Iksar that fled across the sea when their empire crumbled. They took the race in as servants and protectors, and learned from them the magic of Thought.

The First City was destroyed in a cataclysm when an ancient portal to the Plane of Fire was discovered deep in the earth. The portal remains open, and creatures native to the Plane of Fire have populated the deepest parts of the ruins. Sivyana, discontent with Tarhyl's incursion onto Dalaya, sent her own worshipers, the Sivakians, to push them back - but they failed.

To this day, the ruins remain a battleground between the minions of Tarhyl and Sivyana, who fight each other with no end in sight.