Erol of Backford Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Miskos once lay at the mouth of the Syphon River, it was abandoned due to unknown circumstances. It's not on contemporary maps... What happened there? Did something terrible come from the Bay and carry off the population? Beasts from the Sea? Videli slavers? Plague? Why isn't there any reporting of what happened or is there and its been covered up? Does the LM Temple have hidden documents in the restricted section? Have any LM sages done reconstruction and kept it a secret or only revealed it to their patrons? Did the Erol of backford have his militia march on the town and torch it and if so why? Maybe the residents upset Belintar and he closed the town or cursed those who lived there? Are its ruins currently occupied by bandits or worse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Erol of Backford said: Miskos once lay at the mouth of the Syphon River, it was abandoned due to unknown circumstances. It's not on contemporary maps... What happened there? Did something terrible come from the Bay and carry off the population? Beasts from the Sea? Videli slavers? Plague? Why isn't there any reporting of what happened or is there and its been covered up? Miskos was abandoned after the Vent erupted. Even though most of the ash went westward towards Slontos, there was still a tsunami that hit Miskos hard. It was abandoned and Backford founded. https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/history-of-kethaela-the-second-age/ Basically the city was hit by a huge 'tidal wave' and swept away or buried in mud. Edited August 17, 2023 by M Helsdon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 The tidal wave of the Devastation of the Vent happened first and foremost in the medium of Earth, bedrock, and sea bottom, with the calming effect of the Mirrorsea possibly dampening overt surface waves, and the extensive mudflats off the Heortland coast denying a buildup of momentum through water movement alone. If the event happened at high tide, the ripples in the sea bottom would have been able to translate the force, though, but in a manner drastically different from the assaults of Worcha. We don't know the details about the location of Miskos, but there is a good chance that it was built on essentially a sedimentary area of similar material as the mudflats. The North Frisian city of Rungholt, situated on the Treene estuary on the island of Strand, inside such a mudflat area. In case of Rungholt, the material below the city area was a former side arm of the estuary that had silted up but that was mobilized by the pressure of the Mandrenke, resulting in a normally non-catastrophic mudslide below the surface which sank the area by a meter or two. Given the conditions of the Mandrenke, this was enough to lower the artificial hillocks of the settlement even further, exposing them to the currents and wave action of the North Frisian coast. No such conditions on the Mirrorsea Bay, though - even Storm Season doesn't disturb the surface enough to produce dangerous breakers. But a series of earth tremors creating a mudslide is an option. Alexandria is an example for a very slow slide into the water, Neaopolis in northern Africa another one. Depending on the architecture, there might be portions of drowned Miskos you might travel through on the Fish Road. 1 Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 22 hours ago, Erol of Backford said: It's not on contemporary maps... It is - in fact, on the map you posted. It's just a small fishing village now on top of the ruins of the old Jrusteli fort. 22 hours ago, Erol of Backford said: Are its ruins currently occupied by bandits or worse? No, just fishermen (although some have likely been carried off by raiding Wolf Pirates). 15 hours ago, Joerg said: Depending on the architecture, there might be portions of drowned Miskos you might travel through on the Fish Road. That would actually be rather cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erol of Backford Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 14 hours ago, Joerg said: We don't know the details about the location of Miskos, but So it's like Feroda in a way, sludged in or maybe Sog's Ruins? Is there a map of Sog's Ruins anywhere? Was it the great flood that swamped Miskos as well as Sog's Ruin and Feroda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, Erol of Backford said: Was it the great flood that swamped Miskos as well as Sog's Ruin and Feroda? The tsunami after the Vent erupted did in the old Jrusteli fort as others noted. That would not only have dumped mud and silt, but could well have eroded and shaken down cliff walls upon it. Plus it is 6 centuries removed - sediments keep getting deposited, cliff walls continue to erode from rain, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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