Stalwart Wall

Valkus Isle, subject of the Stalwart Wall.

Long ago, the archmage Nex carried out his first experiments in planar binding and transformation in the interior of Valkus Isle, just off the coast of Nex. They went dangerously awry, causing planar forces and monsters to be released on the people working there, and threatened the nearby city of Quantium. Nex and his senior apprentices engaged a failsafe known as the Stalwart Wall to contain these menaces, creating a magical wall around the island that none could escape. The barrier still exists today; anything can enter the island but nothing is able to return.

For most of the last 1,000 years, the dragon Garaudhilyx has laired on an islet east of Valkus Isle that he refers to as Ephreesia—derived from the Empyrean word for "lighthouse"—from which he guards Valkus Isle, monitors and studies its imprisoned inhabitants for weaknesses to exploit, and shares his wisdom with visitors. Ephreesia is near a weak segment of the Stalwart Wall, Garaudhilyx has warded and trapped the weakness to alert him of any attempts to escape the island.

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