Chaos Scar

Little definitive is known about the Chaos Scar. Once it was just a backwater border duchy of Nerath, ruled by the hereditary duke of the Keep at the Crossroads. Several hundred years ago, something fell from the sky and created a giant impact crater in the center. Strange, mutated monsters began to creep out from the center of the scar, and with the withdrawl of Nerath's legions, the Crossroads was abandoned to the less-civilized humanoids, and humanity retreated behind the wall to Restwell Keep. The Scar is now home to anyone strong enough to defend themselves and stupid enough to risk living there. It is rumored to be filled with ancient treasures and strange magic, drawing a never-ending supply of mercenaries and treasure-hunters, few of whom survive long enough to get rich.

One defining feature of the Chaos scar are strange greyish crystals, dubbed Chaos shards, that seem to grow in dark and hidden places. The mages of Saruun covet these shards, but harvesting them is dangerous, as many of the strange creatures of the Scar treat them as holy relics.

Only one person is known to have travelled to the center of the Chaos Scar and returned: Al-Hazred, the mad wizard.