Orc Territory

The orc territory lies in the southwest of the Valley of Mines and was one of the most dangerous and least explored regions of the penal colony during the time of the Barrier. The Old Camp posted guards to prevent prisoners from venturing there – few ever saw the orc territory and even fewer returned alive. For this reason, it appeared on no ordinary map. Here stood the orc city, one of their oldest settlements, beneath which the Temple of the Sleeper lay hidden. Xardas, the necromancer, built his tower in the orc territory, guarded by elemental golems and a watcher demon. An arena watched over by orc warriors could also be found here. After the fall of the Barrier and the banishment of the Sleeper, the underground temple collapsed and the orc city crumbled into an unreachable ruin. Commander Garond dispatched two mining parties under the paladins Fajeth and Silvestro into the former orc territory to search for magical ore – but Silvestro's party was wiped out by minecrawlers and Fajeth's camp eventually fell to an orc assault.