Rift of Saint Pilikas

A little-known wonder of the world, the Rift of Saint Pilikas lies in the middle of the continent Drammir, in the Holy Fields of Entelon. The Rift of Saint Pilikas is rumored to be the deepest crevice in Sert, deeper even than the Ash Mountains dwarves have mined. The rift extends straight down such that, if one dropped a torch or a rock into its depths, it would fall out of sight and hearing. Fortunately for spelunkers, a steep narrow rock shelf extends down into the rift until it reaches a cave system that supposedly travels down as far as the rift extends. The rift is named for Saint Pilikas because he was cast into its depths as punishment for his religious defiance against the Weivjexao.

Some say that descending into the rift is a religious experience, a trial to become more pious and enduring. Others say going into the rift is sheer madness, as the entire area is blanketed in a natural anti-magic field. Legends persist of strange creatures living in the rift's depths, of ancient treasures lying far below, of a portal to some unknown destination that lies at the rift's bottom, and even of meeting Saint Pilikas himself! Of course, it is also a fact that the elemental mage of Earth (from the Elemental Council) lives somewhere in the Rift of Saint Pilikas, and anyone wishing to speak with him would have to make the "pilgrimage." Speaking of which, the rift is often a destination for those on religious pilgrimages, though such journeys are forbidden in the lands controlled by the Weivjex Empire.

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