Karse
Town in The High Forest, The High Forest
Karse is a ruined city in the High Forest, founded by a cult of the archwizard Karsus after the fall of Netheril and torn apart by its own members within ten years.
Crumbling walls lie half-buried under moss and roots, the forest around is unnaturally still, and pale shapes are said to walk among the ruins at night.
Karse at a glance
- Type & size
- Ruins of a city of the Cult of Karsus
- People & culture
- Abandoned and haunted
Overview
Karse lies in the High Forest, with the Star Mounts to the south-west, at the foot of a tall butte of red stone that its founders believed to be the remains of Karsus himself, the archwizard whose failed spell brought Netheril down.
The Cult of Karsus founded the city soon after that catastrophe, but within ten years strife sown by the lich Wulgreth tore it apart. Its overgrown ruins hold the Black Glade, a ring of thirteen huge dire oaks, and remain dangerous. Our map marks Karse as a town, but only ruins remain.
At the table
- A Netherese scholar will pay any price for a stone taken from the heart of the ruins.
On the map
Regions nearby
- The High ForestForest · Karse lies within it
- Star MountsMountains · ~27 mi south-west
Nearby places
- Grandfather TreeShrine · ~70 mi
- EverlundCity · ~129 mi
- Stone StandTown · ~130 mi
- OrlbarVillage · ~156 mi
- LoudwaterTown · ~161 mi
- LlorkhTown · ~166 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.