Ruins of Ascarle
Ruin · the Sunken City
Ascarle, the Sunken City, is a ruined elven city under the sea off the island of Trisk in the Purple Rocks, long used as a base by the kraken Slarkrethel and his followers.
Crystal towers and walkways of red coral glimmer in dark water, air still fills the drowned halls, and something vast moves in the deep beyond them.
Ruins of Ascarle at a glance
- Also known as
- the Sunken City
- Type & size
- Underwater ruins of an elven city
- People & culture
- Once elves; in the late 14th century DR held by sea monsters, merrow and the servants of a kraken
Overview
Ascarle was an elven city swept into the sea by melting glaciers and later wrecked by the drow. Its buildings of crystal and red coral still stand, partly ruined, and its halls are filled with air.
The city became the headquarters of the Kraken Society, the cult of the kraken Slarkrethel. In the late 14th century DR, it was ruled by a renegade mind flayer with an army of merrow, until her schemes against Ruathym and Waterdeep were uncovered and the city was stormed.
At the table
- A Ruathym family says one of their kin is held prisoner in the Sunken City and asks the party to bring her home.
On the map
Roads from Ruins of Ascarle
Nearby places
- VilksteadPort · ~72 mi
- UtterseaPort · ~206 mi
- GundbargPort · ~357 mi
- RuathymPort · ~482 mi
- FireshearTown · ~580 mi
- Bryn ShanderTown · ~591 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.