Dragon Necropolis

This ancient dragon graveyard is located in one of the smaller Scars in the Western Wastes, and is strewn with the bones of thousands of dragons who have come to this holy place to die. If a dragon perishes in other environs, their descendants will make the pilgrimage with their ancestor's remains to lay them to final rest in this place.

The ghost of Jaled-dar, who was the founder of the Ring of Scale and patriarch of the Dar line of dragons, haunts the graveyard. The Necropolis started as a patch of ground where a dragon just came to and died, but has since become sprawling maze of tombs and great stone pillars brought by dragon kind to honor their dead.

The Tomb of Jaled-dar was placed in the center of the necropolis by the Ring of Scale after his death at the hands of Ganak, Emperor of the Iksar. The entrance to the tomb is a set of great double doors crafted from charred stone. Two pillars with dragon statues set atop them sit in front of the tomb's entrance. The inside is a large open room with a great bier in the center where Jaled-dar's remains are kept. His ghost sits within the tomb, unable to rest. Jaled-dar's ghost is not hostile to intruders, but rather eager to enlist their aid in killing Trakanon, who treacherously started the war with the Iksar by disobeying the Ring of Scale.

Upon the outer edge of the necropolis lies the Crematorium. A great pit has been gouged in the center of the temple and is filled with fires so hot that they would turn the bones of dragons into ash almost instantly. Some dragons do not believe that they should leave their remains upon Norrath, lest their spirits be trapped there for all eternity. They are the ones who created the crematorium so that those who believed as they did could fall into the fire pit when they died and receive the cremation they desired in death. Fire drakes and fire elementals guard this area of the Necropolis, and make their home in the comfortable warmth found around the pit.

Beneath the Necropolis resides the maze of catacombs. In this dark, icy maze, vermin feed upon the bodies of dead dragons during the late evening hours. Bats, rats, and flesh eating insects are the most common monsters found within the catacombs, but they are not alone in their residency. Zlacindar, the cannibalistic black dragon, also makes his home in these sewers and feeds off the bodies of his dead kin. He is attended by the hordes of ratmen who carved out the catacombs at his behest. Zlandicar was banished from the Claws of Veeshan centuries ago after slaying and devouring one of the elder's brood.