Location of the Fire Bogs in Lustria
The Fire Bogs are the remains of the sunken Lizardmen temple-city of Chupayotl's territories in Lustria and extend all the way to the jagged cliffs where the great city once stood.
History[]
As with the Wellsprings of Eternity, the Fire Bogs are another result of the Slann mage-priest Mazdamundi's terrain-altering magic. However, in this case it was not an effort to defend Lustria, but rather preserve it. The Fire Bogs are the remains of the temple-city of Chupayotl's territories and extend all the way to the jagged cliffs where the city once stood. Its destruction violently severed the Geomantic Web connecting Lustria to the temple-city of Zlatlan in the Southlands, causing magic to thrash outwards. Only through Mazdamundi's great efforts, and the placement of numerous carved stelae, was this destruction contained.[1a]
The Lizardmen avoid the Fire Bogs. They represent a painful memory, a time when they were forced to question their place in the Old Ones' plans. Remains of Chupayotl's outer barrios and other districts still pierce the swamps, rising from the earth like the bones of some long-dead creature. These stones are scarred with vicious scorch marks, for the Fire Bogs are well-named.[1a]
While the wild magic has been grounded, it often bursts upwards in geysers of great flame. Those whose business takes them into the Fire Bogs soon learn to listen to their feet. The slightest tremor could be all the warning they get before a pillar of fire erupts beneath them. The heat has also made it a favoured breeding ground for Salamanders, who think nothing of taking an incautious traveller as a meal.[1a]
The Slann recently began sending scouting parties into the region. Chupayotl held many secrets of the Old Ones and, if any remain, they must be found. Those patrols which come back talk of strange, ramshackle buildings and of new, mammalian predators which stalked them. Giant Rats, and more twisted creatures besides, have taken residence in the swamps. Some dismiss these as nothing more than the long-lost pets of the Skaven, left behind to breed on their shores when the ratmen were driven from Lustria. Others worry such a presence could spell a new move in their ancient enemy's twisted plans.[1a]
A Human expedition into the bogs recently uncovered the remains of Chupayotl's Gate. This occasionally flickers with power, revealing a frozen landscape under unfamiliar skies. Astronomers studying it conclude this is none other than the southern pole, perhaps the most inaccessible region in the entire mortal world.[1a]