Khairith Irlean is the Druhir name (meaning "Place of a Thousand Bloody Delights") for a former port in Eastern Cathay. It's Cathayan name is not known.[1a]
At some point, the port was raided by Dark Elves who attacked from the sea, encircling the settlement and barring all escape, before sending Witch Elves in. By the time the armies of the Dragon Emperor arrived, the Dark Elves had escaped to the sea, leaving only piles of mutilated and charred corpses, and walls stained red with blood. The scene was so disturbing that the Cathayans razed the settlement entirely, and struck all mention of it from records and maps.[1a]