Map of Laurelorn Forest, with the ruins of Kor Immarmor at its centre.
Kor Immarmor was a small High Elven city that was located in the Laurelorn Forest until it was besieged and razed by an army of Dwarfs during the War of the Beard some 2,700 years ago.[1b]
The Laurelorn Forest swallowed the ruins completely before the site was eventually reclaimed by the Wood Elves called the Eonir. Kor Immarmor is a terraced basin built around a river. Forestborn Eonir camp in the trees overhead whilst the Cityborn inhabit a partially restored district by the river. The city's original stonework is mostly crumbled and camouflaged by overgrowth.[1b]
The colony's Cityborn residents are descendants of those High Elves who fled its destruction during the War of the Beard. These elitists consider themselves "true Elves," but since there are no princes among them, Marrisith, the Queen of Laurelorn, claims rulership of Kor Immarmor. The Cityborn district is a haven for radical devotees of Asuryan who oppose Laurelorn's system of matrilineal succession. These political dissidents favour Prince Aesryn as their rightful ruler and would support a coup attempt by the Eonir queen's brother.[1b]
History[]
Near the end of the War of the Beard, Dwarf armies had destroyed Kor Immarmor and threatened to overrun the last remaining High Elf colony in the forest at Tor Lithanel. In the High Elves' hour of desperation, the exiled High Elf mages known as Grey Lords summoned a great spirit-host to rout the besiegers. Meanwhile, a solitary High Elf wizard named Darlorhan made a pact with a dark power and unleashed a terrible disease upon the ruins of Kor Immarmor where the Dwarf reserves were encamped.[1a]
The two-pronged High Elven assault broke the Dwarfs' resolve and ultimately forced them to withdraw to their mountain holds. Though the war continued for years afterwards, the Dwarfs never again threatened Tor Lithanel. Among the Dwarfs, Kor Immarmor was recorded in the Great Book of Grudges as the site of an atrocity committed by a High Elf dubbed "The Blinding Death."[1a]