"I am, as you have probably noticed, a collector of curios, antiques, all manner of ancient and interesting objects. It has been a hobby of mine ever since I was a boy when my grandfather gave me a particularly fine carved war mask from the Southland, a truly exquisite piece, marked with the three sigils of the black gods of Tharoum."
- —Count Andriev to Felix Jaeger[1a]
Tharoum is the name of a place in the Southlands of which almost nothing is known.
Like many things regarding the Southlands, few things are known of Tharoum, such as if it is a region or a kingdom or something else entirely.[1a]
The only thing that is known is that sometimes fine carved war masks from the Southlands reach the markets of the antiquarians of the Old World. These are truly exquisite pieces, marked with the three sigils of the Black Gods of Tharoum.[1a]