The ancient city of Vorshgar[2b] was a ruin of unidentified origin within the Chaos Wastes. It was here that Prince Malekith found the Circlet of Iron that opened him the ways to use Dark Magic.[2a]
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Vorshgar appeared to have no walls and its buildings were constructed from plain grey stone that was fused seamlessly together. Walls met at strange angles and the doorways and windows formed shapes without corner squares or curves. The height of stairs and buildings changed, with the streets becoming wider or narrower until they met at strange, star-shaped plazas.[1a] When entering the buildings, the laws of physics seems to be distorted – if one went down the stairs, one would reach the upper levels.[1a] The city seemed to have no end or beginning, stretches as a seemingly endless labyrinth before the Nagarythian explorers (although it is unclear if these were intended by the builders or side-effects from its location in the Chaos Wastes).[1a] Orientation was only possible by using the Winds of Magic as a guide.
Malekith discovered the Circlet of Iron in a ziggurat that he believed predated the coming of Chaos, the existence of the Everqueen and even the existence of the gods themselves.[1a] The interior appeared to follow strange geometries of alien design, with the walls being impossibly distant and apparently shifting in number. Its full glory was visible only when using the Circlet of Iron, revealing to Malekith a sublime architecture that Elven senses were unable to perceive before, showing hidden arches and frescoes. The ziggurat was its own reservoir of magic, without relying on the aethyric winds that blew from the Chaos Gate in the north.[1b]
The Elf expeditions also discovered skeletons belonging to the former inhabitants. These were humanoid, but resembled no race known at the time. They were of little more height than Dwarfs, but their bones were as thick as those of Men and from a similar shape to that of Elves. The skulls seemed familiar in shape, but closer examination revealed that they differed in certain, subtle ways.[1a]