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Cho'n Delor

A representation of the area around Cho'n Delor, incorrectly showing the Triplet Cities on the same side of the great river.

Cho'n Delor is a haunted ruin found on the hills beyond the east bank of the southern continent's great river above the Second Cataract. It was explored by the Black Company Captain, Croaker, in Shadow Games. The ruins reminded Willow Swan of "a heap of old skulls" overlooking the water.

Two hundred years before Croaker's visit, Cho'n Delor was a significant power in the region. It was ruled by a brutal tyrant called the Paingod, who hired the Black Company of generations past to fight for him against the Triplet Cities during the bloody Pastel Wars. Cho'n Delor and all three of the Triplet Cities were destroyed by combat and mighty sorcery in these wars, and the survivors of the Black Company escaped north.

Centuries later the ruined city was still haunted. No villages were built near the ruins and even animals kept away. Croaker was willing to explore Cho'n Delor during the daytime, but would not risk staying overnight. The only occupied settlement in the area during Croaker's lifetime was the walled city called Idon, which is across the river, one street wide and ten miles long. The bizarre inhabitants of Idon live in perpetual fear of the haunted ruins of Cho'n Delor, and many abandon Idon as soon as possible for new homes elsewhere.

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