Larenwen’s Cliff

A popular town in the Four Elven Kingdoms of Faliaanti. Around 700 years ago, the famous elven hero Larenwen jumped to her death in the sea from the steep cliffs there and ended her life. The town was named after her.

The story goes that, in the village of Steephill, Larenwen killed her beloved sister who had fallen to evil and made a pact with the archdevil Mammon. Her sister was a part of a cult of Mammon that was later established in the area. Larenwen failed to locate the hidden cult’s lair, and while she was searching for it, her sister found her and attacked her. Larenwen always refused to fight her sister but this time the fight spilled to the streets of Steephill. Other cultists joined the fight and her sister also threatened to kill villagers this time, so Larenwen had no choice. After she killed her sister and the other cultists, she went to the cliffs and jumped being unable to handle her sorrow and grief and being overwhelmed with guilt and the things she could have done differently since before her sister made the pact. She went to the steep hills that the village was named for and ended her life. She had dealt a devastating blow to the cult though but the cult survived contrary to the belief of the locals. After the villagers renamed the village in her honor, stories started spreading about how Larenwen destroyed the cult and about her tragic story with her sister, and the village became a town.

The cult survives to this day still, even more powerful than before and with many members that would lay their life for their dark lord. Some of them are even respected members of the community. In fact, the cult is run by one of the most respected nobles of the town whose estate has underground passages that lead to the cult’s lair under it. The cult has spread its influence and has established other strongholds in other parts of the area and even in the capital; Erodell itself.