xplorers and sages speak of a realm of caverns and tunnels cut into a mountain somewhere in the Surface world, supposedly not far from the principal cities of Nevrast and Raven's Bluff. This realm is purportedly populated by creatures of living quartz, ruled by a king and queen of their kind. Strange stalagmite creatures are said to guard the entrance to this domain. An insular race, the quartz folk seemingly care little for outsiders.