C e r e b r u m

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In the Hedrac War (996 - 999), the government of Borillisk and thousands of others picked by lottery, escaped to an ancient edifice named Cerebrum. One a Durkoth observatory of the stars, in the First Epoch it became a place of mental and physical study. Funded by old Borilliskan money, a people of the Path of Thought, Cerebrum was now their new capital.

Treaty or not, the land was torn by the Gulimbor Cataclysm. Borillisk split in two, half her population went west into Azrik, joining one of the minotaur states, the others north across the sea to Sahuld. The decision to settle on this island is still a mystery. Sahuld's history was well-known, a sanctuary to keep the undead of the nearby island at bay, yet near enough to Necrocrypt's main island Gathrot that no sane mind would risk planting a civilization here.

- Ermikel the Balance, from the Borillisk Archive - "Borillisk on Sahuld"

In 1131, news spread of a virulent plague affecting Cerebrum and the other Sahuld settlements. The Kal-Oni Empire, centered on the coasts of Hells Womb and comprised mostly of Tragarans that escaped Gulimbor in the Great Exodus (998 - 1017), sent ships south in what became known as the Sahuld Blockade. Their decision not to help was one of revenge for the Hedrac Treaty. To many Tragarans, Borillisk turned their backs on their own kind. Over the next couple months, very few people escape the plague. Most of Borillisk's population fell to a disease that proved incurable to most magic. In the end, there were not enough healers for all the sick and dying.

In the Black Tide War (1465 - 1486), still dangerous for the living, Cerebrum became an undead factory, a place of creating undead soldiers for the Black Tide of Thasmudyan.