| Category | Ruins |
| Continent | Karterus |
| Region | Ma'Ohari |
| Founded | 3 Kindle 690 LE |
| Map | Tha'lith |
Built by the Varelay Empire (684 LE - 2764 LE), this fortress guarded against the vampire menace coming out of Abrudax. While patrols went out hunting, in the labs beneath Drachlaz, alchemists worked on blending the qualities of vampire and demon. One of the successes of these sinister experiments was the making of the first Bloodbag demon. Varley's special weapons division, the Mathral Helas was also at work here, creating vampires from captured prisoners.
The demons would fly in at night, dropping blood starved vampires, now feral, in the midst of villages and towns. Mathral Helas was held accountable for these dastardly acts, a just punishment served by Radiant Cross.
- Corormoor, Tragaran of Tilnangau, from a personal diary - "Vampire Deliveries"
In one of the Radiant Cross's sieges of Drachlaz, dozens of vampires escaped into the surrounding jungle. A few of them, master vampires, continued to threaten the Varelay empire until its ruin.
After the Varelay Upheaval (2608 LE - 16 HE), the vampires shifted operations to the west. In the western tracts of Ma'Ohari, the encroaching territories of the dwarves became a welcome source of fresh blood for vampires that had mostly been feeding on demon blood for the last two thousand years.
In the First Merioss Crusade (911 HE - 920 HE), the ruin's Drachlaz Lords were put down. The spoils of the ancient ruin, an eerie and dark place tainted by centuries of evil, were not cleared. The victors were plagued with sightings of apparitions, suffered frostbite injuries from areas of extreme cold, and were tormented by psychic nightmares. Only days after taking the place, Drachlaz was left to the wild. The Kingdom of Smizerak formed an elite unit of rangers and priests, tasking them patrolling the area and keeping interlopers away. The traditions of this unit carry on today with the Night Vigil.
Drachlaz is a haven for the undead. Some of the more dangerous are the Assassins of the Cross. Decades after holy assassins of Radiant Cross died in Drachlaz, they found new purpose, raised by an up and coming Drachlaz Lord. When this master vampire was taken out by the Night Vigil, the Assassins of the Cross became free-willed.