| Category | Ruins |
| Continent | Karterus |
| Region | Ma'Ohari |
| Founded | 3 Kindle 721 LE |
| Map | Tha'lith |
Built by the Varelay Empire (684 LE - 2620 LE), this fortress guarded against the vampire menace coming out of the peaks 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 headquartered here. They creating vampires from captured prisoners, weaponizing them.
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"
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 long fed on the often foul blood of demons.
In the First Merioss Crusade (911 HE - 920 HE), Drachlaz fell to the holy. The spoils of the dark place, treasures from the time of Varelay, behind corruption centuries in the making, thwarted all attempts at plunder. The victors were plagued with sightings, suffered frostbite, and driven restless from nightmares. Abandoning Drachlaz to the wild, the Smizerak Federation took up the task of keeping the area secure. An elite unit of rangers and priests were forming, keeping the dead down and interlopers out. The traditions of this unit carry on today with the Night Vigil.
Since the fall of Varelay, Drachlaz has been 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 to fight again under an up and coming Drachlaz Lord. When this master vampire was taken out by the Night Vigil, the Assassins of the Cross, now master-less, returned to being masters of killing.