Urla'palos

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Urla'palos dates to the demon invasion of Bal-Kriav. An undersea bastion of the Green Nebulous, it began as a collection point for war plunder destined for Athroond's home world. After the Demon Spawn War (89 GE - 269 GE), pardoned by the Covenant, Urla'palos became home to a Aboleth colony that had once unwillingly served the demons.

In 1304 LE, Urla'palos was captured by the Lith-Crillion. Dangerous with their mental powers, the city's aboleth were forced into psychic surgery, dulling their predatory instincts. Under the Lith-Crillion, Urla'palos becomes a research center, studying underground aquatic lifeforms, and delving into the workings of the Aboleth mind.

Another wonder of the Aboleth is their memory. An aboleth is born with a racial memory, each individual inheriting the memories of its ancestors. Furthermore, it assimilates the memories of those it consumes. Each aboleth's memories are stored within an ever-growing part of its brain which extends down its back as it ages. Aboleths enjoy spending time lost in particularly fine memories of their ancestors, and if they have nothing better to do, they may relive entire portions of their forebears' lives.[1]

In 1614 LE, the Lith-Crillion moved their research operations north to the sunken hold of Titaram; Urla'palos was once again in the hands of the aboleth.

In the next era, 1181 HE, Urla'palos was captured by Krak-Oth and his Durkoth army. Two centuries under the Durkoth ended on 1355 HE. With the start of Thyrms Breath (1355 HE - 1555 HE), the city's Durkoth went into secretive vaults attuned only to their kind.

Over the next two centuries of Thyrms Breath, the retreat to hibernation vaults was repeated across all their holds. From Cthorgo to Zen'nêlkhush, the Durkoth disappeared.

When the Masters awaken, they will have progressed beyond mortality, and only the faithful will take their place at their side, the rest are no more than slaves.

- Kraadred, of the Frenzy cell of Entropy - "Durkoth Awakening"

Today, Urla'palos is a dark murky ruin with crumbling architecture that is part demon inspired, part Lith-Crillion, part Durkoth and part Aboleth. It is the abode of insane aboleth and underwater horrors befitting a place that has seen a lot of mental trauma; many born here have psionic wild talents and mutations.

1. Skip Williams, Jonathan Cook, Monte Cook (October 2000). Monster Manual 3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 8