Darklings
Tunnel-dwelling pests of the Primeweald with a weakness for shiny things, made even worse by the gloom.
- Dark Times
Description
Darklings are tunnel-dwellers who infest the passages beneath the Primeweald, above all the maze known as the Underhollow. They have always loved shiny things, which draws them to any abandoned device that still hums with power. They are a creature of their own, not to be confused with the goblins of the old invasion.
"Goodness, the Darklings are such pests." — Aurelius
Historical context
Darklings were a nuisance even before Umbra, and the gloom has somehow made them worse. In the Dark Times Umbra-touched darklings swarmed the tower of Storm Eye Lake and the tunnels beneath Twilight Peak, but they could not enter the witch's warren that sheltered the stranger, which Aurelius called a proper sanctum.
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HistoryUmbra
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LocationPrimeweald
The great forest of Meliora beneath Twilight Peak, home to elves and trolls, overrun by Umbra and the Unlit in the Dark Times.Dark Times
LocationTwilight Peak
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