Hydaelyn

Seeking to utilize an existing labyrinth of natural caves, the Ishgardian house of Dzemael began construction on their eponymous Darkhold near the end of the Sixth Astral Era, intending it to serve as a refuge for those fleeing the flames of the Dravanian Horde. When the house's digging uncovered an entrance to the void, allowing an army of voidsent into this realm, however, they immediately abandoned their plans and withdrew from the subterrane, sealing it off so that they might contain the otherworldly invaders within. Despite all this, the house is unwilling to relinquish its claim to the caves, and believes that if they can be cleared of the voidsent, they might still be able to see their original plan brought to fruition.

The entrance to Dzemael Darkhold is marked by crumbling stone archways, overgrown with dark vines and shrouded in an eerie mist. Inside, the caverns are dimly lit by bioluminescent fungi, casting ghostly shadows on the jagged walls, while the air is thick with an unsettling silence, occasionally broken by distant, echoing growls.