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Folder: Locations
Title: The Hollow Deep
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# The Hollow Deep
## Overview
Beneath Ashenveil lies a vast underground world known only as the Hollow Deep.
It is not a single dungeon but an enormous network of forgotten cities, natural caverns, underground rivers, ancient temples, and impossible structures that stretch beneath much of the continent.
Many scholars believe the Hollow Deep predates recorded history.
Few explorers have mapped more than a fraction of it.
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## The Upper Depths
Collapsed mines.
Smuggler tunnels.
Ancient crypts.
Forgotten fortresses.
These are the most frequently explored regions.
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## The Middle Depths
Underground forests.
Crystal caverns.
Subterranean lakes.
Ancient roads.
Most expeditions never venture this far.
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## The Lower Depths
Almost nothing is known.
Legends speak of impossible cities, colossal ruins, forgotten civilizations, and beings older than history itself.
Whether these stories are true remains unknown.
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## Hazards
• Cave-ins
• Underground rivers
• Toxic gas pockets
• Ancient traps
• Powerful monsters
• Total darkness
• Becoming lost
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## Rumors
• An entire kingdom vanished into the Hollow Deep.
• A library older than the First Age still exists somewhere below.
• Strange stars can be seen deep underground.
• Some tunnels seem to move on their own.
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## Adventure Hooks
• Map a newly discovered cavern.
• Rescue a lost expedition.
• Recover an artifact from an underground temple.
• Discover what truly exists beneath the deepest tunnels.
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## Related Pages
• Lost Civilizations
• The Age of Giants
• Mount Vharok
• Magic
• Creatures
• History