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      |  This once peaceful region of the dwarven forest was brutally   |
      |  wrecked and ravaged during The Shattering. Only a powerful     |
      |  surge of evil energy radiating from the Tower of Despair could |
      |  have caused such damage. Located in the southwestern region of |
      |  the forest, the tower is also bordered by The Mire. The energy |
      |  was too much for the lands as trees twisted violently and      |
      |  villages withered into nothingness. All life was destroyed.    |
      |  Even the Drow fled, seeking refuge in the Barren Peaks region. |
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      |  Rumors abound of ruins tucked away within this barren place.   |
      |  They are thought to be the remnants of the once affluent New   |
      |  Thalos, now buried among the desert dunes and lost in the      |
      |  evershifting sands of time. However, one village, Camden,      |
      |  remains standing upon the devastated coastline. Many people    |
      |  say that so many of the residents were lost at sea during the  |
      |  catacylism that the survivors cling to hope and cannot leave.  |
      |  They are still waiting for their loved ones to come home.      |
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