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RobJN wrote:The two areas line up fairly close along an axis pointing towards a proposed location to Lost Blackmoor.
The lower circle, which could be a spot where the Hinfolk's cavern of Blackflame is, lines up ... kinda close to where the Gate of Light could have been along an axis to Blackmoor.
Another fun fact, but the Azcan/Intua Great Plateau is also supposed to be fairly close to the Spirit world with a lot of bleed through.... and it also happens to lay fairly close to the line you drew through the Broken Lands and Black Sands.
RobJN wrote:I suppose lining the Gate of Light and Blackmoor up perfectly would place the other end of that line somewhere along where the larger Taymora landmass used to sit?
Yes... it looks like it would end up smack dab in the midst of the Ierendi Islands... which would have been the seat of power for Ancient Taymora. I'm going to have to play around a bit more with some large maps to see what falls out, but I'm liking where this is leading.
RobJN wrote:We know there was significant activity along the southern Brunian continental shelf to pretty much sink the rest of Taymora, most likely as a result of the Ka-Blooey that created the Broken Lands. But what if it was helped along by eruptions of Blackflame energy, feeding back all the way from Blackmoor?
This is a distinct possibility. Hmmm... I'm now wondering if there could be a series of "physical lay-lines" created by the Blackmoorians that extended outwards from Blackmoor and into the rest of the world. Perhaps they would have used some automated drills (similar to the ones we use to bore out subway tubes, but on a much larger scale) in order to clear underground paths for their technomantic energy to travel along. Perhaps some of those automated systems still exist (and are either functioning or have entered some state of "hibernation") and might even be encountered by modern era Mystarans.
IIRC there is a fairly straight tunnel documented from the Broken Lands to the cursed dwarven city of Jhyrrad. I wonder if that would fall along any of the lines you have previously drawn? Again, I'll need a larger map to check that out. Another possibility could be that the Jhyrrad line is not one of the major ley lines, but instead an offshoot branch.
RobJN wrote:Could the Broken Lands have been formed by some sort of blast from Blackmoor, scorching Ethengar along the way? Or was the blast directed back to Blackmoor, after which the device self-destructed (intentionally or not)?
Another possibility (if we go with the ley-line route) is that the Brokenlands could have been a major stop for the ley-line power transfer, while the Land of Black Sands was simply a relay station that cracked a casing and "started leaking".
Anyway, I'm not sure what the real answer should be, but these are all great possibilities!