Topos
| Topos | |
|---|---|
| Ixidor's Realm | |
| Information | |
| Plane | Dominaria |
| Status | Dissolved |
| Part of | The Nightmare Lands, Otaria |
Topos was the dream realm of Ixidor made reality in central Otaria, on the plane of Dominaria.
Description
Topos started as a simple oasis in the Otarian desert. The exiled Ixidor imagined the oasis out of a mirage in thirst and desperation. He kept slowly adding to it, creating the Purity River flowing across mud flats, then adding the Greenglades, a woodland featuring a multitude of animals, and then creating the Shadow Mountains, curling strangely like rocky waves, but providing shade in the otherwise harsh glare of the sun. In the middle of Topos, Ixidor created a palace for himself, which he called Locus. [1]
Locations
- The Nightmare Lands
- a twisted landscape in the desert formed during the Nightmare War by Ixidor's darkest magics.[2] - Greenglades
- the kingdom's forest of giant trees.[1][2] - Locus Palace
- Ixidor's mind-bendingly impossible palace. Badly damaged by the deathworm that ate Ixidor.[1][2]
- Locus Lake - a small lake next to the palace.[3]
- The Purity River
- the river running through the kingdom.[1] - The Shadow Mountains
- the curled mountain that gave shade to the kingdom.[1][2]
History
After the creation of Topos in 4306 AR, by Ixidor, the realm saw the birth of Akroma from the illusionist's dreams. It remained the kingdom of Ixidor until the Nightmare War, when attackers from Krosa and the Cabal charged forth to kill Akroma. Ixidor stopped them by creating disciples, tiny light-sprites that could enter their opponents' minds and create their worst nightmares. When such a sprite entered Phage, she coughed up an all but endless swarm of cockroaches that grew into giant death wurms, one for each death on Phage's hands. The prime death worm represented the death of Nivea, and it locked onto Ixidor as its target, rampaging through Topos and destroying much of Locus before it caught up to the illusionist and consumed him.[1]
In Ixidor's absence, Akroma reluctantly ruled. She never stopped searching for Ixidor, and when she finally located the hiding hole of the death wurm, she followed it and was in turn consumed by it, leaving Stonebrow in charge of Topos until Akroma returned. Disillusioned, Stonebrow left for Sanctum, while Akroma marshaled her forces and left to kill Phage, a battle that caused the Rebirth of Karona.[2]
After Karona left Dominaria, all the magic in the world stopped existing for a time. The grand palace of Locus — a vision from a dream — began to decay. Its white marble walls disintegrated. Each particle fell away from its neighbors, all crumbling like mud and sand. The palace collapsed into the lake. Nearby, the forest of Greenglades withered. Three arboreal domes and millions of tons of foliage dried up. A mere breeze turned them into a rain of ash. Even the animals — monkeys, jaguars, and birds of every kind — crumbled into nothingness. The River of Purity dried up and vanished. The Shadow Mountains crumbled. Even the original oasis disappeared. All of Topos returned to the sands that had birthed it, including the Nightmare Lands and their portals to the mad realms beyond - even there, only dunes remained. Ixidor’s creations had faded like a dream.[3]