Shadow Spire

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Introduced:

Darkness Ascendant

Shadow Spires

A Shadow Spire is an enormous floating object made from the Shadow twisted body of a Gromnatross.^[1]

Empyrean Shadow War

The Hopeslayer's Thorns

The Spires were the living creations used for sieges by the Shadow army. In the Empyrean Shadow War during the Yalaini Shadow War, 15 Shadow Spires -- also known as thorns -- appeared on Dereth. ^[2]

From the Aerlinthe Record:

"RE 895: Darkness falls upon the shores of Ireth Lassel. A vast reach of Black Madness and fifteen Thorns accompany the Hopeslayer, his generals, and their army."

One of the spires were destroyed during the Battle of Ayn Tayan by Lord Anadil.^[3] Another thorn blew up when the energy from the Hopeslayer's crystal trap destroyed the Jailne Lyceum in the area now known as the Obsidian Plains (reference needed)

The Fourth Sending of Darkness

The 13 spires that had survived the Empyrean Shadow War erupted from the earth in various parts of Dereth at the onset of the Darkness Ascendant event. These mysterious spires became the setting of a series of the abductions of many heroes throughout Dereth. Those abducted were interrogated and asked many questions by a shrill voice. The last question asked by the presence was which town visited by the Spires should be destroyed. During the Twilight's Gleaming event, the towns of Arwic and Tufa were obliterated. ^[4]

Two of the Spires that destroyed Arwic had previously attempted to attack Cragstone but were repelled by Asheron and Elysa. The spire that had erupted in Cragstone was destroyed during the battle. ^[5]

In the Thorns of the Hopeslayer event, the Shadow Spires were the locations where Bael'Zharon's generals and their forces gathered before they attacked various towns and locations. The town spires were also where key chunks were kept by the special Spire Shadows. The chunks formed keys to the doors inside the Nexus where one of the Soul Crystals was kept.

For the related event pages, see:

Initial locations and movements of the Thorns

Map

Map displaying the locations where the spires erupted.

The following tables and map display where the original 13 Shadows Spires erupted and their locations each month until they buried themselves once again in the ground.

Attack Spires

Two of the desert spires joined up with the Tufa spire where they destroyed the desert oasis town. The Aluvian Plains and the Eastham spires also attempted to destroy Cragstone with the spire that erupted there but were repelled by Asheron and Elysa. The spire that was already present in Cragstone was destroyed in the battle. After the attack, the remaining two spires along with the spire that erupted in Tou-Tou, moved north and destroyed Arwic.^[6]^[7]

	Darkness Ascendant (Initial Location)	Paths of Destruction	To Raise a Banner of Flame	Taste of Twilight	Twilight's Gleaming	Hollow Victory (Final Location & Burial)
A'mun Desert	14.2S, 17.7E	14.3S, 17.0E	8.7S, 12.1E	13.5S, 10.0E	Destroyed Tufa	13.8S, 6.7E 15.2S, 4.8E 12.8S, 4.7E
Khayyaban	48.6S, 25.2E	45.8S, 24.8E	43.0S, 20.7E	38.3S, 20.5E
Tufa	13.8S, 3.9E	No Change
Cragstone	24.5N, 48.9E	No Change			Destroyed during Twilight's Gleaming
Plains of Gaerwel	12.0N, 32.1E	12.7N, 32.6E	17.5N, 37.4E	20.9N, 39.6E	Attempted to destroy Cragstone, failed, and then destroyed Arwic instead	33.7N, 58.6E 35.4N, 56.3E 34.0N, 56.5E
Eastham	17.9N, 62.6E	18.2N, 61.6E	20.0N, 59.3E	23.3N, 57.8E
Tou-Tou	26.4S, 98.0E	25.2S, 98.0E	6.5S, 77.7E	7.2N, 67.9E

Non-Attack Spires

Three of the seven wilderness spires (one buried at Arwic) moved to the Vesayen Isles where the last of the Soul Crystals was found. The remaining three spires never moved from their original craters.^[6]^[7]

	Darkness Ascendant (Initial Location)	Paths of Destruction to Taste of Twilight	Should the Stars Fall	Now In This Hush (Final Location & Burial)
Black Mire Swamp	26.2S, 51.4E	No Change	67.2S, 95.7E 70.0S, 84.7E 70.8S, 86.1E	??
Linvak Range	85.9S, 39.7E	No Change
Sawato	29.5S, 59.3E	No Change
North Direlands	20.2N, 71.2W	No Change		20.2N, 71.2W
Obsidian Plains	62.4S, 71.1W	No Change		62.4S, 71.1W
Tiofor Woods	43.8N, 0.8E	No Change		43.8N, 0.8E

Items

Spire Key Chunk - Eastham Spire Key Chunk - Tou Tou Spire Key Chunk - Khayyaban Spire Key Chunk - Cragstone Spire Key Chunk - Sawato Spire Key Chunk - Tufa Eastern Spires Key Front Western Spires Key Front Eastern Spires Key Western Spires Key

Current Shadow Spires

There are currently only two existing spires in Dereth.

The first is located on the Singularity Caul at 91.8S, 92.8W and is where the Shield of Isin Dule is kept. This spire appeared during the The Price of Loyalty event. The rumor A Shadow Spire on the Caul refers to this one.

The second appeared in Tou-Tou during the Hidden In Shadows event and is part of the Shadow Invasion Quest Chain. Currenly only the head of the spire is visible and contains a portal to the caves where Shadow general Ler Rhan is found.