jan 1, 480 - John Tolan II Slain by the Great Black Wyrm Amarodial, "The Bitterheart".

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After the castle was finished, John Tolan II faced countless problems with the spring water levels that turned much of the landscape in the southern Shadowfens into a marsh, and expended even more of his fortune trying to prevent Tolan’s Keep from sinking or collapsing into the bog. Worse, John Tolan II did not account for the presence of the ancient
black dragon, Amarodial the Bitterheart, who lived in the Shadowfens — and saw the castle as a wonderful new lair gifted to them by a petty mortal king.
The great dragon resolved to destroy John Tolan’s kingdom and seize the castle for themselves. They drove off Tolan’s armies, and slew the would-be king while he cowered in his chamber. The ruins slowly sank into the marsh over years, though Bitterheart still lives there upon a mountain of treasure. The people of the Eastern Vales never attempted to reclaim the ruins, nor establish any towns or cities between the Sister Lakes again.

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