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The '''Kellanic Catacombs''' are large, man-made underground areas that have been discovered over the past fifty years beneath [[Kellan]]. Their origins are unknown, but they are believed to have been created magically. Many hold that they were created by [[Morjec]] during the [[Wars of Arin]], as many of these areas were used by him to send the legions of the [[Onyx Empire]] into areas around [[Hanmer]], [[Morelenas]], [[Shethkor]], and other cities of [[the SouthLands]]. However, others believe at least some of them were created far earlier, perhaps even by the same delvers who created [[the UnderWorld]], to which at least some of the catacombs are attached.

During the Wars of Arin, the catacombs were the bane of the [[White Alliance]] in their fight against [[Keraptis]]. The first one was discovered just a few miles north of Morelenas itself, where land defenses were weak. The forces there, led by [[Zorg]] and [[Murphy Pallianor]], were able to hold off the [[troll]], [[bugbear]] and [[orc]]ish forces that spilled out of it, but only barely, and over five hundred soldiers were lost in the attack. From that point, Zorg and [[Roderick Harper]] led a task force to find such entries, with over forty being eventually discovered and cleared out. Even after Keraptis' defeat, one has occasionally been discovered by accident in the less-settled areas of the land, posing threats to the surrounding area.

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