Ivyheart Thicket

Ivyheart Thicket is a forest south of Ironseat Ridge in the Dividing Plains.

History
An unknown civilization existed in the Ivyheart Thiket during the Founding, which were discovered millennia later by historians and archeologists of the Alabaster Lyceum in Emon and, in the 836 PD, still remains under their study.

Shortly before his attack on Emon, the ancient red dragon Thordak struck the western edge of these ruins. The dragon's reason for doing so is unknown. The fiery scar left from this attack was named the Blazing Foundry by Lyceum scholars.

At the western edges of these ruins are a vast, well decorated with ivy-crept marble pillars. Azer have flocked here from the Elemental Plane of Fire, and have made it their home, forging beautiful bronze weapons, armor, and "objets d’art". The Lyceum reports that elemental activity within the nearby redoubt of Inverspire is related to this elemental incursion, and might be connected to the fire giant stronghold of Vulkanon.