![[Pasted image 20251222150056.png]] **Type:** Arcane Maelstrom / Dead Magic Scar **Location in Faerûn:** Central **Land Region in Faerûn:** Eastern Coast of [[The Sea of Fallen Stars]] **Kingdom or Country (if any):** Formerly [[Sembia]] **Ruler (if any):** None, only unstable magical forces **Note:** The Ordulin Maelstrom was the gaping magical wound where the proud city of [[Ordulin]], once the capital of Sembia, was annihilated in 1385 DR during the onset of [[The Spellplague]]. What remained was not ruin at its time but absence, a swirling vortex of sapphire fire and collapsing reality known as the Maelstrom. Arcane storms churn endlessly within its heart, and fragments of buildings, streets, and screams from that final moment flicker in and out of existence as if trapped between worlds. The surrounding land was warped, tainted by wild magic, dead magic pockets, and temporal fractures. Even the [[Shadowfell]] bleed thinly there, giving rise to whispers that the city’s destruction involved more than plague... in 1484 DR, the maelstrom was finally put to rest by adventurers and the former city now stands in ruins...