Dischala, the Cavern of Voices

Beneath Anzalin lies the enormous geode caverns of Dischala, connected to the vast Underworld. This once pristine chamber of crystals was shattered ages ago by the Moonfall, and since then, plant-life and animals have found their way to inhabit its halls.

Strange magic has filled the abundant crystals of Dischala, making them resonate and hold various sounds emitted in the caverns. These echoes are repeated as travelers make their way in the depths, giving it its popular name, the Cavern of Voices. With the Moonfall having ruptured the crystals, its magic has also seeped into various animals and plants found below.

In the deepest reaches of Dischala lies a large lake of dark waters, fille with what appears to be the reflection of a starry sky that cannot be seen above. In the past, people have wandered into the lake to discover what lies at its depths. None who have entered have ever returned. However, beasts have emerged from the lake. They have various forms, some resembling moths, other squirrels, except they always have some strane mutation upon them. Either an appendage is missing and yet the beast lives on normaly, or some dark extra appedage grows from an unnatural part of its body. There are many theories as to what the lake's nature is. Some believe it is a gateway to some distant world from which none can return and from which these beasts appear. Others believe those who wander into the waters transform into these animals.

Flora and Fauna
The flora and fauna of Dischala has been affected by the eerie echoing magic within its crystals. Vines hold the sounds emitted around them as they grow, these echoes being accessible to those that would harvest them. Some plants will even emit voices as they are plucked and cut for nourishment. In the Singing Forest, the trees emit musical notes as the wind rushes through the leaves.

Within Dischala live odd bats that after eating fruits have been reported to mimick words akin to parrots. Even darker beings include the Ek'serak, the voice-thieves. They have certain nodules on their bodies that permit them to store the heads of those they have devoured, which then proceed to scream or make otherwise unsettling noises.Scholars are unsettled by the question of whether the heads retain awareness or not.

Elves
Long ago, the Fae ordered their elven servants to dig into the caverns for they knew what magic lay beneath. Even after the Fae left Solthris, the dark elves' empire spread to Dischala, mining the crystals and bringing them to the surface, to be used in various rituals. This has resulted in a barren area around the passage to the surface, where the crystals are gone and an eerie silence has settled.