Mere of Dead Men

The Mere of Dead Men is a large swamp, its name refers to the thousands of dwarves, elves and humans of the Fallen Kingdom who were slain here by an invading orc army. It was created in 615 DR after the armies of Phalorm had been overrun by orcs of the Horde of Wastes and the Everhorde. The survivors who had rallied the sack of Dolblunde and Dardath made their last stand at the Uthtower where they were later joined by Iniarv, the mage-royal of Uthtower. With the horde advancing, King Uth VII pleaded with the mage to remember his vows and destroy the orcs. Iniarv agreed but did so in a way appropriate to a mighty undead mage. He summoned forth a great tsunami, drowning not only the orcs but also the Phalorm armies and inhabitants that lived there. When the waters receded all that was left was a saltwater swamp. The surviving orcs retreated to the Sword Mountains.

When Myrkul's avatar was destroyed over the Sea of Swords, fragments of bone dust were, perhaps by chance, perhaps by design, carried north and entered the waters of the mere. This dust animated some of the drowned corpses of Uthtower into a variety of undead creatures. They have displaced many of the living residents of the swamp, though they lack any kind of direction, having no greater undead or necromancer to lead them.

In addition, the Rings of Myrkul, were said to somehow have washed ashore here over the years, perhaps something drew them there? the Horned Harbingers, keepers of the Crown of Horns later came to the mere in hopes of recovering the lost artifacts.