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'''Rhoska-Tor''' is located in the far southern part of the continent of [[Elanthia]], northeast of the [[Southron Wastes]].<ref>[http://www.play.net/images/gs3/maps/elanith.jpg Map of Elanthia], on Play.net</ref>

Rhoska-Tor is known for the abundance of mana foci in the area and for [[Maelshyve]], Despana's capital until after [[Undead War]] in [[-15,185]]. The [[Dhe'nar]] first lived at Rhoska-Tor for 5,000 years after they left the [[Elven Empire]], 50,000 years ago. It also was the location to which the [[Faendryl]] were exiled due to the demonic means they used to end the war. The Faendryl city, [[New Ta'Faendryl]], is located near Maelshyve, just north of Rhoska-Tor.

==Behind the Scenes==
[[Southron Wastes]] and [[Maelshyve]] appear to use words derived from Scottish Gaelic. Similarly "Tor" means a "bulging hill" or mound in this context, such as [[Castle Anwyn|Glastonbury Tor]] with its relationship to [[The Broken Lands and ki-lin: Part 3 (log)|faerie folklore]] and the demons of the Celtic Otherworld, where the entrance to such places was underground through the mounds. Fortresses were typically built on top of mounds, and so Rhoska-Tor may have initially been intended to refer only to the immediate surroundings of Maelshyve. Much later there was a [[Dark Elven Horror Stories|Dark Elven horror story]] that gave "rha'sha'tor" the Dhe'nar-si meaning of "the giver and taker of life."

Interestingly, a Finnish word, "[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roska roska]", means "filth" or "garbage." Given that the dark elves were exiled to Rhoska-Tor by those appalled by their demonic solution to the Undead War, it seems likely that the GMs Doylistically bestowed a name meaning "mound of garbage" on the place of exile to show all the more clearly how the elves regarded the dark elves after Maelshyve.

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