Kurald Galain, Elder Warren of Darkness

'...A black, writhing wave rolled down to the first hill...a midnight flash

swallowed the hapless men, followed by a thump that thundered through

the earth. When the flash dissipated, the soldiers lay in rotting heaps,

mown down like stalks of grain.

Kurald Galain sorcery. Elder magic, the Breath of Chaos' (GotM, UK Trade, p.56)

'Old, dark and icy cold. Kurald Galain' (GotM, UK Trade, p.317)

'She’d opened her Kurald Galain Warren into a defensive layering of wards around her...A dozen wards protected her back..' (GotM, UK Trade, p.434)

'She snapped a Kurald Galain spell and vanished' (GotM, UK Trade, p.434)

Cities and Places within Kurald Galain

Through the Gate’s peaked arch he could see the city, the roofs like the gears of countless mechanisms, gears that could lock with the sky itself, with all creation.  Such was Kharkanas, First Born of all cities. (TtH)

Healing properties of Kurald Galain in the Black Coral temple

.  "There are nodes of power in this temple.  Kurald Galain, the cleansing darkness."  She could see that the witch was breathing hard, fast, and there was a look of wonder on that sweat-sheathed face.  "Do not be alarmed at what you feel inside,"  said the High Priestess.  "By entering here, you have drawn Kurald Galain into your body, in your breaths, through the very pores of your skin.  The sorcery is now within you."

...

"I expect Kurald Galain has done its assessment.  Your aches are gone, yes?  Your breathing has eased.  Various ailments will disappear in the next few days.  You may find your appetite … diminished.  Kurald Galain prefers forces in balance." 

Forests of Kurald Galain

Ahead was the wall of trees that marked the beginning of the forest called Ashayn.  If the tales were true, Ashayn had fallen – every last tree – to the manic industry of the city, and in the leagues beyond that wasteland, great fires had destroyed the rest.  But the forest had returned, and the boles of blackwood could not be spanned by a dozen men with hands linked.  There was no sign of a road or bridle path, but the floor beneath the high canopy was clear of undergrowth.

                The gloom thickened once they rode beneath the towering trees.  Among the blackwood she could now see other species, equally as massive, smooth-barked down to the serpentine roots.  High above, some kind of parasitic plant created islands of moss, serrated leaves and black blossoms, like huge nests, depending from thick tangles of vines.  The air was chill, musty, smelling of wet charcoal and sap.(Dust)

Creatures within Kurald Galain

Ginaf : The last wild ginaf vanished a century past and no longer did the silver-backed herds thunder across the south plains (TtH)

Rhotes : Roves of rhotes winged above battlefields and nowhere else (TtH)

Magic and the Warrens