Black Desert/Landmarks

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<div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">Landmarks</div>
<div style="font-size: 0.85em; color: #6b7684; text-align: center;">the places that are not settlements</div>
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| colspan="2" style="background-color: #1c232b; padding: 4px;" | <div style="color: #c9b27a; font-size: 0.85em; text-align: center;">The rock spires and ruins of Drieghan</div><div style="color: #6b7684; font-size: 0.75em; text-align: center;">From the Adventurer's Guide, Pearl Abyss</div>
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! style="background-color: #fff; color: #1c232b; width: 32%;" darkstyle="background-color: var(--wiki-surface); color: var(--wiki-color);" | Covers
| style="text-align: left;" | Ruins, trees, gateways and one dead castle
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! style="background-color: #fff; color: #1c232b;" darkstyle="background-color: var(--wiki-surface); color: var(--wiki-color);" | Oldest
| style="text-align: left;" | The works of the civilization that predates every state
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! style="background-color: #fff; color: #1c232b;" darkstyle="background-color: var(--wiki-surface); color: var(--wiki-color);" | Most consequential
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Black Desert/Cron Castle|Cron Castle]], which ended a kingdom
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'''Landmarks''' are the named places in ''[[Black Desert]]'' that nobody lives in. Ruins, sacred trees, border gateways and the wreckage of buildings that used to matter, they are what the map has instead of scenery.

Most of them are damaged. The continent's history is largely a record of things going wrong, so its notable places tend to be the sites where something went wrong rather than monuments to anything achieved.

= Ruins of the ancients =

The oldest landmarks belong to a civilization that fell before any of the current states existed, and its remains are scattered through [[Black Desert/Valencia|Valencia]]. The [[Black Desert/Crescent Shrine|Crescent Shrine]] is mostly buried, the [[Black Desert/Hystria Ruins|Hystria Ruins]] hold its artifacts, and the [[Black Desert/Aakman Temple|Aakman Temple]] lies underground with the people who guard what it left behind.

That civilization used [[Black Desert/Black Stone|black stones]] as a power source and was destroyed by them. Its ruins are therefore not simply old buildings but a warning about the material the modern world fights over.

= Sacred trees =

Two trees anchor the elven realms. The Kamasylve was planted by the goddess Sylvia and very nearly killed when desperate Vedir burned it for its power, and the [[Black Desert/Old Wisdom Tree|Old Wisdom Tree]] at [[Black Desert/Grána|Grána]] holds the capital in its branches.

Turasil, the Thornwood Tree of [[Black Desert/O'dyllita|O'dyllita]], was grown from a branch the exiled Ahib carried away with them. A people banished for burning one sacred tree used a piece of it to raise another, which is as neat a summary of that quarrel as the setting offers.

= Ruined seats =

[[Black Desert/Cron Castle|Cron Castle]] in [[Black Desert/Balenos|Balenos]] is the most consequential ruin on the map. Noir Bartali III attempted a summoning there in pursuit of immortality, the castle came apart, and the kingdom of Cron ended with it.

Mediah Castle burned in the Three Days of Darkness and took the House of Bareeds with it. Valencia Castle still stands but is no longer used, the royal family having moved to the palace at [[Black Desert/Valencia City|Valencia City]] three generations ago.

= Borders and passes =

The [[Black Desert/Barhan Gateway|Barhan Gateway]] is where the green country ends and the [[Black Desert/Great Valencian Desert|Great Valencian Desert]] begins, and crossing it is the clearest boundary on the continent.

At the far northern tip of the map, the cliffs of [[Black Desert/Star's End|Star's End]] break off into the sea. The [[Black Desert/Ibellab Oasis|Ibellab Oasis]] is the opposite kind of landmark, a reliable place in an unreliable one, and experienced travelers use it as the halfway mark of a desert crossing.

= See also =

* [[Black Desert]]
* [[Black Desert/Regions|Regions]]
* [[Black Desert/Cities|Cities]]
* [[Black Desert/Lore|Lore]]
* [[Black Desert/Timeline|Timeline]]
* [[Black Desert/Home|Home]]

= Further reading =

* [https://www.naeu.playblackdesert.com/en-us/Wiki?wikiNo=21 World Map — Adventurer's Guide]
* [https://blackdesertonline.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Locations Locations — Black Desert Wiki (Fandom)]

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{{ Black Desert/Banner }} {| style="width: 100%; border: 2px solid #1c232b;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- | colspan="2" style="padding: 10px; background-color: #1c232b;" | <div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">Landmarks</div> <div style="font-size: 0.85em; color: #6b7684; text-align: center;">the places that are not settlements</div> |- | colspan="2" style="padding: 0;" | <div style="max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;">![[Black_Desert_Drieghan_screenshot.webp]]</div> |- | colspan="2" style="background-color: #1c232b; padding: 4px;" | <div style="color: #c9b27a; font-size: 0.85em; text-align: center;">The rock spires and ruins of Drieghan</div><div style="color: #6b7684; font-size: 0.75em; text-align: center;">From the Adventurer's Guide, Pearl Abyss</div> |- |- ! style="background-color: #fff; color: #1c232b; width: 32%;" darkstyle="background-color: var(--wiki-surface); color: var(--wiki-color);" | Covers | style="text-align: left;" | Ruins, trees, gateways and one dead castle |- ! style="background-color: #fff; color: #1c232b;" darkstyle="background-color: var(--wiki-surface); color: var(--wiki-color);" | Oldest | style="text-align: left;" | The works of the civilization that predates every state |- ! style="background-color: #fff; color: #1c232b;" darkstyle="background-color: var(--wiki-surface); color: var(--wiki-color);" | Most consequential | style="text-align: left;" | [[Black Desert/Cron Castle|Cron Castle]], which ended a kingdom |} '''Landmarks''' are the named places in ''[[Black Desert]]'' that nobody lives in. Ruins, sacred trees, border gateways and the wreckage of buildings that used to matter, they are what the map has instead of scenery. Most of them are damaged. The continent's history is largely a record of things going wrong, so its notable places tend to be the sites where something went wrong rather than monuments to anything achieved. = Ruins of the ancients = The oldest landmarks belong to a civilization that fell before any of the current states existed, and its remains are scattered through [[Black Desert/Valencia|Valencia]]. The [[Black Desert/Crescent Shrine|Crescent Shrine]] is mostly buried, the [[Black Desert/Hystria Ruins|Hystria Ruins]] hold its artifacts, and the [[Black Desert/Aakman Temple|Aakman Temple]] lies underground with the people who guard what it left behind. That civilization used [[Black Desert/Black Stone|black stones]] as a power source and was destroyed by them. Its ruins are therefore not simply old buildings but a warning about the material the modern world fights over. = Sacred trees = Two trees anchor the elven realms. The Kamasylve was planted by the goddess Sylvia and very nearly killed when desperate Vedir burned it for its power, and the [[Black Desert/Old Wisdom Tree|Old Wisdom Tree]] at [[Black Desert/Grána|Grána]] holds the capital in its branches. Turasil, the Thornwood Tree of [[Black Desert/O'dyllita|O'dyllita]], was grown from a branch the exiled Ahib carried away with them. A people banished for burning one sacred tree used a piece of it to raise another, which is as neat a summary of that quarrel as the setting offers. = Ruined seats = [[Black Desert/Cron Castle|Cron Castle]] in [[Black Desert/Balenos|Balenos]] is the most consequential ruin on the map. Noir Bartali III attempted a summoning there in pursuit of immortality, the castle came apart, and the kingdom of Cron ended with it. Mediah Castle burned in the Three Days of Darkness and took the House of Bareeds with it. Valencia Castle still stands but is no longer used, the royal family having moved to the palace at [[Black Desert/Valencia City|Valencia City]] three generations ago. = Borders and passes = The [[Black Desert/Barhan Gateway|Barhan Gateway]] is where the green country ends and the [[Black Desert/Great Valencian Desert|Great Valencian Desert]] begins, and crossing it is the clearest boundary on the continent. At the far northern tip of the map, the cliffs of [[Black Desert/Star's End|Star's End]] break off into the sea. The [[Black Desert/Ibellab Oasis|Ibellab Oasis]] is the opposite kind of landmark, a reliable place in an unreliable one, and experienced travelers use it as the halfway mark of a desert crossing. = See also = * [[Black Desert]] * [[Black Desert/Regions|Regions]] * [[Black Desert/Cities|Cities]] * [[Black Desert/Lore|Lore]] * [[Black Desert/Timeline|Timeline]] * [[Black Desert/Home|Home]] = Further reading = * [https://www.naeu.playblackdesert.com/en-us/Wiki?wikiNo=21 World Map — Adventurer's Guide] * [https://blackdesertonline.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Locations Locations — Black Desert Wiki (Fandom)]