Moil

Moil was a city of sorcerers who worshipped the Demon Lord Orcus. When its inhabitants betrayed their demonic master, the city was cursed and cast into a Demiplane.

History
In a world far from Dragonfall, Moil was a great city of polished marble, ornate statues, and elegant bridges, caressed by the gentle warmth of the sun. Its inhabitants, however, were dark-hearted sorcerers, who worshipped Orcus, the Demon Lord of Undeath. Pleased with their tribute, Orcus bestowed dark power on the city's mages. As time went on, however, the citizens of Moil turned away from their dark master and sought redemption. Angered at their betrayal, Orcus lay a curse on the city. One night, all its inhabitants were plunged into an eternal slumber, out of which only the sun's light would rouse them. Knowing this, Orcus cast the city into a sunless demiplane on the edge of the Negative Plane, where its citizens perished in their sleep. Over time, the city was warped by its dark surroundings, becoming little more than a series of thin towers, rising from an endless pit and surrounded by a writhing fog. The citizens of Moil rose as undead effigies of their formal selves to haunt the chilling darkness of their resting place.

Eons later, a gateway to Moil formed in the Tomb of Horrors, where Acererak discovered it. Awakening and enslaving its undead citizens, Acererak set about building a fortress on the edge of the negative plane, from which he planned to ascend to godhood. When a group of adventurers foiled this plot in the year 489, the gateway to Moil was sealed, its undead inhabitants fell dormant once more, and the city was left once again to lurk in the darkness.