Velgar

Summary
Sometimes known as "The Scar", Velgar is a desolate land with almost no inhabitants, destroyed years ago by an unexplained magical event. They say that the land itself moves and swallows whole those who dare to explore the land. Sometimes, magical constructs appear from within with no memory of how they came to be. Most are detroyed on sight by fearful villagers in the surrounding countries.

History
Velgar used to be a flourishing country, made rich by its mineral deposits. However, in the year 510, the Capital was destroyed with a magical explosion. In the following year, crops failed and people became sickly in the neighbouring land. As the sickness spread, known as Velgar's Curse, most of the population fled to neighbouring countries to escape. Velgar's Curse appears to be tied to the land itself, as many recovered from the sickness or their symptoms stabilised once they passed the borders of Velgar.

Since then, there have been 2 attempts to recolonise the land. The first was in the year 515, which famously involved Princess [insert-name-here] of Velgar who had been out of the country at the time of the explosion. She came back a month later, one of only 4 survivors and her body was so wasted away by Velgar's Curse that she required constant medical attention for the rest of her life. She never publicly spoke of what happened in Velgar, though it is rumoured that she committed the events to paper. The second attempt to colonise the land was made in the year 681, ordered by King [what's-his-face] of [a neighbouring country to Velgar]. At first, the colonisation went well; 3 settlements were established in the space of 7 years and once people had gotten over the initial fear of the land's history, trade began to flow once again into Velgar. However, in the year 688, the Velgar's Curse once again spread through the towns. Since then, no country has dared attempt another colonisation.

Population
It is known that magical constructs sometimes wonder out from Velgar with no memory of who they are, how they were created, or how they got there. These reports have fuelled speculation and rumours that there are settlements of magical constructs in Velgar, or that perhaps some people survived Velgar's Curse and are creating magical constructs for some unknown purpose.