**Notable Features:** The Core (planar obelisk), royal citadel, collapsed towers, experimental dungeon complex
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## Overview
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Linton was once a thriving city renowned for its mastery of planar magic and interdimensional diplomacy. Its skyline, once marked by pale stone towers and crystalline bridges, was anchored by an enormous black obelisk known as **The Core**—a powerful artifact tied to extraplanar networks. Now, the city lies in ruin, shattered by a mysterious catastrophe that unraveled its very reality.
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## The Fall
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Unbeknownst to its inhabitants, Linton’s downfall began over a century before its collapse. Extraplanar agents infiltrated the city and subtly corrupted the Core through forbidden experiments and arcane sabotage. When **Trinovar**, the last surviving royal, attempted to tap the Core in a moment of desperation, the latent corruption triggered a massive planar destabilization event. The city folded in on itself, phasing partially out of reality and reducing its structures to ash, stone, and fractured time.
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## Current State
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Today, Linton is a haunted ruin. Dust and debris cover the once-proud streets. Strange magical anomalies persist in the broken infrastructure, and creatures warped by old experiments stalk the remains. The **castle dungeon** still houses remnants of horrific arcane research, and ghostly figures roam the crumbled halls. Survivors are rare and scattered. Some have taken refuge under the protection of **Marrill**, a marilith outcast rebuilding a semblance of community among the wreckage.
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## Key Figures
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- **Trinovar** *(Deceased, Ghost)* – Final ruler of Linton. Died during the collapse, her spirit bound to the throne room.
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- **Trin** – Her daughter, forgotten in a dungeon cell for over a century. Rescued by adventurers.
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- **Marrill** – Former captive of demonic forces, now protector of survivors among the ruins.
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## Legacy
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Linton stands as both a cautionary tale and a potential key to future salvation. Clues found in the ruins suggest a coordinated, long-term plan by extraplanar forces—perhaps the same ones hunting Marrill—to destabilize and consume powerful planar nexuses. The city may be lost, but its secrets are not.
