Hotspot · Black Rose’s town · Blood’s seat
Kara
A hidden mountain town that became a capital, and heard the oath to Bael’Zharon.
- Region
- Linvak Mountains
- Type
- Sho lake town
- Prize
- Good prices, a hidden home
- Contested
- 1999 – 2001
- Record
- Strong
Kara, dated
- Dated to the season
Black Rose settles
Original-era evidenceVoices: Black Rose-side
- Dated to the season
Blood arrives
Original-era evidenceVoices: Blood-side · Black Rose-side
- Dated to the month
Lifestone camped
Original-era evidenceVoices: Blood-side · Black Rose-side
- Dated to the month
A portal opens it
Original-era evidenceVoices: Blood-side
- Dated to the month
The oath
Original-era evidenceVoices: Reference
A hiding place that became a capital. Its late-era sign says the name means “Empty”. On Darktide it rarely was.
Black Rose’s hidden town
Original-era evidenceBlack Rose settled there late in 1999, so far off the roads its rivals could not find it, and held it for months.
Sources · Black Rose-side, ReferenceDarktide’s PastKara; Linvak Mountain Range
Worth holding
Original-era evidenceBoth sides agree: good prices, good supplies.
Sources · Blood-side, Black Rose-sideHistoryDarktide’s Past
Blood comes to Kara
Original-era evidenceSpring 2000. Black Rose split and left. Raids drove Blood out to Lytelthorpe within weeks.
Accounts differ. Invited, says Blood; brought by a third party, says Black Rose.
Sources · Blood-side, Black Rose-sideHistoryDarktide’s Past
Taken for good
Original-era evidenceSeptember 2000: Blood and Red Devil camped the lifestone until the defenders gave up. A new portal in November opened the town to raids, and Blood held.
Sources · Blood-side, Black Rose-sideHistoryDarktide’s Past
The oath
Original-era evidenceDecember 2000: Blood swore to Bael’Zharon here.
Sources · ReferenceBael’Zharon’s RampageDarktide