Editing The Delver’s Dominion (section)

== Origins of the Depths ==
Long before any intelligent life claimed them, the caves of Bûrn pulsed with the slow breath of the earth itself. Millions of years shaped their tunnels, stalactites, and abyssal rivers. In these lightless hollows, monstrous creatures evolved in isolation—creatures of stone, fungus, venom, and shadow. This was a land untouched by sun or sky, a primordial cradle of danger and beauty.

When mortal races came, they did not conquer these depths—they adapted, survived, and in time, became something else entirely.