Espinor¶
Espinor is a small ruin in the eastern South Heartwood, at the western end of a bridge to the Tidal town of Zovan. It was formerly the site of a sprawling Heartwood kingdom, but was destroyed in Mael's Desolation of the South Heartwood.
Location
Approximate Coordinates: 2600, 91, 3948
Espinor is built on a hillside, primarily out of spruce wood and cobbled slate. To its south is the only surviving remnant of the original South Heartwood biome, a small swampy area with large banyan trees.
Layout/Points of Interest¶
The large house near the western end of the hilltop holds a few chests. One of these, found underneath a chiseled stone brick on the upper floor, hides the Tidal Root Mask artifact.
A smaller house east of this one holds the A Bridge to Prosperity? book on its ruined upper floor.
In version 2.2.2, another artifact was added to this town: Last Breath of a Stargazer, on the top level of another house down the hill to the west.
Lore¶
Espinor was once the center of a Heartwood kingdom (the Kingdom of Espinor), which was part of the territory annexed by Avsohm in their rapid late-Av2 growth. Under Avsohm's rule, Espinor was connected to the Tidal city of Zovan by a bridge across Vir's Strait, initially resulting in positive cultural and commercial exchanges between the two towns.
However, the fall of the empire and the growing paranoia of the Tide Queen eventually led to conflict with Zovan and the Dynasty.
Espinor was decimated by the Skullmother's destruction of the South Heartwood near the end of the Dune Wars.