Editing Noelictus (section)

==Land of Undeath==
Long ago, Noelictus created tombs to inter their dead, and used them to infuse the land and skies with death magic. These vast tombs like the [[Tomb of Afiele]] exist in every province.<ref name="GS108" /> This greatly improved their agriculture and turned Noelictus into one of Terandria's breadbaskets. The dead in the tombs will also rise in defense of the kingdom when unsealed and called upon by the lord of the land.<ref name="GS110">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.10|Gravesong 1.10]]</ref> These sacred resting places were themselves guarded by ghosts, and magically sealed such that not even [[Az’kerash|Az'kerash]] could break in from the outside and animate the bodies within.<ref name=":0">Gravesong Book 1</ref><ref name=":9.15VM">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/09/10/9-15-vm/ Chapter 9.15 VM]</ref>

There are consequences of the concentrated death magic however. The skies of Noelictus are gray, and the kingdom receives less than six hours of sunlight per day, down to as little as two hours in the winter. Nights are pitch black, with stars rarely seen and even the moons are often obscured. The inhabitants have a pale complexion as a result, and few plants grow well in Noelictus besides those that have adapted by leeching colors. The grass is ashy green, the flowers have more muted colors, and the trees look thin and withered with dark leaves, and dark or bleached white bark. Black and white are the predominant colors in the land. More dangerously, the [[undead]] rise much faster, becoming animated in a matter of minutes and within an hour at most, and animals are guaranteed to rise too. The local wildlife has adapted to evade the undead, though migrating animals that do not can still cause problems.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/08/23/9-10-w/ Chapter 9.10 W]</ref><ref name=":7.34C">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/07/12/7-34-c/ Chapter 7.34 C]</ref>