Region: The Hole of Secrets:

In the Northern-most tip of Tesaria there are rolling fields which run from the coast to the edge of Ran'Lifon.  Hidden amongst the fields legend says a mouth opens in the ground every solar eclipse and swallows flora and fauna.  While none living have seen it themselves, there are texts dating back even to the ancient human ruins dug up underneath New Hollowstone that state that it has left no trace of the animals and plants it consumed.  There are rumors, however, in ancient stories and songs, that The Hole of Secrets holds more than animal carcases within it.  Robed strangers from distant lands who never revealed their faces, whose memory of visitation was removed from most who glimpsed upon them, opened the hole during lunar eclipses and full moons as well.  During these fabled tales, the strangers bore treasures and potent artifacts some had deemed accursed or sacred, down into the mouth of The Hole of Secrets, which rather than swallowing them whole admitted them down a winding stairwell into darkness.  While they were not seen to rise from it again, a flash of pale blue light emanated from the hole hours later, and it would be decades before the robed strangers or perhaps their descendents would be seen again.  More recently, some have tried to test these stories by trying to mine in the area, but all attempts have led to massive magical backlash despite all magical sensors detecting no trace prior...  It seems if one wishes to enter The Hole of Secrets to plunder its supposed riches, they have one of two options...  Hope to survive being swallowed...  Or be lucky enough to sneak in when the robed strangers appear once again.