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Secrets of the Deep

BONUS EXTRAS

The Crater of Karakum, The Door to Hell!

7/3/2016

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Sir Peter clapped his hands together once. “Very well, then. Listen up, people! Our destination is in Central Asia—the Karakum Desert, to be exact, east of the Caspian Sea. Thanks to Henry du Val, we have learned that the Black Fortress currently sits…I’m not joking…at the bottom of a fiery crater in the middle of this desert.”

The German laughed, but Ravyn murmured, “Did he say fiery crater?”

“Hmm, he did,” Sir Peter said drily. “I told you you would like this.”

​“Yes, but what exactly do you mean, a fiery crater, Sir Peter?” the female centaur demanded.

And so the Order warriors find out where they will shortly do battle with the Dark Druids...

Yes, it's real!! Sometimes you stumble across a location that just demands to be a part of a book. When we discovered quite by accident that there is literally a fiery crater that's been burning for 40 years in the middle of the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan, it jumped out at us like the PERFECT place for uber-villain Zolond and company to park the Black Fortress for a while - especially since locals and journalists alike have dubbed the spot the "Door to Hell." Check it out!
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The crater measures 230 feet across and is 100 feet deep in the center. Apparently, this Door to Hell has become a very popular camping destination. Smores anyone??? Photo credit Tormod Sandtorv - Flickr via wikipedia commoms
Geologists, in early 1971, while drilling for oil, accidentally hit a pocket of gas, which in turn collapsed the ground under their feet, and thus formed the Crater of Karakum. It was originally NOT on fire, but it was determined to be leaking poisonous gasses, particularly methane. Rather than risking the health of the citizens living in neighboring towns and villages, the geologists decided to burn off the volatile gasses by alighting the crater on fire. They thought it would burn for a matter of a few days. But like a giant Bunsen burner, it's been flaming & smoldering ever since.

The leader of the Dark Druids, Zolond, couldn't resist such an incendiary location. Hidden from view below the surface & virtually impenetrable, it made for the perfect location to continue with his diabolical plans. What are his plans? you ask. Hmm? We can't say just yet. You'll have to wait for the final installment of The Gryphon Chronicles to find out!
4 Comments
Gaby
8/8/2016 11:51:20 pm

Wooooooooooo!!!
That's so cool. I never thought it was real. xD
You are cruel, can't just start saying the villians' plans and then leave us whith the question! :'

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Theresa
8/8/2016 11:57:55 pm

I totalllllly agree what a cliff hanger!!!

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Owen
12/18/2017 01:23:02 am

Wow cool I has thought that was made up

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Talazara of the Mysticwings
6/19/2018 04:01:03 am

🙀 😺Awesome I’ve been on the edge of my seat waiting for the next Gryphon chronicle to come out 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺

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