Gnome Gate
Today when one says smallfolk of the bogs they mean the low standing human-like race that have called the bog home for nearly one hundred years, but the original small folk of the bogs were the gnomes. Gnomes carry a weight in the history of the Bogs that often is not only forgotten but purposefully erased. Their mastery of magic and never failing inventiveness was a strong collaborative effort with the lizardfolk of the Vipara legacy but a constant threat and object of envy for the lizardfolk of the Skink legacy. The Skinks’ dominance over the recent past of Xedoc forced the gnomes to flee the bogs at large, leaving behind only a gate. A single gate in the water logged landscape, built in a distinctive gnomish fashion, thrumming with magic and stone paving featuring carved runes emanating far around it.
The gate has been recorded to have two odd states, appearing on exactly opposite dates of the year, when celestial entities are particularly present in the sky above and when the same entities are entirely obscured. On the peak of (summer) the runes glow a greenish tone and the gate has been recorded to appear wavy, as if through a thick summer heat. In this state shadows can be seen in the landscape as shown by the gate that do not appear when the same landscape is viewed past the gate’s posts.
On the peak of (winter) the runes have been recorded glowing a warming red and the image of the landscape can freeze in place, falling out of sync in time with reality before shifting and realigning. One theory is a predetermined year will pass that further activates the gate at these times, hinted at by the runes. Another leading theory is that a key rune placed properly will unlock the gate at this time or otherwise.