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Wadi Shogach | My Flooding Dungeon

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  "Who is this king of glory? Shogach, strong and mighty, Shogach, mighty in battle!" Psalms of The Storm WADI SHOGACH A dry river-valley forgotten in the outskirts of a fallen desert kingdom. Scholars and mystics find mention of it in obscure scriptures, the supposed site of a shrine to The God of that land. Shogach was his name - he was their Elohim, called The Rider Upon the Clouds - the locals call the dry river basin by a similar name: Wadi Shogach .  Tracing forgotten secrets and implications of ancient spoils, many travel far and wide to the remote desert region that is home to the Wadi. Locals shake their head, say they cannot give them passage to the site. " We do not trespass there. It is an angry place, not for you nor I. You will drown in His anger, if you were to make the journey ." Still, the promise of gold is enough to lure many a robber. The locals of Elesh do not intervene: the place will handle them all the same. Elesh is a small town of <200 p