Empire of Dust Monolith

The monoliths are ancient standing stones, expertly tapered and decorated with secret meaning and scattered throughout the desert lands of the south. The elven scholars have tried to study them from afar and believe they form some kind of arcane power grid, although their purpose and how they work remains unfathomable. In battle, the hieroglyphs on the sandblasted stones glow with an inner fire, fuelling the spells of the empire’s mages.