While the very real and present cities of Urbis would take many lifetimes to explore, there are other places whose names are frequently mentioned in the tales of bards - yet whose very existence is sometimes in doubt. Now and then a bold explorer returns from a lengthy odyssey and claims to have visited one of these locales, but solid proof usually remains elusive. The tales often promise vast treasures and secret knowledge to the adventurer who finds them and braves their dangers, but it is more common that the adventurer returns empty-handed - or not at all.
Oreanor: According to the legends, Oreanor was the first city of all. In this ancient metropolis, all civilized races lived together in harmony, the wisest of rulers made the city prosper, and the very gods showered the inhabitants with their gifts - in short, it was an earthly paradise. Yet for some reason - a fall from grace in the eyes of the gods, a natural or magical disaster, or a horde of barbarian invaders, depending on the tale - the inhabitants were forced to leave it, and their descendants are forced to live in the outer world in cities that are mere shadows of Oreanor's glory.Oreanor is generally thought to have been in the Lake of Dreams region, though other regions - and even a demiplane of its own - are also discussed as possible locations by scholars. Some travelers in hot climates have claimed to see its tall, blue-green spires on the horizon, but their reports remain unverified. People who gain entry to it are supposed to gain immortality, ancient knowledge - or the wrath of the gods.