Beacon is a small settlement featured in the core book. It's located in the Shadow Lands (an area of permanent night) on the site of an old Akenian keep. What do these dilapidated structures look like? and what did they use to look like before the cataclysm? Having fun (wasting time!) thinking about the lost civilizations of Outer World. Their language, ruins, magic items persist in the game world.
Then (3rd Aeon) - The Akenian structure as it was in its glittering hey day.
Now (4th Aeon) - Village of Beacon, a small haven in the unforgiving dark.
Original map by Rey
I wouldn't say it's a waste of time to get a clear picture of the old empires in your head, like you said - thier legacies are very present in the current era!
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