Quote Originally Posted by BananaPhone View Post
I'll hold on the underground thing, but I'll remain hopeful!


In regards to Illthids - they're involved. They created this people before they were overthrown and cast into the mountains veins of molten steel to be immolated as a sacrifice for the new nation.
In that cause it's easily hand waved with, "probably just myth and folktales... OR IS IT?!". I've got some peculiar things implied by my nation's mythology as well.